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• Kevin Love stepped on Luis Scola's face: accident or payback? February 5, 2012
  During Saturday's NBA game in Minnesota, Timberwolves forward Kevin Love stepped on Houston Rockets forward Luis Scola while he was down on the ground, and some people are wondering whether it was really an accident. The Timberwoves and Rockets last faced each other Monday night in Houston. During the first quarter of that game, Scola saved an offensive possession for the Rockets by bouncing the ball off Kevin Love's groin. That brings us to the third quarter of Saturday night's rematch. As Scola made his move for the basket by trying to dribble around Love, Love stripped Scola and a Timberwolves teammate got the rebound. Scola flopped to the ground to try to get a foul call but was unsuccessful. However, while Scola was down on the ground, Love stepped on his face and might have been a little too forceful with it. Some commentators called it a dirty play, and even the NBA TV studio commentators watching the game highlights said that Love stomped on Scol...
• Kevin Love Steps On Luis Scola's Face.. Ouch! February 5, 2012
  Not only did Kevin Love and the Timberwolves beat the Rockets last night 100-91, they also stepped on their face - literally. During the 3rd quarter of last nights game, love got his foot tangled up with Scola and used the opportunity to feed him some rubber sole. See Scola's response below.
• Wolves haven't been so good so late since KG February 5, 2012
  MINNEAPOLIS The last time the Timberwolves were .500 or better this late in the season was in 2006-07, when Minnesota was 22-22. To put it into perspective, Kevin Garnett was still a Timberwolf, not a Celtic. Kevin Love, currently the longest-tenured Wolves player on the Wolves' roster, was a senior at Lake Oswego High School in Oregon. Indeed, it's been a long five years for the Timberwolves. But Saturday's 100-91 win over visiting Houston was yet another sign that this franchise is finally making progress. The victory brought Love and Minnesota to 12-12 on the season as it reached the .500 mark for the first time all year. Still, this young Wolves team isn't satisfied just yet. "We're happy to be at .500, but we've got to keep this thing going in the right direction," Love said. It was the fifth chance this season Minnesota had to improve to .500. The first four times -- at 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 and 10-11 -- were followed with losses. But the Wolves took control early Saturday and held on the rest of the way, bucking a trend of some of their previous defeats in which leads vanished down the stretch. "We were like four times in that option to get the .500," said rookie point guard Ricky Rubio, who had a double-double with 13 points and 11 assists. "We played good 48 minutes and we get that win to make us .500." Minnesota led 33-25 after the first quarter and 55-42 at the half. Houston cut the Wolves' lead to as little as three with 6:37 to play in the fourth. But Minnesota used late 3-pointers from guard Luke Ridnour and Love to put the game out of reach and finally, after four failed attempts, get to .500. Ridnour was a big reason why, as he had 22 points and shot 4-of-6 from 3-point range. "He was terrific tonight," said Wolves head coach Rick Adelman. "Luke's a knock-down shooter. (Friday) night (against New Jersey) was a great example. He struggled during the game with his shot and then made the big 3 when we needed it. That's who he is: just a solid, solid player." Adelman, in his first year as Minnesota's coach, was asked after the game if he knew just how long it had been since the Wolves had reached the .500 mark at this juncture in the season. Five years, coach. "Oh, it has? I didn't know that," Adelman said. "I know that it has been all year for us. I think it's our guys, they're locked in and they want to get better. What we haven't done is been able to beat teams consistently here, and we've got to do that." Love, in his fourth season with Minnesota after being drafted fifth overall in 2008, hasn't seen this kind of team success in the NBA. Last year's Wolves won just 17 games all season, but last year Love wasn't averaging 25.0 points a game. On Saturday, he had 25 points and 18 rebounds. Like many teams, Houston never seemed to find an answer for Minnesota's star forward. "If our team is moving the ball and the ball is being moved around, he's going to get up his shots -- like any good player would do," Adelman said of Love. "If we get stagnant with the ball, then they can play around him differently and take the ball out of his hands." Love had joked earlier that he would shave his now-unkempt beard if and when the Timberwolves got to .500. Well, here they are. Is the beard staying? "I don't know," Love said after the game. "(Houston assistant coach) J.B. Bickerstaff was giving me some grief about it down there on the bench. Everybody keeps talking about it, so I kind of want to keep it. It's something that people want to talk about." Beard or no beard, Love and Minnesota now have a chance to post a winning record for the first time in a long time. The Wolves' first attempt will come Tuesday when they host the Sacramento Kings, a team Minnesota has already defeated this season. A Timberwolves team with a winning record? It hasn't happened much lately in these parts. But this year's squad is determined to change that. "We try to get on the winning side. Any time you can get even, I think we're 12-12, we've got a lot of talent here," said guard J.J. Barea, who joined Minnesota this offseason. "We can keep it going. We're going to try to keep winning." Follow Tyler Mason on Twitter.
