MILWAUKEE -- Nikola Pekovic scored 27 points and Ricky Rubio added 18 points, 12 assists and eight steals to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 107-98 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. cheap jerseys from china . Pekovic made 11 of 14 shots from the field and also had eight rebounds. Rubio connected on five of his six attempts from 3-point range for the Timberwolves, who went 8-of-13 from beyond the arc as a team and led most of the game. Ersan Ilyasova had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Monta Ellis scored 18 points and Mike Dunleavy added 15 for Milwaukee, which holds a six-game lead on Philadelphia for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Minnesota shot 61.9 per cent to jump out to a 34-23 lead after the first quarter. The Timberwolves moved ahead by 14 points, their biggest lead of the game, early in the second before the Bucks broke off a 22-6 run to surge in front 48-46. The Timberwolves closed the quarter on a 9-4 spurt to take a 55-52 lead at the half. Rubio had 15 first-half points while sinking all five of his 3-pointers. The Timberwolves made seven 3-pointers in the opening half. Minnesota held the lead throughout the third quarter and took an 87-81 advantage heading into the final period. Pekovic continued a run of strong games after he had 22 points and 15 rebounds in a win over Oklahoma City on Friday and scored 29 at home Monday to help beat Boston. Minnesota had 58 points in the paint, compared to just 38 for Milwaukee. Notes: Milwaukee coach Jim Boylan said Luc Richard Mbah a Moute still appears to be dealing with lingering effects from surgery on his right knee last off-season. "Hes not moving around the way he has in prior years with us," Boylan said. "You have to figure that his knee isnt quite as good as hed want it to be. Itll continue to take a little more time." .Boylan questioned why the league schedule has the Bucks playing all of their games down the stretch against teams outside their division. "Were done with anybody in our division. We were done with some teams in our division back in January. Youd think that if you were in a battle for a division title itd be nice if you were playing them in March or April." . A moment of silence was held for NBA referee Greg Willard, who died Monday of pancreatic cancer at age 54. . Mike Zigomanis, Joe Colborne and Jerry DAmigo also scored in the opening period as Toronto (23-15-5) jumped out to an early 5-1 lead. Will Acton added a goal in the third period. DAmigos goal was a short-handed score. [url=http://www.liverpoolsocceronline.com/authentic-javi-manquillo-liverpool-fc-... Manquillo Liverpool Jersey . After a first half which saw the lead change hands several times, the Americans came out in the second half with an 18-7 run, keyed largely by Miami Heat forward LeBron James. nfl jerseys china . The bogeys on the closing hole at TPC Four Seasons havent cost him the lead yet. Bradley overcame consecutive bogeys early and bogeyed No. 18 for the third round in a row Saturday to finish with a 2-under 68 that kept him in the lead. Che... Phoenix Suns Jerseys .C. -- No lead was safe for either Pittsburgh or Carolina until James Neal ended a back-and-forth game in overtime.(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Kings will make a third attempt at clinching the franchises first-ever Stanley Cup title when they host the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 tonight at the Staples Center. The game can be heard on TSN Radio 990 Montreal and www.tsn.ca/montreal beginning at 8pm et/5pm pt. You can join our Game Night Blog and interact with the TSN hockey community. The Kings jumped out to a 3-0 lead in this best-of-seven series, but lost Game 4 on home ice and then were dealt a 2-1 setback in Saturdays Game 5 in New Jersey. The Devils will try to stave off elimination again tonight and force a decisive Game 7 this Wednesday in New Jersey. New Jersey is only the third team in NHL history and the first since the 1945 Detroit Red Wings to push a Stanley Cup Finals to six games after trailing 3- 0. The Red Wings lost that series in seven games, leaving the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs as the only club to win the Cup after falling behind 3-0. Saturdays loss in Newark was the first road setback of this postseason for Los Angeles, which is now 10-1 as the guest this spring. The Kings, who are in Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in club history, were denied in their attempt to become the first team to win 11 road games in one playoff year. Thanks to 25 saves from Martin Brodeur, the Devils took a 2-1 win over the Kings in Game 5 at Prudential Center. New Jersey also received goals from Zach Parise and Bryce Salvador to stay alive. For Parise -- the Devils captain -- it was his first goal of the Cup Finals and eighth of this postseason. "You know, Ive been singing the same tune since Game 1," said New Jersey head coach Peter DeBoer. "I said even when we were down 3-0 that I didnt feel that the series was that lopsided. Our best players were our best players tonight and thats the key this time of year." Salvador who had only nine assists in 82 games during the regular season is now tied with L. [url=http://www.liverpoolsocceronline.com/authentic-glen-johnson-liverpool-fc-je... Johnson Jersey[/url]. .A.s Drew Doughty for the most points by a defenseman in this years postseason. Both Salvador and Doughty have four goals and 14 points this spring. Justin Williams scored the only goal for the Kings, while Jonathan Quick made 17 stops. The setback dropped L.A. to 16-4 in this postseason and tonights Game 6 will mark the furthest point the Kings have been pushed to in any series during these playoffs. "You know, were probably saying what they said Games 1 and 2, where we got breaks and now they did," said Los Angeles head coach Darryl Sutter. "Thats how even it is. We hit a couple posts again tonight, and you hope one goes off the post and in." The Kings were trailing by a goal after the first period, but Williams tied the game 3:26 into the second when he skated the puck into the Jersey end down the right wing, cut to the middle and snapped a wrist shot into the left corner with traffic in front. New Jersey, though, responded at the 9:05 mark to take the lead back for good. Salvador received the puck up high and fired a wrister on net from the left point. It deflected off the side of LAs Slava Voynov and changed direction past Quick for a 2-1 game. The Kings had won 12 straight road playoff games dating back to last postseason, but the club is only 5-3 as the host this spring. The Devils are 7-5 as the guest in this postseason and are 10-1 in Games 4 through 7 in the 2012 playoffs. Not only are the Kings aiming for their first championship since entering the league for the 1967-68 season, but L.A. is also trying to become the first No. 8 seed to win the Cup. This years Cup Final marks the first-ever playoff battle between the Kings and Devils and the teams only met twice during the 2011-12 regular season. New Jersey and L.A. faced each other twice in October and the Devils won both contests. ' ' '