National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 97,
Minnesota 96
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #40 Leon Wood, #65 Sean Wright
Attendance: 12056
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #40 Leon Wood, #65 Sean Wright
Attendance: 12056
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 29 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 97 |
| Minnesota | 29 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 96 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 38:48 | 6-14 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Devin Brown - G | 18:49 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 35:38 | 8-12 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| David West - F | 28:34 | 6-15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Emeka Okafor - C | 33:02 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Marcus Thornton | 23:41 | 8-13 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| James Posey | 21:12 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Darius Songaila | 19:27 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Darren Collison | 15:46 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 5:04 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Morris Peterson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Julian Wright | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-83 | 13-25 | 6-10 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 97 | |
| 47.0% | 52.0% | 60.0% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Corey Brewer - G | 36:56 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 1-6 | -10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Jonny Flynn - G | 33:27 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 5-7 | -12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Ryan Gomes - F | 35:08 | 10-16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Damien Wilkins - F | 18:13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Jefferson - C | 35:24 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kevin Love | 29:11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | -1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Wayne Ellington | 19:32 | 3-9 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Ramon Sessions | 14:33 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Hollins | 11:52 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Aleksandar Pavlovic | 5:45 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Cardinal | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Oleksiy Pecherov | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-78 | 3-9 | 11-20 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 96 | |
| 52.6% | 33.3% | 55.0% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 21 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
| Points in the Paint | 30 | Points in the Paint | 52 |
| Biggest Lead | 6 | Biggest Lead | 16 |