Final
T'Wolves keep Bobcats on the skids
Feb 16, 2012 - 4:12 AM Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Kevin Love posted 30 points and 18 rebounds and Nikola Pekovic added 21 and 11, as the Timberwolves sent the spiraling Bobcats to a 16th straight defeat in a 102-90 decision at Target Center.The Bobcats extended their club record skid by allowing Minnesota to shoot 58 percent from the field in the second half. Love scored 10 points in a game- changing third quarter, while Pekovic scored 15 after halftime to help snap a four-game losing streak.
"We lost four games in a row, so it was really important for us [to win]," Pekovic said.
Kemba Walker paced Charlotte with 21 points, while Corey Maggette netted 18 in yet another losing effort.
The Bobcats led by as many as nine in the first quarter and held a 48-46 halftime lead before falling apart late in the third.
Tied at 66 following a D.J. Augustin layup, Ricky Rubio made a jumper to begin a quarter-ending run of 10 unanswered points for Minnesota.
J.J. Barea drained a three-pointer during the run, then hit another from behind the arc five minutes into the fourth to extend the difference to 89-70.
Minnesota led by double figures the rest of the way.
"We missed too many layups in the first half," Bobcats head coach Paul Silas said. "In the second half we stopped pushing it and started jacking it up."
Game Notes
The Bobcats have not won since beating Golden State on January 14...Augustin, who had been out since January 22 with a toe injury, scored nine points in 23 1/2 minutes off the bench...Barea finished with 12 points and eight assists, while Rubio had seven helpers to make up for a 2-for-7 shooting effort...Boris Diaw logged 14 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in defeat.
- CHARLOTTE: 90
MINNESOTA: 102
Final
Feb 15 10:13 PM - CHARLOTTE: 66
MINNESOTA: 76
End of 3rd
Feb 15 9:43 PM - 65
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Hornets 66, Timberwolves 71 3rd - 1:32Feb 15 9:41 PM - 101
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Hornets 66, Timberwolves 69 3rd - 2:50Feb 15 9:38 PM - 111
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Hornets 56, Timberwolves 62 3rd - 6:27Feb 15 9:28 PM - 104
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Hornets 54, Timberwolves 58 3rd - 8:39Feb 15 9:24 PM - 104
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Hornets 52, Timberwolves 56 3rd - 9:25Feb 15 9:23 PM - 91
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Hornets 52, Timberwolves 53 3rd - 10:08Feb 15 9:23 PM - 80
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Hornets 50, Timberwolves 50 3rd - 11:01Feb 15 9:22 PM - CHARLOTTE: 30
MINNESOTA: 25
End of 1st
Feb 15 8:35 PM - CHARLOTTE: 0
MINNESOTA: 0
1st Quarter - 12:00
Feb 15 8:11 PM
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