Updated: February 6, 2012, 2:45 pm ET

Minnesota’s Kevin Love Suspended 2 Games

By HOOPSWORLD
Basketball News & NBA Rumors

Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves has been suspended two games without pay for driving his foot into the upper body and face of the Houston Rockets’ Luis Scola as Scola was lying on the floor, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations.

The incident, which has been upgraded by the league office to a Flagrant Foul Two on Love, occurred with 8:34 remaining in the third quarter of the Timberwolves’ 100-91 win over the Rockets at Target Center in Minneapolis on Feb. 4.

Love will serve his suspension Tuesday, Feb. 7 when the Timberwolves play the Sacramento Kings at Target Center and Wednesday, Feb. 8 when Minnesota plays the Memphis Grizzlies at FedEx Forum.

To view the play, click on the following link:
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nba_tv/2012/02/06/20120205_love_incident.nba

via NBA

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