Lakers 97-88 Timberwolves (22 May, 2004) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

56-26, 22-19 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	23	23	32	19	97
MIN	24	20	23	21	88

Minnesota Timberwolves

58-24, 31-10 home

Latrell Sprewell missed 20 ft Jumper.
Sam Cassell made 21 ft Jumper.
Ervin Johnson made 11 ft Jumper.
Sam Cassell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ervin Johnson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Michael Olowokandi missed 8 ft Jumper.
Trenton Hassell made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
Sam Cassell missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Michael Olowokandi made Tip Shot.
Latrell Sprewell made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
Kevin Garnett made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
Latrell Sprewell missed 19 ft Jumper.
Sam Cassell made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
Trenton Hassell made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
Michael Olowokandi made 11 ft Hook Shot.
Michael Olowokandi made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
Sam Cassell made 21 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed Three Point Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 15 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 15 ft Jumper.
Michael Olowokandi made Tip Shot.
Kevin Garnett missed 8 ft Jumper.
Sam Cassell missed 16 ft Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak made 18 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 15 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett made 7 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Sam Cassell made 19 ft Jumper.
Sam Cassell missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michael Olowokandi missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Sam Cassell missed 13 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trenton Hassell.
Trenton Hassell made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
Oliver Miller missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Fred Hoiberg made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
Latrell Sprewell made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
Sam Cassell missed 15 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Trenton Hassell missed 15 ft Jumper.
Sam Cassell missed Layup.
Kevin Garnett made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.
Sam Cassell made 21 ft Jumper.
Sam Cassell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 8 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Sam Cassell missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Michael Olowokandi missed 5 ft Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 23 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 46 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 20 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
Kevin Garnett made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Fred Hoiberg.
Wally Szczerbiak made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Kevin Garnett missed Layup.
Fred Hoiberg made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Wally Szczerbiak made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 23 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Latrell Sprewell made Two Point Shot.
Wally Szczerbiak made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Latrell Sprewell missed 21 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Kevin Garnett missed 5 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 19 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Karl Malone missed 21 ft Jumper.
Gary Payton missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
Kobe Bryant missed 9 ft Jumper.
Gary Payton missed Two Point Shot.
Karl Malone missed Layup. Blocked by Kevin Garnett.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 8 ft Jumper.
Karl Malone missed Layup. Blocked by Michael Olowokandi.
Karl Malone missed Layup.
Karl Malone made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 13 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 16 ft Two Point Shot.
Gary Payton made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Karl Malone made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Gary Payton made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Karl Malone.
Gary Payton missed 31 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 9 ft Jumper.
Karl Malone made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Kobe Bryant missed 22 ft Jumper.
Kareem Rush made 19 ft Two Point Shot.
Stanislav Medvedenko missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Kobe Bryant missed 18 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 11 ft Hook Shot.
Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Kareem Rush missed Layup.
Stanislav Medvedenko made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Stanislav Medvedenko missed 19 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 5 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 5 ft Jumper.
Karl Malone made Layup. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Kobe Bryant missed Layup.
Derek Fisher made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Derek Fisher missed 21 ft Jumper.
Devean George missed 19 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 8 ft Jumper.
Karl Malone made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Devean George missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk.
Shaquille O'Neal made 9 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Devean George.
Kobe Bryant made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Kobe Bryant made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Karl Malone.
Kobe Bryant made Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Gary Payton missed 19 ft Jumper.
Karl Malone made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Karl Malone missed Layup. Blocked by Kevin Garnett.
Shaquille O'Neal made Hook Shot. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Derek Fisher missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Gary Payton missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Derek Fisher made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Derek Fisher made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Karl Malone.
Kareem Rush made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Kareem Rush missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 19 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
Kobe Bryant missed 35 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Karl Malone made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
Kareem Rush missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 18 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher missed 6 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made Layup. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 11 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Devean George missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 18 ft Jumper.
Devean George made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Karl Malone.
Devean George missed 20 ft Jumper.
Karl Malone made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Kobe Bryant missed 21 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.

