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Minneapolis (AFP) - Phil "Flip" Saunders, coach and president of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, died Sunday at age 60 after a battle with cancer, the team announced.
Saunders won more than 1,000 games over a coaching career that spanned 35 years. As an NBA coach, Saunders went 654-594 with Minnesota, Detroit and Washington.
Saunders announced in August that he was being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma and that it was considered treatable.