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nbaoffseason: The Minnesota Timberwolves and Kevin Love have agreed upon a four year contract extension worth between $60 and 62 million dollars. However, Love can opt out of the fourth year of his contract and pursue free agency. It’s a smart move to lock Love down, but Minnesota can’t give him that option to become an unrestricted free agent in 2015. The Wolves under Rick Adelman have improved and are quickly becoming must see TV, but David Kahn is still their GM.

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Scores from last night:

In the second edition of Scores from last night (you can read the first part here), we talk about the other games that happened last night—including a Detroit-Miami match-up that looked like a blow-out, but then turned into a game while the local Detroit television commentators audibly fellated Austin Daye during his breakout performance. 

  • The Miami Heat came into the Palace at Auburn Hills in Detroit and Chris Bosh started them very strong. But the Pistons came back, thanks to 3rd-year player from Gonzaga, Austin Daye’s 28 points (on 11/18 shooting) from off the bench. LeBron James hit a few clutch free throws down the stretch to save the Heat the ignominy of losing to Detroit. James finished with 32 points on 9/20 shooting and Chris Bosh’s hot hand continued as he finished with 27 on a very Dirkian 12-15 shooting. The Heat looked frazzled on offense a few times, and they were bailed out by foul calls on LeBron. Detroit played hard, or I was subconsciously reacting to the commentators as I watched on NBA TV. Who knows? It’s impossible to overlook the fact Miami is missing their “closer,” in Dwyane Wade, yet they continue to win. [Sun-Sentinel; Detroit Free Press] 
  • The Chicago Bulls lost their first game at the United Center (the one with the Jordan statue out front) when the Indiana Pacers came to town and walked away with a win, 95-90. Derrick “the Toe” Rose finished with 24 points, but just 3 assists. Ronnie Brewer played a strong game again for Chicago scoring 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds from the starting line-up, but the league-leading Bulls still lost. Indiana’s front court played well: Roy Hibbert had 20 and 8 to go with 4 blocks. Danny Granger, who has been struggling with his shot, went 9-16 (including 3-4 on 3-pointers) for 22 points. Darren Collison had 11 points and 8 dimes in the victory. [Chicago Tribune; Indianapolis Star]
  • The Milwaukee Bucks haven’t won in Houston since, wait for it, 1999! But last night, they traveled to Toyota Center in Houston and claimed a victory for their suddenly depleted corps, 105-99 over the Rockets. They lost Andrew Bogut in the process (but this is an annual occurrence these days-as the big man can’t find his way through a full season). The 3-point barrage of Brandon Jennings (4-7 from long range) and an off-the-bench Stephen Jackson (3-6 from long range), helped the Bucks overcome Kevin Martin’s 29 points and 3 other Rockets starters scoring over 13 points. The Bucks bench combined to score 66 points in the their first victory in Houston since 1999. It also ended Houston’s 7-game winning streak. Damn, I was still in high school, the last time the Bucks won on the Rocket’s home court. Congrats to Milwaukee, now you just gotta find a big man to replace Bogut :( [Journal Sentinel; Houston Chronicle]
  • The Minnesota Timberwolves went into Dallas, home of the defending world champions—in case anyone forgot, and got the victory pretty easily, 105-90. Dallas is still without their superstar, Dirk Nowitzki, who continues to rest his achy knee and get into shape since taking a lot of time off after playing in the Euro Championships for Germany after their Finals win last summer. Jason Terry, Shawn Marion and Rodrigue Beaubois were the only Mavericks to score in double figures. Kevin Love continues to make white bloggers writers tumescent with another monster all-around game: 31 points and 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Ricky Rubio also poured in 17 points and added 12 assists. The Timberwolves are really fun to watch. I know! I’m as surprised as you; although, I did predict a better team this year. Even Jerry Zgoda at the Star-Tribune can’t believe they’re this good. [Star-Tribune; Fort Worth Star-Telegram]  
  • The Atlanta Hawks, winners of 6 of their last 7 games, went into San Antonio’s AT&T Center and got blown out 105-83. Jeff Teague was their only bright spot (he shot 9-13 from the field to finish with 20 points), as they trailed through the entire game. San Antonio got big games from their bench players as Matt Bonner, Daniel Green and Tiago Splitter combined for 43 points between them. DeJuan Blair also had a big game with 17 points. [Express-News; Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
  • After losing 8 games in a row, the Toronto Raptors have now won two straight. They went into to Utah’s EnergySolutions Arena (these corporate arenas are Godawful) and came away with a win after two overtimes, 111-106. Andrea Bargnani, who was profiled in an interesting Ian Thomsen piece for Sports Illustrated, was missing for 6 of the games during the Raptors losing streak, but his return means more offense for a team that’s struggled to score points. Bargnani had 25 last night against Utah, but it was reserve small forward, Linas Kleiza’s 25 points that really helped as most of the Raptors bench had positive +/- and the starters were in the negative. Paul Millsap led the Jazz with 31 points on 12-24 shooting. Even with the victory, the Toronto Star’s beat writer, Doug Smith, still found a way to complain about the hectic schedule because he is an old curmudgeon. I will gladly take your job bro. Stop whining. [Toronto Star; Salt Lake Tribune]
  • Danilo Gallinari continued his hot hand, with 8-12 shooting en route to 23 points as the Nuggets went to Sacramento and got the victory over the Kings 122-93. Jimmer Fredette had 19 points and DeMarcus Cousins added 17 points and 15 rebounds, but this team is awful. It’s a shame because I really enjoy reading Sacramento Bee NBA writer, Jason Jones. The Kings defense was basically nonexistent last night, and Nuggets guard, Ty Lawson, sprained his left ankle. This happens with so many games in so few days. [Denver Post; Sacramento Bee]
  • Stephen Curry finally showed up last night for the Golden State Warriors. He had 32 points on 12-19 shooting (including 6-8 from 3-point range) as the Warriors beat the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 101-93. David Lee also had 26 points, and Monta Ellis only shot the ball 9 times, (making 2 field goals in 41 minutes) added 12 assists! Portland got 16 points a piece from reserves Jamal Crawford and Nicolas Batum, but failed to score enough to keep pace with Curry and the Warriors. The Warriors have had a good week so far. Their new team owners were profiled in Forbes as the “it” franchise—from a marketing perspective. Because of their ascendance in the annals of NBA ownership puff pieces, I’m including all the Warriors periodicals in my links at the right (there are 3). [Mercury News; San Francisco Chronicle; Oakland Tribune; Oregonian]

