Hornets 84-80 Timberwolves (24 Nov, 2005) Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

5-5, 0-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	26	22	14	18	80
NO	17	19	24	24	84

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

5-6, 3-3 home

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Trenton HassellT. Hassell
Michael OlowokandiM. Olowokandi
Marko JaricM. Jaric
Wally SzczerbiakW. Szczerbiak
bench
Mark MadsenM. Madsen
Eddie GriffinE. Griffin
Dwayne Jones IID. Jones II
Nikoloz TskitishviliN. Tskitishvili
Anthony CarterA. Carter
Troy HudsonT. Hudson
Richie FrahmR. Frahm
Rashad McCantsR. McCants
Bracey WrightB. Wright
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
42	8-19	0-1	8-9	2	9	11	5	2	1	3	4	0	24
24	2-6	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	6
36	5-10	0-0	1-2	1	7	8	0	1	2	1	1	0	11
18	0-3	0-2	2-2	0	1	1	2	1	0	4	3	0	2
38	4-10	0-1	0-1	1	6	7	0	1	0	2	1	0	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	4	0	2
8	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0
30	6-16	4-7	1-2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	17
14	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
9	1-2	0-0	3-4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	5
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29-74	5-15	17-22	8	30	38	14	5	5	12	26		80
	39.2%	33.3%	77.3%

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

starters
P.J. BrownP.J. Brown
David WestD. West
Bostjan NachbarB. Nachbar
Chris PaulC. Paul
JR SmithJ. Smith
bench
Chris AndersenC. Andersen
Maciej LampeM. Lampe
Jackson VromanJ. Vroman
Brandon BassB. Bass
Desmond MasonD. Mason
Speedy ClaxtonS. Claxton
Kirk SnyderK. Snyder
Sean BanksS. Banks
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
44	4-6	0-0	5-5	3	7	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	13
42	9-18	0-0	4-4	6	7	13	3	1	0	2	4	0	22
20	1-6	0-4	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	3	0	2
40	7-19	1-6	6-8	0	9	9	8	1	0	1	3	0	21
28	3-10	0-3	6-6	1	3	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	0-5	0-0	2-4	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
26	4-11	0-1	1-2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	9
4	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29-80	2-15	24-29	14	35	49	14	6	1	11	15		84
	36.3%	13.3%	82.8%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

NO leads 1-0

Timberwolves
80
Hornets
84

Game 1

24/11

Timberwolves
80
Hornets
84

Game 2

24/11

Hornets
69
Timberwolves
88

Game 3

22/12

Hornets
69
Timberwolves
88

Game 4

22/12

Hornets
100
Timberwolves
94

Game 5

12/2

Hornets
100
Timberwolves
94

Game 6

12/2

Paycom Center

12:00 AM, 24 November 2005

Oklahoma City, OK

Attendance: 19,163

Referees:
Derrick Stafford
Violet Palmer
Pat Fraher

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	15	11	.577	6.5	W1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

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NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

Regular Season Series

NO leads 1-0

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