National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 120,
New York 107
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, December 26, 2008
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #62 Brian Forte, #38 Michael Smith, #75 Eric Dalen
Attendance: 197683
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #62 Brian Forte, #38 Michael Smith, #75 Eric Dalen
Attendance: 197683
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Al Jefferson | 39:15 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 9-11 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Ryan Gomes | 34:16 | 2-9 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Randy Foye | 33:24 | 8-15 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Craig Smith | 31:29 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Kevin Ollie | 19:12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sebastian Telfair | 32:18 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 10-13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Rashad McCants | 20:40 | 8-12 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Rodney Carney | 12:50 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 2-2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Brian Cardinal | 8:23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Love | 8:13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Madsen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jason Collins | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-74 | 13-24 | 31-37 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 120 | |
| 51.4% | 54.2% | 83.8% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Wilson Chandler | 43:23 | 5-15 | 3-6 | 6-8 | -11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Nate Robinson | 37:23 | 9-22 | 2-6 | 6-6 | -17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| Al Harrington | 36:33 | 10-21 | 3-9 | 3-4 | -5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| David Lee | 33:59 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 4-6 | -17 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Chris Duhon | 27:32 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 3-4 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Jared Jeffries | 33:07 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Tim Thomas | 26:38 | 5-10 | 2-6 | 3-4 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Anthony Roberson | 1:25 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danilo Gallinari | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jerome James | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Malik Rose | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Quentin Richardson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-90 | 11-30 | 26-34 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 107 | |
| 38.9% | 36.7% | 76.5% | Team Rebs: 13 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | Craig Smith , Rashad McCants, Rodney Carney |
| NY | Nate Robinson |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | New York | ||
| Fast Break Points | 6 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 40 |
| Biggest Lead | 22 | Biggest Lead | 7 |