• Wolves haven't been so good so late since KG February 5, 2012
  MINNEAPOLIS The last time the Timberwolves were .500 or better this late in the season was in 2006-07, when Minnesota was 22-22. To put it into perspective, Kevin Garnett was still a Timberwolf, not a Celtic. Kevin Love, currently the longest-tenured Wolves player on the Wolves' roster, was a senior at Lake Oswego High School in Oregon. Indeed, it's been a long five years for the Timberwolves. But Saturday's 100-91 win over visiting Houston was yet another sign that this franchise is finally making progress. The victory brought Love and Minnesota to 12-12 on the season as it reached the .500 mark for the first time all year. Still, this young Wolves team isn't satisfied just yet. "We're happy to be at .500, but we've got to keep this thing going in the right direction," Love said. It was the fifth chance this season Minnesota had to improve to .500. The first four times -- at 2-3, 7-8, 9-10 and 10-11 -- were followed with losses. But the Wolves took control early Saturday and held on the rest of the way, bucking a trend of some of their previous defeats in which leads vanished down the stretch. "We were like four times in that option to get the .500," said rookie point guard Ricky Rubio, who had a double-double with 13 points and 11 assists. "We played good 48 minutes and we get that win to make us .500." Minnesota led 33-25 after the first quarter and 55-42 at the half. Houston cut the Wolves' lead to as little as three with 6:37 to play in the fourth. But Minnesota used late 3-pointers from guard Luke Ridnour and Love to put the game out of reach and finally, after four failed attempts, get to .500. Ridnour was a big reason why, as he had 22 points and shot 4-of-6 from 3-point range. "He was terrific tonight," said Wolves head coach Rick Adelman. "Luke's a knock-down shooter. (Friday) night (against New Jersey) was a great example. He struggled during the game with his shot and then made the big 3 when we needed it. That's who he is: just a solid, solid player." Adelman, in his first year as Minnesota's coach, was asked after the game if he knew just how long it had been since the Wolves had reached the .500 mark at this juncture in the season. Five years, coach. "Oh, it has? I didn't know that," Adelman said. "I know that it has been all year for us. I think it's our guys, they're locked in and they want to get better. What we haven't done is been able to beat teams consistently here, and we've got to do that." Love, in his fourth season with Minnesota after being drafted fifth overall in 2008, hasn't seen this kind of team success in the NBA. Last year's Wolves won just 17 games all season, but last year Love wasn't averaging 25.0 points a game. On Saturday, he had 25 points and 18 rebounds. Like many teams, Houston never seemed to find an answer for Minnesota's star forward. "If our team is moving the ball and the ball is being moved around, he's going to get up his shots -- like any good player would do," Adelman said of Love. "If we get stagnant with the ball, then they can play around him differently and take the ball out of his hands." Love had joked earlier that he would shave his now-unkempt beard if and when the Timberwolves got to .500. Well, here they are. Is the beard staying? "I don't know," Love said after the game. "(Houston assistant coach) J.B. Bickerstaff was giving me some grief about it down there on the bench. Everybody keeps talking about it, so I kind of want to keep it. It's something that people want to talk about." Beard or no beard, Love and Minnesota now have a chance to post a winning record for the first time in a long time. The Wolves' first attempt will come Tuesday when they host the Sacramento Kings, a team Minnesota has already defeated this season. A Timberwolves team with a winning record? It hasn't happened much lately in these parts. But this year's squad is determined to change that. "We try to get on the winning side. Any time you can get even, I think we're 12-12, we've got a lot of talent here," said guard J.J. Barea, who joined Minnesota this offseason. "We can keep it going. We're going to try to keep winning." Follow Tyler Mason on Twitter.
