In another ugly night of basketball, the Minnesota Timberwolves were still able to defeat the Atlanta Hawks 100-92. The Hawks were playing without Trae Young, so it should've been an easy victory. Instead,

At issue was a brutal second half in which the Timberwolves were outscored 49-40 by the zombie Hawks, who were missing Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels and Bogdan Bogdanović. The Wolves still needed to play Rudy Gobert 38 minutes, Anthony Edwards 35 and Mike Conley 31 to ensure they finished off the Hawks.

Finch does not believe there's any urgency from the Wolves front office to make a move before the Feb. 6 deadline.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves have a battle against Phoenix tonight in the Valley of the Sun at 8:00 p.m.

Host Michael Rand was going to tease Wolves fans again for turning their noses up at victory, but then it turned out that head coach Chris Finch felt the same way about Minnesota’s 100-92 victory over a short-handed Atlanta squad.

The Hawks (22-24) were without Trae Young, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson and Larry Nance Jr. Still, they found themselves going toe-to-toe with the Wolves (25-21), who turned it over 18 times and gave up 21 second-chance points.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been a mixed bag this season. After a run to the Western Conference Finals a year ago, Chris Finch has tried to make the new roster work.

The Timberwolves are 22-10 when Gobert grabs at least nine rebounds, 22-11 when he scores at least eight points, 16-5 when he attempts at least seven shots, 16-8 when he doles out two-plus assists and 6-2 when he blocks three or more shots. Those are the numbers required to be a championship-contending team.

The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Atlanta Hawks 100-92 at Target Center on Monday, but their head coach Chris Finch was fuming after the game. The Hawks were missing several key players for this clash but nearly staged an improbable comeback and Finch blasted his Timberwolves players in his press conference.

Western Conference counterparts who are jockeying for position in the crowded postseason chase meet on Wednesday when the Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Phoenix Suns.

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert and Atlanta Hawks big man Mouhamed Gueye walked away unscathed as a piece of debris fell from the Target Center jumbotron.