GarnettFan4Life
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What was wrong with Love?
Minnesota played the Lakers without All-Star forward Kevin Love, who was inactivated just before game time with flu-like symptoms. Love suffered a rib contusion the night before against the Clippers, but it was the illness that kept him out of Wednesday’s tilt. Without him, the Wolves struggled to replace his 24.5 points and 13.8 rebounds per game, but perhaps most glaring was their ability to get to the line. Love averages 8.6 free-throw attempts per night, and his assertive play forces opposing teams into the bonus earlier in quarters. Without him, the team went 10-of-18 from the line on Thursday.