{"id":714406,"date":"2017-07-09T21:51:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T01:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=714406"},"modified":"2017-07-09T21:51:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T01:51:43","slug":"timberwolves-win-their-first-game-at-vegas-and-im-ecstatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/timberwolves-win-their-first-game-at-vegas-and-im-ecstatic\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves win their first game at Vegas, and I&#8217;m ecstatic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Timberwolves fans,<\/p>\n<p>Did you hear?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/howlintwolf\/status\/884210949447712769<\/p>\n<p>Timberwolves won! They won their first game in the summer league against the Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p>This time though, the Timberwolves blogosphere&#8217;s paying (a little) more attention:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Really like Paige to make this roster and wouldn&#39;t mind seeing him tyus and Crawford on the floor together  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PowerOfThePack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PowerOfThePack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talal Abdullah (@UnderdogsSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnderdogsSports\/status\/884197843866705920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailywolf\/status\/884193906782425091<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brianball0\/status\/884188627345002497<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I really like Costello! Look what he did today:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/howlintwolf\/status\/884199377136492546<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful dunk!<\/p>\n<p>Mm&#8230; anything else worth mentioning?<\/p>\n<p>Mm&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/ellispe02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Perry Ellis<\/a> had 19 pts!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/costema01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matt Costello<\/a> with the impressive dunk! (again)<\/li>\n<li>Charles Cooke: 15 pts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(That&#8217;s enough, you could read the rest in the box score above)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out the highlights: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Full Highlights: Denver Nuggets vs Minnesota Timberwolves, MGM Resorts NBA Summer League | July 9\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/us3157C9Wr4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Great game, right?<\/p>\n<p>Before you exit the page, remember: next game against the Warriors will be on Jully 11th, 7:30 CST on ESPN 2.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see if the Timberwolves will advance in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m feeling it!<\/p>\n<p>What about you?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;DP<\/p>\n<p>Go Timberwolves! Get your howl on.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/howlintwolf\">@howlintwolf<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twolvesblog\">@Twolvesblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, check out the latest Timberwolves news:<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=&#8221;bf5a57f8bb51dcef03139f9d48248da8-114320562-111400560&#8243; info=&#8221;https:\/\/feed.mikle.com\/js\/fw-loader.js&#8221; ]\n<p><strong>Gif:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=us3157C9Wr4\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Timberwolves fans, Did you hear? https:\/\/twitter.com\/howlintwolf\/status\/884210949447712769 Timberwolves won! 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