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And Mike Miller continues to struggle to find his shot anywhere but a foot around the basket. He went 0 for 4 from threes today and now is shooting 15.3 percent from there in eight games since he came back from that second ankle injury.
He sort of joked after the game that he’ll call a timeout after he finally makes one, so somebody can award him a game ball for it.
Miller was held to single-digit points for the 12th time in his past 13 games in the Timberwolves’ 94-86 victory over the Clippers on Monday and is hitting just 28.8 percent in January.
“I’m going to call a timeout next time I make one. Keep the game ball,” he cracked sarcastically.
Minnesota has won nine of its past 12 games, which makes Miller’s slump easier to endure, even as he has been forced to come off the bench the past eight games after starting the first 22.
Still hampered by the severe right ankle sprain that cost him five games in late December, Miller refuses to make health an issue.
Love, an NBA forward listed at 6 feet 10, is averaging 11.4 points and 10.6 rebounds in January following the Timberwolves’ 94-86 victory Monday over the Clippers at Staples Center.
Though Love couldn’t match those numbers against the Clippers — he had six points and eight rebounds in 21 minutes — he showed flashes of why he’s becoming one of Minnesota’s top reserves.
There was a trademark two-handed outlet pass, a one-handed layup while having his other arm tugged on by the Clippers’ Steve Novak and, in the sequence perhaps most telling of his effort, a possession in which he missed a dunk and two follow shots but never gave up on the play.
Kevin Love and fellow NBA rookie Luc Mbah a Moute attended Saturday’s UCLA game together, but neither proved to be much of a good luck charm. Their Bruins lost to Arizona State at Pauley Pavilion.
“I don’t think I can ever come back after that,” said Love, who took Wolves teammates Mark Madsen and Calvin Booth to the game.
Rashad McCants did not play for the fourth consecutive game, but he was at Staples Center at 9 a.m. Monday shooting with Miller.
“You can go one of two ways,” McHale said. “If you work hard, good things happen. Rodney [Carney] went through that. You’ve got to work hard and wait for your chance when it’s not coming. You’ve got to believe, got to have faith, that your time is going to come. You have to work really hard, and he’s doing that.”
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