DENVER -- Minnesota built up a big advantage at the free throw line throughout the game, and it was just enough to hold off Denvers furious rally.
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Mohamed Sanu Sr Jersey . Kevin Love scored 33 points and tied a season
high with 19 rebounds for his NBA-best 50th double-double this season, and the
Timberwolves withstood Denvers 45-point fourth quarter to beat the skidding
Nuggets 132-128 on Monday night for their third win in a row. Kevin Martin added
22 points for the Timberwolves, including four clutch free throws in the final
11.7 seconds. Martin made 16 of 17 foul shots, helping Minnesota rack up NBA
season highs in attempts (64) and makes (52) from the line. Denver, meanwhile,
went 16 of 25 (64 per cent). "Sixty-four free throws is a lot of free throws,"
Love said. "It was unbelievable. There were a lot of things that went on in that
game that were just nuts, particularly the free throw situation and the
3-pointers at the end. K-Mart made some great plays, hit some big free throws,
and that ultimately gave us separation." Love did his part as well, topping 30
points for the 11th time in his last 14 starts, including 11 of 13 from the free
throw line to help Minnesota wrap up a 4-1 trip out west. "Thats major," Martin
said of Minnesotas successful road swing. "Tonight was a must-win for us. You
dont have too many must-wins in the beginning of March, but we understand where
were at right now and guys had the mindset that we had to do anything we had to
do to get the win." The Nuggets got a huge boost from the return of Ty Lawson,
who scored a season-high 31 points with 11 assists in his first game since
breaking a rib Feb. 8 at Detroit. But it wasnt enough to reverse their sagging
fortunes. Denver lost its sixth straight and has dropped 11 of 12 overall. "You
give a team 52 points at the free throw line and another 54 points in the paint,
it is going to be tough to beat them," Nuggets coach Brian Shaw said. Trailing
by 22 after a layup by Nikola Pekovic midway through the third quarter, the
Nuggets responded with a 13-2 run that Randy Foye finished with a 3-pointer to
pull to 85-74 with 4:10 remaining in the period. Minnesota, though, got its
transition game going, getting successive breakaway baskets by Corey Brewer and
a driving dunk from Dante Cunningham to take a 98-83 lead into the fourth. Just
3 minutes later, the Timberwolves were in front by 20 on a 20-foot jumper by
Shabazz Muhammad. Denver made another push, pulling to 117-107 on Aaron Brooks
3-pointer with 3:25 left and then cutting it to 128-125 on Wilson Chandlers 3
with 12.6 seconds left. After Martin was fouled and made a pair of free throws,
Evan Fournier hit another 3 with 7.2 seconds remaining to bring Denver to
130-128. Martin was fouled and again made both free throws, securing the win for
the Timberwolves after Chandlers 3-point try in the final seconds hit the rim
and bounced away -- though Minnesota was outscored 45-34 in the final period.
"They were making everything, banking stuff in," Brewer said. "But its all about
getting the win. Nights like that, you have to hold on. "For us to go 4-1 on the
road trip means a lot. Now we get to go home, four games at home, and we need
all four games at home." The Timberwolves outscored the Nuggets 40-25 in the
first quarter and led 66-49 at halftime. Chandler had a pair of baskets, cutting
Minnesotas lead to 58-47, but the Timberwolves scored eight of 10 points in the
last 2:18 of the second to rebuild their lead. "We gave up too many points in
the first quarter," Lawson said. "When youre playing uphill like that, its tough
to come back and actually get the win. We got it down to two, but they just hit
their free throws at the end." NOTES: Timberwolves C Ronny Turiaf missed his
fifth game because of a bone bruise on his right knee. ... Minnesota improved to
27-14 when scoring more than 100 points. ... Denver lost to Minnesota at the
Pepsi Center for just the fourth time in 18 games since the start of the 2005-06
season. ... Love has scored 30 or more points a team-record 21 times this
season. ... Minnesotas point total represented a season high. ... Lawsons
previous season high was 29 points against Oklahoma City on Nov. 18.
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deal were not immediately available.VOULIAGMENI, Greece -- Greece striker Kostas
Mitroglou kept his place in the countrys World Cup squad on Monday despite three
forwards being dropped from the preliminary lineup. Greece coach Fernando Santos
announced the final 23-man squad and said he believes the 26-year-old Mitroglou
will be ready for Brazil despite his lack of game time since moving to England
at the start of the year to join now-relegated Premier League side Fulham. "I
wasnt 100 per cent about some of the call-ups until a few weeks ago. Mitroglou
was one of those cases," Santos said. "We watched the last 30 minutes of his
game, and we paid a lot of attention -- and we judged him to be ready ... were
looking at playing ability and physical condition: People who are safe choices."
Mitroglou joined teammates later Monday at the national teams opening training
session at seaside facility near Athens. At the World Cup, Greece will face
Colombia, Japan and Ivory Coast in Group C. Despite Greeces fast opponents, the
Portuguese coach opted for more experienced players, including 2004 European
Championship winners Costas Katsouranis and captain Giorgos Karagounis. Three
strikers were dropped from preliminary lineup: Dimitris Papadopoulos of
Atromitos, Stefanos Athanasiadis of PAOK and Nikolaos Karelis of Panathinaikos.
Defenders Kyyriakos Papadopoulos and Dimitris Siovas also failed to make the
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he had identified "strengths and weaknesses" in all three group opponents, but
did not elaborate. Greece will play friendlies against Portugal, Nigeria and
Bolivia before travelling to Brazil. ------ Squad: Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis
(Granada), Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos) Defenders:
Vassilis Torosidis (Roma), Loukas Vyntra (Levante), Sokratis Papastathopoulos
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Verona), Jose Holebas (Olympiakos), Giorgos Tzavellas (PAOK), Yiannis Maniatis
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(PAOK), Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham), Andreas Samaris (Olympiakos), Panagiotis
Tachtsidis (Torino), Panagiotis Kone (Bologna), Yiannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa),
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna) Forwards: Georgios Samaras (Celtic), Kostas
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