National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 116,
New Orleans 108
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, January 23, 2009
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #19 James Capers, #44 Ron Olesiak, #15 Bennett Salvatore
Attendance: 18224
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #19 James Capers, #44 Ron Olesiak, #15 Bennett Salvatore
Attendance: 18224
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 30 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 108 |
| Minnesota | 25 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 116 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Peja Stojakovic - G | 39:13 | 7-15 | 2-6 | 1-1 | -19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Melvin Ely - G | 12:03 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Chris Paul - F | 38:27 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 7-8 | -8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| Rasual Butler - F | 37:22 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Sean Marks - C | 29:13 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 39:00 | 8-19 | 7-11 | 1-1 | -6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Ryan Bowen | 15:44 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Antonio Daniels | 12:57 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Julian Wright | 8:11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Morris Peterson | 7:50 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Devin Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-79 | 13-22 | 11-13 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 108 | |
| 53.2% | 59.1% | 84.6% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Randy Foye - G | 40:19 | 7-19 | 4-8 | 6-7 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Sebastian Telfair - G | 35:33 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Ryan Gomes - F | 27:04 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Craig Smith - F | 25:58 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Al Jefferson - C | 35:47 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Mike Miller | 29:06 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 4-7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Kevin Love | 22:09 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Rodney Carney | 19:11 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Brian Cardinal | 4:53 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Madsen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jason Collins | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Rashad McCants | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-78 | 10-21 | 26-34 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 116 | |
| 51.3% | 47.6% | 76.5% | Team Rebs: 13 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 9 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 36 | Points in the Paint | 52 |
| Biggest Lead | 12 | Biggest Lead | 11 |