Britt Robson

Minneapolis

Writer at Freelance

An obsessive writer of sports (mostly pro hoops), music and politics.

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Articles

Tough loss, solid foundation for the Minnesota Timberwolves

1 week ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

The Minnesota Timberwolves 2024-25 season ended on Wednesday night with a pie-in-the-face performance stuck on slapstick, with the turnovers baked in until the Wolves were cooked long before the final buzzer set the scoreboard at a 124-94 defeat. Losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series was regarded as a slight probability at the opening tip. But it became inevitable at a time-lapse photography pace.
A matter of seconds has Timberwolves on the brink of elimination

1 week ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

The Minnesota Timberwolves poured in 271 points against the best defense in the NBA over the recent holiday weekend at Target Center and it still left them on the brink of elimination in the Western Conference Finals. If you’re primarily an advocate of high-caliber, high-intensity hoops, the Wolves and the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder provided you with a delightfully uneven medley of tromped-throttle thrills and kamikaze spills spread over 96 minutes on Saturday and Monday nights.
Yes, things are as bad as they look for the Wolves

2 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

Skip to content Because I’ve been remiss in providing specific Wolves And One newsletter (sign up if not already a subscriber) the past two columns and because I’m about to climb into a rental car and head back 797 miles to Minneapolis, today’s very short Wolves column will be strictly for And One newsletter subscribers. Signing up for the newsletter, like all our content at MinnPost, is absolutely free. Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license....
Timberwolves bench, weak throughout the playoffs, has to step up

2 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

The Oklahoma City Thunder have a specific style of play that is potent, predictable, predatory and profitable. The signature of this style is written in the box score under “points off turnovers.” That’s a shorthand synopsis of how a swarming, canny quintet of defenders labor in sync to remove the basketball from the possession of their opponent, then hurry down to score with it as the other team is temporarily demoralized and scrambling to adjust.
The intangibles that can lead the Wolves over the Thunder

2 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

Of the four teams remaining in the NBA Playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder won at least 17 more games than any of them during the 2024-25 regular season. OKC was a chronic juggernaut. If you divided the 82-game regular season into 10-game increments, their worst stint was 7-3, twice. They were 8-2 three times, 9-1 twice, and 10-0 once. And they also won those final games 81 and 82, to finish 68-14.
Timberwolves’ seeds planted for success are beginning to bear fruit

3 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

The Minnesota Timberwolves laid waste to what was left of the Stephen Curry-less Golden State Warriors in the third quarter Monday night and are now a victory away from progressing to the Western Conference Finals for the second straight season. The Wolves can’t help that this second-round series became much more lopsided after Curry strained his left hamstring in Game 1.
Julius Randle proving his worth in the Timberwolves playoff run

3 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

For nearly 40 minutes, the Minnesota Timberwolves played footsie with failure. When they were on defense, the two members of the Golden State Warriors who could beat them, Jimmy Butler and Jonathan Kuminga, were beating them. When they were on offense, their big man, Rudy Gobert, and two-thirds of their bench, Donte Divincenzo (DDV) and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, mostly disappeared.
Wolves beat Curry-less Warriors, even series

4 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

Who knew that winning without Steph Curry could be so difficult? Everybody. Which is why the Minnesota Timberwolves appropriately evened up their second-round playoff series with the Curry-less Golden State Warriors Thursday night via a performance that required, and received, more discipline than dazzle. The Wolves needed to be workmanlike.
Horrible shooting, lack of energy doom Wolves against the Warriors

1 month ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

By the time Anthony Edwards scored his first point, a free-throw with 1:04 remaining until halftime, Stephen Curry was gone from the game. And for all intents and purposes, so were the chances of the Minnesota Timberwolves besting the Golden State Warriors in the opening contest of their second round playoff series Tuesday night at Target Center. “Playoff Ant” has been the talisman of the Timberwolves metamorphosis on the postseason stage from draft-lottery yokels to marquee attraction.
Gobert shines in Wolves closeout win against L.A.

1 month ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

The last laugh from Rudy Gobert isn’t ever going to be loud or malicious. That would be tacky, unbecoming, a concession that something or someone has penetrated the shell that surrounds Gobert’s emotional core. Gobert is proud of that shell, constructed as if it were made from lustrous hardwoods like teak and mahogany, buffed and fitted, tongue-in-groove. It’s august, meant to quietly impress, not dazzle.