• Video: Kevin Love stomps on Luis Scola’s face February 5, 2012
  Things got a bit chippy Saturday night in Minnesota between the Timberwolves Rockets. Midway through the third quarter, Louis Scola was hammered by Kevin Love and fell to the floor. While running back down the court, Love looked to have intentionally stepped on Scola’s face. Following the game, Love had this to say: ”I fell down. He was kind of right there,”  ”I got Size-19 feet. He just happened to be there. I had nowhere to go. I got tripped up. I had nowhere to step. It is just heat of the moment-type play.” This is not the first bad blood incident between the two power forwards. On Monday night, Scola threw a pass that hit Love right in the groin.  However, this still doesn’t make up for the immature and Suh-like play by Love.

• Will Love be punished for stepping on Scola's face? (Yahoo! Sports) February 5, 2012
  The NBA must consider whether to dole out punishment to Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love, who stepped on the face of Luis Scola of the Houston Rockets during Saturday's game. As of Sunday afternoon, the NBA had not issued any penalty against Love, who said the incident...
• Timberwolves Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) February 5, 2012
  Just when the Timberwolves finally reach .500 this late in the season for the first time in five years, now they must wait to learn if they will play on without Kevin Love and, if so, for how long. Early in Saturday's third quarter, Love stepped on Houston forward Luis Scola's face and chest in a fleeting moment that ended up on YouTube within minutes and will have NBA officials playing and rewinding it over and over. On Monday in Houston, Scola flung the ball off Love's private area as Scola was falling out of bounds and Love collapsed in a heap, and in obvious pain. On Saturday, the two players were involved in some heated play on both ends of the court in the seconds before Scola ended up on the floor and Love stepped on him as he headed back down the...
• Love leads T-Wolves past Rockets 100-91 (AP) February 5, 2012
  The Minnesota Timberwolves are mediocre. Considering how bad they have been in recent years, it's a huge accomplishment. Love scored 25 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead the Timberwolves over Kevin McHale's Houston Rockets 100-91 on Saturday night, pushing Minnesota's record to 12-12.
• Wolves overcome Morrow's 42 to beat Nets 108-105 (AP) February 4, 2012
  The Minnesota Timberwolves almost never won away from home last season. Now, they don't seem eager to go back there. Luke Ridnour made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:23 left, Nikola Pekovic scored a career-high 27 points, and the Timberwolves beat the New Jersey Nets 108-105 on Friday night to surpass last season's road victory total.
• The Minnesota Timberwolves Hurt Kevin Love's Chances of Starting for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game (Yahoo! Contributor Network) February 3, 2012
  The 2012 NBA All-Star starters were announced Thursday. In my opinion, the Minnesota Timberwolves' record and lack of excitement surrounding the team caused power forward Kevin Love to be snubbed. Love is averaging 25.3 points and 13.6 rebounds per game and has 20 double-doubles...

• Rubio Helps Lead Timberwolves’ Transformation February 3, 2012
  Ricky Rubio, drafted in 2009, joined Minnesota for this season after playing professionally in his native Spain.
• Jazz Beat Nets as Williams Struggles in Return to Utah January 15, 2012
  Deron Williams, who was traded last February, missed 10 of his first 12 shots and finished with 16 points.
• Timberwolves Beat Winless Wizards January 9, 2012
  Oklahoma City Thunder became the first team to win three games in three nights during the N.B.A.’s condensed schedule this season, and they made it look easy.
• Ricky Rubio Makes Fancy First Impression With Timberwolves December 22, 2011
  Minnesota is hoping that Ricky Rubio, who wowed the crowd with clever passing in his exhibition debut, can bring excitement and victories to a team that hasn’t made the playoffs since 2004.
• Love Passes Malone’s Double-Double Mark; Nets Win Third in a Row March 10, 2011
  Brook Lopez had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and made 2 made free throws with 3.3 seconds left as the host Nets put together their first three-game winning streak in two years.