The Timberwolves have week to prepare for Lakers. Do they have the proper data?

A year ago, the Timberwolves had a week off ahead of each of their first two playoff series — in the first round against Phoenix and the conference semifinals against Denver — and clearly used it to perfection. Minnesota blitzed the Suns and Nuggets in each of the first two games of the series en route to reaching the Western Conference Finals. But to assume the same thing could occur in ...