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Stadium:
Target Center
The Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, sponsored by Target Corporation that is home to the National Basketball Association's Minnesota Timberwolves and Women's National Basketball Association's Minnesota Lynx. In 1996 it was home to the Arena Football League team Minnesota Fighting Pike. The City of Minneapolis has owned the arena since 1995, although management has changed hands a few times. Most recently, the management was changed in May 2004 from Clear Channel Entertainment to Midwest Entertainment Group, a joint venture of the Timberwolves and Nederlander Concerts. The Timberwolves originally built and owned the arena in 1990.

Seating Chart:
Target Center Seating Chart

Team History:
Professional basketball returned to the Twin Cities in 1987, when the NBA granted one of its two new expansion teams (the other being Orlando) to original owners Marv Wolfenson and Harvey Ratner to begin play for the 1989-90 season. Known as the Timberwolves, they made their debut on November 3, 1989 losing to the Seattle SuperSonics on the road 106-94. Five days later they would make their home debut at the Metrodome losing to the Chicago Bulls 96-84. Just two nights later the Wolves would get their first win, beating the Philadelphia 76ers at home 125-118 on November 10th. The Timberwolves, led by Tony Campbell with 23.2 ppg, went on to a 22-60 record, finishing in 6th place in the Midwest Division. Playing in the cavernous Metrodome, the expansion Timberwolves drew over 1 million fans including the 3rd-largest crowd in NBA history at 49,551 on April 17, 1990 that saw the Timberwolves lose to the Denver Nuggets 99-88 in the final home game of the season. The next season the team moved into the Target Center and won 29 games, however they fired their head coach Bill Musselman. They didn't fare much better under Mussleman's successor, ex-Celtics coach Jimmy Rodgers finishing with an NBA-worst 15-67 record. Over the next several years, the franchise encountered mediocrity and even a near relocation in 1994 before NBA owners rejected the team's move to New Orleans. Glen Taylor bought the team and named Kevin McHale general manager.

Season Preview:
“The guys that we know are our guys – Randy, Rashad, Craig, Corey and Chris – are going to get the bulk of the minutes,” said Wolves assistant coach Bob Ociepka before Wednesday’s tipoff. “We want to give those guys a chance to get a little bit better every game.” Accordingly, we took a more specific look at starters Randy Foye, Rashad McCants, Craig Smith, Corey Brewer and Chris Richard as we watched Minnesota’s 79-68 summer league victory over San Antonio in Las Vegas.

Official Site:
http://www.nba.com/timberwolves