National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New York 94,
Minnesota 91
When: 5:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 23, 2012
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #33 Sean Corbin, #68 Marat Kogut
Attendance: 19033
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #33 Sean Corbin, #68 Marat Kogut
Attendance: 19033
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Luke Ridnour - G | 38:02 | 5-13 | 1-5 | 3-3 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jose Barea - G | 37:55 | 4-14 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Alexey Shved - F | 38:41 | 7-16 | 4-9 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| Andrei Kirilenko - F | 20:02 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nikola Pekovic - C | 39:53 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Dante Cunningham | 27:58 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Ricky Rubio | 17:36 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Derrick Williams | 11:46 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | -4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 8:07 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Lou Amundson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Malcolm Lee | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-84 | 7-22 | 16-18 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 91 | |
| 40.5% | 31.8% | 88.9% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Raymond Felton - G | 38:49 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Jason Kidd - G | 33:51 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 43:45 | 10-25 | 3-10 | 10-11 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 33 |
| Ronnie Brewer - F | 13:20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 38:13 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith | 39:18 | 7-15 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Steve Novak | 18:42 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kurt Thomas | 9:47 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pablo Prigioni | 4:15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Copeland | DNP | |||||||||||||
| James White | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Camby | DND | |||||||||||||
| Rasheed Wallace | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-72 | 6-26 | 24-28 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 94 | |
| 44.4% | 23.1% | 85.7% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| NY | J.R. Smith |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | New York | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| Points in the Paint | 36 | Points in the Paint | 34 |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | Biggest Lead | 4 |