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The Wild and Golden Knights will meet again in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. Puck drop is set for 9 p.m. on AM 1390 Granite City Sports.

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The Timberwolves' first game under their new head coach will be Tuesday night against the Bucks in Milwaukee. The game can be heard on AM 1240 and FM 95.3 WJON.

The Timberwolves will look to get back on track when they host the Toronto Raptors at Target Center on Friday night. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. on AM 1240 and FM 95.3 WJON.

The Wolves are 7-20 on the season and 5.5 games out of the tenth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Karl-Anthony Towns returned to the team after missing nearly a month with COVID-19 and clearly gave the team a spark out of the gates. After allowing 43 first-quarter points to the Thunder and Mavericks in consecutive games, the Wolves allowed just 47 for the entire first half against Los Angeles.

The Wolves will look to get on track Thursday night when they host the Los Angeles Clippers at Target Center.

The San Antonio Spurs came back to beat the Timberwolves 111-108 Wednesday night in San Antonio. The Wolves are now 5-16 in what in increasingly becoming a lost season.

Minnesota's fatigue from playing back-to-back nights in two different cities was apparent, as the team shot just 39% overall and 11-38 from three point range.

The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-104 Sunday night at Target Center. The win improves Minnesota to 5-14 on the season.