Kevin Love had 24 points and 15 rebounds to lead the host Minnesota Timberwolves to their second win in a row, 106-96 Monday night over the San Antonio Spurs, who lost star guard Manu Ginobili to a broken left hand.

Luke Ridnour had 19 points and nine assists and Wes Johnson broke out of a shooting slump with 14 points and 6-for-6 shooting for the Timberwolves, who snapped an 18-game losing streak with a win over Dallas on Sunday.

Ginobili injured his shooting hand in the second quarter.

The Spurs will get over the loss to Minnesota quickly. The loss of Ginobili could linger for a while. The team’s leading scorer is the emotional and fiery center of this proud, veteran team.

“Manu is pretty important to us, and we lost him,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “We’ll just have to deal with it.”

The two-time All-Star and former Sixth Man of the Year quickly walked to the locker room after he was injured for X-rays, which revealed a broken fifth metacarpal on his shooting hand.

Hawks 100, Heat 92: Joe Johnson scored 21 points, Tracy McGrady hit two big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, and visiting Atlanta ended Miami’s perfect start.

McGrady and Al Horford each scored 16 for the Hawks (4-1), who opened the final period on a 15-3 run to take control. And McGrady made perhaps the two biggest plays of the night in the final minutes, first throwing a lob to Josh Smith for a dunk,

then hitting a 3-pointer that gave the Hawks a 93-84 lead with 2:26 left.

LeBron James scored 28 points, Chris Bosh scored 19 and Dwyane Wade finished with 12 for Miami (5-1).

Mavericks 100, Thunder 87: Dirk Nowitzki scored 10 of his 26 points during the third quarter, sending host Dallas to a victory over Oklahoma City. The Thunder came in 5-0, the last unbeaten team in the NBA after Miami lost earlier Monday.

Despite playing for the fourth time in five days, Dallas finally looked like the reigning champions, especially in the middle two quarters. The Mavericks outscored the Thunder by 13 in that span and played stellar defense, especially while giving up only 18 points in the third quarter.

Celtics 100, Wizards 92: Ray Allen scored 11 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, and host Boston won for the second straight night over winless Washington.

Paul Pierce had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Celtics (3-3), who pulled to .500 after losing their first three games of the season.

Celtics center Jermaine O’Neal was out with a tight left hamstring.

Raptors 90, Knicks 85: Andrea Bargnani and DeMar DeRozan each scored 21 points, and visiting Toronto opened a 17-point advantage at halftime and held on to snap a three-game losing streak.

Carmelo Anthony had 35 points and 11 rebounds as the Knicks played their second straight game without Amare Stoudemire, who has a sprained left ankle.

Jazz: Utah swingman Josh Howard has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for a flagrant foul in a game Saturday against San Antonio.