MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Richard Jefferson had 19 points, nine rebounds and three assists in his first start in seven games to help the San Antonio Spurs to a 103-85 victory over the hapless Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. » read more 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love has been deactivated for the game against San Antonio on Friday night because of a sprained left foot. » read more 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Chauncey Billups scored 25 points and got a huge lift from role players Chris Andersen, Nene and J.R. Smith in the Denver Nuggets' 110-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

Andersen had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Nene had 17 points and nine boards and Smith scored 15 to shake the Nuggets out a first-half funk and deliver their fourth straight win.

Al Jefferson had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who lost their seventh straight game and 13th in the last 14. Minnesota has won once since Feb. » read more 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota Timberwolves forward Ryan Hollins has been suspended for two games after separate run-ins with Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki and DeShawn Stevenson on Monday.

Hollins punched Stevenson while boxing him out on a free throw in the second quarter. » read more 

MILWAUKEE (AP) _ Andrew Bogut had 25 points and 17 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks knocked off another Eastern Conference heavyweight, making a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Boston Celtics 86-84 on Tuesday night. » read more 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Shawn Marion had a season-high 29 points and 14 rebounds and the Dallas Mavericks stretched the league's longest active winning streak to 12 straight games with a 125-112 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points and Caron Butler had 23 for Dallas, which has flourished since acquiring Butler and Brendan Haywood from the Washington Wizards at the trade deadline.

The Mavericks (44-21) haven't lost since Feb. » read more 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Al Jefferson has returned to the Minnesota Timberwolves after serving a two-game suspension for a DWI arrest.

Jefferson is scheduled to be in the lineup on Monday night when the Timberwolves take on the streaking Dallas Mavericks at Target Center. He was arrested in the early morning hours of Feb. » read more 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Lawrence Westbrook scored 20 points and Damian Johnson had 10 points and a career-high 11 assists in what could be the seniors' final game at Williams Arena to lead Minnesota to a 88-53 victory over Iowa on Sunday. » read more 

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Before the game, Washington Wizards coach Flip Saunders called Milwaukee's Andrew Bogut "maybe the best center in the Eastern Conference." During the game, Bogut showed why he earns such praise. » read more 

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles says he has spoken to Brandon Jennings about the slumping rookie guard's recent lament that he doesn't "even know if I want to shoot the ball." » read more