National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 113,
New Orleans 102
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 14, 2012
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #7 Kevin Fehr, #42 Eric Lewis, #71 Rodney Mott
Attendance: 14671
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #7 Kevin Fehr, #42 Eric Lewis, #71 Rodney Mott
Attendance: 14671
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Minnesota | 28 | 22 | 32 | 31 | 113 |
| New Orleans | 23 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 102 |
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Luke Ridnour - G | 37:55 | 5-6 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Alexey Shved - G | 34:50 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Andrei Kirilenko - F | 39:11 | 10-16 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Kevin Love - F | 35:32 | 4-18 | 1-4 | 5-7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Nikola Pekovic - C | 31:50 | 14-18 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jose Barea | 22:52 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Dante Cunningham | 19:44 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Derrick Williams | 8:26 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Howard | 7:14 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 2:26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Lou Amundson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 47-88 | 7-17 | 12-17 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 113 | |
| 53.4% | 41.2% | 70.6% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Greivis Vasquez - G | 42:48 | 7-14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Austin Rivers - G | 37:32 | 9-14 | 5-6 | 4-4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Ryan Anderson - F | 39:25 | 8-17 | 4-11 | 0-0 | -13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu - F | 24:35 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Robin Lopez - C | 25:29 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Anthony Davis | 28:15 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Brian Roberts | 19:04 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Darius Miller | 9:33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Thomas | 7:04 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Henry | 6:15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Roger Mason Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jason Smith | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-78 | 11-24 | 7-10 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 102 | |
| 53.8% | 45.8% | 70.0% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 10 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 70 | Points in the Paint | 42 |
| Biggest Lead | 16 | Biggest Lead | 5 |