{"id":586478,"date":"2026-02-06T15:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/586478\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:27:19","slug":"timberwolves-bolster-roster-ahead-of-pelicans-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/586478\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves Bolster Roster Ahead of Pelicans Matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) \u2013 The Minnesota Timberwolves will look to build momentum tonight when they host the New Orleans Pelicans at Target Center, riding high after a thrilling 128-126 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The Wolves enter the contest sitting in fifth place in the Western Conference with a 32-20 record, and they\u2019ll do so with a newly reinforced roster following yesterday\u2019s trade acquisition of Chicago Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Minnesota sent Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller, and four second-round draft picks to Chicago in exchange for the versatile guard, who has been a key contributor for the Bulls this season. Dosunmu, known as a reliable three-and-D player, is averaging 15 points per game while shooting an impressive 45 percent from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The addition of Dosunmu strengthens the Timberwolves\u2019 bench depth as they push toward the playoffs, giving head coach Chris Finch another proven scoring option and perimeter defender to deploy in crucial situations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Tonight\u2019s game against New Orleans tips off at 7:00 p.m. at Target Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Lakes, MN (KDLM) \u2013 The Minnesota Timberwolves will look to build momentum tonight when they host the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,6,478,470,4073,4072,675],"class_list":{"0":"post-586478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-new-orleans","11":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","12":"tag-neworleans","13":"tag-neworleanspelicans","14":"tag-pelicans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116024420042313512","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}