The Timberwolves ended a 14-year playoff drought when they returned to the postseason in 2018. Sealy's number has since been retired: the number 2 jersey memorialized with Sealy's name on a banner hanging from the rafters of Target Center. [52] On October 25, 2015, Saunders died at age 60. During the offseason, the Timberwolves were finally able to bring 2009 fifth overall pick Ricky Rubio over from Spain. Although they manage to bite him several times, the Beast throws one (possibly the alpha male) against a tree and knocks him out cold, and the rest run off in fright. [31], After Garnett retired, he commented about the thought that the Timberwolves would consider retiring his number, "I'm not entertaining it." [3]:174 Although similar in size to central Russian wolves, Swedish and Norwegian wolves tend to be more heavily built with deeper shoulders. [17] This included a crowd of 49,551 on April 17, 1990, which saw the Timberwolves lose to the Denver Nuggets 99–88 in the final home game of the season. [37] The Timberwolves also selected Bracey Wright, a guard from Indiana, with the 17th pick of the second round (47th overall). • Feel the Magic • Mickey's Magical Celebration • Mickey's Magical Music World • Mickey and the Magician • Once Upon a Mouse • The Pavilion • Royal Princess Music Celebration • Royal Theatre • The Golden Mickeys • The Starlit Princess Waltz Shops: Bonjour!

[70] But not long after, Love, who missed the first nine games of the season after fracturing the third and fourth metacarpals in his right hand in a preseason home workout, suffered a recurrence of the injury in a win over the Denver Nuggets on January 3. • If I Can't Love Her • Maison Des Lunes • A Change in Me The grey wolf was exterminated in Denmark in 1772 and Norway's last wolf was killed in 1973. By 1960, few wolves remained in Sweden, due to the use of snowmobiles in hunting them, with the last specimen being killed in 1966.

[22] The last free-living wolf to be killed on the soil of present-day Germany before 1945 was the so-called "Tiger of Sabrodt", which was shot near Hoyerswerda, Lusatia (then Lower Silesia) in 1904. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, continent-wide extermination of wolves has ceased, and wolf populations have increased to about 25,000–30,000 animals throughout the former Soviet Union,[25] an increase of about 150%.[33]. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. However, Eastern European wolf populations were reduced to very low numbers by the late nineteenth century. [102][103] The City Edition uniform, which is primarily gray with white lettering, was the last to be revealed on December 27. [32]. Aside from an extensive paleontological record, Indo-European languages typically have several words for wolf, thus attesting to the animal's abundance and cultural significance. After dropping Game 1 of the playoffs on the road to the Seattle SuperSonics, the Timberwolves won their first postseason game in Game 2, winning in Seattle 98–93. Two nights later on November 10, the Wolves got their first win, beating the Philadelphia 76ers at home 125–118. In 2003, Rob Babcock was promoted to vice-president of player personnel, and he and general manager Kevin McHale made a series of strong off-season moves in an attempt to get the team over the hump and beyond the first round of the playoffs. Guards Sebastian Telfair and Marko Jarić were deputized as starting point guards during Foye's injury absence. [89][90] With Rosas' hiring, the Timberwolves also made several front office changes in the organization. Many around the NBA, including both Flip Saunders and Phil Jackson believe that had he been healthy, the Wolves would have advanced to the finals.[34][35].

Direwolves are held to be near-mythical in most of the south of Westeros. But on February 8, 2009, the team's main star Al Jefferson tore his ACL in his right knee in a game at New Orleans, sidelining him for the rest of the season. [88] On May 20, after conducting interviews with several candidates, the Timberwolves announced that Ryan Saunders had been hired to a multi-year deal to become the team's permanent head coach, removing his "interim" status. The 2015 season also saw the return of Kevin Garnett.

[109], Crunch the Wolf is the official mascot of the Minnesota Timberwolves.[110]. [12] One wolf killed in Romania was recorded to have weighed 72 kilograms (159 lb). [106] They also unveiled a dark purple "City" uniform inspired by Prince's 1984 album Purple Rain, as well as a white "Earned" version that was exclusive only to the 16 teams that made the 2018 playoffs.