The Minnesota Timberwolves will face the Indiana Pacers on April 7, 2026, at 6:00 PM CDT at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, and for Minnesota it reads as a must-win. Television coverage is listed as FanDuel Sports Network - North, with radio coverage on the Wolves App and iHeart Radio.
The urgency comes from what happened Sunday night in Charlotte, where Minnesota lost by one point after a late third-quarter collapse. The defeat left the Wolves three games back of Houston with four left to play, and it narrowed the margin for error to almost nothing.
That Charlotte result mattered because Minnesota had entered the game needing a win to gain stability and keep some control in the Western Conference standings. Instead, the loss came on a night when the conference picture shifted again after Houston beat Golden State and the Lakers lost to Dallas, making the climb even steeper.
Now the most likely path points Minnesota toward the six seed, but Phoenix still holds the tiebreaker and remains in the mix. That is what makes timberwolves vs pacers feel less like another late-season date and more like a game that can still decide how far the Wolves can realistically go from here.
