MVP: Kevin Love, Timberwolves
Just another 30/20 game -- his fourth this season -- with 37 points and 23 rebounds. The Lakers' Pau Gasol is the only other player with one this season.
BY THE NUMBERS
14 The deficit from which the Wolves came back, 47-33 in the second quarter. It matched their second-biggest comeback of the season. They trailed by 14 at Cleveland on Dec. 26 and came back from 21 points back to beat New York in November.
8 Point guard Jonny Flynn's first-half assists. That tied his season high for assists. He finished with nine in just under 20 minutes.
5 Games until Love's 46-game double-double streak reaches the 51-game streak Moses Malone had that spanned the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons.
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