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Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota got off to a 3-0 start this year behind stellar performances by Karl-Anthony Towns before losing to Philadelphia on the road. Towns and Andrew Wiggins have provided the majority of the offense for Timberwolves, averaging 47.6 points per game collectively through four games/

Robert Covington and Jeff Teague have played well thus far and helped on both ends of the floor. Minnesota has the look of a very good offensive team when Towns and Wiggins are on, but when adversity hits it remains to be seen if they can put up enough points to beat good teams.

The Timberwolves have played well defensively as a whole, but whether they can sustain a high defensive efficiency will be one of the main questions for the team going forward and could determine whether or not this team can seize a playoff spot in a loaded Western Conference.