MVP: Kevin Love, Wolves
Hard to pick against Pek, but Love's 14 fourth-quarter points and huge back-to-back three-pointers won the game just when the Wolves threatened to kick it all away.
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9 Nikola Pekovic's offensive rebounds. He and Love combined for 29 rebounds, three more than the Rockets grabbed as a team.
7-6 The Wolves' record on the road.
15-2 Rockets' run that opened the fourth quarter after the Wolves rested Pekovic for two minutes and went to a zone defense that didn't work at all.
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