National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 94,
Minnesota 93
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #34 Marc Davis, #49 Tom Washington, # Haywoode Workman
Attendance: 17253
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #34 Marc Davis, #49 Tom Washington, # Haywoode Workman
Attendance: 17253
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Minnesota | 16 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 93 |
| New Orleans | 24 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 94 |
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Randy Foye - G | 40:43 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Sebastian Telfair - G | 31:52 | 4-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Ryan Gomes - F | 35:52 | 7-16 | 2-6 | 1-2 | -5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Kevin Love - F | 33:20 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 11-13 | -8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Jason Collins - C | 5:29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Mike Miller | 32:58 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 4-4 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Brian Cardinal | 22:28 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rodney Carney | 18:46 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Craig Smith | 14:40 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Kevin Ollie | 3:53 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Shelden Williams | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 31-74 | 8-23 | 23-29 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 93 | |
| 41.9% | 34.8% | 79.3% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 40:53 | 10-21 | 1-2 | 5-6 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 40:53 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| David West - F | 33:51 | 3-13 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Julian Wright - F | 18:43 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hilton Armstrong - C | 28:50 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 29:17 | 2-8 | 0-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sean Marks | 15:51 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Morris Peterson | 14:45 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ryan Bowen | 9:50 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Daniels | 7:07 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Devin Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-79 | 4-14 | 18-23 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 94 | |
| 45.6% | 28.6% | 78.3% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 16 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 44 |
| Biggest Lead | 4 | Biggest Lead | 13 |