That two-game winning "streak" is over, undone by a Spurs team that beat the Wolves for the 10th consecutive time and won for the ninth time in their last 10 games.
There goes the "streak": Spurs win 117-99 in San Antonio
Four-time champs' talent, experience and hard work overwhelm Wolves
December 30, 2009 at 6:25AM
I'm going to make this quick because I've got a drive to Austin ahead of me (significantly cheaper than flying into San Antonio. Why? I have no idea) and an early flight back home tomorrow.
Some quick hits:
* Kevin Love fell hard in the third quarter after colliding with Spurs beefy rookie DeJuan Blair.
"He's a big boy," Love said.
Love fell in a heap on the AT&T Center and left the game in pain and holding his side.
He returned to play in the fourth quarter, though, and declared himself "fine" once the pain from a hip stinger subsided.
Said Al Jefferson: "You get kind of panicked when one of your great players go down. You just tell him to get up. Thankfully, he did."
* Manu Ginobili came within one rebound of a triple-double off the bench: 14 points, 10 assists, 9 rebounds. "Quiet," Love said. "He's one of those guys who can be quiet and still do that."
* Kurt Rambis said for all the Spurs' talent and experience, he hopes his team learns this lesson from the four-time NBA champs:
How hard they play.
* Afterward, Jefferson lamented how the Wolves allowed the Spurs to both run away to a 29-19 edge in fast break points and also let them make 12 of 24 threes.
"A lot of people say the Spurs aren't a running team," Jefferson said. "But they ran a lot tonight on us."
Here's the game story from tonight:
I gotta go.
Phil Miller's got tomorrow night's game against Utah at Target Center.
Wolves are going for a perfect 3-0 against the Jazz. Hmmmm, go figure...
Their 28-point lead got trimmed to two late, but they held on in a Western Conference finals rematch that missed an injured Luka Doncic after halftime.
