Minnesota Timberwolves (45-19) at Portland Trailblzers (30-33) 10:00 pm EST Rose Garden Season Series 1-1 Recent Games Min 105 Sea 92 LA (Clippers) 91 Por 71 Head Coaches Flip Saunders/Maurice Cheeks Probable Starters Sam Cassell/Damon Stoudamire Latrell Sprewell/Derek Anderson Trenton Hassell/Darius Miles Kevin Garnett/Zach Randolph Micheal Olowokandi/Theo Ratliff 6th Men Troy Hudson/Shareef Abdur-Rahim Leaders <font color="DarkGreen">Minnesota </font> Points: Garnett 24.7 Rebounds: Garnett 14.1 Assists: Cassell 7.6 <font color="DarkRed">Portland </font> Points: Randolph 20.5 Rebounds: Randolph 10.8 Assists: Stoudamire 6.2 Injuries Update <font color="DarkGreen">Minnesota</font> Ndudi Ebi F Knee <font color="DarkRed">Portland</font> Travis Outlaw F Knee Vladimir Stepania C Knee Portland Update: <font color="DarkRed">The Portland Trail Blazers begin a tough five-game stretch against playoff-bound opponents on Wednesday when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Rose Garden. The Trail Blazers, who are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time since 1982, play the Timberwolves twice along with Sacramento, Milwaukee and league-leading Indiana on this stretch. The Trail Blazers are 10th in the Western Conference, three games from the eighth and final playoff spot. </font> <font color="DarkGreen">The Timberwolves have won five of their last eight visits to the Rose Garden. </font>
This one hurt us. I thought we would be able to win it, but the Wolves are in a bad slump. We better get out of this before the playoffs, or we will see another first round exit.
