Britt Robson

Minneapolis

Writer at Freelance

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

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Articles

Wolves beat Curry-less Warriors, even series

5 days 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 week 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 week 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.
‘Playoff Ant’ and the Wolves look to close out the Lakers

2 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

When discussing the shock of the Minnesota Timberwolves 3-1 lead in round one of the NBA playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers you have to begin with Anthony Edwards. The playoffs are both his calling card for elite performance and his catnip for revelry on the court with his teammates.
Fast start for Luka and the Lakers dooms the Wolves

3 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

The Los Angeles Lakers were the more desperate and purposeful team Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena. And the offense of the Minnesota Timberwolves became stunted and confused, allowing the Lakers to easily escort them into a split of the first two games of their first-round playoff series, which moves to Target Center on Friday night and Sunday afternoon.
‘The Kids’ lead the way in showing how to dethrone the Lakers

3 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

The kids committed vandalism this past Saturday night in downtown Los Angeles. They’ve been running together for a while now, a trio with the street names of Naz, Ant and Slim, although we’ve also heard their hype men variously call them Big Jelly, Two Words, Ant-Man and Seatbelt. The court formally knows them as Naz Reid, Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels.
Four things the Timberwolves can do to upset the Lakers

3 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

The Minnesota Timberwolves are not supposed to beat the Los Angeles Lakers in their best-of-seven, first-round playoff series that begins Saturday night on the Lakers’ home court. The Lakers have Luka Doncic, one of the top five players in the NBA today. And they have Lebron James, one of the top two players in NBA history. The Wolves are a foil in the national narrative fixated on the trophy quest of these two megastars.
Assessing the Timberwolves ahead of Lakers playoff match-up

1 month ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

Last season the Minnesota Timberwolves ate well. They ambushed a league that had pegged them for the middle of the pack and stormed their way into the Western Conference Finals before running out of gas against Luke Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. Their NBA-best defense routinely put a sleeper hold on opponents for most of the campaign, enough to become an identity that the Wolves brandished like a cop knowing a billy club, a taser, and a revolver are in the holster.
The return of Rudy Gobert has added bite to the Timberwolves bark

1 month ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

The Minnesota Timberwolves have flirted with disaster so frequently throughout this 2024-25 NBA season that disaster has grown bored with the relationship and is deciding to let the team pass on by. That’s one way to decipher the Wolves’ pair of desultory victories against patsies in the Eastern Conference late last week.
Looking at the playoff scenario for the Wolves, the glass is half full

1 month ago | minnpost.com | Britt Robson

Spring used to be christened in Minnesota by icicles dripping into stubborn slush and debris-flecked mud as we prepared to our much smaller television sets to watch March Madness and fantasize about the latest collegiate hero donning a Minnesota Timberwolves uniform; knowing in our bones that if the lottery balls somehow blessed this vision, that he, too, would slowly but surely sabotage the franchise’s latest rebuild. Looking at you Christian Laettner … Rashad McCants … Jonny Flynn.