Kevin Love had 31 points and 17 rebounds for Minnesota leading the Timberwolves to a 109-99 victory Tuesday night that stuck the Los Angeles Lakers with their seventh straight defeat.
Kevin Martin scored 14 of his season-high-tying 32 points in the opening 10 minutes to help the Timberwolves start strong, and the NBA’s highest-scoring first-quarter team surged to a 25-point lead midway through the second period.
Steve Nash, who had been sidelined since Nov. 10 because of nerve problems in his back, returned to the Laker lineup. The soon-to-be-40-year-old two-time league MVP had seven points and nine assists in 25 minutes, about 10 more than he was supposed to play.
