Wolves

Wolves' week ahead

December 20, 2014 at 11:15PM

Cleveland Cavaliers' Kevin Love (0) drives past Brooklyn Nets’ Mirza Teletovic (33), from Bosnia, during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers defeated the Nets 95-91. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Wolves' Week Ahead

Tuesday: 6 p.m. at Cleveland, FSN

Friday: 8 p.m. at Denver, FSN

Saturday: 9:30 p.m. at Golden State, FSN

Player to watch: Kevin Love, Cavaliers

He's wearing wine and gold and the No. 0 now for the first meeting — and a festive holiday date at that — with his former team since the Wolves traded their three-time All Star to Cleveland last summer. His scoring average is down eight points a game since then, but his winning percentage is up to 73.6 percent and includes a recent eight-game winning streak.

Voices

« We're 17-6, I'll grant you that. »

Washington coach Randy Wittman last week when informed that former boss Flip Saunders told his players the Wizards' fast season start is proof Saunders' system works (Wittman was a longtime assistant to Saunders in Minnesota and Washington).