The Timberwolves have been lights out at Target Center this year. Minnesota is 10-1 in Minneapolis, outscoring opponents by 11.7 points per 100 possessions.

Seven of the Wolves’ 10 home victories have come by double figures. At Target Center, Minnesota has beaten the likes of Denver, Boston and Oklahoma City.

When playing at home, the Wolves have the look of legitimate championship contenders.

On the road? Not so much. Not yet, anyway. Which is fine. Frankly, many great teams are dominant at home and just above average, at best, on the road.

That’s the Wolves to date. They are 7-4 on the road with a positive net rating (plus-0.7 — tied for seventh best in the NBA). Those are impressive numbers. But those numbers are propped up by a pair of 20-plus point victories over Memphis’ decimated roster.

Remove those games and the Wolves have been outscored by 26 points on the road this season. They have yet to beat a healthy, quality team on the road, unless you count a Golden State team that currently sits at 10-13. In fairness, there haven’t been many opportunities to do so. But Minnesota has lost games on the road to the likes of Toronto, Atlanta, Phoenix and New Orleans.

The Wolves were on the second half of a back to back in the loss to the Suns and didn’t have Anthony Edwards in the loss to the Pelicans. And the losses to Toronto and Atlanta came in the first three games of the season.

But the fact remains Minnesota hasn’t looked like nearly the same team on the road as it has been at home. The primary reason is on defense. The Wolves actually score more points per 100 possessions on the road versus at home, but their defense drops considerably away from Target Center.

Minnesota allows 99.3 points per 100 possessions at home. On the road, that number balloons to 114.6. That would equate to the 19th-best defense in the NBA this season.

In 11 home games, Minnesota has allowed just one opponent — Sacramento — to score more than 104 points in regulation. On the flip side, five opponents have scored more than 116 points in 11 road contests thus far this season.

Opponents simply shoot much better against the Timberwolves on their home floors. At Target Center, the Wolves hold opponents below 40 percent shooting, including an abysmal 29 percent from deep.

On the road, though, Minnesota allows opponents to shoot 47 percent from the field and 39 percent from 3-point range. Defense is supposed to travel, but the Wolves’ simply has not.

That needs to change if the Wolves want to hold their position atop the Western Conference. Because while all of Minnesota’s 10 road games over the next month are against teams currently above .500, six of those games come against teams with top-10 offenses. That includes two games in Dallas — with the first coming Thursday. The Mavericks currently sport the NBA’s third-best offense.

And the Wolves travel to Philadelphia on Dec. 20 to face the 76ers, who are currently No. 2 in offensive rating. Oh, and the top offense belongs to Indiana — Saturday’s opponent — though that game will be played at Target Center.

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