Rick Adelman

Rick Adelman’s milestone will have to wait — for another day at least. Rudy Gay had 26 points and five rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a rare road victory in the West, 95-93 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.

Rick Adelman is the eighth winningest coach in NBA history, and the second among active coaches behind George Karl.

J.J. Barea’s confrontation with Ray Allen got him ejected from Minnesota’s game against Miami on Monday night. One day later, the NBA ruled that Barea never should have been ejected.

Rick Adelman is back on the court and coaching basketball after three weeks away to help his wife through a health scare. His Minnesota Timberwolves lost nine of 11 games without him, but in some ways, Adelman may need the Wolves as much as they need him.

Kevin Durant's 26 points helped the Oklahoma City Thunder overpowered the outmanned Minnesota Timberwolves 106-84 on Wednesday night.

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio will not travel with the team for a two-game road trip to Utah and Denver this week because of back spasms.