MINNEAPOLIS -- While we wait to find out the latest on the status of Heat guard Gerald Green, who was reportedly behaving erratically and hospitalized Wednesday back in Miami, here's a look ahead to tonight's game against the Timberwolves:

* The Minneapolis Star-Tribune today wrote a story on reigning NBA Rookie of the year Andrew Wiggins, who has moved from small forward to shooting guard this season and is struggling with his shot. Wiggins is only shooting 30% and is 0-for-6 from three-point range. In Monday's loss to Portland he was only 5 of 17 while scoring 16 points. Wiggins' 13.3 shots per game still lead the team.

* Veteran forwards Kevin Garnett (2.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.0 assists per game) and Tayshaun Prince (2.0, 1.7, 1.3 stls) are in the starting lineup for the T'Wolves alongside Wiggins, No. 1 overall pick Karl Anthony-Towns and point guard Ricky Rubio basically for defense. Coach Sam Mitchell said Wednesday he needs his three younger starters to score more. The T'Wolves have spent a lot of time in practice this week working on their spacing to provide more room for Rubio and Wiggins to operate.

* It will be interesting to see how Minnesota handles Heat center Hassan Whiteside in the paint. Last February, Whiteside put up 24 points and 20 rebounds in Miami's 102-101 loss here against the T'Wolves. Towns (7-0, 244) and Garnett (6-11, 240) will probably take turns guarding Whiteside. Whiteside enters the day ranked second in the league in dunks behind Golden State's Festus Ezeli (13).

* Speaking of Towns, the first overall pick is first among rookies in shooting percentage (57.9), rebounds (10.3) and second to Jahlil Okafor in scoring (17.7) while averaging 30.3 minutes a game. Heat rookie Justise Winslow, who obviously comes off the bench as has much fewer offensive opportunities, ranks sixth in minutes among rookies (24.4) and fourth in plus/minus at plus-7.3 a game.

* Backup shooting guard Kevin Martin leads the team in scoring (20.3). He was excused for personal reasons from practice the last two days.

* Rubio is scoring 17.7 points with a league-leading 10.3 assists a game.

* Last year's one-point win over the Heat at home was the T'Wolves first home win against Miami since 2008.

* Heat point guard Goran Dragic had his best offensive game of the season in Tuesday's loss to the Hawks, making 6 of his 11 shot attempts including three of five on three-point shots. He finished with 19 points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals in 32 minutes.

"I feel the shot was there. Pick and roll was kind of a tough day," Dragic said after the 98-92 loss to Atlanta. "They were inside the paint a lot and then it's hard to find open guys. Even when I find it we couldn't score. It's just spacing. We didn't have a lot of fastbreak points (12). It looks like we didn't run. It's hard. They're a really good half court defensive team and it's really hard to play them."

On the flip side, Dragic also had a rough night defensively guarding Jeff Teague, who lit the Heat up on pick and rolls for 26 points and nine assists in 34 minutes.

"Defensively it's really hard," Dragic said. "Teague is really quick. Especially when they were putting Hassan in pick and roll and he was far from the pick. It's hard to stay with him. If the big guy can bump you then [Teague] can go left, right, he can shatter the floor. I think we challenged a little bit when Birdman came into the game. He was up in pick and roll and he didn't have enough space to create."

It will be interesting to hear what Heat coach Erik Spoelstra says about Whiteside's defense in the pick and roll. That might be one of the easier questions floated his way today considering he's going to get hit hard with Gerald Green questions.