National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 95,
Minnesota 89
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 10, 2012
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #6 Tony Brown, #10 Ron Garretson, #33 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 20123
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #6 Tony Brown, #10 Ron Garretson, #33 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 20123
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 24 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 95 |
| Minnesota | 24 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 89 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Marco Belinelli - G | 33:32 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Jarrett Jack - G | 30:12 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 7-8 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 31:56 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 4-4 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Gustavo Ayon - F | 27:01 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Chris Kaman - C | 36:10 | 10-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Greivis Vasquez | 20:24 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Xavier Henry | 19:52 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lance Thomas | 18:52 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 16:08 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Jeff Foote | 5:52 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Landry | DND | |||||||||||||
| Jason Smith | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-85 | 3-7 | 14-16 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 95 | |
| 45.9% | 42.9% | 87.5% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Luke Ridnour - G | 42:45 | 5-13 | 1-4 | 3-4 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Martell Webster - G | 24:11 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Love - F | 41:13 | 10-23 | 2-8 | 9-10 | -9 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
| Wesley Johnson - F | 25:28 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nikola Pekovic - C | 34:49 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Wayne Ellington | 25:48 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Derrick Williams | 21:57 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3-5 | -7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Michael Beasley | 15:49 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0-2 | -9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Malcolm Lee | 5:15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brad Miller | 2:45 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darko Milicic | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Randolph | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Tolliver | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-80 | 5-23 | 18-25 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 89 | |
| 41.2% | 21.7% | 72.0% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 16 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 44 |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | Biggest Lead | 4 |