National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 111,
Phoenix 107
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 29, 2012
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #16 David Guthrie, #44 Eli Roe, #33 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 19356
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #16 David Guthrie, #44 Eli Roe, #33 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 19356
Final Scoring Summary
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Goran Dragic - G | 36:08 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 8-13 | -5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Shannon Brown - G | 35:59 | 9-17 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Luis Scola - F | 43:06 | 16-26 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| Jared Dudley - F | 38:14 | 8-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | -5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Marcin Gortat - C | 27:30 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| PJ Tucker | 18:51 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Markieff Morris | 18:34 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sebastian Telfair | 11:52 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Beasley | 9:46 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Diante Garrett | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Wesley Johnson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kendall Marshall | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Luke Zeller | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 45-97 | 2-17 | 15-24 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 107 | |
| 46.4% | 11.8% | 62.5% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 5 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Alexey Shved - G | 34:04 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Luke Ridnour - G | 30:35 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Love - F | 40:33 | 8-20 | 2-6 | 5-7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Andrei Kirilenko - F | 34:08 | 10-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Nikola Pekovic - C | 34:20 | 13-20 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jose Barea | 27:19 | 5-13 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Dante Cunningham | 18:15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Derrick Williams | 13:52 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 6:55 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lou Amundson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ricky Rubio | DND | |||||||||||||
| Malcolm Lee | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 45-89 | 5-18 | 16-26 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 111 | |
| 50.6% | 27.8% | 61.5% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | None |
| MIN | Jose Barea |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 15 | Fast Break Points | 3 |
| Points in the Paint | 54 | Points in the Paint | 58 |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | Biggest Lead | 9 |