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Timberwolves unbeaten in NBA in-season tournament: Here's how the tourney works

E.Garcia3 months ago
The Timberwolves can clinch a spot in the eight-team knockout round of the NBA's inaugural in-season tournament with a victory Friday.

The Wolves are 2-0 in the West Group C field, having beaten Golden State and San Antonio on the road. Sacramento is also 2-0 after victories over San Antonio and Oklahoma City.

Sacramento is at Target Center to face the Wolves on Friday night in both teams' third game of the in-season tournament.

If the Wolves win, they would win their group and advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament, regardless of what happens in their fourth and final in-season tournament game Tuesday against Oklahoma City. They would have the head-to-head tiebreaker over Sacramento and Golden State, the only teams who could still finish 3-1 after they face each other Tuesday.

Here's how the in-season tournament — an addition to the league this year as it attempts to drum up interest during a time of the season when fans might not be paying much attention to basketball — works:

The league designated certain regular-season games before December on the schedule as tournament games.

Here are the standings so far.

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