Lakers 98-86 Timberwolves (15 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

4-19, 2-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	18	19	25	24	86
LAL	20	22	27	29	98

Los Angeles Lakers

20-3, 13-1 home

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Craig SmithC. Smith
Ryan GomesR. Gomes
Al JeffersonA. Jefferson
Mike MillerM. Miller
Randy FoyeR. Foye
bench
Brian CardinalB. Cardinal
Mark MadsenM. Madsen
Kevin LoveK. Love
Corey BrewerC. Brewer
Calvin BoothC. Booth
Jason CollinsJ. Collins
Kevin OllieK. Ollie
Sebastian TelfairS. Telfair
Rashad McCantsR. McCants
Rodney CarneyR. Carney
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	5-8	0-0	8-10	4	4	8	3	0	0	0	4	-6	18
33	5-11	2-3	1-2	3	2	5	3	1	0	4	2	-10	13
40	8-24	0-0	4-4	5	8	13	3	1	3	1	5	-15	20
39	4-6	3-5	0-2	0	9	9	2	0	0	4	2	-18	11
33	2-12	0-5	1-2	0	3	3	6	0	1	4	4	-12	5
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
21	1-5	0-0	0-0	3	7	10	2	0	0	2	2	-2	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
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
15	1-5	1-2	2-2	1	1	2	3	1	0	2	2	0	5
24	4-11	2-6	2-2	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	12
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	+3	0
	30-83	8-21	18-24	16	37	53	23	5	5	17	22		86
	36.1%	38.1%	75.0%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Pau GasolP. Gasol
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Luke WaltonL. Walton
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Derek FisherD. Fisher
bench
Lamar OdomL. Odom
Josh PowellJ. Powell
Vladimir RadmanovicV. Radmanovic
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza
Chris MihmC. Mihm
Didier Ilunga-MbengaD. Ilunga-Mbenga
Jordan FarmarJ. Farmar
Sasha VujacicS. Vujacic
Sun YueS. Yue
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	7-12	0-0	4-4	3	8	11	6	0	3	0	1	+9	18
37	9-24	2-6	6-6	0	3	3	5	2	0	2	2	+14	26
19	3-6	1-2	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	+9	7
35	6-11	0-0	2-4	2	7	9	3	0	3	2	2	+8	14
32	2-7	0-1	2-2	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	1	+14	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	3-8	0-0	0-0	3	7	10	1	2	1	1	4	+7	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	5-8	1-1	3-3	1	4	5	1	3	0	0	2	+3	14
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
16	3-7	1-4	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	-2	7
11	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	-2	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	38-85	5-15	17-19	9	37	46	26	8	7	10	17		98
	44.7%	33.3%	89.5%

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

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 1-0

Timberwolves
86
Lakers
98

Game 1

15/12

Lakers
132
Timberwolves
119

Game 2

31/1

Lakers
111
Timberwolves
108

Game 3

23/2

Timberwolves
90
Lakers
110

Game 4

7/3

crypto.com Arena

2:30 AM, 15 December 2008

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
Dick Bavetta
Mark Lindsay
Rodney Mott

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

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

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