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MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin Love had just finished carrying his Minnesota Timberwolves over .500 for the first time since Nov. 23, playing the entire second half and over 43 minutes to make it happen. So naturally, he hit the weight room after the game. Without his Bruise Brother Nikola Pekovic by his side for at least another week, Love knows hes going to be tested like he rarely has before. Love had 30 points and 14 rebounds to help the Timberwolves grind out an 88-77 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night. "I was a little upset with myself with some of the shots I took that I felt like I couldve made," said Love was of 11 of 26 and 1 for 6 on 3-pointers. "The ball didnt feel great tonight. Thats the way it goes sometimes. If I can do that and we can win without Pek, thats a good sign." Kevin Martin added 18 points on 7-of-18 shooting and six boards for the Timberwolves (23-22) in their first game without Pekovic, who is expected to miss at least a week with bursitis in his right ankle. They still managed to get over .500 after failing in their previous 10 chances to do so. Al-Farouq Aminu had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Pelicans, who were missing star forward Anthony Davis with a dislocated left index finger. They shot 35 per cent and managed a season-low 35 points in the first half to snap a three-game winning streak. Davis was injured in the victory over the Cavaliers on Tuesday night, but coach Monty Williams said he was playing it safe with his franchise player and expected him to return on Saturday against Chicago. "He can knock down the mid-range shot down so a lot of their bigs were in the paint just helping and we had to go up against a big every time," said Pelicans guard Tyreke Evans, who had 11 points on 4-for-15 shooting. "So it was pretty tough." In an ugly game for both teams, the Pelicans managed to hang around and trailed by five heading into the fourth. But Love, who played the entire second half, scored six straight points during an 8-0 burst to open the quarter and help the Wolves win for the fifth time in six games. "With Pek out, we really have to find a way to relieve the pressure off (Love), move him around and stuff," Wolves coach Rick Adelman said. "We know teams are going to come at him. ... So we have to find ways to figure it out." Both teams looked lost without their lynch pins in the paint in the first half. The Pelicans, who also are missing Jrue Holiday and Ryan Anderson, hovered around 25 per cent shooting for most of the first quarter and were still at 30 per cent late into the third quarter against a Wolves defence that has been among the worst in the league from a field goal percentage basis. Without Pekovic commanding double teams and bulling his way to the basket, the Wolves have had to focus more on the defensive end. That left Love to go to work on the offensive end, and he was more aggressive looking for his shot than he has been with the big fella next to him in the frontcourt. In his first game at home since he was voted in as an All-Star starter for the Western Conference, Love came out firing, taking nine shots and attacking the glass. And when point guard Ricky Rubio went to the bench early in the third quarter with four fouls, Love started distributing more, picking up five assists to help the Wolves push back against the plucky Pelicans. "I know some of our guys are a bit overwhelmed with trying to play at a high level, but we had our chances," New Orleans coach Monty Williams said. "This is when you have to step up and we just didnt do it tonight. That happens." NOTES: Eric Gordon scored 14 on 5 for 17 shooting for New Orleans. ... Before the game started, Love grabbed the mic and thanked the Wolves fans for voting him as a starter in the All-Star game. He posted his NBA-leading 27th game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. ... Greg Stiemsma started in place of Davis and finished with three points and 12 rebounds and has grabbed at least 10 boards in two straight games. Air Max Italia . HEROES Alex Ovechkin – Scored a pair of goals in Washington’s 4-0 win over Pittsburgh. With 13 goals in the past 13 games, Ovechkin now has 29 goals on the season to lead the league. Air Max Plus Ingrosso . -- Caris LeVert had 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for his first career double-double, and No. http://www.airmaxitaliascarpe.it/scarpe-...6-scontate.html. Nat Borchers headed in the sole goal in the 54th minute, getting on the end of a Kyle Beckerman free kick. The defeat cost Sporting top spot in the Eastern Conference. Even a draw would have moved the Kansas City club above Columbus. Scarpe Air Max 2019 Scontate . Bookies were offering odds of 13/1 before kickoff that the home team Houston Dynamo would prevail by three goals to nil. Scarpe Air Max 180 Scontate . - A retired Indiana school principal who was NASCAR star Jeff Gordons drivers education teacher was killed with his wife in a Tennessee crash while returning from watching Gordon race.COLUMBUS, Ohio - By the time players finished scoring a record 29 goals at the NHL all-star game, they agreed that there was one loud, ear-piercing negative: the cannon at Nationwide Arena.I hate the cannon, Philadelphia Flyers captain Claude Giroux said.Florida Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo