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Wolves need a late burst to beat Nuggets, and get it

  • Article by: JERRY ZGODA , Star Tribune
  • Updated: December 13, 2012 - 6:19 AM

Andrei Kirilenko's breakaway jam iced it, after Kevin Love struggled and another late double-digit lead became shaky.

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enewsreaderDec. 12, 12 9:29 PM

K Love, 3 of 17. Stop whining. Stop doing knuckle push-ups. Start practicing.

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dlfriesenDec. 12, 12 9:49 PM

K. Love laid an egg tonight. By the looks of the box score, his comments may have just ignited his teammates! I also found it VERY interesting that Coach Adelman had Lover-Boy on the bench at the end of the game. Good message!

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jaybarDec. 12, 1210:01 PM

Trade Love.

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kuren444Dec. 12, 1210:12 PM

I can't beleive we won with these horrible stats (Love 3/17 ???). Thanks free throws.

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pooledaddyDec. 12, 1210:24 PM

Love Kevin Love, but the guy needs to keep his mouth shut. The Twolves were actually playing better when he was injured and he almost cost the Wolves the game tonight. As they say at Duke: "You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk." So far Love is talking but is doing little walking.

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rdilleyDec. 12, 1210:29 PM

Sorry to say, but Kevin "bit brat" Love has a long way to go to be considered the next superstar!!!

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manoliveDec. 12, 1210:49 PM

Love can always use the excuse he's still not in BB shape. Still, it was a brutal game. At least he didn't jack up 28 shots, like Kobe. He recognized tonight wasn't his night, and didn't shoot as much in the second half. KLove was invisible on defense. Faried toyed with him all night. He can't handle Faried. When Love entered the game in the 4th quarter, the bench and Pekovic staked them to an 11 point lead. Faried outrebounded Love for an easy putback, and the lead is nine. Then Love fouled Faried and he made 2 free throws, and now it's a 7 point lead. Then Love fouled Faried again, and just like that, the lead was down to 5. Adelman had seen enough, and after the Wolves scored, Love went to the bench with a 7 point lead. Tonight was not Loves night. He will get his consistency back. But until then, Love needs to concentrate on defense and sharing the ball.

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slammanDec. 12, 1211:59 PM

Good TEAM win. Kevin Love is a smart guy...I'm going to guess the message has been received. He's still a young guy with lots of people telling him how great he is. A 3 for 17 night will only make him hungrier to get better. All basketball players have games like that. It will be fun to watch this team clicking when Rubio gets back on the floor. Although, it will take him several weeks to get up to game speed.

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johnpaperDec. 13, 12 5:34 AM

Let's trade Love and Williams for Gasol and Kobe and go for the title this year...ok, it will never happen, but fun to think about.

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nomedsDec. 13, 12 6:13 AM

The Wolves won in despite of Love. Love guarded Faried who took Love to task with 26 points. Also, what was Adelman thinking when he left Love in the game with 17 seconds left knowing that Denver needed to foul someone and did not replace the teams worst foul shooter with the teams best foul shooter Shved.

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