NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings After a lovely week off and finally getting a chance to go sledding and snow shoeing in the mountains, headed back to Power Balance Pavilion to photograph the Sacramento Kings vs the Minnesota Timberwolves.

NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings I tried to be a little more wary of getting bad shots of Kevin Love after this story ;-)

NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings But it was tough to get any photos of him as he picked up 4 fouls on questionable calls.NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings

NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings

More concerning was Luke Ridnour going down on the other side of the court. I didn't see what happened but sure looked like he was in pain.

NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings Hope he's ok! To compensate for the lockout, there are so many back to back games, it's hard for players to ever fully recover. Seems like every team is missing critical guys due to midseason injury.

NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings It was great to see former Kings player, Brad Miller, who announced he will be retiring at the end of this season with the Timberwolves, play his last game in Sacramento and receive a warm reception from the fans for his contributions from when he was a Kings player.

NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Sacramento Kings You might remember the last time I photographed the Kings was at the Warriors when Isaiah Thomas lost the ball with Kings down and a few seconds left on the clock. This time... as the clock was winding down, Timberwolves down but within reach and the dreadful fouling and free throw routine starts, Isaiah stole the ball to seal up the Kings 116-108 victory over the Timberwolves. Zero to hero, just like that!

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