Shortly after leaving Target Center after the Timberwolves' 108-86 victory over the Lakers on Sunday, Ryan Saunders was asked to come back to the arena. He ran practice Monday and won his first game as coach Tuesday.
Shortly after the Timberwolves’ 119-117 victory in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Timberwolves interim coach Ryan Saunders got a phone call from Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor.
“He and his wife Becky called,” Saunders said, “They called while I was in the locker room in the coaches office. It was a special conversation.”
Saunders has had a long relationship with Taylor, who also owns the Star Tribune.