Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kevin Love and Steve Novak

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kevin Love and Steve Novak 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 8 times in NBA games. Steve Novak has a 6-2 winning record over Kevin Love. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kevin Love
vs.
Steve Novak
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kevin Love:
2008-09 to 2025-26
Steve Novak:
2006-07 to 2016-17
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Kevin Love
2
2
0
Steve Novak
6
6
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Love 16.8 13.8 2.6 0.80.6
Steve Novak 7.0 2.1 0.50.10.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Love 32 21 9 11
Steve Novak 18 6 3 10
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Love 7

games		 8

games		 6

games		 6

games		5

games
Steve Novak 1

game 		0

games		 1

game		 1

game		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		3

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2008-09 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 06, 2008
1. Timberwolves 84   Kevin Love 13 15 2 0 1 4 3 33 5-12 .417 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Clippers 107   Steve Novak 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Jan. 19, 2009
2. Timberwolves 94   Kevin Love 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 21 2-9 .222 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Clippers 86   Steve Novak 18 3 1 0 0 0 2 25 6-10 .600 3-6 .500 3-3 1.000
Apr. 07, 2009
3. Timberwolves 87   Kevin Love 13 15 1 0 1 3 4 26 5-13 .385 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Clippers 77   Steve Novak 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 27 0-9 .000 0-8 .000 0-0 -
2009-10 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 16, 2009
4. Timberwolves 95   Kevin Love 19 12 2 1 1 1 2 33 7-12 .583 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000
Clippers 120   Steve Novak 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
2010-11 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 01, 2010
5. Timberwolves 86   Kevin Love 12 15 3 1 0 2 1 38 3-10 .300 0-2 .000 6-6 1.000
Mavericks 100   Steve Novak 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 04 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
2011-12 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 11, 2012
6. Timberwolves 98   Kevin Love 32 21 0 1 1 3 3 43 10-21 .476 2-6 .333 10-10 1.000
Knicks 100   Steve Novak 15 6 0 0 0 1 1 29 5-10 .500 4-6 .667 1-1 1.000
2013-14 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 09, 2014
7. Timberwolves 104   Kevin Love 26 11 9 1 1 0 2 41 9-22 .409 4-9 .444 4-4 1.000
Raptors 111   Steve Novak 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 5-6 .833 5-6 .833 0-0 -
2016-17 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 29, 2016
8. Cavaliers 101   Kevin Love 13 13 2 1 0 1 2 31 3-10 .300 2-7 .286 5-7 .714
Bucks 118   Steve Novak 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
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