A huge game awaits the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
It’ll happen in Houston, even though the Timberwolves will be in Los Angeles. There will be no dunks, no traveling, no 3-pointers. No halftime, either. No shot clock, but there will be a pitch clock.<\/p>\n
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