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nbaoffseason: ESPN’s Chris Broussard and his “sources” are reporting that five teams will pursue Kenyon Martin afterhis team’s Chinese Basketball Association season. The CBA has a rule that prevents a player from signing with a different league until the completion of the season (regular and playoff). In the article, Broussard believes that Martin wouldn’t be able to sign with a team until mid February. Teams in the hunt for Martin’s services are: Miami Heat San Antonio Spurs  Los Angeles Clippers Atlanta Hawks  New York Knicks  While Martin’s career may be in the decline, the Clippers could desperately use him off the bench to fill in for Blake Griffin or DeAndre Jordan. That same logic could be applied to the four other teams in the hunt for Martin. As their respective CBA seasons comes to an end, Aaron Brooks, Wilson Chandler, and, J.R. Smith should be able to rejoin the NBA again.

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nbaoffseason: Time to dance, Minnesota! The Timberwolves win again tonight, this time taking down the San Antonio Spurs. The T-Pups have now won 6 of their last 9 games and sit just one game under .500. The Love-Rubio-Adelman era is off to a good start. @Suga_Shane Photo via @TalkHoops

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Mavs finally put a ring on it!

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nbaoffseason: In response to charges of “west coast bias” and in the interests of fostering a broader understanding of rim wreckers, in your face disgraces, and turbo sexophonic delights league-wide, here’s John Wall putting Tyrus Thomas on a poster Saturday night. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)