It's Minnesota's second straight loss. The Wolves (8-8) fell behind by as many as 19 points in the third quarter, but they whittled down their deficit and found themselves in a one-possession game in the waning minutes. Anthony Edwards hit a clutch 3 ...

The Boston Celtics defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves Sunday afternoon 107-105, narrowly avoiding what would have been an ugly loss. Instead, Boston earns a fifth consecutive win and advances to 14-3 for the season.

But Minnesota could not handle the Mavericks in the conference finals, and this year it appears to have taken a step back after trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo.