Kevin McHale and Flip Saunders have gone by many names since they took over the Timberwolves organization. Those delighted with the way they brought respectability to a floundering organization called them saviors. Those in a hurry have called them McFlip.

Those annoyed by a historic run of one-and-out playoff appearances have called them McFlop.

They also have been called the Z and O Boys, as in Dr. Zarkov (Saunders, the cerebral coach with the complicated offense) and the Ostrich (McHale, the hoop executive known to ignore his team's problems by occasionally burying his head in the Target Center hardwood).