The Minnesota Timberwolves don’t know who they’re playing in the Western Conference Finals yet, but they do know when the games will be played. The Wolves will start the series on the road in Game 1 on Tuesday night.

The Timberwolves await the winner of the Oklahoma City-Denver series. That series is tied at 3-3 with Game 7 being played on Sunday at Oklahoma City.

On Thursday night, the NBA announced the following schedule for Western Conference Finals (Best-of-Seven):

• Game 1: Tue, 5/20 – Minnesota at OKC/DEN – 7:30PM
• Game 2: Thu, 5/22 – Minnesota at OKC/DEN – 7:30 PM
• Game 3: Sat, 5/24 – OKC/DEN at Minnesota – 7:30 PM (on 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS)
• Game 4: Mon, 5/26 – OKC/DEN at Minnesota – 7:30 PM
• Game 5*: Wed, 5/28 – Minnesota at OKC/DEN – 7:30 PM
• Game 6*: Fri, 5/30 – OKC/DEN at Minnesota – 7:30 PM
• Game 7*: Sun, 6/1 – Minnesota at OKC/DEN – 7:00 PM

(*if necessary)

Minnesota Twins prospect Webby Matthews is expected to get called up to the big leagues this weekend, The Minnesota Star Tribune’s Bob Nightengale reported Thursday.

With Simeon Woods Richardson getting optioned to Triple-A St. Paul, the Twins’ rotation is down to four arms. Joe Ryan and Pablo López are slated to start Friday and Saturday’s games against the Milwaukee Brewers, while Bailey Ober and Chris Paddack aren’t in line to start again until the Cleveland Guardians visit town next week.

That leaves Sunday vacant, so Matthews should be able to slide in and make his first MLB start of the year in the series finale at the Brewers.

Baseball America had Matthews ranked as the No. 73 overall prospect in baseball entering 2025. That made him the No. 1 pitcher and No. 4 overall prospect in the Twins’ farm system.

Matthews technically exhausted his rookie eligibility in 2024, having made nine starts between Aug. 13 and the end of the season. He went 1-4 with a 6.69 ERA, 1.646 WHIP and -0.6 WAR, though, all while Minnesota fell out of the playoff picture.

In 9.1 innings of work in spring training, Matthews gave up four hits, one walk and zero runs with 12 strikeouts, but he still got sent to Triple-A St. Paul to open the regular season. He has made seven starts with the Saints so far in 2025, going 2-1 with a 1.93 ERA, 1.194 WHIP and 10.5 strikeouts per nine innings.

Since getting drafted in the eighth round of the 2022 MLB Draft, Matthews has gone 15-7 with a 3.03 ERA, 0.987 WHIP and 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings in the minors.

Matthews, 24, will likely face off against Freddy Peralta on Sunday. Peralta, a 28-year-old All-Star, is 4-3 with a 2.66 ERA, 1.066 WHIP and 1.5 WAR so far in 2025.

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The Minnesota Vikings’ 2025 regular-season schedule has officially arrived. Let’s dive into five takeaways.

The Vikings have a whopping seven nationally-televised games this year. They’ll play twice on Sunday night, once on Monday night, twice on Thursdays (including a Christmas Day game against the Detroit Lions) and twice in international games. Those matchups will be broadcast on networks like ESPN, NBC, NFL Network, Prime Video and Netflix.

Seven national games might seem like a lot for a team with a preseason Vegas win total of just 8.5, but the Vikings have plenty of juicy storylines this year. Leading the way, of course, is former 10th overall pick and Michigan national champion J.J. McCarthy taking over for Sam Darnold as the starting quarterback of a team that won 14 games last year. The Vikings also have a superstar in Justin Jefferson, the reigning NFL Coach of the Year in Kevin O’Connell and an extremely talented roster on both sides of the ball. They’re a fascinating team heading into this season because if McCarthy is good, they could be a legitimate Super Bowl contender. He’s going to be tested in front of national audiences all year.

Of the Vikings’ seven national TV games, four are true “primetime” night games — and two of those happen in the first two weeks of the season. McCarthy’s first NFL start will come on Monday night at Soldier Field in Chicago, not far from his hometown of La Grange Park, Ill. That’ll be a fun way to wrap up Week 1 of the NFL season, considering it’ll also be Ben Johnson’s first game as Bears head coach. Then, on a slightly short week, the Vikings will welcome Michael Penix Jr. (and maybe Kirk Cousins?) and the Atlanta Falcons to U.S. Bank Stadium for Sunday Night Football. Back-to-back primetime games is quite the way to introduce McCarthy to the country.

The most notable and unusual part of the Vikings’ schedule is their two-week trip to Dublin and London, which is the first of its kind in NFL history. We’ve already covered that quite a bit since it was announced. It comes with real competitive advantages, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the players are going to like it. As anticipated, the Vikings will have a Week 6 bye after returning from what could be a trip of over 10 days. It’s the second year in a row their bye falls in Week 6 and follows a London game.

That means, once again, the Vikings will play games in 12 consecutive weeks to end the season. However, they’ll at least have a couple mini byes after Thursday games in Week 8 and Week 17. Staying healthy will obviously be crucial for the Vikings all year, but particularly in the second half.

The Vikings will hope to be at least 3-2 or 4-1 as they go into the bye week, because things get really difficult on the other side. On Oct. 19, they’ll host the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles at U.S. Bank Stadium. That’s followed by a trip west on a short week to play Jim Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers in L.A. Then they go to Detroit to face the Lions (who have beaten them five times in a row) before coming home to face Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. Those four teams went a combined 52-16 in the regular season last year. Even managing two wins in that stretch would be pretty impressive.

After some division games in mid-November and a stretch of four road games in five weeks stretching into mid-December, the Vikings’ schedule ends with a couple games that could have huge playoff implications. First, they’ll host the Lions on Christmas Day on a short week. Then, with some extra time to prepare, they’ll wrap up the regular season in Minneapolis against Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers on Jan. 4. If McCarthy plays well and the Vikings are a contender, there could be a ton on the line in those last two games against NFC North rivals.