Minnesota Timberwolves Tickets

In almost three decades after the Lakers' 1960 departure for Los Angeles, Minnesota enjoyed only two brief run-lns with pro basketball-the Muskies and the Pipers for one season apiece in the 196Os.
So you can forgive the state's basketball fans if some were a little skeptical when the Minnesota Timber wolves Tickets arrived in 1989-90 as part of a two-year, four-team NBA expansion. Now, any skeptics have been silenced as the team has become a Western Conference force behind the rare skills of 2003-04 leagues MVP Kevin Garnett. Minnesota Timber wolves Tickets rise from the despair of four consecutive 60-loss seasons led to a 2004 playoff run that began with the Minnesota Timberwolve's tickets first-ever postseason series victory and did not end until Game 6 of the Western Conference finals against the star-studded Lakers. "I'm proud of what they did," coach Flip Saunders said of his Wolves, who led the conference with 58 regular-season victories. "We've come a long way."

1987 Businessmen Harvey Ratner and Mary Wolfenson see the fruits of their efforts materialize when the NBA announces the Minnesota Timber wolves Tickets will join Charlotte, Miami and Orlando as expansion teams. 1989-90 Bill Musselman coaches the Wolves to a 22-60 record, best among the four new teams. NBA records 1,072,572 spin the Metrodome turnstiles. 1991-92 Luc Longley becomes the first Australian to play in the NBA. 1992-93 Jack McCloskey, architect of two championship teams in Detroit, becomes GM and the wheeling and dealing begins. Chuck Person, Micheal Williams and rookie Christian Laettner are among the newcomers. 1993-94 Rookie Isaiah Rider makes an early impact. Also, the NBA Board of Governors vetoes the sale of the team to a group that wanted to move it to New Orleans.

1995-96 Kevin McHale, replacing McCloskey, starts to rebuild a team that has lost 60 or more games in a record four straight seasons. High schooler Kevin Garnett is the fifth overall draft choice in 1995. 1996-97 The Minnesota Timber wolves Tickets make their playoff debut as Garnett and the versatile Tom Gugliotta become the team's first All-Stars. 1997-98 Stephon Marbury and Garnett drive Minnesota Timber wolves Tickets to its first winning mark (45-37). 1999-00 Garnett makes the All-NBA First Team and the All-Defensive First Team for the first time. Shortly after the season, Malik Sealy is killed in an auto accident. 2002-03 Garnett wins the All-Star Game MVP Award with 37 points, but the team's seventh straight trip to the playoffs ends with a seventh straight first-round loss. 2003-04 The league MVP Award goes to Garnett, who leads the team to the best record in the West and its first taste of playoff success-a trip to the conference finals.