The Minnesota Timberwolves are in the extremely difficult Northwest Division of the NBA’s Western Conference. Among the five teams in the division, every team made the playoffs in the 2018-19 season other than the Timberwolves. In fact, four of the top six seeds in the Western Conference were from the Northwest Division. This was the second straight season in which this division had four representatives in the NBA Playoffs.
This Northwest Division includes the Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Minnesota Timberwolves. These five teams last season had a combined record of 242-168.