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MINNEAPOLIS -- Charlotte coach Steve Cliffords fiery halftime speech got his team going in the right direction.Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau saved his hollering for after the game because his team is headed in the wrong one.Kemba Walker scored 30 points and the Hornets blitzed the Timberwolves in the third quarter on their way to a 115-108 victory on Tuesday night.Frank Kaminsky scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter for the Hornets (7-3), who snapped a two-game skid. Nicolas Batum had 16 points and seven assists, and Charlotte outscored Minnesota 36-17 in the third quarter to wipe out a 12-point halftime deficit.It was perfect timing, and we needed it, Walker said of Cliffords speech. We just (werent) ourselves, and he got into us a little bit. It worked out for us, because we needed to pick our energy up.Andrew Wiggins scored 29 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Timberwolves, who fell to 1-2 on their four-game homestand. Minnesota turned the ball over 18 times, which led to 20 points for Charlotte.The teams entered the game on opposite ends of the spectrum in the third quarter this season. Charlotte leads the league in scoring differential coming out of the break, while Minnesota is dead last.The Timberwolves have built double-digit leads in the first half in eight of their first 10 games, but have lost six of them thanks to the failings in the third. That trend continued on Tuesday, with Charlotte opening the third with a 15-2 run and closing it with a 21-4 surge.Very concerned, Thibodeau said. It tells you were not learning. That bothers me.Wiggins rallied the Wolves in the fourth, giving them a 92-91 lead with a 3-pointer. But Kaminsky responded with a 3 and a three-point play, and Clifford got the best of his longtime friend.Weve got guys who have been in the league for a while now, Thibodeau said. Were making mistakes that never should be made.WALKERS BACKA scary moment happened at the end of the first quarter when Walker, who scored 12 points on 6-for-7 shooting in the period, went to the locker room. The team said his back tightened up and he went back to get stretched out.Walker was able to return to the game midway through the second quarter and played the rest of the game with no visible issues.My training staff, theyre the best, Walker said. They did a great job at looking out for me when I came out the game with the heat pack, good massages, things like that. But Im feeling good though.BADGERING TOWNSKaminsky was on the Wisconsin team that stunned Towns and previously undefeated Kentucky in the Final Four two years ago. After ruining Towns shot at history in college, Kaminsky helped spoil the reigning Rookie of the Years 21st birthday on Tuesday.I dont have anything against him. Hes a great player, Kaminsky said. I just want to go out there and compete.LAVINE RETURNSTimberwolves shooting guard Zach LaVine missed the win over the Lakers on Sunday with a sore right knee, something he said hes been dealing with for more than a week. He looked just fine on Tuesday, hitting his first four 3s and finishing with 19 points in 33 minutes.TIP-INSHornets: They shot 53.8 percent from the field and made 11 of 24 3s, including eight of their last 14. ... Clifford said G Jeremy Lamb, who has missed the last seven games with a strained left hamstring, practiced on Monday and will work out on Wednesday and Thursday back in Charlotte with the possibility of playing on Friday night against Atlanta.Timberwolves: F Shabazz Muhammad (right knee) and G/F Brandon Rush (right big toe) both were out. Rush said he hopes to be ready to play on Thursday. ... After shooting 22 free throws on Sunday, Wiggins was just 6 for 9 on Tuesday.UP NEXTHornets: Head home to host Atlanta, Marvin Williams former team, on Friday.Timberwolves: Wrap up a four-game homestand by hosting Philadelphia on Thursday in a game to be televised on TNT. Vapormax 2019 Cheap . LOUIS -- Alexander Steen scored a power-play goal with 59. Air Max 97 Vapormax Canada . First off, the fans ripped the Cubbies introduction of a fuzzy new kid-friendly mascot named "Clark". http://www.airvapormaxcanada.com/ . Lack made 20 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Canucks blanked the St. Louis Blues 1-0 in the first post-Olympic game for both teams night. Vapormax Plus Sale . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. Nike Air Max 95 Just Do It Orange . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Watching Aditi Ashok climb the leaderboard Thursday at the womens Olympic golf tournament, it was tough to decide what was more surprising.That an 18-year-old -- the youngest player in the field -- from a nontraditional golf country was playing so well while under so much pressure? Or that she plans to try and qualify for the LPGA Tour while attempting to take college courses -- in journalism -- back home in India?The hope here is that Aditi will put in the time on her short game -- which is exactly how she got introduced to golf when she was 5 years old at a course near her Bangalore home.Now shes an Olympian and, despite being ranked 462nd in the world, turning heads at the Olympic Golf Course after shooting a pair of 68s to open the tournament. That put her tied for eighth, just 4 shots behind 36-hole leader Inbee Park from South Korea.Im obviously pleased with myself, said Aditi, who last year became the youngest player to win the qualifying event that put her on the Ladies European Tour. Three under on both days and thats pretty consistent for me. I dropped a few shots and could have done better, but Im happy going into the weekend.That sounds like a seasoned pro, and its pretty impressive for someone who grew up in cricket-mad India without a lot of golf idols.India has 1.5 billion people, but just 200 golf courses, many of them on military bases that make them inaccessible to the public.Yet almost on a whim, Aditi and her parents headed to the putting green at a course where they happened to be eating breakfast when she was 5. The golf bug hit, and by age 7 she was playing in junior tournaments with boys.We dont have a separate tournament for girls and boys, said Aditis father, Gudlamani, who is caddying for her this week. So girls and boys played together.dddddddddddd From an early age, she played with the boys. And I guess that helped her. She was a pretty short hitter, so shes worked hard on her short game. In fact, she worked from the green back to the tee box. Thats why you saw the nice up and down there on 18 for bogey.Gudlamani was taking no credit. He has caddied for his daughter occasionally, but says he tries to stay out of the way.I just carry the bag and clean the clubs, he said. We just keep talking. If you were watching on the green, I clear the ball and give it to her. She putts on her own.That is why he was filled with pride as his daughter teed off in the first round Wednesday.I was almost in tears, he said. I thanked her for giving me this opportunity, the honor. As kids, we all dream of being Olympians. She brought me to the Olympics.Noting that he is nowhere near as calm as his daughter when she is playing golf, Gudlamani gave credit to his wife, Mash. That doesnt come from me, he said. Its her mom. In fact, she is the pillar or our whole golfing journey.That journey will take them to the United States next week, when Aditi will take part in the first stage of qualifying for the LPGA Tour. She would have tried last year, but had not met the minimum age requirement of 18.So far this year, Aditi has had only modest success on the Ladies European Tour, but she seems to understand the patient approach and is using that to her advantage as she is in contention here.I didnt expect to be there, she said. I just wanted to follow my game plan and do the best I could. Its great to be there and Im looking forward to the weekend. ' ' '