BREAKING NEWS: Love has re-fractured shooting hand

No recovery timetable will be known until Love visits next week the same New York City specialist who he visited when he broke that hand in October. Wolves fans will find out now if their team really is better without their two-time All Star.

January 6, 2013 at 1:17AM
Timberwolves forward Kevin Love.
Timberwolves forward Kevin Love. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

More bad news for the Wolves:

Kevin Love has re-fractured his right shooting hand, the team said before tonight's game against Portland.

No recovery timetable will be known until he visits next week the same New York City specialist who he visited when he broke that hand in October.

He left Thursday's game at Denver in the third quarter what the team said at the time was a sprained finger.

An MRI taken Saturday revealed a fracture of the third metacarpal in his hand, the same one where he broke the third and fourth metacarpal bones while he said he was doing knuckle pushups.

Dr. Andy Weiland will determine whether Love will need surgery this time. He didn't require surgery in October.

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Jerry Zgoda covers Minnesota United FC and Major League Soccer for the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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