Sixty-seven days, 32 games and 25 losses into a season that began with so many expectations and so much promise, the Timberwolves on Saturday night delivered their first simple winning streak with a 102-92 victory at Chicago.

They did so on their seventh try this season, finally stringing together consecutive victories—on consecutive nights, no less—against a Bulls team missing potential starters Drew Gooden, Kirk Hinrich and Luol Deng.

"It took until the new year to get it," Wolves forward Ryan Gomes said. "We just know what we can do now. We hadn't seen it done until tonight, but we believed we could."

The Wolves left United Center bound for home late Saturday with that elusive first winning streak and the season's first winning week, a 3-1 record...

Former NBA player Antoine Walker was charged with suspicion of drunk driving in Miami Beach early Monday morning, further hurting his chances of playing again this season. Walker was driving a black Mercedes without the lights on when he was pulled over at 5:39 a.m., according to the arrest report. Officers detected a strong odor of alcohol and wrote in the report that Walker had a sleepy look on...

The Minnesota Timberwolves celebrated their first winning streak of the season -- at the Chicago Bulls' expense. Randy Foye scored 21 points, Al Jefferson added 18 points and 14 rebounds and the Minnesota won consecutive games for the first time this season, beating Chicago 102-92 on Saturday night. "It took us to wait until we got to the New Year to get it," Jefferson said.

With the biggest collapse in a franchise history full of them still fresh in their minds, the Minnesota Timberwolves finally figured out how to close a game. Three days after surrendering a 29-point lead in the final 22 minutes of a loss to Dallas, Al Jefferson had 32 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Timberwolves to a 115-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.

Rick Carlisle was watching the game in his office before halftime, Dirk Nowitzki was beat up after getting hit in the face and the Dallas Mavericks seemed on the verge of getting blown out by the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves on their home court. Then the Mavericks toughened up their defense and what seemed like an insurmountable margin was erased in less than one half.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP -- With all eyes on O.J. Mayo and Kevin Love, it was Al Jefferson who stole the show. Jefferson scored a season-high 38 points, including nine in overtime, and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 108-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. Jefferson scored the Timberwolves' first seven points in overtime, helping them overcome the efforts of...

Jameer Nelson and Hedo Turkoglu made sure there would be no letdown for the Orlando Magic. Turkoglu scored 11 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Nelson returned with an injured toe to score 12 in the final frame, and the Magic slowly pulled away to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-94 on Saturday night.

Kevin McHale turned to prayer, though it wasn't really needed. The combination of Al Jefferson inside and some sizzling 3-point shooting was more than enough. The Timberwolves snapped a 13-game losing streak and won for the first time this season under McHale, getting a season-best 23 points from Rashad McCants in a 120-107 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.

Tony Parker keeps finding ways to hurt the Minnesota Timberwolves. Manu Ginobili just keeps getting hurt. Parker scored 36 points on 13-of-17 shooting to lead the Spurs to a 99-93 victory over Minnesota on Tuesday night, handing the Timberwolves their 13th consecutive loss. Ginobili, who missed the first 12 games of the season because of left ankle surgery, limped slightly to the sideline with about...