Listen: Wolves radio announcer flips out over Kevin Love non-call

Here's how WCCO's Alan Horton reacted to the lack of a foul call at the end of Monday night's Wolves-Dallas game.

January 1, 2014 at 12:53AM

The outrage that Jim Petersen mustered on FOX Sports North Monday night over the lack of a foul when Kevin Love was mauled while trying to shoot a three-pointer at the final buzzer was nothing compared to the reaction of WCCO-AM's Alan Horton, the usually excellent radio voice of the Timberwolves.

There really are no words to describe it, so let's listen to Horton in his own words:

(You should know that "ED MALLOY" is the official who should have made the foul call when Love tried his three-pointer at the final buzzer with Minnesota trailing by three.)

Now, here's Horton's call:

Yeah, it was a pretty bad call, as even the NBA has acknowledged.

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Howard Sinker

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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