Opponent: Minnesota Timberwolves
When: 5 p.m.
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis
TV: KONG (Ch. 6/16)
Radio: KJR (950 AM)
Probable starters: For Seattle – forwards Vin Baker (6-11) and Rashard Lewis (6-10), center Peja Drobnjak (6-11), guard Brent Barry (6-6) and Gary Payton (6-4). For Minnesota – forwards Kevin Garnett (6-11) and Joe Smith (6-10), center Rasho Nesterovic (7-0), guards Wally Szczerbiak (6-7) and Terrell Brandon (5-11).
Next game: Seattle at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Mason to miss road trip with hurt knee: Sonics guard Desmond Mason will miss the team’s road trip to Minnesota and Detroit because of a sprained right knee.
Mason was injured in the first quarter of Sunday’s 97-83 win over Milwaukee after colliding with the Bucks’ Anthony Mason while diving for a loose ball.
But he returned and finished the game with 16 points on 8-for-9 shooting. The injury became worse Monday, the team said.
Mason is Seattle’s fifth-leading scorer at 13.6 points per game, and he also averages 3.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists.
Seattle center Calvin Booth missed his eighth game of the season Sunday with a sore right ankle. But Booth was traveling with the team, though it was unknown whether he would play tonight at Minnesota and Wednesday at Detroit.
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