Tim Duncan scored 24 points and David Robinson added 21 as the San Antonio Spurs wrapped up their first-round series against Minnesota with a 97-84 victory Monday night.
The Spurs, 3-1 winners of the series, will play the winner of the Dallas-Utah series. They also knocked the Wolves out of the first round in 1999, before going on to win the NBA title.
The Wolves lost in the first round for the fifth time in as many seasons.
Minnesota's Anthony Peeler and Terrell Brandon, both scoreless in the first half, hit back-to-back 3-pointers with less than six minutes left as the Timberwolves rallied from a 10-point deficit to make it 75-73. But a pair of baskets by Robinson pushed the Spurs' lead to 79-73.
Brandon hit another jumper, but a pair of free throws by Tim Duncan and a 3-pointer by Danny Ferry pushed the Spurs' lead to 84-75 with 3:13 remaining. The Wolves never got within seven points the rest of the way.
The Wolves' Wally Szczerbiak scored 20 points, giving him 38 over the last two games. He was held to 18 points in the first two games of the series.<
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