Lakers 111-108 Timberwolves (23 Feb, 2009) Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

46-10, 20-6 away

111

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	29	25	24	33	111
MIN	26	24	30	28	108

Minnesota Timberwolves

18-37, 8-19 home

108

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Lamar OdomL. Odom
Pau GasolP. Gasol
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Luke WaltonL. Walton
Derek FisherD. Fisher
bench
Josh PowellJ. Powell
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza
Adam MorrisonA. Morrison
Didier Ilunga-MbengaD. Ilunga-Mbenga
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Shannon BrownS. Brown
Jordan FarmarJ. Farmar
Sasha VujacicS. Vujacic
Sun YueS. Yue
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41	10-14	0-0	5-6	4	10	14	3	2	0	1	4	+9	25
39	9-13	0-0	7-10	0	5	5	5	0	2	1	1	+8	25
37	11-21	0-2	6-7	0	6	6	7	1	0	6	2	0	28
30	3-8	2-3	0-0	0	4	4	5	1	0	0	2	+3	8
27	3-8	2-4	1-2	0	3	3	4	0	0	1	4	+1	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	3-5	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	4	-5	6
18	2-6	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-6	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
21	2-5	1-2	1-2	0	1	1	3	6	0	4	1	+2	6
11	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	+3	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	43-82	5-13	20-27	4	32	36	32	12	3	15	20		111
	52.4%	38.5%	74.1%

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Kevin LoveK. Love
Ryan GomesR. Gomes
Sebastian TelfairS. Telfair
Mike MillerM. Miller
Randy FoyeR. Foye
bench
Brian CardinalB. Cardinal
Mark MadsenM. Madsen
Craig SmithC. Smith
Corey BrewerC. Brewer
Jason CollinsJ. Collins
Al JeffersonA. Jefferson
Shelden WilliamsS. Williams
Kevin OllieK. Ollie
Bobby BrownB. Brown
Rodney CarneyR. Carney
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	3-7	0-0	5-6	4	6	10	0	0	0	3	4	+9	11
41	7-17	3-9	3-3	1	6	7	4	1	0	4	4	+3	20
32	9-17	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	2	-6	20
32	6-10	2-5	0-0	1	3	4	5	1	0	3	1	-6	14
39	5-13	2-5	4-7	0	3	3	6	3	0	1	2	+1	16
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
18	9-10	0-0	1-1	0	3	3	0	1	0	4	3	0	19
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	0-2	0-0	1-2	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	4	-12	1
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	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	6	2	0	2	2	+3	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	3-5	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	2	-7	7
	42-84	10-25	14-19	8	27	35	26	11	3	20	24		108
	50.0%	40.0%	73.7%

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

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 3-0

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

Target Center

12:00 AM, 23 February 2009

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 19,177

Referees:
Dan Crawford
John Goble
Jason Phillips

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

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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LAL lead 3-0

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