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New York Knicks – The Beginning of a Final Playoffs Push
Despite their appalling form of late, the New York Knicks might still be considered in the Eastern conference playoff race thanks to some interesting changes by Mike Woodson, returning Amare Stoudemire to play next to Carmelo Anthony in the lineup, leading to a 118-106 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Don’t Count Them Out Just Yet
As Kevin Love picked up his 50th double double of the season, the Minnesota Timberwolves find themselves once again above .500 this season, beating the Denver Nuggets 132-128 on the road, keeping their hopes of somehow making the playoffs alive.
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Why Kevin Love Might be the Actual MVP
The MVP award has a misleading name, because it goes to the best player in the regular season most of the time. Kevin Love isn’t the number one guy in the league, but if you’re trying to be accurate with the definition, it’s hard to argue against his validity.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Kevin Love is Delight to Watch
Playoff team or not, the Minnesota Timberwolves are one of the more fun to watch in the NBA, beginning with Kevin Love who can do it all on offense with another great night, Ricky Rubio who hit a close to impossible layup and even Shabazz Muhammad, coming to life all of a sudden with his best game of his rookie season.
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Trail Blazers Over Timberwolves – Time to Start Clicking Again
It’s been a rough second half of the season for the Portland Trail Blazers but it seems a bit of rest has done them a world of good, finding quite a lot of energy to come back from a big deficit against the Minnesota Timberwolves, picking up a second consecutive win, getting big nights from Damian Lillard and Thomas Robinson.
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Timberwolves Over Pacers – The Power of the Love & Rubio Connection
Maybe the news of the Indiana Pacers looking for a trade trickled down to the players as they paid the Minnesota Timberwolves a visit. Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio didn’t feel too intimidated by the best defense in the NBA and simply made the Eastern conference leaders look mediocre early on, falling too far behind to catch up.
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NBA Rumors – Minnesota Timberwolves & Memphis Grizzlies Interested in Trade For Tony Allen & Chase Budinger
The Minnesota Timberwolves need to get better on defense. The Memphis Grizzlies have to improve offensively. This is what makes the Chase Budinger for Tony Allen trade seem like something worth pulling the trigger on, but as always, things are never that simple.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Complicated Without a Reason
Facing the Minnesota Timberwolves who were without Kevin Love and Nikola Pekovic should have meant a much easier game for the Oklahoma City Thunder, but Ricky Rubio giving an uncharacteristic offensive performance almost cost Kevin Durant an unexpected home loss.
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Lakers vs Timberwolves – Kevin Love Can Take a Hit
The Los Angeles Lakers can’t have more than two point guards healthy at the same time, so while it was somewhat exciting to watch Steve Nash make his return to the court, it brought no change to their losing streak as the Minnesota Timberwolves, lead by a red hot Kevin Love, had no problem being the next team to deliver more woes to the struggling team.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – It’s Easy Against the Injured Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are used to playing with injuries, but there comes a point when it’s too difficult to make up for some of them. Joakim Noah didn’t play against the Minnesota Timberwolves, which made things quite easy for Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio and a very surprising Ronny Turiaf.