The Minnesota Timberwolves play host to the Golden State Warriors at Target Center on Sunday.

The Warriors (31-11) find themselves in the worst stretch of their season, entering this matchup with a 4-5 record across their last nine games. The two most recent outings tell the story, with Golden State getting blown out on Friday night and following it up with a blowout victory on Saturday. They were both against tough Eastern Conference teams in the Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks, but such differing performances show how inconsistent they've been for the last three weeks. In any case, this 31-11 record is still the second-best mark in the NBA, and they look like genuine title contenders with an MVP candidate like Stephen Curry and a Defensive Player of the Year frontrunner in Draymond Green.

The Timberwolves (20-22) finally got back to .500 after a four-game winning streak last week, but two straight defeats coming into this matchup has undone that excellent work before. Mixing winning streaks with losing streaks is why this team has been so bad over recent years because the losing streaks tend to be longer. This looks like a different team this year, though, with Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards and D'Angelo Russell looking like a formidable threesome. Those three guys are all young, too, and it has many people believing this T'Wolves team is one move away from being a true playoff contender. That makes them a team to watch as the trade deadline approaches because fans desperately want to see their team be competitive for the first time in a long time.

These teams played back on November 10, with Golden State prevailing, 123-110. That gives the Warriors 32 wins in their last 42 meetings with the T'Wolves dating back to 2009.