MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Love had 17 points, 16 rebounds and four assists in just 28 minutes, and the Timberwolves beat Kevin Garnett for the first time since he left Minnesota in a 111-81 victory over the woeful Brooklyn Nets on
MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Love had 17 points, 16 rebounds and four assists in just 28 minutes, and the Timberwolves beat Kevin Garnett for the first time since he left Minnesota in a 111-81 victory over the woeful Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.
Nikola Pekovic had 15 points and seven boards and the Wolves blew the game open after Garnett received a technical and a flagrant foul for getting physical with Love in the paint. The testy exchange ignited Minnesota’s 16-0 run in the third quarter.
Garnett finished with eight points and eight rebounds in 21 minutes. He had been 7-0 against the Wolves since being traded to Boston in 2007. But these aging, banged-up Nets were no match for the Timberwolves. Mikhail Prokhorov’s $190 million team has lost four in a row and seven of its last eight to fall to 3-9.
Trail Blazers 98,
Bulls 95
PORTLAND, Ore. — Chicago’s Derrick Rose injured his right knee and did not return during a loss to streaking Portland.
Wesley Matthews had a season-high 28 points and Damian Lillard added 20 to help the Trail Blazers run their winning streak to nine games.
Rose led the Bulls with 20 points, five rebounds and three assists but was assisted to the locker room with 3:20 remaining in the third quarter.
PACERS 97, CELTICS 82
BOSTON — Paul George scored 27 points and led a comeback from an eight-point halftime deficit to help Indiana improve on the best record in the Eastern Conference with a win over Boston.
Trailing 50-42 at halftime, Indiana outscored Boston 25-8 in the third quarter to take a 67-58 lead. It was the Celtics’ lowest scoring quarter of the season. The Pacers kept rolling with a 30-24 fourth quarter and improved to 11-1.
George had 22 points in the second half.
SPURS 102, GRIZZLIES 86
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tony Parker scored 20 points, Tiago Splitter added 17 and San Antonio extended the best start in franchise history by beating Memphis for its ninth straight victory.
It was an efficient night for the Spurs (11-1), who shot 42 of 79 from the field (53.2 percent). Manu Ginobili added 15 points to lead a San Antonio bench that scored 45 points.
The Spurs ended the game on a 23-8 run after Memphis pulled within 79-78 midway through the fourth quarter.
It was a costly loss for the Grizzlies (7-6), who had starting center Marc Gasol leave the game with a sprained left knee early in the second quarter. He didn’t return and is expected to have an MRI today.
76ERS 115, BUCKS 107, OT
PHILADELPHIA — Evan Turner scored 27 points and Spencer Hawes scored 11 of his 25 points in the final two minutes of regulation and overtime to lead Philadelphia to a win over Milwaukee that snapped a four-game skid.
The Sixers were trailing 98-88 with 2:10 to play and rallied to force overtime with a 14-4 run that featured three 3-pointers from Hawes, including a fall-away at the end of regulation. Hawes also had 12 rebounds.
PELICANS 104,
CAVALIERS 100
NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis had 17 points and 13 rebounds and New Orleans erased a 12-point deficit in the final 5 minutes to beat Cleveland.
Jrue Holiday had 15 points and 11 assists for the Pelicans. Eric Gordon scored 19, including a 3-pointer from the corner with 31 seconds left to give New Orleans the lead for good.
Kyrie Irving, who had 22 points, drove for a potential tying layup with 23 seconds left but lost the ball as he collided with Davis.
HAWKS 96, PISTONS 89
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Jeff Teague scored 14 of his 18 points in the third quarter, then helped Atlanta hold on with a spectacular block in the final minutes against Detroit.
The Pistons trailed 92-89 when Brandon Jennings appeared to have a clean breakaway for an easy layup. The 6-foot-2 Teague recovered and came leaping from behind to block the shot at the last instant. Then he threw an alley-oop to Al Horford at the other end.
SUNS 98, BOBCATS 91
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Channing Frye scored 20 points, P.J. Tucker was perfect from the field and Phoenix defeated Charlotte to snap a four-game losing streak.
Tucker scored 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting as the Suns beat the Bobcats for the fourth consecutive time. Tucker had three 3-pointers and his only miss of the night came on a late free throw.
MAVERICKS 103, JAZZ 93
DALLAS — Monta Ellis scored 26 points to pace five teammates in double figures as Dallas built a 28-point first-half lead and withstood Utah’s second-half rally for the win.
Dallas (9-4) has opened its home schedule 7-0 for the first time since 2003-04.
Utah (1-13) is winless in its first eight road games.
RAPTORS 96, WIZARDS 88
TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay each scored 17 points to help Toronto overcome John Wall’s season-high 37 points for Washington.
Jonas Valanciunas had 11 points and 13 rebounds for Toronto. Amir Johnson added 14 points and Kyle Lowry 12 for the Raptors.
Lakers 102, Warriors 95
LOS ANGELES — Pau Gasol had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Nick Young scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, and the Los Angeles Lakers took advantage of Stephen Curry’s absence for the victory.
Jordan Farmar and Steve Blake scored 14 points apiece for the Lakers.
