After a truly tumultuous season that took fans on a rollercoaster ride through all the stages of grief, only to instill hope in their fans before restarting the cycle, the Minnesota Timberwolves are back in the NBA Playoffs for the second straight season. It marks the first time the Wolves have made consecutive trips to the playoffs since 2003-04.
No. 8 seed Minnesota will battle the No. 1 seed Denver Nuggets, who limped into the playoffs after a month of mediocre basketball and intermittently resting two-time defending MVP Nikola Jokiu0107 en route to clinching the top spot in the bracket in the final week of the season.