Timberwolves 98-85 Suns (26 Nov, 2016) Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

5-10, 2-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	29	18	20	31	98
PHX	27	25	23	10	85

Phoenix Suns

5-12, 2-4 home

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Andrew WigginsA. Wiggins#22
Gorgui DiengG. Dieng#5
Karl-Anthony TownsK. Towns#32
Ricky RubioR. Rubio#9
Zach LaVineZ. LaVine#8
bench
Nemanja BjelicaN. Bjelica#88
Brandon RushB. Rush#4
Shabazz MuhammadS. Muhammad#15
Cole AldrichC. Aldrich#45
Tyus JonesT. Jones#1
Kris DunnK. Dunn#3
Adreian PayneA. Payne#33
Jordan HillJ. Hill#27
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41	7-18	1-3	10-11	0	5	5	1	0	0	2	3	+19	25
37	4-10	1-2	2-2	4	3	7	2	3	4	2	5	+9	11
35	8-19	2-6	4-5	3	7	10	4	1	1	4	2	+16	22
25	4-7	1-2	2-2	0	1	1	4	5	0	5	4	-4	11
36	6-13	0-3	1-1	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	5	+11	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	-3	3
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	+1	0
7	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	-6	0
11	0-1	0-0	4-4	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	3	+4	4
19	3-6	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	+22	6
11	1-4	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-4	3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	34-85	7-22	23-25	11	28	39	16	15	8	17	27		98
	40.0%	31.8%	92.0%

Phoenix Suns

starters
Marquese ChrissM. Chriss#0
Alex LenA. Len#21
Brandon KnightB. Knight#11
Eric BledsoeE. Bledsoe#2
Devin BookerD. Booker#1
bench
P.J. TuckerP.J. Tucker#17
Dragan BenderD. Bender#35
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley#3
Tyson ChandlerT. Chandler#4
Leandro BarbosaL. Barbosa#19
Tyler UlisT. Ulis#8
Alan WilliamsA. Williams#15
John JenkinsJ. Jenkins#23
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	4-11	0-3	1-2	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	4	-4	9
29	3-6	0-1	0-0	2	9	11	0	0	4	7	5	-15	6
28	5-12	1-5	4-4	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	2	-15	15
34	8-15	2-5	5-7	2	4	6	10	3	0	7	4	-18	23
33	4-10	1-3	2-2	0	2	2	2	2	1	4	3	-12	11
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	1-4	1-2	1-2	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	1	-13	4
7	1-2	1-2	0-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	+7	3
20	2-5	0-2	0-0	2	4	6	0	1	0	1	3	0	4
11	3-3	0-0	0-0	3	4	7	0	0	0	1	4	-5	6
12	0-6	0-2	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	+5	0
14	1-5	0-1	2-2	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	+5	4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	32-79	6-26	15-21	12	36	48	17	11	6	25	26		85
	40.5%	23.1%	71.4%

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

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Timberwolves
98
Suns
85

Game 1

26/11

Suns
108
Timberwolves
115

Game 2

20/12

Timberwolves
112
Suns
111

Game 3

25/1

Footprint Center

2:00 AM, 26 November 2016

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 16,728

Referees:
Brent Barnaky
John Goble
Dedric Taylor

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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