"Ending a four-game Western trip that's only the beginning of their manic March travels, the Timberwolves, led by Kevin Love in his latest homecoming, produced a 122-110 victory Saturday over the Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden.
By doing so, the Wolves not only ended a 16-game losing streak against the Blazers that dates to March 2007 when Kevin Garnett called Minnesota home, but it also moved them to a 19-19 record and past Portland in the chase for the Western Conference's eighth and final playoff spot.
Playing just a couple of long outlet passes away from where he grew up in Lake Oswego, Ore., Love scored 42 points -- one away from his career high and nearly double his best previous night in his hometown -- and the Wolves delivered a performance that satisfied even coach Rick Adelman's grandchildren watching from the grandstand."
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