National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 93,
Washington 72
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 8, 2012
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #63 Derek Richardson, #57 Greg Willard
Attendance: 13095
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #63 Derek Richardson, #57 Greg Willard
Attendance: 13095
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Minnesota | 20 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 93 |
| Washington | 17 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 72 |
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Wayne Ellington - G | 34:26 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Luke Ridnour - G | 31:07 | 6-10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Kevin Love - F | 40:58 | 7-16 | 1-4 | 5-7 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Wesley Johnson - F | 19:42 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Darko Milicic - C | 17:33 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ricky Rubio | 30:27 | 5-14 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| Derrick Williams | 30:27 | 5-12 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Anthony Tolliver | 26:03 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Anthony Randolph | 7:02 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nikola Pekovic | 2:15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Barea | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-80 | 10-26 | 11-15 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 93 | |
| 45.0% | 38.5% | 73.3% | Team Rebs: 14 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Washington Wizards
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| John Wall - G | 34:31 | 3-10 | 0-1 | 4-4 | -9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Nick Young - G | 32:24 | 6-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Chris Singleton - F | 39:58 | 1-8 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Andray Blatche - F | 30:40 | 5-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| JaVale McGee - C | 23:16 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Trevor Booker | 28:29 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| Jordan Crawford | 19:01 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 2-3 | -21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Roger Mason | 10:41 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jan Vesely | 9:16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shelvin Mack | 6:08 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Seraphin | 5:36 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Maurice Evans | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Rashard Lewis | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 30-87 | 3-10 | 9-16 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 72 | |
| 34.5% | 30.0% | 56.2% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| WAS | Trevor Booker |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | Washington | ||
| Fast Break Points | 6 | Fast Break Points | 21 |
| Points in the Paint | 20 | Points in the Paint | 36 |
| Biggest Lead | 21 | Biggest Lead | 4 |