National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 101,
Minnesota 97
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 8, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #23 Jason Phillips, #57 Greg Willard
Attendance: 16046
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #23 Jason Phillips, #57 Greg Willard
Attendance: 16046
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Minnesota | 31 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 97 |
| New Orleans | 24 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 101 |
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Randy Foye - G | 34:48 | 4-15 | 0-6 | 2-2 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Sebastian Telfair - G | 33:39 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 3-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Ryan Gomes - F | 36:17 | 8-14 | 5-6 | 0-0 | -3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Kevin Love - F | 27:15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Al Jefferson - C | 38:00 | 10-18 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Mike Miller | 33:33 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 2-3 | -10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Rodney Carney | 20:31 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 1-2 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brian Cardinal | 12:37 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashad McCants | 3:20 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Calvin Booth | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jason Collins | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Mark Madsen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-84 | 8-27 | 15-21 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 97 | |
| 44.0% | 29.6% | 71.4% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rasual Butler - G | 39:35 | 9-15 | 1-3 | 4-5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Antonio Daniels - G | 28:31 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 39:50 | 2-11 | 0-6 | 7-7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Ryan Bowen - F | 12:39 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| David West - C | 17:10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 35:21 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Sean Marks | 24:07 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 6-9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Devin Brown | 19:29 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 7-8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Julian Wright | 14:08 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 9:10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Chris Paul | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-68 | 3-15 | 32-39 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 101 | |
| 48.5% | 20.0% | 82.1% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 9 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 36 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 4 |