Kevin Garnett had 32 points and 14 rebounds in the NBA's return to the old leather ball, and the Timberwolves rallied to beat the Bobcats 102-96 on Monday night.

Garnett, a vocal critic of the NBA's synthetic ball, was 12-for-18 from the field and scored 13 points in the fourth quarter. He was 9-for-29 from the field in his previous two games with the synthetic ball.

After numerous complaints about the synthetic ball introduced at the beginning of the season, the league decided to switch back to the old ball