LAKERS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		LAL	MIN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball. Shaquille O'Neal vs. Kevin Garnett. Sam Cassell gains possession.	0	0
11:45	Latrell Sprewell missed 20 ft Jumper.	0	0
11:44	Shaquille O'Neal Defensive Rebound.	0	0
11:32	Karl Malone missed 21 ft Jumper.	0	0
11:30	Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound.	0	0
11:14	Sam Cassell made 21 ft Jumper.	0	2
11:00	Trenton Hassell Personal Foul	0	2
10:49	Sam Cassell Shooting Foul	0	2
10:49	Gary Payton made Free Throw 1 of 2.	1	2
10:49	Gary Payton made Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	2
10:32	Ervin Johnson made 11 ft Jumper.	2	4
10:08	Gary Payton missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	4
10:07	Shaquille O'Neal Offensive Rebound.	2	4
10:06	Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.	4	4
10:06	Ervin Johnson Shooting Foul	4	4
10:06	Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	4	4
10:06	Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound.	4	4
9:52	Devean George Personal Foul	4	4
9:44	Kevin Garnett Lost Ball. Stolen by Karl Malone.	4	4
9:22	Kobe Bryant missed 9 ft Jumper.	4	4
9:21	Latrell Sprewell Defensive Rebound.	4	4
9:14	Sam Cassell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	4
9:12	Shaquille O'Neal Defensive Rebound.	4	4
9:06	Gary Payton missed Two Point Shot.	4	4
9:04	Ervin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	4	4
8:48	Ervin Johnson missed 12 ft Jumper.	4	4
8:47	Karl Malone Defensive Rebound.	4	4
8:40	Ervin Johnson Shooting Foul	4	4
8:40	Michael Olowokandi enters the game for Ervin Johnson.	4	4
8:40	Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.	5	4
8:40	Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	4
8:27	Karl Malone Personal Foul	6	4
8:14	Kevin Garnett missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.	6	4
8:12	Kobe Bryant Defensive Rebound.	6	4
8:07	Gary Payton Traveling	6	4
7:52	Michael Olowokandi missed 8 ft Jumper.	6	4
7:50	Kobe Bryant Defensive Rebound.	6	4
7:46	Karl Malone missed Layup. Blocked by Kevin Garnett.	6	4
7:45	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	6	4
7:41	Shaquille O'Neal missed 8 ft Jumper.	6	4
7:41	Michael Olowokandi Defensive Rebound.	6	4
7:35	Trenton Hassell made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.	6	6
7:24	Karl Malone missed Layup. Blocked by Michael Olowokandi.	6	6
7:22	Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound.	6	6
7:11	Michael Olowokandi Lost Ball. Stolen by Karl Malone.	6	6
7:07	Karl Malone missed Layup.	6	6
7:07	Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound.	6	6
6:43	Sam Cassell missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.	6	6
6:41	Michael Olowokandi Offensive Rebound.	6	8
6:41	Michael Olowokandi made Tip Shot.	6	8
6:18	Karl Malone made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.	8	8
6:03	Latrell Sprewell made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.	8	10
5:39	Shaquille O'Neal missed 13 ft Jumper.	8	10
5:37	Sam Cassell Defensive Rebound.	8	10
5:28	Kevin Garnett made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Sam Cassell.	8	12
5:11	Kobe Bryant made 16 ft Two Point Shot.	10	12
4:56	Latrell Sprewell missed 19 ft Jumper.	10	12
4:54	Karl Malone Defensive Rebound.	10	12
4:43	Minnesota Full Timeout.	10	12
4:28	Sam Cassell made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.	10	14
4:09	Gary Payton made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.	12	14
3:46	Trenton Hassell made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Sam Cassell.	12	16
3:24	Karl Malone made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.	14	16
3:02	Michael Olowokandi made 11 ft Hook Shot.	14	18
2:44	Shaquille O'Neal Traveling	14	18
2:44	Los Angeles Full Timeout.	14	18
2:43	Derek Fisher enters the game for Devean George.	14	18
2:27	Michael Olowokandi made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Sam Cassell.	14	20
2:02	Gary Payton made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.	17	20
1:47	Sam Cassell made 21 ft Jumper.	17	22
1:27	Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.	19	22
1:06	Latrell Sprewell missed Three Point Jumper.	19	22
1:05	Karl Malone Defensive Rebound.	19	22
55.2	Fred Hoiberg enters the game for Sam Cassell.	19	22
49.3	Michael Olowokandi Personal Foul	19	22
49.3	Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	22
49.3	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Trenton Hassell.	20	22
49.3	Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.	21	22
35.9	Wally Szczerbiak missed 15 ft Jumper.	21	22
34.7	Shaquille O'Neal Defensive Rebound.	21	22
24.7	Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Karl Malone.	23	22
6.6	Latrell Sprewell missed 15 ft Jumper.	23	22
4.8	Michael Olowokandi Offensive Rebound.	23	24
4.8	Michael Olowokandi made Tip Shot.	23	24
0.2	Gary Payton missed 31 ft Three Point Jumper.	23	24
0.0	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	23	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	23	24

Lakers
97
Timberwolves
88

Game 1

22/5

Lakers
71
Timberwolves
89

Game 2

24/5

Timberwolves
89
Lakers
100

Game 3

25/5

Timberwolves
85
Lakers
92

Game 4

27/5

Lakers
96
Timberwolves
98

Game 5

30/5

Timberwolves
90
Lakers
96

Game 6

31/5

Target Center

1:00 AM, 22 May 2004

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 19,552

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Bob Delaney
Greg Willard

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	11	3	.786	-	W1
LA Lakers	10	5	.667	1.5	L1
Phoenix	9	7	.563	3	L5
LA Clippers	9	7	.563	3	W3
Sacramento	8	7	.533	3.5	L1

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