MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin Love is used to carrying the beat-up Minnesota Timberwolves lately.
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take a rest. Love had 42 points and 16 rebounds, Ricky Rubio tied a franchise
high with 17 assists, and the Timberwolves beat Paul George and the Indiana
Pacers 104-91 on Wednesday night. J.J. Barea scored 12 points off the bench as
the Wolves took control early against the Eastern Conference leaders. "This is
one of my favourite wins of the season just because we played a very good team,"
Love said. "We did it without two key players and we fought hard." George led
Indiana with 35 points, but managed just two in the fourth quarter as the Pacers
lost for the third time in five games, never once taking a lead. "We just didnt
have a whole lot of pop tonight," said David West, who scored four points and
struggled guarding Love all night. "This is a game that I thought we would come
out and play a little better than we did. We just didnt have it, just a step or
two slow." It was Loves eighth straight game with at least 25 points and 10
rebounds, the longest streak since Shaquille ONeal accomplished the same feat
Jan. 3-19, 2005. Love has an NBA-best 14 games with 30 points and 10 rebounds
this season. "I thought a lot of the shots he made was good defence," Pacers
coach Frank Vogel said. "You have to give him credit. He is an extraordinary
player and he played an extraordinary game tonight." In their first game since
the All-Star break as they try to make a late-season run and catch Golden State
for the final playoff spot in the West, the Wolves came out running and led by
16 when Love came out for a rest 3 minutes into the second quarter. Minnesotas
reserves have been unable to hold their ground when Love goes to the bench
recently, but they did fine on Wednesday. Barea, the subject of recent trade
rumours, scored eight straight points during one stretch -- including a circus
shot on the fast break over C.J. Watson that increased Minnesotas lead to 20
with 6:48 left in the half. "When he gets his rest, we need other people to step
up," Barea said. "Tonight, we were able to do that." Love scored 18 points in
the third quarter, including a jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 0.8
seconds left that pushed the Wolves lead back up to 10 after an Indiana run.
Minnesota, playing without injured starters Nikola Pekovic and Kevin Martin, led
by as many as 17 in the third quarter. However, with Love sitting to start the
fourth, a jumper from Watson early in the quarter cut Indianas deficit to five
and gave the Pacers hope. But again, Minnesotas reserves held on. Barea knocked
down a jump shot in front of the Wolves bench to extend the lead back to 11 with
8:33 to play and the Wolves never looked back. "Coach came to me and said hes
going to give me a little bit of a rest," Love said. "He came to me during the
timeout and said These guys are rolling. I said Great, just keep them in as long
as you need to. Those guys just did a great job and really stepped up and took
advantage of the opportunity tonight." When Love returned, he reeled in a
full-court pass from Rubio with his fingertips and slammed it home to give the
Wolves a 98-84 lead. Indiana went into the All-Star break stuck in a shooting
slump, but shot 50 per cent in a win over Atlanta on Tuesday. The Pacers made
just 8 of 22 shots to start Wednesdays game and finished at 40 per cent. "We
will reflect on this," George said. "We really didnt want to lose and drop this
game. But we have to move on. Its all about the next game." George Hill finished
with 13 points and Lance Stephenson had 10 despite missing his first six shots.
NOTES: Wolves coach Rick Adelman on how trade rumours impact players as the
deadline approaches: "I think it definitely affects them. But its all part of
the business, especially now," he said. ... The Pacers are 8-7 on the second
game of a back-to-back. "Not really," Vogel answered after he was asked if he,
George and Roy Hibbert have caught up on rest after All-Star weekend. "Im a
little more tired than usual. Im sure those guys are. But it doesnt mean
anything. Still have to go out and win games." The Wolves still dont know when
Pekovic or Martin will return. Adelman said Martin will get his injured thumb
examined again in the next day or two. .. Wolves centre Ronny Turiaf left in the
fourth quarter with a right knee injury and didnt return.
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Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad ahead of its Champions League match Tuesday at
Liverpool. Starter Vladislav Stoyanov is suspended for the Anfield game while
Ivan Cvorovic is out with a shoulder injury. The side does have Georgi
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