After hitting 47 percent of his shots in the Timberwolves' first eight games, Kevin Love has hit a bit of a shooting slump.
Against Chicago on Tuesday, Love appeared to have a typically productive night, scoring 20 points with 13 rebounds. But he needed 18 shots to get there, hitting just five of them. The night before, in Toronto, Love hit on just three of 16 shots. He has shot 8-for-34 (23.5 percent) the past two games.
And much of the problem is coming from inside the three-point line. Love connected on five of 12 three-pointers the past two games, but was only 3-for-22 (13.6 percent) on two-point attempts.
"It's just tough, it's early in the season," said Love, who has had a few shots blocked of late, a problem that plagued him earlier in his career. "It's only our 10th game yet. I just need to slow down around the rim and those shots will fall for me."
Love refused to blame the workload that comes with a condensed schedule as a reason for his shooting problems. Nor did he express much concern about them. He started relatively slowly last season as well.
"I've got too good of a shot from outside, too good from 15, 17 feet not to shoot those," he said.
Ridnour solid It remains to be seen if Wolves coach Rick Adelman adjusts his starting lineup in the wake of Tuesday's game, when the Wolves fell behind by 24 points before a group of mainly reserves, with Ricky Rubio leading the way, pushed the team back into the game.
But Luke Ridnour figures to be comfortable no matter what. Ridnour has been the starting point guard the first 10 games, with Rubio coming off the bench. But what has been interesting is how often -- and how well -- Ridnour and Rubio have played together on the court.
