Love was injured less than three minutes into the game after he successfully took a charge from Hill, who fell hard on him.
Afterward, the Wolves officially called Love’s injury a “left lower-extremity contusion.”
That sounds like hockey talk, when the NHL uses those only silly “lower body” and “upper body” designations.
Love called it something else.
“I told the refs, `Hold on a second, I broke my butt cheek,’ ” he said.
He got his double-double anyway – his 11th straight and his 11th straight with at least 14 rebounds – with a 23-point, 16-rebound night he said he accomplished on just one good leg.
“The whole night I was playing on one leg,” he said. “I just had to use my leverage and my smarts to try to get shots and rebounds. I didn’t have any lift on my jumpers.”
X-rays were negative and Love vowed he’ll play Friday in Portland, his hometown.
He sat out the final 23 seconds after getting hit on that left butt cheek again.
“It hurt so bad,” he said.
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