Not since the fabled 2003-04 season, when Flip Saunders was coaching, Latrell was feeding his family, Sam was making alien-eyed 16-foot jumpers, KG was dominating and Kevin McHale was a genius, have the Timberwolves won six consecutive games. They finished that regular season by winning their final nine games, the last coming on April 14, 2004, at Memphis. (Forgotten fun fact lost in the wreckage of 2004-05, when the wheels fell off: the team actually started the season 13-6).

In any event, the new-look Wolves will go for their sixth consecutive victory tonight against Miami. Say what you want about the teams they have defeated to win five consecutive, but wins are wins. The brand of basketball is getting more entertaining. Basically, everything we thought would happen at the start of the season began to take place about one-third of the way in. Hey, better late than never.

The Vegas line is Heat by 1. Dwyane Wade, Shawn Marion, Michael Beasley and co. will be no pushovers. Then again, we’re not sure Miami has anyone who can stop Big Al and co. down low. So we’ll say the streak grows to six with a narrow victory. Feel free to use this space to comment on — gulp! — in-game Wolves action. We’ll be at TC with Local Quipster. It will be festive. We might even Twitter.

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