Timberwolves Schedule 2012: Challenging Week Continues For Minnesota As They Face San Antonio And Los Angeles

The Minnesota Timberwolves continue to be a tough team to parse in NBA action. They just signed star Kevin Love to a large contract and defeated the defending champion Dallas Mavericks during the week, but are still only 8-10. They face two more very tough tests this weekend as they meet the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers.

San Antonio are having their usual strong season at 12-7 right now. Tim Duncan and the gang continue to dominate games like they used to and they're scoring plenty of points as well in their wins. The Spurs come to Target Center Friday night at 8 PM EST.

The Lakers are next on Sunday night at 6:00, also at Target Center. At 11-8 they're having a mediocre season by Laker standards but are still doing work thanks to continued dominance by Kobe Bryant. Pau Gasol hasn't been too much of a slouch either.

The Wolves luckily get both of these tough games at home, so there might just be a chance that they can go .500 if they can feed off the Target Center crowd.

More on the Wolves can be found at Canis Hoopus.

NBA MVP 2012 Power Rankings: Kevin Love Still An MVP Candidate

SB Nation's latest 2012 NBA MVP Power Rankings are out and once again, the Minnesota Timberwolves are represented by Kevin Love. Currently being behind names like Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard is nothing to sneeze at for a player on a mediocre team like Love, but he's certainly earned the title of MVP candidate with his numbers so far in the 2012 NBA season.

Time will tell if Love's form translates into some more Wolves wins, because if it does it will be a lot harder to dismiss the big guy's contributions to the team and in the MVP race. Either way, if he keeps his successful season up at the pace he's at he'll be impossible to ignore either way.

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Michael Beasley Injury: Timberwolves Forward Continues To Miss Time With Sprained Foot

The Timberwolves haven't been too terribly injured this season as they've gone a surprising 7-9, but small forward Michael Beasley has missed ten games in a row now with a sprained foot, suffered at the end of a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers earlier in January. He's reportedly been out of the walking boot for a while but did not travel with the team to Utah or Los Angeles for the last prolonged roadtrip.

According to Jerry Zgoda, Beasley had the following to say about the whole situation:

Beasley on that sprained foot that has now kept him out 10 games: "I've been hearing next week for 3 weeks now."

Fortunately, Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love are more than covering for the minutes that Beasley and his sprained foot are missing. It's unlikely that Beasley's mere presence would have turned most of those losses into wins. Either way, the Wolves are certainly hoping that Beasley gets better soon.

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NBA Power Rankings 2012: Timberwolves Wins Move Them Up To 19th

The Minnesota Timberwolves might not have the best record in the league but Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio along with coach Rick Adelmen have taken the Wolves to much higher ground than anyone predicted before this season began. Tom Ziller's SB Nation NBA Power Rankings seem to be impressed by the recent showing of form from the squad.

The team being .500 would certainly be a feat only a year after they finished 17-65 and in the basement of the Western Conference. The team even being included in playoff discussions after the first few weeks of the season should give them some

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Timberwolves Vs. Rockets: Minnesota Face Houston At Home

The Minnesota Timberwolves had a very impressive week that ended on a sour note when they fell to the Utah Jazz, but an impressive week nonetheless that featured Darko Milicic of all people scoring 22 points to help beat the talented Los Angeles Clippers. Now at 7-9, the Wolves can push themselves up to .500 and into the playoff discussion with a decent week. They'll start Monday night against the Houston Rockets.

Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love continue to tear up their opposition every single evening, the question for the Wolves when it comes to the playoffs is if the terrible twosome can put more wins on the chart rather than great performances in losses.

The Houston Rockets come to Target Center boasting a slightly better record at 9-7 but not a particularly more talented team. Houston have won their last six straight games to blaze to their winning record including an impressive defeat of the San Antonio Spurs in their last game. They are currently being led by guard Kevin Martin, who is averaging 18 points per game.

The Wolves are two games away from .500, winning at home against a mediocre but hot Rockets team would be a good start for them to get there.

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Timberwolves Schedule 2012: Minnesota Face Three Teams From Texas This Week

The Timberwolves face three teams from Texas this week.