MINNEAPOLIS • Long considered one of the worst franchises in National Basketball Association (NBA) history, the Minnesota Timberwolves have made the play-offs just once in the past 17 seasons.
They have not yet shed their tag as perennial also-rans but this term, the team have managed to work their way into post-season contention.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 15 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter as the Timberwolves pulled away down the stretch for a 136-125 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, one of the favourites for the NBA championship, in Minneapolis on Sunday.
Minnesota (23-23) are now seventh in the Western Conference and occupy one of the four slots for the play-in tournament that will determine the final two play-off seedings.
But Towns, Minnesota’s leading scorer and rebounder, sees no reason why the Timberwolves cannot push further.
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