Timberwolves Stand Alone With a Chance to Make NBA History
The Minnesota Timberwolves are the only remaining NBA playoff team without a championship in franchise history, giving them a chance to make history this postseason. They face the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals, but will be without star player Anthony Edwards due to a knee injury. The Timberwolves are part of a group of nine NBA teams that have never won a title, and one of five that have never reached the NBA Finals.
- ▪The Minnesota Timberwolves are the only current NBA playoff team that has never won a championship.
- ▪Anthony Edwards will miss at least the first few games of the Western semifinals due to a bone bruise in his knee.
- ▪The Timberwolves, Clippers, Hornets, Grizzlies, and Pelicans have never appeared in the NBA Finals.
- ▪Other NBA teams without a title include the New Orleans Pelicans, Charlotte Hornets, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic, Brooklyn Nets, Utah Jazz, and Phoenix Suns.
- ▪Minnesota sports teams, including the Vikings and Wild, have a long history of championship droughts.
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By Tyler ErzbergerShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.We are in the era of parity in the NBA, though the Oklahoma City Thunder are attempting to destroy it by becoming the first repeat champion in nearly a decade, last accomplished by the Steph Curry and Kevin Durant-led Golden State Warriors.And although the NBA is more wide-open than it has been in previous decades, only a single team left in the NBA playoffs has a chance to make history by winning its first league championship: the Minnesota Timberwolves.With Sunday's elimination of the Orlando Magic, who fell in Game 7 to the No.
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