Tag: Kevin Love

  • Minnesota Timberwolves – Ricky Rubio Finds Out He Can Score

    Minnesota Timberwolves – Ricky Rubio Finds Out He Can Score

    It might have been Kevin Love that scored the game winning shot for the Minnesota Timberwolves as they beat the Dallas Mavericks 123-122 in overtime, but Ricky Rubio having his best game of the season, which included more than just assists and showtime was undoubtedly the big story to take out of an entertaining encounter.

  • Minnesota Timberwolves – Don’t Count Them Out Just Yet

    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.

  • Why Kevin Love Might be the Actual MVP

    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.

  • Minnesota Timberwolves – Kevin Love is Delight to Watch

    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.

  • Trail Blazers Over Timberwolves – Time to Start Clicking Again

    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.

  • Timberwolves Over Pacers – The Power of the Love & Rubio Connection

    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.

  • 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.

  • Minnesota Timberwolves – It’s Easy Against the Injured Chicago Bulls

    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.

  • Minnesota Timberwolves Need More of This Ricky Rubio

    Minnesota Timberwolves Need More of This Ricky Rubio

    If the Minnesota Timberwolves are to break their postseason drought and make the playoffs, they’re going to need a lot more games such as the one Ricky Rubio brought in the 112-97 win over the Utah Jazz. There are better scorers than him on the team like Kevin Love and Kevin Martin, but he’s the one who makes it all work when he’s having a good day.

  • 25 NBA Players Who Shoot the Most Free Throws

    Normally, we pay notice over here to the players who shoot worse than anyone from the free throw line. This time, it’s about the guys who can’t stop from getting fouled and going to the line. Dwight Howard, not too surprisingly, belongs in both categories, along with better shooters like Kevin Durant, James Harden and DeMarcus Cousins.