What a wild first quarter of the season its been. Some would say there’s been more ups and downs than the 2024-25 season. Surely, the fans are exhausted, but they’ll always be here. As long as they’re here, we need to hear from them. Let’s hear you again! Welcome to Canis Pulsus Vol. 45! For […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves bounced back during their home back-to-back with wins against the Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs. After a gust of wind hit their sails in the form of those two wins, which included some of the prettiest basketball they’ve played all season in the 4th quarter against the Spurs, they travel to […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves at New Orleans PelicansDate: December 2nd, 2025Time: 7:00 PM CSTLocation: Smoothie King CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio The Wolves Head to Bourbon Street: Time to Act Like Contenders Fresh off their back-to-back home victories against plus-.500 teams, the Minnesota Timberwolves now take a mini-road swing down […]
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On today’s show, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun break down the Minnesota Timberwolves winning two games in as many nights on Thanksgiving weekend, as well as trying to figure out what’s going so wrong for this team late in close games. — The Timberwolves beat the San Antonio Spurs 125-112, outscoring them by 17 points in […]
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You hit 20 games in an NBA season and you lose the right to say “it’s early.” The quarter mark is the unofficial line of demarcation. That’s exactly where we stand with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are 12–8 after 20 games, sitting on a record that looks decent on paper and weird as hell once […]
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Coming into this weekend, it felt like the Minnesota Timberwolves were in a precarious spot. They had lost their previous three games, two of which in disastrous fashion, were sitting in seventh place in the Western Conference standings, and still hadn’t defeated a team with a winning record with two straight nights against winning teams […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. San Antonio SpursDate: November 30th, 2025Time: 6:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio When my two sons were born, I made a conscious decision not to force Timberwolves fandom onto them. That wasn’t altruism. It was basic parental responsibility. Making a […]
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The Minnesota Lynx aren’t in season. The Minnesota Timberwolves aren’t playing like they’re in season. But you know who is? The Iowa Wolves. In a new installment here at Canis Hoopus, I’ll be provided monthly updates about the Iowa Wolves. How is the season going? How are the two-way players developing? Are there any Ajay […]
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It has been a roller coaster past week for the Minnesota Timberwolves. After losing three straight, including two utter late-game collapses against the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings, the Wolves needed the Thanksgiving break as much as anyone. The losses brought the Wolves’ record against teams with an above .500 record to 0-7. On Saturday […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Boston CelticsDate: November 29th, 2025Time: 4:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – North, NBA TVRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio If you had told me a week ago that the Timberwolves would come home from their three-game road swing at 10–8, I would have assumed the team acquired a […]
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I’m not typically one to celebrate “Thanksgiving” in the traditional sense. Don’t get me wrong. I’m more than happy to enjoy time off from work and be around loved ones. However, I prefer to acknowledge the “checkered history” (generously speaking) and real origins of Thanksgiving. It’s a part of America’s very real history. That said, […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves, after two of the worst losses of the season and in recent memory, take on the kings of the league in the Oklahoma City Thunder, in a Thanksgiving Eve nationally televised matchup. After the two back-to-back meltdowns against the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings, things don’t get any easier for Anthony Edwards […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have blown two straight games. The first, they led by eight points with a minute left. The second, they led by ten with three minutes left. Andrew Carlson joins Ryan Eichten to try and figure out where the Timberwolves go from here. — In their past five games, the Timberwolves rank 27th in […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City ThunderDate: November 26th, 2025Time: 6:30 PM CSTLocation: Paycom CenterTelevision Coverage: ESPNRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio There are collapse losses, and then there are Timberwolves collapse losses. These are the kind of defeats you can show to a psychologist and they’ll diagnose them as collective trauma. What we […]
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Game Story Former Canis Hoopus contributors Cooper Carlson and Jake Paynting said on their most recent podcast episode of “World Wide Wolves” that the Minnesota Timberwolves loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday was one of the worst regular season losses of all-time. The mathematical improbability of that loss backs that claim up. Was a […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento KingsDate: November 24th, 2025Time: 9:00 PM CSTLocation: Golden 1 CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio There are losses… and then there are Wolves losses. Friday night in Phoenix? That wasn’t just a loss, that was a textbook Timberwolves Greek tragedy, a masterclass in […]
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The Minnesota Lynx, who had the best record in the WNBA last season, will be adding another young talent to the roster with a top pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft. As we await word on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the extended deadline date of Nov. 30 quickly approaching, we at least now […]
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With 55 seconds left in Friday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns, everything was looking great for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves were in control of the game, and it appeared they were about to get their first win against a team above .500, which would have brought Minnesota’s record on the season to 11-5, […]
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Personally speaking, I absolutely love the NBA Cup. Its sponsors may morally repel me, and it is the exact type of sideshow that the ABA would’ve thought of to avoid the cold grip of bankruptcy. It is really and truly the closest equivalent we have to fighting bears at halftime. It is precisely because it […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves at Phoenix SunsDate: November 21st, 2025Time: 8:00 PM CSTLocation: Mortgage Matchup CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – North/KARE 11Radio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio The Wolves, the Suns, and the Quest to Finally Beat a Good Team There’s an old saying in Minnesota: “Be careful what you wish for, because you might get […]
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All indicators pointed towards Wednesday night being smooth sailing. The Washington Wizards came in with a lowly 1-12 record, and it was shaping up to be 1-13 at halftime with the Minnesota Timberwolves up by 25. Pack it up and head home, it’s a school night, right? Not so fast! In case you got in […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Washington WizardsDate: November 19th, 2025Time: 7:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio There was a time when a Minnesota Timberwolves “businesslike win” required divine intervention, a blood sacrifice, and at least one opponent forgetting their shoes. Wolves fans know this. There’s trauma in […]
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On today’s episode, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun break down the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 120-96 win over the shorthanded Dallas Mavericks on Monday, their 123-112 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, and the overall trends with the team 14 games into the season. — The Wolves are now 9-0 against teams with a losing record […]
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With 6:50 left in the fourth quarter, a rousing applause came from Target Center, the loudest it had been all night. A rarity that early in the game nowadays, it was Joe Ingles time. Well-deserved Joe Ingles time at that. If anything less than Monday night’s result against the flailing Dallas Mavericks happened, ghosts of […]
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