Kevin Love scores 32 points, leads Wolves to 114-109 exhibition win over Milwaukee Bucks

Kevin Love had 32 points and 13 rebounds to help the Timberwolves improve to 5-1 with a 114-109 NBA exhibition victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night.

[Wolvesfan]

Sure wish these games were televised. I hate having to read about them in the paper - and it;s an article written by some anonymous person at the Associated Press - both papers carried the same article! Neither the Trib not the Pioneer Press could be bothered to cover the game. C'mon!! Let's get with the program here and support this team!

[Wolvesfan]

Sorry for duplicate. Posting problem with first one - didn't show up until I posted second one.

[Smartass]

OMG, the wolves are still here ? I thought they left for Omaha. Will they win the NBA champ title ? Brew said he was gonna win the Rose Bowl, Chilly has troubled pronouncing Super Bowl but we know what he means. Twinks sort of flushed themselves down the old septic tank, ah hockey love it.

[Mark]

32 points in an NBA game? That has gotten my attention...this kid is going to be a very strong contributor to an improving team, it appears. Agree that I wish it were available on TV, though.

[Pooh Richardson]

The Cartoon Network will be covering all Wolves game this year.

[umm]

The negative posters are becoming increasingly scarce. This team is showing some good stuff and real MN sports fans are noticing. Let's hope they keep rolling in the regular season. Show those d-bags @ ESPN what's what!(ESPN rated the wolves worst in the league in season preview)

[Policy Shift]

Before we all get too excited about K-Love and the Wolves, let's remember, THESE ARE PRESEASON GAMES. They don't count, and the starting lineups for a lot of these teams are playing meager minutes. Plus, we've seen this from the wolves before: interesting preseasons followed by long, boring, losing, regular seasons. I say, don't even dare get excited about the Wolves unless they are in first or second place by the All Star Break. You can almost feel a big let down if you allow yourselves to feel it.

[Brett K]

Actually, the starting line-ups for our team are also playing meager minutes. We're not winning because we use starters more. Most the starters are playing less than 25 minutes.

We've been winning because our bench is just as good as our starting line-up. That's what will change in the regular season. We'll lose the advantage on the bench because opponents bench players will get fewer minutes.

[Jeff]

Get your popcorn ready! The Woofies are back. Also, good job getting rid of that girly green in your uniforms. I thought I was watching the WNBA. Hoooooowl!

[uhh wait]

Brett K wrote:

We've been winning because our bench is just as good as our starting line-up.

I think we're in trouble, then. Most teams' bench is their 2nd string. A team of all second stringers is what we've become accustomed to, unfortunately. LOL!
(We know what ya meant!)=0)

[jmndodge]

Brett K wrote:

Actually, the starting line-ups for our team are also playing meager minutes. We're not winning because we use starters more. Most the starters are playing less than 25 minutes.
We've been winning because our bench is just as good as our starting line-up. That's what will change in the regular season. We'll lose the advantage on the bench because opponents bench players will get fewer minutes.

It's important to keep playing 10 to 12 players and playing up tempo, this will force teams with a better top 5 to go deeper, and especially when they are on back to back games this will result in some victories for us. Should be a fun season

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Wolvesfan wrote:

Sorry for duplicate. Posting problem with first one - didn't show up until I posted second one.

FYI, when this happens, you are usually the only one who sees the duplicate.

[trolls]

Brett K wrote:

Actually, the starting line-ups for our team are also playing meager minutes. We're not winning because we use starters more. Most the starters are playing less than 25 minutes.
We've been winning because our bench is just as good as our starting line-up. That's what will change in the regular season. We'll lose the advantage on the bench because opponents bench players will get fewer minutes.

Kubz?