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Thunder vs Timberwolves – The Opposite of Clutch
While Kevin Durant showed the entire range of scoring and leadership, especially in the final moments, Kevin Love provided what can be described as nothing else but a choke job, costing the Minnesota Timberwolves a victory over the vulnerable Oklahoma City Thunder by missing from the line.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – This is How Ricky Rubio Should Play
The player that determines whether the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to be good or not is Ricky Rubio. In the 124-112 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, the Spainsh point guard had his best game of the season, and as a result everyone around him benefited.
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Dallas Mavericks – Lucky the Referees Like Them
Officials making mistakes, sadly, until someone does something about it, are part of the game. It’s great to have them when they go in your favor, as Shawn Marion clearly fouled Kevin Love on the final play of the game but wasn’t called for it, saving the Dallas Mavericks and ensuring a 100-98 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Kevin Love Great but Ricky Rubio Makes the Difference
Few players in the NBA have the ability to pull off impressive stat lines quite like Kevin Love. The problem here is no matter who huge of a night he’s going to have, the Minnesota Timberwolves depend a lot more on Ricky Rubio having a good game than the player who just might be the best power forward in the NBA.
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Timberwolves vs Clippers – Kevin Love Wins the Wrong Battle
Being a statistical beast isn’t helping Kevin Love getting any closer to his first playoff appearance. He might have proved he is the best power forward in the league by outscoring and outplaying Blake Griffin, but in the rough Western Conference the Minnesota Timberwolves just keep distancing themselves away from a postseason spot, losing 120-116 to the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Suddenly Stunning the Best Team in the West
Well, the Portland Trail Blazers are no longer the best in the Western conference, as the tiresome route of playing four road games in five days became a bit too much in the end of their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, succumbing to a near triple double from Kevin Love, leading his team back to .500 with the 120-109 win.
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Who Should Play in the 2014 NBA All-Star Game?
The first voting numbers of the All-Star game ballots show that being great on the floor isn’t as important as popularity. LeBron James and Kevin Durant are obvious choices and easy picks to make for the starting lineups, but guys like LaMarcus Aldridge and Joakim Noah might be more deserving that others who have gotten more votes than them, which brought us to create are own list of who should be in the All-Star game.
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Kobe Bryant & The Lakers – NBA Loyalty Costs Money
No one has really been able to rationalize completely the reasoning behind the Los Angeles Lakers giving Kobe Bryant a two year extension that keeps him as the highest paid player in the NBA. But is this really such a bad thing to happen? It might mean the Lakers aren’t going to be able to give Bryant that sixth title ring he thinks he’s going to get, but it does make a case for franchises compensating players for some years of underpaying them.
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Nets vs Timberwolves – Kevin Love Continues His Double Double Crusade
It’s hard to believe anyone is going to vote for Kevin Love when the MVP award is up. Too much of a numbers guy on a good, but not great Minnesota Timberwolves team. However, it’s hard to deny how well he’s playing, with the stats to show it, including 13 double-double performances since the start of the season, adding another one (17-16) as his team easily brushed aside the pathetic Brooklyn Nets 111-81.
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Cavs vs Timberwolves – Ricky Rubio Getting Better With Every Game
While there’s little doubt about Kevin Love being the best player this season so far for the Minnesota Timberwolves, it would be foolish to ignore the improvement we’ve seen from Ricky Rubio, almost posting a double double in the first quarter, while the Timberwolves have no problem beating the terrible Cleveland Cavaliers 124-95.