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No one on the Timberwolves doubted that all-star forward Kevin Garnett would play in Friday night's game against the New York Knicks.
Not with the team trying to get things back together before the playoffs.
Fortunately for Garnett, the Wolves took control early and cruised to a 98-77 victory, so he was able to rest during the fourth quarter.
"Everybody knows KG's a warrior," Wolves guard Chauncey Billups said. "If he can walk fast enough, he's going to play. We had no doubt he was going to play."
Garnett was injured in the third quarter of Minnesota's 113-111 victory over Dallas on Thursday night at Target Center when he leaped past Dallas reserve Wang Zhizhi to try to block his shot from the corner. Garnett went heels over head, breaking his fall with his right hand before his head bounced hard onto the floor. He lay stunned for several minutes in front of the Wolves' bench before slowly rising holding an ice bag to the crown of his head. He jogged off the court, then came back in the fourth quarter with a bandage covering 12 stitches on his scalp.
Before he left the game against the Knicks, Garnett scored 12 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for his 50th double-double of the season.
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Timberwolves Mar 2002 Archive
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Pioneer Press | Mar 30, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 30, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 30, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 29, 2002
Steve Nash nearly bailed the Mavs out twice in the final frantic seconds, but both of his tries, including a jumper at the buzzer, didn't find the the net and Minnesota held on for a 113-111 victory before a sellout crowd of 19,668 at the Target Center.
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| Mar 29, 2002
Passion was not a problem for the Timberwolves on Thursday night.
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| Mar 29, 2002
The Timberwolves signed point guard Robert Pack for the remainder of the season Thursday.
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Star Tribune | Mar 29, 2002
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Dallas Morning News | Mar 28, 2002
MINNEAPOLIS – It is bad enough for the Minnesota Timberwolves that they have lost nine of their last 11 games.
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| Mar 28, 2002
Clearly, making millions of dollars is no longer enough.
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| Mar 28, 2002
New Dallas point guard Nick Van Exel worked out with his new team Wednesday at the Timberwolves' practice facility — a place he thought he'd be practicing every day barely a month ago.
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| Mar 27, 2002
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| Mar 27, 2002
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| Mar 27, 2002
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| Mar 27, 2002
Not playing for the Timberwolves was one thing.
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| Mar 27, 2002
Someone on staff -- at least he or she still was on staff Tuesday night -- had a sense of humor at Target Center, punching up R.
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Dallas Morning News | Mar 26, 2002
Dallas should win all 4 games against slumping opponents, Finley says
03/26/2002
By GERRY FRALEY / The Dallas Morning News
March in the East is an unappealing prospect for every traveler but the Mavericks.
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| Mar 26, 2002
His arms are cut.
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MIlwaukee Journal | Mar 25, 2002
By MICHAEL HUNT
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Last Updated: March 23, 2002
This time last season, the Milwaukee Bucks were 42-25 and in the process of running away with their first Central Division championship in 15 years.
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Star Tribune | Mar 25, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 24, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 24, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 24, 2002
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ROBBI PICKERAL | Mar 24, 2002
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Pioneer Press | Mar 24, 2002
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| Mar 23, 2002
He points.
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Star Tribune | Mar 23, 2002
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| Mar 22, 2002
Kevin Garnett knew one lopsided victory against an inferior opponent was not enough to whitewash all that has gone wrong for the Timberwolves the past three weeks.
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| Mar 22, 2002
First, forward Joe Smith helped stymie Utah's pick-and-roll near the top of the key.
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Star Tribune | Mar 22, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 22, 2002
It was a Sunday afternoon, and I was on the phone with NBA Commissioner David Stern at his home shortly after the Wolves had been punished in October 2000 for signing Joe Smith to an illegal contract.
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| Mar 21, 2002
The next time an owner of a professional sports team eats four years and $20 million worth of a head coach's contract will be the first.
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Pioneer Press | Mar 21, 2002
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| Mar 20, 2002
Fans, by the hundreds, once again started walking out of Target Center with several minutes left Tuesday night in the Timberwolves' game against the Toronto Raptors.
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| Mar 20, 2002
NBA Commissioner David Stern said Tuesday his relationship with the Timberwolves franchise is "as good as it has ever been, and there's no residue'' — but he is not reinstating any more draft picks.
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Star Tribune | Mar 20, 2002
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| Mar 19, 2002
Over 10 seasons and six NBA stops, veteran point guard Robert Pack made it something of a habit to show up at Target Center and, despite his low national profile, hurt the Timberwolves.
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| Mar 19, 2002
Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said Monday he is confident his team can pull out of its seven-game losing slump and that coach Flip Saunders' position is safe.
