BLISTERING MONTH OF MARCH
Kevin Love's 51-point game -- including a career-high seven three-pointers -- in Friday's epic at Oklahoma City surpassed Kevin Garnett's single-game franchise scoring record by four points and his own career high by eight. He became the 110th player in NBA history -- and the third this season, joining New Jersey's Deron Williams' 57 and the Thunder's Kevin Durant -- to score 50 points in a regular-season game. It also keeps him the NBA's runaway scoring leader in the month of March:
Kevin Love, Timberwolves:12games, 40.3 minutes per game,30.9points per game, .470shooting percentage, .446three-point percentage, .755free-throw percentage, 13.3rebounds per game, 1.8 assists per game.
Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers:13 G,40.0 min.,28.5 ppg.,.410FG%, .316 3PT%,.877 FT%, 4.9 rpg,4.0 apg.
Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City: 13 G,40.1 min., 28.2 ppg, .465 FG%,.358 3PT%,.903FT%, 8.5 rpg, 3.7 apg.
Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City: 13 G,37.2 min., 26.5ppg, .496 FG%, .420 3PT%,.827 FT%,3.2 rpg, 5.2 apg.
LeBron James, Miami:12G, 40.1 min.,25.9 ppg,.517 FG%,.303 3PT%,.738 FT%,9.3 rpg,6.2 apg.
FOUR AT 40
Friday's game marked the fourth time in NBA history -- and the first time in 28 years -- that at least three players each scored 40 or more points in the same game. Thunder stars Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant also become the first players in NBA history to score 40 points each twice in a season. They also did so in a triple-overtime victory over Denver in February.
March 23, 2012: Oklahoma City 149, Wolves 140 (2OT)Russell Westbrook 45, Kevin Durant 40, Kevin Love 51Dec. 13, 1983:Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3OT)Isiah Thomas 47, John Long 41, Kiki Vandeweghe 51, Alex English 47
