Love Loses Beach Vollyball Debut

Although Timberwolves F Kevin Love's lockout plan is to work to finish his degree at UCLA, the rebounding machine isn't having the same success on the beaches of Southern California.

Love and his partner Hans Stolfus lost their first match on the pro beach volleyball tour yesterday at the Manhattan Beach Open. The duo fell 21-16, 21-15 to top seeds Sean Scott and John Hyden.

"Obviously getting beat is never fun, but being competitive, playing against the best team in the country, a team that hasn't lost all summer, was a lot of fun," said the 6'10" Love said.

Ironically, Love was trained by Jesse Rambis the son of fired Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis and because of the current NBA lockout, Rambis' mom, Linda couldn't attend the match because she is a Lakers employee.