The last time the Timberwolves reached Thanksgiving without owning a three-game losing streak was 12 years ago, when Kevin Garnett played and Dwane Casey coached them.
Losers at home Sunday to Detroit and Monday at Charlotte, the Wolves reach their final game before Thanksgiving and have the chance Wednesday against Orlando to prove good teams don't lose three games consecutively.
"You don't let one become two," Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns said, "so we definitely have to make sure we don't let it become three."
The Wolves have lost consecutive games twice this season, resoundingly to Indiana and Detroit on back-to-back nights in the season's second week and again on consecutive nights this week.