The Minnesota Timberwolves have seldom held home-court advantage in a playoff series (it obviously doesn’t help that the Timberwolves have not made the playoffs many times in general). With that said, one of those memorable times was all the way back in the 2003 playoffs, a season in which the Wolves won 51 regular season games, one more than the previous season and a then-team record.
How did the Basketball Gods reward the Timberwolves? With a first-round matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers. Though not the same team that dominated the start of the decade, these Lakers were coming off three-straight championships and made for a formidable opponent.