Timberwolves in the NBA Conference semi -finals: The last few times they were there and what happened

The Minnesota Timberwolves have reached the semi -finals of the Western Conference after defeating Lebron James' and Luka Doncics Los Angeles Lakers in round one of the NBA playoffs. You only made it twice in the history of the franchise – in 2004 and 2024.

The last deep playoff run of the Timberwolves

The Timberwolves is one of ten teams who have never won an NBA championship. In fact, in 36 seasons in the league you have never made it to the NBA final. They made it the far most for the final of the Western Conference, and that only happened twice.

Interestingly, the timber wolves were either removed in the first round of the off -season or they made it to the conference final. So In the conference semifinals they have never been removed

1990-1996: missed playoffs
1997: Lost round against Rockets (3-0)
1998: Lost round against Supersonics (3-2)
1999: Lost first round against Spurs (3-1)
2000: Lost round against Trail Blazer (3-1)
2001: Lost first round against Spurs (3-1)
2002: Lost first round against Mavericks (3-0)
2003: Lost first round against Lakers (4-2)
2004: Lost Western Conference Finals against Los Angeles Lakers (4-2)
2005-2018: missed playoffs
2022: Lost first round against grizzlies (4–2)
2023: Lost first round against Nuggets (4–1)
2024: Lost Western Conference Finals against Mavericks (4–1)

This year, Minnesota meets the winner of the Golden State Warriors against Houston Rockets Round 1 series that will have the last game 7 tonight.

Follow the US Live report on the playoff game from Warriors against Rockets Game 7!

From 1997 to 2004 the wolves made it into the post -season every year, but only last 8 years in the playoffs in a row could they make it beyond the first round. In 2004 they defeated the Denver Nuggets and Sacramento Kings to achieve the conference finalwhere they lost to the Lakers.

They then saw a long playoff village that ended in the 2017 season when they lost to the Rockets in the first round. They had another (shorter) playoff village from 2018 to 2020. In the seasons 2021 and 2022 they made the post -season, but lost in the first round. In the 2023-24 season last year, the Timberwolves had been doing their deepest playoff run in 20 years.

In the first round of the playoffs last year Timberwolves swept the phoenix suns -Minnesotas first sweep in a best-of-7 series in the professional sports history of men. They looked at the defending champion Denver Nuggets in the semi -finals of the Western Conference. In game 6 of this series, the Timberwolves had a lead of 45 points -the biggest lead against a defending champion in the NBA playoff story. This victory bound the series and the wolves won game 7 towards the Nuggets and switched to the conference final in the franchise story for the second time. In the third round, Minnesota faced the Dallas Mavericks. After three games with 3: 0, the Timberwolves defeated the Mavs to force a 5-game 5 game, but lost in this game for a 4: 1 series defeat and excretion.

You are now trying to continue to do it than ever before The hunt for her first NBA title in 2025.

The last deep playoff run of the Timberwolves

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