Timberwolves Vs. Clippers: Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio Combine To Deflate Lob City, 101-98

Love, wide-open for three? Butter.

The Wolves are now 7-8, but unfortunately in the deep West you’ll need to be well over .500 to get a playoff bid. (The Wolves are in 11th place in the West right now.) Meanwhile, the No. 7 team in the East is 6-8. Free the Wolves!

The Clippers began the fourth quarter leading 81-72 and the first six minutes of the quarter were both fairly even and a bit low scoring. The T’Wolves had began to cut into the lead when the game reached its turning point with 6:20 remaining. The Clippers were leading 89-85 when Mo Williams, playing an even more important role than usual with Chris Paul sitting, picked up a second technical foul and was ejected. Though Los Angeles did not relinquish their lead until the end of the game, it much more winnable for Minnesota from that point forward, due to the Clippers’ reduced offensive options.

Minnesota drew up a brilliant play, with Love coming off a screen for a wide open three-point look. Ridnour inbounded and Love knocked down the jumper, stunning the Staples’ center crowd and giving the Timberwolves’ a dramatic victory.

It’ll be an interesting game of cat and mouse, it sounds like, but both players are certainly capable of going off -- and likely moreso if they don’t have to defend each other on the opposite end.

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