The Timberwolves have been in position to come out with a win in each of the first three games of the Western Conference finals. But on each occasion, they've come up just short. Kyrie Irving hit a big-time corner jumper that gave the Dallas Mavericks a six-point lead with 1 minute,

The Minnesota Timberwolves knocked defending NBA champions, the Denver Nuggets out of the playoffs by beating them 98-90 in the deciding game of their Western Conference semi-final series.he Timberwolves were trailing by 20 points at one stage in the third quarter but staged a comeback to win game seven and take the series 4-3.