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The Minnesota Timberwolves had their worst record in their first 40 games in 1989-90, with a record of 7-33.

	TEAM	REC	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Timberwolves	0-1	11/3/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	SEA	L 94-106	.000	240	94	34	14	11	1	36	81	44.4	1	4	25.0	21	27	77.8	50.6	14	20	12	23
2	Timberwolves	0-1	11/5/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	POR	L 83-93	.000	240	83	39	18	6	1	30	90	33.3	1	10	10.0	22	27	81.5	40.7	17	22	12	34
3	Timberwolves	0-1	11/8/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	CHI	L 84-96	.000	240	84	38	19	13	2	32	86	37.2	0	5	0.0	20	30	66.7	42.3	15	23	14	21
4	Timberwolves	1-0	11/10/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	PHI	W 125-118	1.000	265	125	46	25	13	3	46	90	51.1	1	4	25.0	32	39	82.1	58.3	15	31	18	29
5	Timberwolves	0-1	11/12/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	SEA	L 97-108	.000	240	97	36	19	10	3	37	87	42.5	1	3	33.3	22	29	75.9	48.6	20	16	9	19
6	Timberwolves	1-0	11/14/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	GSW	W 101-98	1.000	240	101	42	19	10	7	37	88	42.0	2	7	28.6	25	28	89.3	50.3	15	27	17	32
7	Timberwolves	0-1	11/15/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	SAS	L 76-86	.000	240	76	41	19	12	4	27	83	32.5	1	6	16.7	21	22	95.5	41.0	18	23	17	19
8	Timberwolves	0-1	11/17/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	BOS	L 99-116	.000	240	99	38	28	10	4	41	87	47.1	1	3	33.3	16	26	61.5	50.3	13	25	13	26
9	Timberwolves	0-1	11/18/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	NYK	L 96-111	.000	240	96	35	25	3	0	38	80	47.5	2	5	40.0	18	23	78.3	53.3	12	23	11	19
10	Timberwolves	0-1	11/21/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	UTA	L 101-103	.000	265	101	33	26	13	6	38	80	47.5	1	3	33.3	24	30	80.0	54.2	15	18	16	24
11	Timberwolves	0-1	11/22/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	DEN	L 93-96	.000	240	93	48	18	8	2	32	74	43.2	1	4	25.0	28	37	75.7	51.5	18	30	14	26
12	Timberwolves	0-1	11/24/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	DAL	L 89-99	.000	240	89	43	17	8	4	37	90	41.1	0	3	0.0	15	20	75.0	45.0	25	18	11	24
13	Timberwolves	0-1	11/25/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	CHA	L 73-81	.000	240	73	41	23	8	2	31	75	41.3	0	3	0.0	11	17	64.7	44.3	9	32	13	24
14	Timberwolves	1-0	11/29/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	MIA	W 105-100	1.000	240	105	30	23	8	9	41	76	53.9	0	2	0.0	23	29	79.3	59.1	10	20	13	26
15	Timberwolves	0-1	11/30/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	ORL	L 96-103	.000	240	96	46	30	10	3	39	96	40.6	0	1	0.0	18	25	72.0	44.9	13	33	16	28
16	Timberwolves	1-0	12/2/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	CLE	W 101-74	1.000	240	101	42	20	17	5	39	80	48.8	1	1	100.0	22	26	84.6	55.2	13	29	14	20
17	Timberwolves	1-0	12/5/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	NJN	W 92-90	1.000	240	92	31	23	8	2	35	67	52.2	2	3	66.7	20	29	69.0	57.7	8	23	15	24
18	Timberwolves	0-1	12/9/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	ATL	L 91-104	.000	240	91	42	22	7	2	36	85	42.4	4	6	66.7	15	23	65.2	47.8	15	27	15	29
19	Timberwolves	0-1	12/12/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	IND	L 112-113	.000	265	112	41	27	9	4	46	90	51.1	1	5	20.0	19	25	76.0	55.4	19	22	17	35
20	Timberwolves	0-1	12/13/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	DAL	L 87-90	.000	240	87	45	24	10	3	32	84	38.1	2	7	28.6	21	28	75.0	45.2	14	31	9	19
21	Timberwolves	0-1	12/15/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	MIA	L 84-95	.000	240	84	33	20	13	6	33	82	40.2	1	5	20.0	17	25	68.0	45.2	13	20	19	20
22	Timberwolves	0-1	12/17/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	UTA	L 112-122	.000	240	112	34	19	14	4	36	79	45.6	0	5	0.0	40	49	81.6	55.7	14	20	15	35
23	Timberwolves	0-1	12/19/1989	1989-90	MIN	@	WAS	L 99-112	.000	240	99	36	19	12	8	37	82	45.1	0	3	0.0	25	35	71.4	50.8	11	25	15	27
24	Timberwolves	0-1	12/20/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	LAL	L 97-106	.000	265	97	40	29	5	4	38	77	49.4	2	9	22.2	19	28	67.9	54.3	9	31	14	30
25	Timberwolves	0-1	12/23/1989	1989-90	MIN	vs	MIL	L 90-94	.000	240	90	35	18	13	5	32	72	44.4	3	4	75.0	23	30	76.7	52.8	7	28	20	29
	Average								.175	242.5	93.9	39.2	22.5	10.3	3.7	36.4	83.0	43.9	1.0	3.9	25.5	20.0	26.6	75.3	49.6	14.0	25.2	14.3	24.9
	Total	7-33							.175	9,700	3,755	1,566	900	413	149	1,457	3,318	43.9	40	157	25.5	801	1,064	75.3	49.6	559	1,007	572	994

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PPG

18.3

Ball

RPG

12.1

Gobert

APG

6.0

Ball

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.1

9th

DRTG

106.1

1st

NETRTG

11.0

3rd

3P%

37.3

8th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
5	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	2.0
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	DAL	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CHI	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Mon 11/16	POR	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Tue 11/17	POR	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 11/19	NYK	@	MIN	8:00 PM

Last Game

Jazz

1 - 9

100

Final

115

Timberwolves

8 - 3

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NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.3

Wembanyama

29.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

13.5

Towns

13.3

Sabonis

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.0

Jokić

8.5

Mitchell

8.3

Young

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.3

Dunn

2.3

Barnes

BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.4

Turner

2.2

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.2

Robinson

TS% Leaders

73.4

Gafford

71.9

Curry

71.3

Spencer

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.0

119.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

106.1

107.6

108.6

108.8

109.0

NetRtg Rankings

11.7

11.2

11.0

9.2

8.2

8.0

Tank Leaderboard

1-11

1-10

1-9

2-8

3-8

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FanDuel Points Leaders

759

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

583.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

734.5

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

610.3

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.9

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.4

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.11

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

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NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-1

9-3

7-3

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

2-10

2-9

3-7

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	9	3	.750	1.0
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	2.0
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Raptors	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
9	Hornets	4	7	.364	5.5
10	Magic	4	7	.364	5.5
11	Pacers	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	8	.333	6.0
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	1	9	.100	8.0
15	Bucks	1	11	.083	9.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
5	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	2.0
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5
8	Mavericks	7	4	.636	3.0
9	Grizzlies	7	4	.636	3.0
10	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
11	Suns	4	6	.400	5.5
12	Pelicans	4	8	.333	6.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.5
14	Kings	1	10	.091	9.0
15	Jazz	1	11	.083	9.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	TOR	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	DET	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	DAL	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 11/12	CHA	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Fri 11/13	MIL	@	ORL	7:00 PM

The Minnesota Timberwolves had their worst record in their first 40 games in 1989-90, with a record of 7-33.

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