In another ugly night of basketball, the Minnesota Timberwolves were still able to defeat the Atlanta Hawks 100-92. The Hawks were playing without Trae Young, so it should've been an easy victory. Instead,

At issue was a brutal second half in which the Timberwolves were outscored 49-40 by the zombie Hawks, who were missing Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels and Bogdan Bogdanović. The Wolves still needed to play Rudy Gobert 38 minutes, Anthony Edwards 35 and Mike Conley 31 to ensure they finished off the Hawks.

Finch does not believe there's any urgency from the Wolves front office to make a move before the Feb. 6 deadline.

The Timberwolves are 22-10 when Gobert grabs at least nine rebounds, 22-11 when he scores at least eight points, 16-5 when he attempts at least seven shots, 16-8 when he doles out two-plus assists and 6-2 when he blocks three or more shots. Those are the numbers required to be a championship-contending team.

The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Atlanta Hawks 100-92 Monday night at Target Center in Minneapolis, but Nickeil Alexander-Walker appeared to suffer a serious injury and was helped off the court by teammates in the fourth quarter.

Rob Dillingham finished in double figures for the fifth time this season to help the Timberwolves knock off the Nuggets on Saturday.

Host Michael Rand was going to tease Wolves fans again for turning their noses up at victory, but then it turned out that head coach Chris Finch felt the same way about Minnesota’s 100-92 victory over a short-handed Atlanta squad.

Julius Randle is not a good fit for the Wolves and Anthony Edwards is not playing within the offensive system.

Nothing went particularly well for the Timberwolves on Monday at Target Center, even in victory. Minnesota didn’t carry over any momentum from its masterpiece Saturday against Denver. The

Minnesota Timberwolves season is too reminiscent of the team’s up and down 2022-23 campaign that frustrated fans.

After a recent stint in the G League, rookie Rob Dillingham has turned in a productive three-game stretch for coach Chris Finch and the Timberwolves.

Chris Finch isn’t one to mince words, and he let the Minnesota Timberwolves have it after Monday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks. “That's a totally