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Minnesota Star Tribune | Mar 18, 2002
It wasn't a lack of love that had the Timberwolves moping home again Sunday, dragging a seventh consecutive defeat and a whole new perspective -- sixth place, Western Conference -- out of Target Center after a 96-89 loss to the Utah Jazz on Sunday afternoon.
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Deseret News | Mar 18, 2002
Jazz star Karl Malone, sidelined by flu-like symptoms two nights earlier, is back.
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Salt Lake Tribune | Mar 18, 2002
The Man of Steel has become the Man of Steal.
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| Mar 18, 2002
Timberwolves forward Gary Trent left the locker room prior to tipoff Sunday at the Target Center and stuck his right thumb in the air, predicting, "It's over today.
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| Mar 18, 2002
Chauncey Billups hobbled off the court with 2 minutes, 18 seconds left Sunday, again bringing clarity to the Timberwolves' backup point guard situation.
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Ogden Standard-Examiner | Mar 17, 2002
A couple of Humpty Dumptys -- teams desperate for someone to put them back together again -- square off today in Minnesota.
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| Mar 17, 2002
Perhaps Kevin Garnett put it best after the Timberwolves lost their sixth consecutive game Friday night: "The effort's there.
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Star Tribune | Mar 17, 2002
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| Mar 16, 2002
For 12 minutes Friday night, all seemed right with the Timberwolves.
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Pioneer Press | Mar 16, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 16, 2002
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Indy Star | Mar 16, 2002
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| Mar 15, 2002
Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders had little to say after watching his team crumble in the final minute of Wednesday's 96-95 loss to the Houston Rockets.
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| Mar 15, 2002
Timberwolves forward Gary Trent, ejected in the third quarter Wednesday's game against the Houston Rockets, got good news and bad news Thursday afternoon.
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Houston Chronicle | Mar 14, 2002
There were flagrant fouls and technical fouls, one full-bore temper tantrum and untold numbers of smaller fits.
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| Mar 14, 2002
The Timberwolves imploded Wednesday night in the final minute of a 96-95 loss to Houston at Target Center.
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Star Tribune | Mar 14, 2002
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StarTribune | Mar 14, 2002
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Pioneer Press | Mar 14, 2002
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Pioneer Press | Mar 14, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 13, 2002
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Star Tribune | Mar 13, 2002
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| Mar 13, 2002
Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett talked Monday about his team's four-game losing streak, about how they would "turn this thing around'' and how everything would be "OK.
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| Mar 12, 2002
There are 19 games remaining on the schedule and there is no chance for the Timberwolves to achieve a moment as low as what took place on Jan.
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| Mar 12, 2002
It may have been best that Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders didn't see the final 1½ quarters of Monday night's 108-99 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
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NBA.com | Mar 12, 2002
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| Mar 11, 2002
Before the Timberwolves embarked on a recent 10-game stretch with eight games on the road, coach Flip Saunders said they had to make it over the hump because they would be spending plenty of time at home in their final 20 games.
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Star Tribune | Mar 11, 2002
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ESPN | Mar 10, 2002
The Golden State Warriors have some great players.
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Pioneer Press | Mar 10, 2002
Ever since Terrell Brandon announced last month that he would miss the rest of the season because of knee surgery, the Minnesota Timberwolves have been playing roulette with their point guards: Wager that new starter Chauncey Billups stays consistent, and double the bet that backups Will Avery and Felipe Lopez can add consistent minutes.
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Star Tribune | Mar 10, 2002
For one quarter, two quarters, even into the third Friday night, the fact that Kevin Garnett was having one of the quietest offensive games of his career seemed like no big deal.
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| Mar 9, 2002
Randy Wittman plans to watch the TV movie, "Season On The Brink," about his old coach at Indiana, Bobby Knight.
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| Mar 9, 2002
The last time the Timberwolves left Phoenix, back in January, they agonized over a performance riddled with mistakes that cost them a game in overtime and a winning streak that had reached nine.
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| Mar 8, 2002
Tonight's game against the Suns at Phoenix marks the beginning of the end for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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| Mar 8, 2002
Joe Smith, a few minutes behind some teammates in his postgame routine the other night, got back from the shower in Salt Lake City to find Marc Jackson standing fully dressed, talking to reporters, at the adjacent cubicle.
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| Mar 7, 2002
It surely dawned on the Timberwolves, at some point in their 85-78 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night, that offense wasn't going to get the job done.
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| Mar 7, 2002
If any of the referees gets a reprimand or some demerits over Gary Payton's vanishing technical foul in the Timberwolves' game Tuesday against the Seattle SuperSonics, the Wolves aren't likely to know about it.
