Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr., forward Julius Randle and head coach Chris Finch addressed the media Wednesday after practice.

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The Wolves have nine regular season games left and sit in 8th in the Western Conference. The good news is that they’re less than a game back of 6th place Golden State. The top six teams in each conference automatically qualify for the postseason, while seeds 7 and 8 have to win their way in during the Play-In Tournament.

The Wolves hold the tiebreaker with the 7-seed Los Angeles Clippers, but lose it with 6-seed Golden State.

The Wolves host the Suns on Friday. In other words, this is a rare stretch with four days off between games — the Wolves fell Monday at Indiana.

With this non-game stretch, the Wolves will get another nice practice in on Thursday. Defense was heavily emphasized Wednesday and presumably will be again on Thursday.