Timberwolves

The Timberwolves are off to a 3-9 start this season but have played without top player Karl-Anthony Towns for about half of their games. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says Ryan Saunders may be the right person for the Timberwolves head coaching job but he may not be.

The Gopher men's basketball team improved to 11-4 overall and 4-4 in the Big Ten after a 75-57 win over #7 Michigan Saturday. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the 8 game start to the Big Ten season was gauntlet for the Gophers with 8 ranked opponents in a row.

The Timberwolves lost 118-107 Wednesday night at home against Memphis. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says this was the worst loss of the season. He says this because Minnesota had both Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Okogie back in the lineup and Memphis was playing without their top two players Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr.

The Timberwolves ended their 7-game losing streak with a 96-88 win over San Antonio at Target Center Sunday night. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the Wolves know they need to play better defense if they are going to win games and a step toward that was made last night.

The Timberwolves lost their 6th straight game 135-117 Thursday night in Portland to fall to 2-6. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the Wolves have so many issues on defense and don't seem to be playing with the effort needed. He says many of their players are asked to do things they aren't capable of.

The Timberwolves lost their 5th straight game Tuesday night in Denver 123-116. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says they did see some positives including a solid offensive game from D'Angelo Russell and from forward Juancho Hernangomez and energy off the bench from Jared Vanderbilt.

The Timberwolves dropped their 2nd straight game 124-101 to the Clippers in Los Angeles Monday night. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the margin of error to win these game without Karl-Anthony Towns is slim.

The Timberwolves lost their 2nd game in a row in Los Angeles this time to the Clippers 124-101. Minnesota took an early lead but trailed 33-29 after 1 quarter and were down 20 points at halftime. The Wolves shot just 42 percent from the field while the Clippers shot 53 percent.

The Timberwolves are off to a 2-1 start but have lost top player Karl-Anthony Towns with a wrist injury for an indefinite period of time. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says Towns could be out for weeks with this injury.

The Timberwolves suffered their first loss of the season Sunday night 127-91 in Los Angeles to the Lakers. Minnesota played without Karl-Anthony Towns who missed the game with a dislocated wrist. It's unclear how long he might be out.