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Minnesota Timberwolves tickets are available now from FrontRowUSA! Be sure to order your tickets and catch the Timberwolves live at Target Center and be one of the excited 19,000 fans in attendance! This may be the year that the Timberwolves go all the way to the championships, and head coach Dwane Casey is gearing up the team to take them there. A few new faces on the team, Bracey Write, Rashad McCants, and Dwayne Jones are hoping to make a strong name for them selves during this 2005-2006 basketball season. Only time will tell if they will bring a new power to the team, be sure to order your Timberwolves tickets today and see them live in person in their rookie year. Seasoned player, Kevin Garnett, has been playing for the Timberwolves since 1995 and over the past decade has averaged more than 20 points per game, achieved several league records, and accumulated more than 15,600 points. Garnett is certainly a strong contributing player for Timberwolves, and will play a key role in helping them make it all the way this season! Be sure to order your Timberwolves tickets and experience this amazing team first hand. FrontRowUSA can get you the hard to find and sold out tickets to the game of your choice, so order today. A brief history of the Minnesota Timberwolves The Minnesota Timberwolves are a National Basketball Association Team based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Timberwolves are currently owned by billionaire businessman Glenn Taylor. Dwane Casey is the current head coach. Casey was named head coach after the 2005 season. The Minnesota Timberwolves have yet to win an NBA title but have made 8 playoff appearances during their brief time in the NBA. The Timberwolves are currently a member of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference and they play their home games at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. The Target Center opened in 1990 and currently seats over 20,000 NBA basketball fans. The Minnesota Timberwolves started as an NBA expansion team in 1989. The Timberwolves first coach was Bill Musselman and their first star player was Tony Campbell. The Timberwolves played their home games in 1989 and 1990 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. They moved into their new home, the Target Center in their second season. The Timberwolves struggled to find victories during their first 7 seasons in the league. Bill Mussellman was replaced by Jimmy Rodgers in 1992. Rodgers faired no better than Mussellman and was replaced by Sidney Lowe before the end of the 1993 seasons. Bill Blair replaced Sidney Lowe in 1995 and was subsequently replaced by Flip Saunders during the 1996 season. Saunders remained coach of the Timberwolves for the next 9 plus seasons. Current owner, Glenn Taylor bought the franchise in 1994 and hired Kevin McHale to be his General Manager. The Timberwolves slowly but surely built a playoff team during McHales first few seasons as the General Manager. The Timberwolves made their first playoff appearance in 1997 with Flip Saunders as their coach and star players like Tom Gugliotta, Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury and Sam Mitchell. The Timberwolves reached the playoffs 8 consecutive seasons from 1997 through 2004. The Timberwolves capped off this impressive playoff run with a division title in 2004 that included a franchise record 58 wins. The Timberwolves reached the Western Conference Finals in 2004 only to loose to the Los Angeles Lakers in 6 games. The 2004/2005 Minnesota Timberwolves had the same cast of players that took them all the way to the Western Conference Finals in the 2005 NBA Playoffs but the 2004/2005 Timberwolves came away with drastically different results. Contract disputes among key players like Latrell Sprewell, Sam Cassell and Troy Hudson caused a lot of friction on the team and eventually forced the team to replace coach Flip Saunders in mid Season. Saunders had led the team to 8 straight playoff appearances and was the most successful coach in Timberwolves history. General Manager Kevin McHale took over the coaching duties during the 2004/2005 season and finished off the season in that role. The Timberwolves finished the disappointing 2005 season with a 44-38 record and out of the playoffs for the first time in 8 seasons. Dwayne Casey was named the coach of the Timberwolves at the end of the 2005 season. The complaining players from the previous season were gone leaving only Star player Kevin Garnett to carry the team. Despite loosing 33 games in 2006, the Timberwolves had a renewed spirit. Timberwolves season ticket holders are hoping that a young cast of players like Randy Foye, Craig Smith and Rashad McCants along with veteran super star Kevin Garnett can return the Timberwolves to the NBA playoffs in 2007.
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