The Phoenix Suns will begin their quest for the franchise's first NBA championship on Saturday when they travel to Minnesota to face the Timberwolves in the first round of their Western Conference playoff series.Tip-off at the Target Center in Minneapolis is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. MST. The game can be seen on ESPN.Game 2 is also in Minneapolis and is scheduled for a 4:30 p.m. tipoff on April 23. The game can be seen on TNT.
The Suns won all three games against Minnesota during the regular season, including a 125-106 victory in the season finale that helped lock up the No. 6 seed for Phoenix.The Suns would play the winner of the first-round matchup between the No. 2 Denver Nuggets and the No. 7 Los Angeles Lakers.The Suns had better luck against the Nuggets. Phoenix went 2-1 against the defending champions, winning the last two games on the road.