Here is an update after having listened to Wolves coach Rick Adelman.
Greetings. Kent Youngblood here. I'll be covering the game tonight.
Love, who suffered that mild concussion and neck strain in the first quarter of Wednesday's game in Denver, was scheduled to fly back to the Twin Cities Thursday night. He was cleared to fly after undergoing further tests this morning in the Denver-area hospital he spent the night in.
Adelman wouldn't say whether Love was done for the year. But he did note that even missing a few days could mean missing four of the team's final seven games. So the feeling here is that Love could be done.
Adelman talked a lot about how the season was affected by injuries and the frustration that goes with that. But, interestingly, Adelman wasn't ready to blame injuries for all of the struggles the Wolves have had down the stretch.
"I've been really taken aback with how quickly -- even with the injuries -- we slipped," Adelman said. "How quickly we didn't have guys that seemed to be motivated to step in. We hope to see that in the last few games."
I'll have more of this in tomorrow's paper.
Meanwhile, Adelman said Wayne Ellington (back) would miss a second straight game and that Luke Ridnour (ankle) wasn't yet ready to return.
