Love records 52nd double-double

MINNEAPOLIS - With more than 15,000 fans standing and cheering, Kevin Love went to the free-throw line in the second quarter and knocked down the shot that gave him 10 points and 10 rebounds for the game.

The Timberwolves faithful, so desperate for anything positive in another dreary season, erupted. Minnesota's all-star forward, who has been asked endlessly about his double-double streak for the past month, exhaled.

Love recorded his 52nd double-double in a row to pass Moses Malone for the longest such streak since the ABA and NBA merged in 1976, and the Timberwolves beat the free-falling Indiana Pacers 101-75 on Wednesday night.