Nearly 30 years after the Lakers left for Los Angeles, the NBA returned to Minnesota with an expansion team known as the Timberwolves. Minnesota, which was home of two different ABA teams, had also gone 20 years without professional basketball.

The T-Wolves made their debut on November 3rd, losing to the Seattle Supersonics on the road 106-94. Five days later, they would make their home debut at the Metrodome, losing to the Chicago Bulls 96-84.

Just two nights later, the Wolves would finally get their first win beating the Philadelphia 76ers at home 125-118 on November 10th. The Timberwolves would go on to finish with a 22-60 record while finishing in 6th place in the Midwestern Division, as Tony Campbell led the team with 23.

2 ppg. Playing in the cavernous Metrodome, the expansion Timberwolves would draw over one million fans, including the third-largest crowd in NBA history at 49,551 on April 17th, that saw the Timberwolves lose to the Denver Nuggets 99-88 in the final home game of the season.