added that the cannon wasnt his favourite part of the weekend either.The cannon went off more times in one game in the building than ever before, marking goals by the team led by Nick Foligno of the host Columbus Blue Jackets. Team Toews beat Team Foligno 17-12 in the mid-season exhibition featuring many of hockeys top stars playing shinny with no hitting, no defence and no mercy for goaltenders.Thats all were really doing out there is having fun and kind of trying to show our skill at the same time, Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane said. Kind of feels like summer hockey a little bit where theres a lot of breakaways, a lot of odd-man rushes.And a lot of goals, breaking the record set in 2001 in Denver when North America beat the World 14-12. This one was a wide-open affair in which all but three players registered at least a point.Jakub Voracek of the Philadelphia Flyers had six points on a hat trick and three assists, tying Mario Lemieuxs 1988 record.“I think its a little different, Voracek and Lemieux, right? said Voracek, the former Blue Jackets winger who also leads the NHL in scoring at the all-star break. Three secondary assists. Ill take it, but I wouldnt make a big deal out of it.Despite tying Lemieux, Voracek was not the most valuable player. Hometown star Ryan Johansen received that honour as part of an online fan vote.Joey deserved it the way he handled the weekend, Voracek said. Him and Nick Foligno were under a lot of spotlight. At the skills yesterday and the game today, they did a great job. It was well deserved.John Tavares of the New York Islanders became the sixth player in all-star game history with four goals, joining the elite company of Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Vincent Damphousse, Mike Gartner and Dany Heatley. One of his four also went down as the game-winner.Its pretty cool, Tavares said. Its something you dont really think about going into a game like this. You get your opportunities and just was happy to put them in.Most players left happy, including winning captain Jonathan Toews and fellow Canadian Olympian Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins, who each finished with five points. Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury of the Pittsburgh Penguins was less than thrilled with the proceedings.Fleury gave up seven goals on 16 shots in the second period, which was the most scored by one team in that time in the games history. He heard that on television at the second intermission.It was so long, probably the longest 20 minutes of mmy career, Fleury said in French.ddddddddddddWe are at this game to have fun, but at one time, it was frustrating. Normally, Ill be quick out of the game way before giving up seven goals.Luongo, who started for Team Toews, said Fleury approached him at the bench early in the second period.He was looking for some comfort words or something from me, Luongo said. He wasnt on my team, so I wasnt going in for him. What are you going to do? Its an all-star game.This was the first all-star game since 2012 in Ottawa, after the lockout forced Columbus to have its opportunity rescheduled and the Sochi Olympics left no room for the festivities. The 2015 all-star weekend might best be remembered for the unveiling of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, but there were plenty of memorable moments from Friday nights draft and Saturday nights skills competition.The game itself featured a handful of new records: most goals by a team in a game (17) and a period (seven), most combined goals in a period (11) and fastest two, three and four goals scored.If I was a goalie in this game, I would be ... not happy, Zemgus Girgensons of the Buffalo Sabres said.Goalie torment aside, it was a showcase of some of the NHLs best players. The effort wasnt really there, but most players didnt expect it.I was sitting on the bench getting the shakes a little bit, Panthers rookie defenceman Aaron Ekblad said. I was trying not to try too hard. Thats kind of like the thing to do almost. It is hard to do. I got chirped a little bit for trying too hard.Players trying or lack thereof was measured by chips in their jerseys and the puck as the NHL experimented with tracking in a game for the first time. A prototype program could show players shift lengths, top speeds and other things in real time.Its something that could be coming to the league at some point in the future but not before analyzing how it went in the all-star game and figuring out the real implications.Were right in the beginning phases of this, the NHLPAs Mathieu Schneider said Saturday. Well see what comes out of it. Fans and players are excited about it. We can work together to really enlighten a whole new group of people that havent really followed the game.For fans who tuned in just for this all-star game, it didnt enlighten much about real hockey. But ultimately it didnt have to.Not much defence played, the Ottawa Senators Bobby Ryan said. The talent level out there is incredible. Its a heck of an experience.Notes — The teams combined for 92 shots, which was not close to the all-time record. ... Tyler Johnson of the Tampa Bay Lightning missed the game because of a lower-body injury. ... Fall Out Boy played during the first intermission and O.A.R. in the second. ... Next years all-star weekend is in Nashville. ' ' '