When Kevin Love played in his home state last season, college-basketball fans screamed obscenities at him and his family, telephoned his cell phone by the hundreds and made his grandmother cry.

That was when he came home to Oregon and played the University of Oregon during his one and only season at UCLA, the school he chose over his home state’s beloved Ducks.

He was asked before he started his first NBA game in his home town if he expected a different reception this time.

“I hope so, that would be nice,” he said. “When (Portland natives) Damon Stoudamire made, when Mike Dunleavy, Jr. , made it, people applauded them. When somebody makes it from their hometown, from Portland, from Oregon, if you made it, I think people should respect that. If they don’t, that’s their problem.”

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