National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 95,
Minnesota 81
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, February 25, 2011
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: # Brent Barnaky, #36 David Jones, #41 Ken Mauer
Attendance: 16965
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: # Brent Barnaky, #36 David Jones, #41 Ken Mauer
Attendance: 16965
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 35 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 95 |
| Minnesota | 26 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 81 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 38:31 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Willie Green - G | 24:27 | 5-12 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 30:32 | 5-13 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Jason Smith - F | 19:26 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Emeka Okafor - C | 25:00 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Carl Landry | 26:51 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Aaron Gray | 21:52 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jarrett Jack | 21:36 | 5-9 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Quincy Pondexter | 18:22 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Marco Belinelli | 11:40 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| David Andersen | 1:43 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Didier Ilunga-Mbenga | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-80 | 9-26 | 16-18 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 95 | |
| 43.8% | 34.6% | 88.9% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 7 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Wesley Johnson - G | 43:04 | 10-19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Luke Ridnour - G | 32:37 | 6-11 | 2-6 | 8-9 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Kevin Love - F | 33:27 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Michael Beasley - F | 31:10 | 4-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Darko Milicic - C | 22:48 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Anthony Tolliver | 25:19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lazar Hayward | 18:08 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 1-1 | -8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Jonny Flynn | 15:23 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikloa Pekovic | 13:45 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Randolph | 4:19 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sebastian Telfair | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Martell Webster | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-80 | 5-20 | 12-14 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 81 | |
| 40.0% | 25.0% | 85.7% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 21 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 14 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| Points in the Paint | 30 | Points in the Paint | 26 |
| Biggest Lead | 19 | Biggest Lead | 5 |