Now 5-1 and finally off the preseason road, the Wolves came back home to Target Center on Monday and that’s where they will stay until next week’s regular-season opener against Sacramento. They finish off the preseason schedule with Target Center games Wednesday against Chicago and Thursday against Milwaukee.

Rashad McCants practiced Monday after he did not play in Sunday’s 111-107 victory over Denver in Bismarck. He tweaked his back before the game and if it had been a regular season game they probably would have put him on the floor and see how the back responded. But it was Sunday night in Bismarck…enough said.

Kevin Love played just 11 minutes because of foul trouble against a quick Nuggets team that vexed him the first time around, nine days before in Denver. Wittman attributed it to a veteran officiating crew that gave Love a couple of “rookie calls.” Wittman called it another “learning” experience.

Randy Foye and Sebastian Telfair got a good talking-to after Thursday’s game at Toronto, where Blake Ahearn was the best Wolves point guard on the floor, and Foye responded with a 15-assist, 2-turnover game. Foye acknowledged that it sure does help the stats when you throw the ball to Mike Miller and he shoots the ball.

David Harrison still hasn’t participated in a full practice, so it’s almost certain Wittman won’t get a look at him in a preseason game. They’ve still got 18 on the roster and three have to go — Calvin Booth, Ahearn or Ollie and…someone (my guess is that it isn’t Harrison). Brian Cardinal practiced some on Monday for the first time since Mankato and Booth is ready to play, but the fact that he hasn’t sure makes it look like he’s the foregone conclusion to a contract buyout.

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