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Love returns as Wolves defeat Wizards.

Posted on June 6, 2011 at 05:36 AM.

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Kevin Love returned from injury against the Wizards

January 13th, 2011. John Wall and the Washington Wizards arrived in Minnesota to face a young Wolves team a top their conference and brimming full of confidence from their previous beat down of the second placed Western Conference team the San Antonio Spurs. John Wall had a solid supporting cast in wily veteran Rashard Lewis and talented bigs Andray Blatche and Javale McGee and this team hit the Wolves hard early.

The Minnesota faithful flocked to the Target Center to welcome back Kevin Love who was making his return from an injury that had kept him out of the teams last 21 games. Love struggled to hit his strides early in the piece, with the pace of the game clearly getting to him. Still Love managed to score 11 points and grab 7 boards in 27 minutes of game time. The Timberwolves expect that Love's form will improve as the season wears on.

In the first Rashard Lewis went a little crazy as Martell Webster and then Wesley Johnson struggled to contain him, he hit three of his six trey's in the period to help the Wizards to a one point lead 31 to 30 at the end of the first. Lewis would go on to score 33 points and nab two steals, but the green light from three clearly didn't work for him in the end, with his hitting 6 of 16 attempts from deep. He may have been best advised to put the shot away after the first quarter.

The game was all square at half time as the Wolves pegged back the one point difference in a dour affair with the Wolves scoring 20 points to the Wizards 19. Martell Webster was playing well as starter in the absence of Michael Beasley, hitting smart shots, rebounding well and sharing the ball with his team mates. Webster was at his best in the first half as Isaiah Rider (12 points, 6 assists) struggled to get things going following his two strong games against the Spurs. Webster would finish with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists while also nabbing a steal and blocking one shot without committing any turnovers for what was a very worthy performance welcomed by his coaches.

Flynn was named player of the game

The third period saw Jonny Flynn flex his defensive muscle as he grabbed a few steals to take his total from the game to six as he helped lead the Wolves to an 11 point quarter win 32 points to 21. Flynn joined Webster in the double-double stakes with 21 points and 11 assists to go with his 6 steals. It wasn't a perfect game from Flynn however, as he did turn the ball over five times himself. The effort was enough to win Player of the Game award though as the Wolves would not surrender their lead and held on to win comfortably by 10 points, 111 to 101.

Game Notes: Blatche scored 19 points and grabbed 7 rebounds for the Wizards. Young Center Javale McGee scored 12 points, nabbed 6 boards and blocked 3 shots. John wall notched a double-double with 10 points and 10 assists. For the Timberwolves Eric Bledsoe scored 15 points while passing for 8 assists and grabbing 1 steal and a block. Bledsoe is right up there with Marcus Thornton in the race for sixth man of the year.

Season Record: 30-10.