According to Wolves coach Randy Wittman and VP basketball operations Kevin McHale, Al Jefferson flew from the Bay Area back home to Mississippi on Wednesday to attend to a family matter, missed Thursday’s practice and is expected to rejoin the team before Saturday’s game against Portland

Wittman and a team spokesman said  his absence is coincidental and not related to the end of Tuesday’s game at Golden State, when he didn’t score a point and barely touched the ball in the game’s final13 minutes (when the Wolves were outscored 20-7 and lost in overtime) and left the locker room without speaking to reporters, looking quite unhappy.

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