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Barea lifts Timberwolves, lose Love to injury

Associated Press, ESPN.com

J.J. Barea scored 12 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter while All-Star forward Kevin Love sat on the bench with a sprained finger, lifting the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 101-97 win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.

nba.com

Andre Miller scored the 15,000th point of his NBA career on a mid-range jumper in the first quarter against Minnesota, becoming the eighth player to score that many and dish out at least 7,500 assists.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

It had been a frustrating Wednesday night for Kevin Durant. He'd watched his Oklahoma City Thunder — once again perched atop the Western Conference and boasting the NBA's best record, after the Denver Nuggets snapped the Los Angeles Clippers' 17-game wi…