Naz Reid has been ruled for Wednesday night's game against the Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center in Phoenix due to illness, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch told reporters pregame. Rob Dillingham,

Mike Conley is listed as questionable with a right thumb sprain. If the Wolves choose to exercise caution with their 37-year-old point guard on the second night of a back-to-back,

Reid joins rookie guard Rob Dillingham, who was listed as questionable due to illness on Tuesday night. Some kind of bug seems to be going around the Wolves' locker room; Anthony

Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo will not require surgery and will be re-evaluated in three weeks as he recovers from a left great toe injury he suffered on Jan. 15, the team said in a statement Friday.

The Timberwolves led by nine in the fourth quarter in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day matinee, and were up 95-90 after Anthony Edwards canned a jumper with 4:30 to play. But Memphis stormed back to seize control via an 11-0 run over the ensuing 2:10 to go up six.

With Donte DiVincenzo on the shelf for the foreseeable future, Dillingham has been playing his best stretch of basketball in a Wolves uniform. In his last six games, he is averaging 8.5 points ...

Naz Reid walked through a back door of his high school, Roselle Catholic, and under a sign that said “library.” His 6-foot-9 frame barely fit in the doorway. Awaiting him in that library were a lot of people instrumental during his time at Roselle,

Late-game situations were where DiVincenzo was beginning to alleviate ... 32 points on the strength of 18 free-throw attempts. Naz Reid tacked on 29 points and eight rebounds.

Imagine how far-fetched the following scenario sounded a month ago in Timberwolves-land: The Wolves defeated the Jazz 138-113 on Thursday behind major contributions off the bench from Rob Dillingham,

Three injured rotational players forced Chris Finch to rely on his bench, where he got 53 points from Rob Dillingham, Naz Reid, Jaylen Clark, and Luka Garza in a blowout win.

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Julius Randle exited during the second quarter and was later ruled out for the remainder of Thursday night's game against the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City due to a groin soreness.

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota seeks to build upon its five-game win streak with a victory against Washington. The Timberwolves have gone 12-10 in home games. Minnesota averages 111.2 points and has outscored opponents by 3.3 points per game.