Lakers 97-92 Timberwolves (17 Mar, 2012) Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

22-23, 10-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	19	22	20	31	92
LAL	23	27	24	23	97

Los Angeles Lakers

28-16, 19-2 home

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Kevin LoveK. Love
Wesley JohnsonW. Johnson
Martell WebsterM. Webster
Nikola PekovicN. Pekovic
Luke RidnourL. Ridnour
bench
Anthony TolliverA. Tolliver
Derrick WilliamsD. Williams
Michael BeasleyM. Beasley
Anthony RandolphA. Randolph
Brad MillerB. Miller
Darko MilicicD. Milicic
Ricky RubioR. Rubio
Wayne EllingtonW. Ellington
Malcolm LeeM. Lee
J.J. BareaJ.J. Barea
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	11-24	2-6	3-4	5	10	15	0	1	0	1	5	+2	27
22	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	2	-9	2
34	5-9	2-4	0-0	2	3	5	4	1	0	1	2	+5	12
39	6-18	0-0	8-12	7	5	12	0	1	1	3	2	-5	20
31	5-12	0-2	2-3	0	4	4	11	0	0	0	2	+2	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	0-4	0-3	0-0	1	4	5	1	2	0	0	2	+1	0
19	3-6	0-2	0-0	1	5	6	2	1	0	1	2	-10	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	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
17	2-5	0-1	1-1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	-7	5
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	4-10	0-3	0-0	2	3	5	2	0	0	2	4	-4	8
	37-92	4-22	14-20	18	37	55	21	7	2	12	21		92
	40.2%	18.2%	70.0%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Pau GasolP. Gasol
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Kobe BryantK. Bryant
Andrew BynumA. Bynum
Steve BlakeS. Blake
bench
Troy MurphyT. Murphy
Josh McRobertsJ. McRoberts
Matt BarnesM. Barnes
Christian EyengaC. Eyenga
Devin EbanksD. Ebanks
Jordan HillJ. Hill
Andrew GoudelockA. Goudelock
Ramon SessionsR. Sessions
Darius MorrisD. Morris
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	6-13	0-0	5-6	4	7	11	2	0	3	1	3	+1	17
29	2-9	1-4	1-2	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	4	-5	6
38	9-20	5-8	5-7	0	4	4	3	1	2	4	1	+4	28
39	4-13	0-0	7-8	4	10	14	2	1	2	3	0	+15	15
29	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	6	1	0	0	1	-3	0
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	+2	3
8	2-4	0-1	0-0	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	1	-4	4
20	6-9	3-4	2-2	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	1	+6	17
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
10	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	+1	0
19	3-6	0-1	1-2	0	4	4	5	0	0	3	4	+8	7
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	33-80	10-22	21-27	11	36	47	21	7	12	13	17		97
	41.3%	45.5%	77.8%

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

Regular Season Series

LAL win 4-0

Lakers
106
Timberwolves
101

Game 1

30/1

Timberwolves
85
Lakers
104

Game 2

1/3

Lakers
105
Timberwolves
102

Game 3

10/3

Timberwolves
92
Lakers
97

Game 4

17/3

crypto.com Arena

2:30 AM, 17 March 2012

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
James Capers
Josh Tiven
Tony Brown

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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