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Strength of Timberwolves bench gives Chris Finch plenty of options vs. Suns

The Timberwolves played their starting group together for 14 minutes Saturday in their 120-95 victory over the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series.

In those 14 minutes, the longest any group of five players shared the floor together for the Wolves, the starters were minus-8.

The Wolves outscored the Suns by 33 points in the other 34 minutes with all other combinations they deployed Saturday.

The starting group's 14 minutes are in line with how much the starters typically played together in the regular season (14.