Alan Horton

Wolves vs. Kyrie & Mavs tonight... All-Time, Consecutive 35+ Point Games vs. MIN 5 -- Kyrie Irving --> ACTIVE 4 -- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 4 -- Stephen Curry

Closers. MIN's rank in 4th quarter net rating... 26/27 -- 2nd 25/26 -- 8th 24/25 -- 3rd 23/24 -- 2nd

Jaden... Has scored 13+ in a career-high 18 straight games. Has had 6+ rebounds in 91% of his games vs. 29% last season. His +131 ranks 3rd in NBA.

Rudy Gobert vs. Jazz tonight... 31 MIN | 10 PTS | 15 RBS* | 2 ASTS | 4/4 FG | +7 *3rd game of 15+ rebounds, only Domantas Sabonis has more.

4 wins in a row, up to 4th in the standings & 1 game out of first.

Wolves are 5-2 since they lost Anthony Edwards.

Jazz have lost 15 straight road games dating back to last season.

Wolves are 8-3 to start a season for the 4th time in franchise history. They've done it TWICE in the last 4 seasons. They did it TWICE in the previous 34 seasons.

Rudy Gobert -- 14th season, 34 years old & still DOMINATING defensively... He has NBA's 2nd best defensive rating on NBA's 3rd best defense. His 97 DRTG when he's ON vs. 112 OFF is the 5th biggest diff in NBA. Opp are shooting 41% when he's ON floor vs. 47% when he's OFF. Opp are shooting 36.8% when he's the primary defender -- 4th best. Opp shoot 23% of their FGA at Rim when he's ON vs. 40% when he's OFF. Opp shoot 52% in Paint when he's ON vs. 60% when he's OFF.

4th quarter Melo... His 61.5% 4Q FG% ranks 4th in NBA. His 55.6% 4Q 3PT% ranks 3rd in NBA. and over his last THREE 4th quarters... 26 MIN | 26 PTS | 6 ASTS | 1 TO | 8/11 FG | 5/8 3PT | +32

Reminder, you can listen back to crucial stretches of Wolves games this season with Rapid Rewind. Hear the entire 4th quarter in New Orleans last night as Wolves picked up their 3rd straight win... soundcloud.com/wolves-radio/…

2 down, 2 to go... 11/25 MIN @ OKC 11/27 MIN vs. MEM

LaMelo Ball is the only player in the league leading his team in points, assists, steals & 3-pointers.

This sequence put the game away... As heard on @wccoradio & Wolves Radio Network.

J-Mac vs. Pelicans... 23 PTS | 6 RBS | 5 ASTS | 2 BLKS | 1 STL and this dunk over Derik Queen...

Wolves have ruled TJ Shannon (left hip) as OUT for tonight's game in New Orleans -- 3rd straight game TJ has missed.

Counter: MIN's 6 closest opponents are all in the East. MEM has NOP-OKC-DAL-SAS-HOU all closer than MIN's closest West opp.

“We wanna win this Cup. We’ve never won our Group & I feel like this is one of our best chances.” -Jaylen Clark on NBA Cup game tonight vs. Pelicans. 6:30 PM Pre/7:10 PM Tip — @wccoradio @DAZN

After 10 years, 8 months & 13 days the streak is finally over. The Wolves have beaten Marcus Smart. He had won 13 consecutive meetings vs. MIN. It's Wolves 1st win vs. Smart since Feb 22, 2016.

LaMelo vs. Rockets... 1-3 Quarters: 23 MIN | 8 PTS | 4 ASTS | 2/7 FG | 2/5 3PT | +4 4th Quarter: 8 MIN | 12 PTS | 2 ASTS | 4/4 FG | 2/2 3PT | +11 He accounted for 15 straight MIN points (12pts 1ast) in a 3:28 span. A few of those highlights as heard on @wccoradio & Wolves Radio Network...