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Wolves Expect to Use Plenty of Zone Defense

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Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders repeatedly has said thus far he wants a team that played almost no zone defense last season to at least dabble in it this season.

If the concepts work like they did during Sunday’s 112-94 preseason victory over injury-strapped Oklahoma City, they might do more than that.

“If we have the success we had tonight, we’ll probably use it a lot,” he said.

via Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune