Kevin Love has made double-doubles automatic. He’s taken the drama out of getting them.
So he added a little drama himself Wednesday by almost not playing due to a sore knee (he banged knees with an opponent last game and it swelled up), then playing with a bulky brace on it.
Didn’t matter.
He got his record 52nd consecutive double-double fast (in the middle of the second quarter with a free throw) as his Timberwolves were blowing out the Indiana Pacers. That moved him past Moses Malone into first on the modern list, since the NBA/ABA merger.
To the YoutTube we go to relive the moment it happened in Minnesota:
Love as usual was gracious and humble after the game:
If you are member of this community please join me in this thread and congratulate a modern day Bruin legend.