Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant, left, attempts to drive around Minnesota Timberwolves’ Michael Beasley, right, in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Minneapolis. Tom Olmscheid, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Durant scored 43 points and Russell Westbrook had 35 and eight assists to keep the Oklahoma City Thunder atop the Western Conference with a 115-110 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.

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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love, struggling with a mild concussion and a strained neck, remained at home and will not attend the team’s game Saturday night, April 14, against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Target Center, Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman said. “He’s still not feeling well,” Adelman said of Love, who was struck on the side of the head Wednesday night by an inadvertent elbow from Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves have given a valiant effort and restored the state’s faith in the game of basketball during the 2011-2012 season. Players like Kevin Love , Ricky Rubio , Nikola Pekovic , and Derrick Williams have provided plenty of highlights (three Timberwolves were involved in All-Star weekend, if that says anything) and the team held onto the eighth spot in the Western Conference well past the middle of the season. To commemorate the season, we look back at three of the better individual performances turned in by members of the Timberwolves this year.

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Timberwolves-Nuggets Preview By NOEY KUPCHAN STATS Writer (AP) — The scuffling Minnesota Timberwolves’ postseason hopes appear to have all but faded. Visiting the Denver Nuggets doesn’t seem likely to help their cause.

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The scuffling Minnesota Timberwolves ‘ postseason hopes appear to have all but faded.

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Read More: Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns The Minnesota Timberwolves suffered a lot of injuries this season and they now look like a team that can’t wait for their offseason to begin. The Phoenix Suns are battling for a playoff spot in a tight Western Conference race and they look like a team battling for a playoff spot. When the two opposing motivations met on Monday night, the “battling for a playoff spot” did much better than the “can’t wait for their offseason to begin”

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The Minnesota Timberwolves really had turned things around. They were drawing larger crowds, excitement around the team had returned, and it looked as though a solid core was finally in place for the team to build on for the future. Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio, and Derrick Williams had fans believing that this might finally be the year the Wolves returned to the playoffs.

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by Paul Coro – Apr. 9, 2012 02:39 PM The Republic | azcentral.com Suns (29-27) at Timberwolves (25-32) C: Marcin Gortat …

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As the Minnesota Timberwolves ‘ playoff hopes continue to fade, the Phoenix Suns are staying in the thick of the race. Phoenix kicks off a four-game road trip Monday night seeking its fifth win in six games and trying to extend Minnesota’s season-worst losing streak to six.

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Stats that stand out from the New Orleans Hornets’ 99-90 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night at the New Orleans Arenarways Center. 1.3:13: Minutes played by Eric Gordon in the first half after tweaking his lower back and returning in the second half.  2.5. Consecutive shots made by Chris Kaman to start the game before finishing with 21 points on nine of 10 shooting.

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In all likelihood, Minnesota’s unprotected first-round pick the Hornets secured in last December’s trade that involved Chris Paul going to the Los Angeles Clippers will be a lottery pick. The Hornets did their part to drop the Timberwolves further out of playoff contention with Saturday night’s 99-90 victory in front of 15,250 at the New Orleans Arena

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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Jason Smith had a career-high 26 points and 10 rebounds, leading the New Orleans Hornets to a 99-90 victory over the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. Smith, who had his third career double-double, made his first eight shots and finished 12 for 16. Chris Kaman added 21 points on 9-for-10 shooting and Greivis Vasquez had 10 assists for New Orleans, which bounced back from its most lopsided loss of the year, 128-104 at San Antonio on Friday

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Written by The Sports Network (Sports Network) – Time is running out on the Minnesota Timberwolves in their hunt for a postseason berth and they’ll try and get back on track tonight against the lowly Charlotte Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena. Minnesota is 3 1/2 games behind Denver for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference and has lost eight of the past 11 games. The Timberwolves suffered a 93-86 loss at Memphis on Tuesday, as Kevin Love had 28 points and 11 rebounds in a losing effort.

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By Chris White – Newsdesk contributor The Minnesota Timberwolves will try to avoid both seven road losses in eight road games and five straight losses in Charlotte when they take on the Bobcats on Wednesday.

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