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Timberwolves strive to keep the pace up, the turnovers down

This has been an offseason of turnover throughout the Wolves' basketball operations department. They want to make sure that concept doesn't spill over onto the floor.

The Wolves debuted their faster-paced offense on Tuesday against Phoenix and worked again on improving it Thursday against Golden State in their second preseason game.

A feature of the offense is more shots, specifically more three-pointers, in transition. The potential bug in the system is a propensity to commit more turnovers thanks to the frenetic pace.

Coaches sometimes can't tolerate turnovers since it's a sign of carelessness, but in this case, coach Ryan Saunders has said he needs to have patience while the Wolves get used to playing at this pace and with each other.