National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 101,
Denver 97
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 3, 2013
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #30 John Goble, #23 Jason Phillips, #50 Olandis Poole
Attendance: 16921
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #30 John Goble, #23 Jason Phillips, #50 Olandis Poole
Attendance: 16921
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 | 37:10 | 6-14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Alexey Shved - G | 33:44 | 7-13 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| Andrei Kirilenko - F | 32:58 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 5-8 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Kevin Love - F | 23:36 | 4-13 | 0-2 | 4-5 | -12 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Nikola Pekovic - C | 28:58 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3-5 | -13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Dante Cunningham | 27:16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jose Barea | 25:17 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Derrick Williams | 18:00 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 13:01 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lou Amundson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Lazar Hayward | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Malcolm Lee | DND | |||||||||||||
| Ricky Rubio | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-83 | 6-16 | 21-30 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 101 | |
| 44.6% | 37.5% | 70.0% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Andre Iguodala - G | 35:50 | 6-16 | 1-5 | 1-7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Andre Miller - G | 35:36 | 5-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Danilo Gallinari - F | 27:47 | 4-11 | 3-7 | 1-2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Kenneth Faried - F | 24:58 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Kosta Koufos - C | 26:22 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Corey Brewer | 29:09 | 5-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | -12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Ty Lawson | 22:41 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 3-3 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 13:10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| JaVale McGee | 12:31 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Evan Fournier | 7:41 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Randolph | 4:15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Hamilton | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Julyan Stone | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-86 | 6-22 | 11-20 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 97 | |
| 46.5% | 27.3% | 55.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 8 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | Kevin Love |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 19 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 54 |
| Biggest Lead | 6 | Biggest Lead | 10 |