SAN ANTONIO – Any time a road team gets a victory to start a playoff series, they can feel content with what they did, knowing that if they take care of business at home, they can now win the series.

Minnesota hobbled into San Antonio and sent the Spurs a significant message in Game 1.

Punching their ticket to the Central Division Final on Tuesday, the Wolves (Central Seed #2) ousted the Texas Stars (Central Seed #3) in the fifth game of a best-of-five series.

Gray wolves in Colorado traveled to areas that include several Denver metro area cities over the past year, including areas that cross Interstate 25 east of the mountains.

In December 2023, Colorado reintroduced 10 gray wolves in Grand and Summit counties, kicking off the voter-mandated restoration of the apex predator. Now, nearly 2.5 years later — following births, deaths and a second