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| Mar 7, 2002
Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett refused to blame his team's 97-83 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics on Tuesday night on the officials, citing Seattle point guard Gary Payton's 6-for-25 performance and Minnesota's lack of cohesion down the stretch.
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| Mar 6, 2002
In the end, Seattle Slew didn't.
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| Mar 6, 2002
When you think Seattle, you think rain, Ichiro, double lattes, Frasier Crane, the grunge look and Anthony Peeler.
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| Mar 6, 2002
Timberwolves guard Anthony Peeler was still on the Seattle SuperSonics' practice court Monday — envisioning, shooting, scoring; envisioning, shooting, scoring — when his coach, Flip Saunders, attempted to explain why the streaky left-hander is so successful against Seattle.
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| Mar 5, 2002
Free throws (yawn) are about as unsexy as basketball gets.
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| Mar 5, 2002
His fingers tingled.
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| Mar 4, 2002
By Jeff Wade -- DallasBasketball.
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| Mar 4, 2002
Bowen to appeal fine: The NBA hit Bruce Bowen with a $7,500 fine Sunday for his inadvertent kick to Timberwolves guard Wally Szczerbiak's face Friday.
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| Mar 4, 2002
One of the first lessons in Interviewing 101 is that a question's alleged quality is inversely related to the subject's ability to answer it.
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| Mar 4, 2002
Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett pondered the question for several moments Saturday night, cocking his head, squinting, then pondering some more:
"Is there a deeper team than the Wolves right now in the NBA?"
Finally, he answered: "That's a really good question.
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| Mar 3, 2002
(Family-therapy session, Feb.
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| Mar 3, 2002
The Jazz and Timberwolves were in playoff form Saturday night, but the officials weren"t nearly up to the task.
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| Mar 3, 2002
That nine-point victory over Dallas back in December didn't seem like much at the time, but it was the last -- and only -- Jazz victory over a Western Conference contender this season.
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| Mar 3, 2002
It is clear now.
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| Mar 3, 2002
For years, the Jazz were the ones who left opponents shaking their heads and making statements like this:
"When you're playing against a top team, you're not going to get the calls.
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| Mar 3, 2002
As he often does after watching the normally precision-proud Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders walked away impressed.
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| Mar 3, 2002
In a game in which fouls were called for everything ranging from smacks and slaps to tickles and spittle, the Timberwolves still found a way to get legally physical with the Utah Jazz in their 116-105 victory Saturday night at the Delta Center.
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| Mar 3, 2002
Every time Chauncey Billups goes down in a heap the way he did Friday night in a tangle with San Antonio's Bruce Bowen -- heck, every time Billups steps off a curb at a busy intersection -- the Timberwolves hold their collective breath.
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| Mar 3, 2002
Altitude.
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| Mar 2, 2002
Can Donyell Marshall give the Jazz the next lift they need?
After a 6-0 Eastern road trip, the Jazz got clobbered in Sacramento Tuesday, then returned home — for the first time in 26 days — to face the Grizzlies, who inexplicably had already beaten Utah twice this season.
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| Mar 2, 2002
John Denton of the Florida Today reports: Orlando Magic guard Tracy McGrady was named the NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Month for February on Friday.
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| Mar 2, 2002
This article looks at some recent Timberwolves news regarding the San Antonio game, Gary Trent's comeback from injury, Kevin Garnett's Western Conference player of the month for February award and Wally Scacerbiak vs ESPN:
Szczerbiak, featured -- and some might say skewered -- in an edgy cover story in ESPN The Magazine's March 4 issue, called it "the worst fabrication of facts, for a journalist, that I've ever seen.
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| Mar 2, 2002
If only the Timberwolves had known that the end of their game against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night was going to be a mirror image of the beginning of the game, they could have smashed, ditched or otherwise lost the mirror.
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| Mar 2, 2002
What feels worse, getting kicked in the face or kicked in the butt?
If you listen to Timberwolves guard Wally Szczerbiak — who felt both Friday night when San Antonio forward Bruce Bowen's left foot connected with his right cheek, then Minnesota lost 85-77 at Target Center — the answer's pretty simple:
"I had a big three to tie it, and a good look,'' Szczerbiak said, his face red, swollen and forgotten.
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| Mar 1, 2002
Marc Jackson hasn't exactly eased his way into the Timberwolves' world.
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| Mar 1, 2002
His decision-making can be questionable.
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| Mar 1, 2002
Marc Jackson, who could be the difference in the Timberwolves advancing in the NBA playoffs, is still puzzled about how he ended up in Minnesota, but says he is thrilled to be here.
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