Kevin Love added 17 points and 10 rebounds against a Wizards team that has seven coaches and players who have significant ties to the Timberwolves organization.

Gilbert Arenas had 26 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. But he made just 10 of his 28 shots for the Wizards, who were looking for their first three-game winning streak since April 2008.

With rookie point guard Jonny Flynn struggling from the field, Ramon Sessions had 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists in relief for the Timberwolves, providing a huge lift off the bench for a team that lost 17 of its first 19 games.

Wizards coach Flip Saunders coached in Minnesota from 1995-2005, going 411-326 and leading the Wolves to eight playoff appearances. He was fired in 2005, less than a year after taking the Wolves to the Western Conference finals.

Saunders was hired by the Wizards this offseason and he assembled a staff that includes former Wolves head coach Randy Wittman, former longtime Wolves assistant Don Zierden and former Wolves point guard Sam Cassell.

On the roster, the Wizards have guards Mike James and Randy Foye and swingman Mike Miller, all of whom played in Minnesota.

Timberwolves West 1, Timberwolves East 0.

Arenas was questionable heading into this game after a scary collision against Milwaukee on Wednesday night. He crashed into Ersan Ilyasova on a drive to the basket and left the game clutching his left knee, which has had three surgeries in the last 18 months that limited him to 15 total games in the past two seasons.

He started slowly on Saturday, going 2 for 7 in the first quarter. But he scored 12 points in the third quarter before shooting the Wizards right out of the game in the fourth.

Arenas was 1 for 8 in the final period and committed two careless turnovers that helped Minnesota assert control.

Ryan Hollins started a 9-0 run with a thunderous dunk over the 6-foot-11 Andray Blatche that got the young Wolves revved up. Sessions capped the spurt after Arenas dribbled the ball off his foot, going baseline with a nifty reverse layup for a 79-71 lead with 6:21 to go.

Brewer was 2 of 7 in the first half, but 7 for 9 in the second.

Foye scored 16 points and Antawn Jamison had 20 for Washington.

NOTES » Timberwolves F Ryan Gomes played for the first time in seven games because of a sprained left ankle. He had five points in 16 minutes. … Miller has missed 16 straight games with a strained right calf. … The Timberwolves were supposed to wear blue throwback uniforms from their inaugural season in 1989, but the Wizards did not bring their white uniforms with them to Minneapolis. So the Wolves wore their current home white digs.