National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New York 118,
Minnesota 114
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, December 2, 2016
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #36 Brent Barnaky, #34 Kevin Cutler, #13 Monty McCutchen
Attendance: 19812
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #36 Brent Barnaky, #34 Kevin Cutler, #13 Monty McCutchen
Attendance: 19812
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Zach LaVine - G | 39:30 | 9-18 | 2-7 | 3-3 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Ricky Rubio - G | 30:03 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Andrew Wiggins - F | 35:50 | 6-14 | 0-2 | 7-8 | -14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Gorgui Dieng - F | 17:47 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 30:04 | 5-18 | 3-5 | 7-8 | -20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Cole Aldrich | 27:04 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 20:48 | 7-13 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Shabazz Muhammad | 20:40 | 6-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Kris Dunn | 18:14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jordan Hill | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tyus Jones | DNP | |||||||||||||
| John Lucas III | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Adreian Payne | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-88 | 10-28 | 22-24 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 114 | |
| 46.6% | 35.7% | 91.7% | Team Rebs: 3 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Derrick Rose - G | 33:54 | 9-15 | 0-1 | 6-10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Justin Holiday - G | 31:18 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 5-5 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Kristaps Porzingis - F | 40:08 | 2-12 | 2-6 | 5-7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 34:26 | 9-20 | 5-10 | 6-6 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Kyle O'Quinn - C | 31:04 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Brandon Jennings | 19:21 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 18:35 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 16:39 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sasha Vujacic | 11:27 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lance Thomas | 3:08 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Baker | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Maurice Ndour | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Marshall Plumlee | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-86 | 12-31 | 24-30 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 118 | |
| 47.7% | 38.7% | 80.0% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| NY | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | New York | ||
| Fast Break Points | 12 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 46 | Points in the Paint | 44 |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | Biggest Lead | 16 |