Suns 110-97 Timberwolves (12 Apr, 2009) Box Score

Phoenix Suns

44-36, 18-23 away

110

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	31	26	24	29	110
MIN	8	35	21	33	97

Minnesota Timberwolves

24-56, 11-29 home

Phoenix Suns

starters
Grant HillG. Hill
Matt BarnesM. Barnes
Shaquille O'NealS. O'Neal
Steve NashS. Nash
Jason RichardsonJ. Richardson
bench
Stromile SwiftS. Swift
Lou AmundsonL. Amundson
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley
Alando TuckerA. Tucker
Amar'e StoudemireA. Stoudemire
Robin LopezR. Lopez
Goran DragicG. Dragic
Leandro BarbosaL. Barbosa
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	7-8	0-0	5-5	1	2	3	2	4	0	3	3	+17	19
16	3-7	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	+15	7
18	2-7	0-0	6-9	4	6	10	1	0	1	1	2	+3	10
17	1-3	0-0	2-2	0	3	3	7	1	0	2	0	+17	4
16	3-6	1-4	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	0-1	0-0	2-4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	+2	2
29	2-4	0-0	0-1	1	6	7	1	0	0	1	0	-5	4
25	6-12	4-5	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	-4	16
13	4-8	0-1	2-3	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	-9	10
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	3-6	0-0	0-0	3	8	11	1	0	1	3	3	+11	6
27	3-11	1-2	1-1	1	3	4	8	0	1	4	3	-7	8
23	6-10	1-1	3-3	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	1	+25	16
	40-83	8-16	22-29	14	33	47	25	8	4	21	18		110
	48.2%	50.0%	75.9%

Minnesota Timberwolves

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	2-8	0-0	1-2	2	4	6	0	0	0	2	2	-10	5
24	4-10	3-5	2-2	2	3	5	1	1	0	5	2	-11	13
11	1-2	0-0	0-2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	-14	2
33	8-12	0-0	5-5	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	-10	21
33	4-9	2-4	0-0	3	6	9	9	0	0	3	2	-5	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	+10	3
7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	+6	0
21	3-12	0-0	5-8	0	4	4	2	2	1	3	2	-14	11
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
19	3-7	0-0	0-0	3	1	4	0	2	1	0	4	-5	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	3-11	1-3	2-2	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	-3	9
34	8-17	1-7	0-0	2	4	6	1	1	0	0	4	-9	17
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	37-89	8-20	15-21	14	27	41	18	11	3	17	25		97
	41.6%	40.0%	71.4%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

Suns
110
Timberwolves
102

Game 1

27/11

Timberwolves
105
Suns
103

Game 2

17/1

Suns
110
Timberwolves
97

Game 3

12/4

Target Center

1:00 AM, 12 April 2009

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 18,478

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Pat Fraher
Leon Wood

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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