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Spurs vs. Timberwolves Game 5: Minnesota Players Eager to Face Victor Wembanyama After No Suspension From NBA
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Spurs vs. Timberwolves Game 5: Minnesota Players Eager to Face Victor Wembanyama After No Suspension From NBA

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Good evening sports fans, and welcome back to the NBA playoffs, where the Spurs and Timberwolves will face off Tuesday night in what is sure to be a chippy Game 5, if the rest of the series has been any indication. To note: San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama will be available for the contest despite his ejection from Sunday’s Game 4. The big man was tossed after violently elbowing Minnesota’s Naz Reid in the head/neck , but still managed to avoid a suspension at the hands of the league office. Now, were the T’Wolves at all bothered by this good-faith treatment, considering the possible implications for their playoff run? Not at all. In fact, they seem quite eager for the opportunity to face the Alien in a scale-tipping Game 5. “I don’t think we even thought about it much at all,” Mike Conley told reporters before the game on Tuesday. “I think once the ruling came down, it was like, we expected that. Just move forward. We don’t want guys to miss games.…

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