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"We are just looking everyday to get better and tomorrow we are living in the present," Love said. "Tomorrow we are coming out against San Antonio and hopefully have a good game. But we're going to enjoy this tonight."
It's the fourth time in Love's career he's hit five in a game, and on Sunday they came when Minnesota needed it most. With the defending champion Mavericks rallying—cutting the Wolves' fourth-quarter down to two—Love connected on two big 3-pointers that started what would become a 15-0 run to end the game.
Combined with Anthony Tolliver's two 3-pointers in the final three minutes, the Wolves extended the lead to 16 and never looked back.
"All night long he hit timely threes when we were making runs," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said of Love's performance. "He's improved every year and is even better this year. They had a lot of guys play well. We're going to have to do a better job of not allowing guys to play as well and we made some good runs but it's very difficult playing from behind in this league."
Fortunately for the Wolves, the 16 turnovers committed against Dallas did not cost them, but it's something the team is continuing to work on.
"We are still allowing far too many points but a lot of that is because of our turnovers, not because of our defense," Love said. "As long as we keep limiting our turnovers, especially down the stretch—when we are giving ourselves a chance to win, we'll win more ball games."