There is no such thing as predicting wins, not for this Timberwolves team, anyway. They are too young, too inexperienced.
But Saturday night’s game at Sacramento qualified as
the closest thing so far to a – quote-unquote – winnable game. The
Kings were without injured point guard Mike Bibby and suspended forward
Ron Artest, but they managed to defeat the hard-luck Wolves 100-93 at
Arco Arena.
 
 
 
 
Craig Smith injured his ankle in the fourth quarter and didn’t return
to the game. X-rays were negative, but the extent of the injury wasn’t
known after the game.
 
 
Stephen Litel/Downtown Journal with a recap of the game.  
 
 
Timberwolves Today has a postgame podcast.  
 
 
From the Star Tribune:
16  Free-throw disparity, with the Kings making 34 of 40 attempts to 18 of 24 for the Wolves. 
 
 
Timberwolves coach Randy Wittman stayed with his reconfigured lineup Saturday for the second consecutive night, starting Marko Jaric at point guard and bringing Sebastian Telfair off the bench against Sacramento in an arrangement that received mixed reviews after Friday’s 107-93 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
 
 
The Sacramento Bee reported that Kings guard
Francisco Garcia and McCants were involved in a late-night heated
exchange in July at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. The Kings and Wolves
were there for summer league play. Apparently neither player wanted to
back down.
McCants had to be put into an elevator to diffuse the situation, the Bee reported.Apparently their testy relationship dates to 2005,
when Garcia led Louisville to the Final Four and McCants won a national
championship with North Carolina.