The contrast is jarring. Against teams with losing records, Minnesota is 10-0 to open the season. Against winning teams? 0-6, the latest a mindboggling loss Friday in Phoenix.

Minnesota has one more cupcake on deck — a bout Monday in Sacramento against a Kings team the Wolves already have handled twice in this young season. And, this time, Sacramento will be without star big man Domantas Sabonis.

After that, the two only true potential laughers for the Wolves between now and Christmas are a pair of games at two-win New Orleans in early December.

That’s for the best for these Timberwolves. Yes, they’ve handled business against the League’s cellar dwellers — far more so than they have in other recent seasons. Minnesota is housing the NBA’s worst teams on a consistent basis. But little fro

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