Minnesota Timberwolves starting pitcher likely to miss Game 5 against Mavs

On Thursday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves will host the Dallas Mavericks at Target Center for Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals.

The Timberwolves could be without one of their best players for this game, with Mike Conley listed as questionable on the injury report.

Conley was on the injured list for every game of the series but started all four games.

Via Timberwolves PR: “Minnesota @Timberwolves Situation report ahead of tomorrow’s Game 5 against Dallas:

Conley questionable – right soleus strain

Conley finished the regular season with averages of 11.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.2 steals while shooting 45.7% from the field and 44.2% from three-point range in 76 games.

The former Ohio State star hasn’t produced any big numbers, but he is one of the team’s most important players and leads the offense well.

The Timberwolves are coming off a 3-1 series loss to the Mavs before winning Game 4 (Tuesday night in Dallas) by a 105-100 margin.

Conley finished with 14 points, three rebounds, seven assists and four steals on 5-of-9 field goal shooting and 1-of-4 3-pointers in 34 minutes of playing time.

If the Timberwolves win Game 5, the teams will return to Dallas for Game 6 on Saturday night.

The team that wins this series will advance to the NBA Finals to face the Boston Celtics led by Jayson Tatum.

The Celtics defeated the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals.