Pekovic averaged 16.3 points, 8.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists for the Timberwolves during the 2012-13 regular season.

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Love vows to come back stronger than ever

Just when Kevin Love was getting ready to try to salvage something positive from a lost seasons, one more injury cropped up to end it all.

Love to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery

A season that never really started for Kevin Love is now officially over.

Fantasy: Jonas Valanciunas improving '13 draft value

Tom Carpenter recaps Monday in the NBA and discusses how Jonas Valanciunas has improved his fantasy draft stock with his recent play.

Pekovic Leads Timberwolves Upset

From Elias: Nikola Pekovic scored 22 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in the Timberwolves' upset win over the Thunder. Pekovic was the first player with a 20/15 (points/rebounds) game in a victory over Oklahoma City in either of the last two seasons.

Lakers Extend Streak In Ancestral Home

From Elias: The Lakers won their 22nd straight game against the Timberwolves on Wednesday in Minnesota. Only four other teams in NBA history have won 22 or more straight games against one opponent: 26 by Seattle over Minnesota (1991-97), 25 by Phoenix over Minnesota (1989-95), 24 by the Lakers over Sacramento (1983-88) and 22 by Boston over Buffalo (1970-74). The Timberwolves tied a team record in their loss, by having eight players score in double figures, led by Nikola Pekovic's 19 points. The only other game in team history in which eight Timberwolves players scored at least 10 points was on Jan. 16, 1992, when their high scorer was Gerald Glass, with 16 points.

Wolves' Budinger hopes to return on Thursday

It's been an agonizing season for Chase Budinger, rehabbing a knee injury in Minnesota while watching his Timberwolves teammates miss open jumper after open jumper without him.

Who Needs Love? Williams Follows Pekovic's Example Vs. Hornets

From Elias: Derrick Williams set a career high with 28 points in the Timberwolves' 97-95 victory over the Hornets. Williams was the seventh player, excluding rookies, to establish a new career high in points this season against New Orleans. That group includes Williams's teammate Nikola Pekovic, who scored 31 points in a win over the Hornets in December.

New Rocket

New Rocket Thomas Robinson joins Henry Abbott to discuss being traded to Houston, playing with James Harden and Jeremy Lin and the use of advanced stats.