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MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin Love landed hard on his hip after a foul late in the game. His head snapped back from the impact and hit the floor. The All-Star power forward was all right afterward, a relief for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The win over the languishing Los Angeles Lakers was nice, too. Love had 31 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Timberwolves to 109-99 victory on Tuesday that spoiled Steve Nashs return and stuck the Lakers with their seventh straight defeat. "I just want to continue to keep playing and give this team all that I can," Love said. "Yeah, Ive taken a physical beating, but youve got to expect being one of the top guys that theyre going to come at you." Kevin Martin helped the Timberwolves get off to a fast start, scoring 14 of his season-high-tying 32 points in the opening 10 minutes as the NBAs highest-scoring first-quarter team surged to a 25-point lead midway through the second period. They stumbled some after halftime, letting the Lakers pull within seven points early in the fourth quarter. "Its just one of those things where the game isnt going to be as easy as you think," coach Rick Adelman said. "You just have to persevere." With Nikola Pekovic likely out through the All-Star break, the Wolves started a difficult week, a theme of Adelmans pregame message. They play at Oklahoma City on Wednesday and New Orleans on Friday before hosting Portland on Saturday, a crucial stretch for a team running out of time to climb back into the playoff picture. But Love picked up the Wolves and carried them to an important win, playing the part of the burly Pekovic by throwing his body at the basket as often as he could. He made it to the line for 18 free throws, making 13. "We realize how good he is. He has incredible toughness," Martin said, adding: "He gets dirty down there. Thats why we pay him the big bucks and thats why hes an All-Star starter, to do things like that." Nash had been sidelined since Nov. 10 because of nerve problems in his back. The soon-to-be-40-year-old two-time league MVP had seven points and nine assists in 25 minutes, about 10 more than he was supposed to play. "I feel a bit selfish in that we lost but it felt great just to play in the NBA again," Nash said, smiling. "Obviously the game didnt go as we hoped, but for me personally thats pretty cool to be back out there." Coach Mike DAntoni was pleased. "I thought he competed, and weve got to have everybody compete that way," DAntoni said. Steve Blake also returned, coming back from a torn ligament in his right elbow that had shelved him since Dec. 10. He ruptured his eardrum during the game but kept playing on another night of bad luck and bad defence for the fallen franchise. Blake was scoreless in 31 minutes and took only two shots. Fittingly, as soon as two guys came back, two more went out. Jodie Meeks (sprained right ankle, first quarter) and backup Jordan Hill (headache and neck strain, first quarter) were hurt for the Lakers, who have been without star Kobe Bryant for most of the season. Pau Gasol also sat out with a strained right groin and could be out until after the All-Star break. DAntoni said Meeks wont play the rest of the road trip at Cleveland on Wednesday or at Philadelphia on Friday. Hill was walking stiffly in the locker room after the game but was held out as a precaution, the coach said. "I just feel for those guys. I just was in their position," Blake said. "Unfortunately its a part of the game, and the rest of us have to pick it up." The Lakers reserves had a whopping 70 points, with Nick Young (24 points), Manny Harris (17 points) and former Timberwolves first-round draft pick Wes Johnson (15 points and nine rebounds) leading the way. But the Lakers still lost for the 19th time in their last 22 games and fell into a tie for last place in the Western Conference with Utah and Sacramento. This was also their first loss at Target Center in almost seven years, ending an 11-game run. NOTES: This was the league-high seventh time this season that Love had at least 30 points and 15 rebounds. He has 25 for his career, one more than Kevin Garnett on the franchises career list. ... The Lakers have allowed 100-plus points in 15 straight games, their longest such streak since 17 in a row during the 1986-87 season. Jimmy Wynn Jersey . Whenever United loses, its crisis. When other top teams slip up, its the quirky nature of the Premier League. The predictable reaction speaks to the sky-high expectations for a team proven perennial contender and 13 times Premier League champion. George Springer Jersey .A. Dickey, even though he was coming off a Cy Young Award in 2012. 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Leaderboard Dean & DeLuca Invitational The American posted his eighth victory on the PGA Tour and his first in his home state, in the process passing a Tiger Woods mark and achieved his triumph wrapping up with three birdies.His back nine included six birdies and came in the third tournament since the world No 2 blew a five-stroke lead on the final nine holes last month when trying to win the Masters for the second year in a row. He will try to defend his US Open title in three weeks.Only Horton Smith (14) won more tour events by the age of 22 or younger. Woods won seven by the same age.Spieth reached the mark in emphatic fashion with a closing 65 to finish at 17-under-par 263 at Colonial Country Club, keeping ahead of Harris English. Spieth celebrates his victory after a superb final round Ryan Palmer and Webb Simpson were one shot further back on a day when scoring was good.Spieth told Sky Sports 4: It means a lot, the crowds were fantastic for me, for Palmer - and for Webb, but Ryan being a member here had all his buddies out so people were really rooting for both players.That (birdie at 16) was cool, everybody in the crowd standing up and cheering. I was really lucky on 17, being able to drop out and it landed in a matted area where I could get the club on the ball. Jordan Spieth says to win in his hometown of Texas was amazing and hailed the atmosphere after winning the Colonial by three strokes in Fort Worth, Texas.dddddddddddd Eighteen, just get it down there, another bonus. It was pretty cool.Spieth curled in a 20-foot birdie putt at the 16th hole and there was no way back for English after the Texan, having had a free drop from in front of the grandstand at 17, chipped in for a remarkable birdie to move two clear playing the last.English finished with a par for a 66, allowing the leader the leeway to make bogey at the last hole.With his storming finish and his nearest opponents blown away, victory was assured in the final three holes and he had one more firework up his sleeve with a 35-foot birdie putt at the final hole. 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