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Love leads the NBA in minutes played

Kevin Love is doing a lot this year. He's fifth in the NBA in scoring and second in rebounding. Love wouldn't be able to pile up the stats if he wasn't piling up the minutes. He leads the NBA at 39.8 minutes/game. Love says he feels "pretty dang good" for playing so many minutes in a condensed season.
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Kevin Love is doing a lot this year. He's fifth in the NBA in scoring and second in rebounding. Love wouldn't be able to pile up the stats if he wasn't piling up the minutes. He leads the NBA at 39.8 minutes/game. Love says he feels "pretty dang good" for playing so many minutes in a condensed season.

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