OAKLAND, Calif. — Kevin Love banked in a 16-foot jumper with 4 minutes left, then added an insurance tip-in off a miss by J.J. Barea to help the Minnesota Timberwolves keep their dimming playoff hopes alive with a 97-93 win over the Golden State Warriors on Monday night.

Love finished with 36 points and 17 rebounds for his 39th double-double of the season. Luke Ridnour added 11 points and 10 assists, while Anthony Tolliver scored 10 points off the bench, all in the fourth quarter for the Timberwolves.

Minnesota (23-24) snapped a three-game losing streak with the win and moved within 1 1/2 games of Houston for the eighth spot in the Western Conference.

David Lee had 25 points and nine rebounds for the Warriors, who remained winless since trading leading scorer Monta Ellis to the Milwaukee Bucks last week.

Love finished three rebounds shy of his seventh career 30-point, 20-rebound game, which would have been a franchise record. As it was, the 6-foot-10 forward inched closer to passing Kevin Garnett for the most rebounds in team history. He needs just 11 to break Garnett’s mark of 1,139.

Minnesota needed all of them to hold off a pesky Golden State team which has been struggling to find any sense of rhythm since trading Ellis.

The Warriors (18-25) scored just 14 points in the first quarter, but led 85-84 after Nate Robinson’s 15-foot jumper with 5:34 left.

Tolliver answered with a 3-pointer before Love banked in his long jumper.

After Lee made one of two free-throw attempts for Golden State, Love tipped in Barea’s missed layup. Tolliver later scored on a soaring dunk down the middle to seal the win for the Timberwolves.

It’s only the fourth time this season Minnesota has won on the second half of back-to-back games. The Timberwolves were blown out by Sacramento 115-99 on Sunday.

It’s also just the fifth time Minnesota has beaten Golden State in the last 18 meetings between the teams.