After Saturday’s loss in Portland, the Minnesota Timberwolves are effectively eliminated from playoff contention — if they weren’t already. The Wolves are seven games behind Denver for the eighth seed with only 10 games remaining.
A colossal string of events would need to take place for the Wolves to make the playoffs.
Despite that, head coach Tom Thibodeau isn’t adjusting his philosophy toward playing his star players ultra-heavy minutes. Thibodeau told the media Saturday night that he won’t be dialing back playing time for Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns.
“I want our guys to get used to what star players do,” Thibodeau said.