http://www.mail.com/people/4082-nikola-pekovic.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/4082-nikola-pekovic.html http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2144402-celtics-to-play-wolves-preseason-canada.html MONTREAL (AP) — The Boston Celtics will play a preseason game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Montreal next season as part of the NBA's Canadian series. The NBA announced the pairing on Tuesday. The teams will play at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Oct. 20. It's the second season the league has held preseason games in Canada. The Wolves have been at... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:53:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2144402-celtics-to-play-wolves-preseason-canada.html 2013-06-11T16:53:34Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2061104-flip-saunders-returning-to-timberwolves.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor sat before a throng of media, swallowed hard and said what many in and around the organization had been thinking for about nine years. It was a mistake for him to sign off on the decision to fire Flip Saunders as coach back in 2005, less than a year after Saunders led the team to the Western Conf... Fri, 03 May 2013 20:25:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2061104-flip-saunders-returning-to-timberwolves.html 2013-05-03T20:25:14Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2059294-ap-sources-kahn-wolves-president-flip.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Goodbye, David Kahn. Hello, Flip Saunders. Again. The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Thursday that owner Glen Taylor will not to pick up the option for next season on Kahn's contract. Three people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Taylor has agreed on a deal to hire Saunders as Kahn's replacement. The peop... Fri, 03 May 2013 01:13:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2059294-ap-sources-kahn-wolves-president-flip.html 2013-05-03T01:13:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2003216-adelman-1000th-w-wolves-107-101-win.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The final seconds ticked down on Rick Adelman's 1,000th career victory, and a season's worth of hardship and heartache quickly evaporated. As his players surrounded him to celebrate, the 66-year-old basketball lifer quickly disengaged from the crowd, and everyone in the arena knew where he was headed. His wife Mary Kay, his partner of f... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:59:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2003216-adelman-1000th-w-wolves-107-101-win.html 2013-04-07T03:59:17Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1987836-pekovic-powers-timberwolves-thunder-101-93.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nikola Pekovic had 22 points and 15 rebounds and Ricky Rubio added 17 points and seven assists to help the Minnesota Timberwolves stun the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-93 on Friday night. Chase Budinger scored 13 points off the bench and Andrei Kirilenko played superb defense on Thunder star Kevin Durant in the second half to help the Wolv... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1987836-pekovic-powers-timberwolves-thunder-101-93.html 2013-03-30T02:36:45Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1931722-wade-james-lead-heat-to-record-15th-straight-win.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dwyane Wade has seen a lot in his 10 years on South Beach. He's won championships and lost them. He's been on top of the basketball world and at the bottom of the heap. Through it all, he's never been on a 15-game winning streak. Until now. He's also never won back-to-back titles. With LeBron James leading the way, everything is changin... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:15:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1931722-wade-james-lead-heat-to-record-15th-straight-win.html 2013-03-05T08:15:13Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1909702-thunder-snap-3-game-skid-beat-minnesota-127-111.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With All-Stars Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant leading the way, the Oklahoma City Thunder can outscore any team in the NBA on any given night. That still isn't good enough for a team with the highest of aspirations. Westbrook scored a season-high 37 points, Durant added 27 and Oklahoma City snapped a three-game losing streak Friday... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1909702-thunder-snap-3-game-skid-beat-minnesota-127-111.html 2013-02-23T05:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1874188-green-shoots-spurs-timberwolves-104-94.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A nationally televised game with Commissioner David Stern in the house, and there sat Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. No controversy or fines coming this time. Duncan and Ginobili were both out with legitimate injuries for the San Antonio Spurs, who taught the Minnesota Timberwolves a lesson on how to handle adversity. ... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1874188-green-shoots-spurs-timberwolves-104-94.html 2013-02-07T04:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1851298-adelman-coaching-timberwolves-3-week-break.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rick Adelman is back on the court and coaching basketball after three weeks away to help his wife through a health scare. His Minnesota Timberwolves lost nine of 11 games without him to fall behind in the powerful Western Conference playoff race. Adelman helped restore hope in this downtrodden franchise when he came aboard before last s... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1851298-adelman-coaching-timberwolves-3-week-break.html 2013-01-28T21:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1844510-rubio-works-through-frustration-comeback.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ricky Rubio swiped the pass in the open court and darted down the lane with Derrick Williams on his wing. Rubio zipped the kind of behind-the-back pass that made him a sensation in Minnesota during his rookie season, the kind of flashy play that put rear ends in the seats at Target Center and made the Timberwolves one of the most exciti... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1844510-rubio-works-through-frustration-comeback.html 2013-01-24T22:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1809882-kevin-love-8-10-weeks-with-broken-hand.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — If the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to chase down their first playoff berth since 2004, they're going to have to do most of the work without Kevin Love. Unfortunately for this hard-luck franchise, they know what it feels like to play without their All-Star and Olympian. Love will miss the next eight to 10 weeks after needing surgery... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1809882-kevin-love-8-10-weeks-with-broken-hand.html 2013-01-10T00:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1780652-barea-wolves-snap-thunders-12-game-streak.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder have been blowing the doors off the rest of the Western Conference in these first two months, playing with the swagger born of their run to the NBA Finals last season. J.J. Barea and the Minnesota Timberwolves tried to send a message on Thursday night that a second straight trip isn't going to ... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1780652-barea-wolves-snap-thunders-12-game-streak.html 2012-12-21T09:51:00Z