Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kevin Love and Marcus Thornton

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kevin Love and Marcus Thornton played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 16 times in NBA games. Marcus Thornton has a 9-7 winning record over Kevin Love. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kevin Love
vs.
Marcus Thornton
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kevin Love:
2008-09 to 2025-26
Marcus Thornton:
2009-10 to 2016-17
16 Games played
16 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Kevin Love
7
7
0
Marcus Thornton
9
9
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Love 16.6 11.6 2.5 0.90.5
Marcus Thornton 10.4 2.6 2.01.10.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Love 33 24 5 32
Marcus Thornton 24 8 9 41
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Love 11

games		 15

games		 6

games		 4

games		7

games
Marcus Thornton 4

games 		1

game		 4

games		 6

games		1

game
Both had same stat 1

game		 0

games		 6

games		 6

games		8

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2009-10 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 04, 2009
1. Timberwolves 89   Kevin Love 11 11 3 2 0 2 3 24 3-7 .429 2-3 .667 3-4 .750
Hornets 98   Marcus Thornton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Dec. 09, 2009
2. Timberwolves 96   Kevin Love 12 11 1 1 2 2 3 29 5-7 .714 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500
Hornets 97   Marcus Thornton 20 1 2 2 0 1 1 24 8-13 .615 3-5 .600 1-2 .500
Jan. 22, 2010
3. Timberwolves 94   Kevin Love 13 9 3 1 1 2 0 24 3-7 .429 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
Hornets 96   Marcus Thornton 9 2 0 1 0 0 2 18 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000
Apr. 11, 2010
4. Timberwolves 86   Kevin Love 9 6 1 0 0 1 3 19 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Hornets 114   Marcus Thornton 22 3 3 2 0 2 1 34 7-17 .412 0-5 .000 8-9 .889
2010-11 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 27, 2010
5. Timberwolves 113   Kevin Love 16 11 2 1 0 4 1 41 5-12 .417 1-4 .250 5-5 1.000
Hornets 98   Marcus Thornton 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 3-11 .273 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Feb. 07, 2011
6. Timberwolves 104   Kevin Love 27 17 3 0 1 2 2 44 6-12 .500 1-2 .500 14-14 1.000
Hornets 92   Marcus Thornton 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 13 3-6 .500 1-3 .333 0-0 -
Mar. 20, 2011
7. Timberwolves 95   Kevin Love 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 14 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 127   Marcus Thornton 23 8 9 0 1 2 2 38 7-12 .583 4-5 .800 5-6 .833
2011-12 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 16, 2012
8. Timberwolves 99   Kevin Love 33 11 3 2 0 3 4 41 11-21 .524 2-7 .286 9-11 .818
Kings 86   Marcus Thornton 12 4 3 3 0 3 1 37 4-12 .333 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000
Mar. 18, 2012
9. Timberwolves 99   Kevin Love 21 11 3 1 1 4 4 33 7-20 .350 1-5 .200 6-6 1.000
Kings 115   Marcus Thornton 24 5 4 4 0 1 2 39 8-20 .400 2-8 .250 6-6 1.000
Apr. 02, 2012
10. Timberwolves 108   Kevin Love 23 7 1 0 1 0 5 34 8-17 .471 3-5 .600 4-6 .667
Kings 116   Marcus Thornton 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 08 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 -
2012-13 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 27, 2012
11. Timberwolves 97   Kevin Love 23 24 2 2 1 2 4 44 8-17 .471 2-8 .250 5-6 .833
Kings 89   Marcus Thornton 12 2 2 2 0 1 1 26 5-13 .385 2-7 .286 0-0 -
2013-14 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 15, 2014
12. Timberwolves 108   Kevin Love 27 11 5 1 0 1 2 37 9-16 .563 4-6 .667 5-6 .833
Kings 111   Marcus Thornton 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 28 0-5 .000 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 30, 2014
13. Timberwolves 99   Kevin Love 14 9 3 0 0 2 2 33 5-14 .357 1-3 .333 3-4 .750
Nets 114   Marcus Thornton 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 15 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 0-0 -
2014-15 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 2014
14. Cavaliers 122   Kevin Love 12 15 4 0 1 1 4 37 2-10 .200 0-3 .000 8-12 .667
Celtics 121   Marcus Thornton 12 2 1 0 0 0 3 18 5-8 .625 2-3 .667 0-0 -
2015-16 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 15, 2016
15. Cavaliers 91   Kevin Love 11 13 1 3 0 5 2 33 4-13 .308 3-8 .375 0-0 -
Rockets 77   Marcus Thornton 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 18 1-10 .100 0-4 .000 0-0 -
2016-17 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 2016
16. Cavaliers 105   Kevin Love 14 16 1 1 0 3 4 34 4-12 .333 0-1 .000 6-9 .667
Wizards 94   Marcus Thornton 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 21 0-5 .000 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
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