Wolves' Week Ahead

Tuesday: 6 p.m. at Cleveland, FSN

Friday: 8 p.m. at Denver, FSN

Saturday: 9:30 p.m. at Golden State, FSN

Player to watch: Kevin Love, Cavaliers

He's wearing wine and gold and the No. 0 now for the first meeting — and a festive holiday date at that — with his former team since the Wolves traded their three-time All Star to Cleveland last summer. His scoring average is down eight points a game since then, but his winning percentage is up to 73.6 percent and includes a recent eight-game winning streak.

Voices

« We're 17-6, I'll grant you that. »

Washington coach Randy Wittman last week when informed that former boss Flip Saunders told his players the Wizards' fast season start is proof Saunders' system works (Wittman was a longtime assistant to Saunders in Minnesota and Washington).