Who has been keeping Brewer’s spirits up through his rehab? He said he’s always in contact with his old teammates from the Florida back-to-back championship teams.

“Oh yeah, I still talk to all three of my roommates a lot, Joakim (Noah), Al (Horford), and Taurean (Green),” he said with that trademark Corey Brewer grin. “I talk to Al a lot, I talk to him all the time. He had like 21 points and 22 rebounds the other night, so he called me bragging and stuff. I keep track of what they’re doing. I talk to Taurean, he’s in Spain right now and he’s been playing pretty well over there.”

Corey said he enjoys playing against his old teammates and looks forward to facing off against them next season when he’s healthy. “It’s a lot of fun, you know, it’s just different, because we know each other like the back of our hands.”

 

The Wolves flew to Houston after tonight’s game, will practice at the Rockets’ Toyota Center practice facility today and then end this three-game trip — the first such one in back-to-back weeks — Friday night against the Rockets.

 

Kevin McHale was upset with just about every aspect of last night’s 93-86 loss. He particularly got on his team and rookie Kevin Love — and himself as well — for letting the first-half officiating disturb them. Love apparently settled down at halftime because he got 14 of his 19 rebounds and all 17 of his points after intermission.

His 19 rebounds were one shy of the team’s rookie record, but that 20 almost doesn’t count because Dean Garrett was 30 years old when he set that record in 1997.

 

Love’s previous high was 15 rebounds set on six different occasions, most recently Feb. 25 vs. Utah.

Love has led the Wolves in rebounding in 12 of the last 17 games and 26 times this season.