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We're going to get another look at Terrence Shannon Jr. and Joan Beringer on Sunday night.
The Wild and the Timberwolves have never been this good, this accomplished, simultaneously. Their closest previous harmonic convergence came when the Wild stunned the NHL by advancing to the Western Conference finals with a bunch of non-star players in 2003 and the Wolves made it to their first Western Conference finals one year later.
Wolves face four of the five teams immediately above them in what remains of a dismal season and are more of a competitive outfit these days
Relegation rivals West Ham and Wolves meet for the third time this season. West Ham need to bounce straight back after their FA Cup heartache last weekend, and what better way to do it than getting a win which would move them out of the relegation zone – even if it might only be for less than 48 hours.
Minnesota's first-round opponent will be the Nuggets or Lakers.
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Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards could be back on the court Friday night when Minnesota takes on Houston. The four-time All-Star was listed as questionable as he continues to battle back from a nagging knee injury that has limited him to just two games since an MRI revealed inflammation in his right knee in mid-March.
The Wild have also clinched a playoff berth. That means for the fourth time in the last five years, both the Wolves and Wild are in the playoffs. In some markets, that happens all the time. Until recently, it had only happened twice for the Wild and Wolves: the 2002-03 season and the 2017-18 season.