they will try to get it tonight against a struggling timberwolves club. that can grab a victory against >> steve: the head coach flip saunders who spent nearly 10 years in minneapolis taking them to the playoffs eight times. he has yet to lose at target center as an opposing coach. minnesota is 3-2 at home and 3- 12 on the road. thethe head coach for the timberwolves is kurt rambis. we are underway at target center. gilbert will take the first shot. the wizards come off an excellent win the other night in milwaukee, 109-97. their second straight. third in the last four games. flynn on the pick and roll jefferson for the jumper, a little strong. washington battling for the ball. gilbert is doing better. >> phil: he is doing a great job from the guard position. >> steve: flynn the rebound. first of two meetings between these teams. last year the wizards swept them two straight for the second consecutive year. washington has won four straight games overall and the last two here in minneapolis. >> phil: we have antawn jamison in his 12th year, lover love in h

here come the timberwolves. jonny flynn, pushed by foye, no call but on the rebound, a foul. >> phil: i think a late whistle was blown. watch the contact right there, the body contact, which floats the hip of flynn outward and throws him off balance, he misses the shot. >> steve: haywood comes out with a couple of points. andray blatche back in. jonny flynn, he been around the league somewhat. traveling called on butler. washington's 13th turnover. i keep wondering whether this is a real travel. yeah, that is. >> phil: that is. >> steve: i've seen it -- >> phil: it almost looked like he slid. because they almost slid out from underneath him. >> steve: i agree. i have seen it called on him manies times when it is not so obvious. that's what makes me wonder about that call. brewer heating up, he has 13 points to lead mr. in scoring. the timberwolves have answered washington on a stephen-0 run. gilbert off balance and he will shoot two. >> phil: that's good recovery by gilbert. you have brewer playing him on the si

timberwolves by 2 with 720 to play in regulation. wizards trying to win their third straight game and haven't had a three game win streak in the season before last. >> phil: it's the third time this year they have attempted to go three in a row. >> steve: foul will be called on washington. they got it on brendan haywood. no, they will call it -- they can't call it jamison, they call it agiler, dominic mcguire makes the foul. corey brewer to the free-throw line. another sub par free throw shooter at 63%. he makes his first free throw. this is a minnesota team that ranked 23 in nba shooting coming in. they are shooting 58% from the night tonight. now 12-20. that hasn't been a problem. the problem has been offensive rebounding and second chance points. minnesota has 18 of them. that has been the big difference. that's the offensive rebounding. butler jumper is short. timberwolves by 4. they have only won 6 games on the year. three of them have been big. one at utah, one here against utah and one at denver. a lot of contact. another foul