Timberwolves 89-71 Lakers (24 May, 2004) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

56-26, 22-19 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	24	13	19	15	71
MIN	32	19	17	21	89

Minnesota Timberwolves

58-24, 31-10 home

Kevin Garnett missed 14 ft Jumper.
Darrick Martin missed Two Point Shot.
Latrell Sprewell made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
Latrell Sprewell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Wally Szczerbiak made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Kevin Garnett made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
Wally Szczerbiak made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
Ervin Johnson missed Layup. Blocked by Devean George.
Darrick Martin made 23 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Wally Szczerbiak made Layup. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
Ervin Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
Wally Szczerbiak missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Latrell Sprewell made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
Kevin Garnett made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Darrick Martin.
Latrell Sprewell made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Darrick Martin.
Darrick Martin missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Garnett made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Oliver Miller missed 13 ft Jumper.
Mark Madsen made Layup. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Mark Madsen missed Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mark Madsen made Layup.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 18 ft Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Garnett made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
Darrick Martin missed 16 ft Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Darrick Martin made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Fred Hoiberg missed 21 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darrick Martin.
Fred Hoiberg missed 20 ft Jumper.
Fred Hoiberg missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed Jumper.
Darrick Martin missed Layup.
Darrick Martin made Layup.
Kevin Garnett made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Darrick Martin.
Latrell Sprewell missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Ervin Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Trenton Hassell.
Latrell Sprewell made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darrick Martin.
Kevin Garnett missed 22 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 14 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 17 ft Two Point Shot.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 7 ft Jumper. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Wally Szczerbiak made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
Darrick Martin missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak made 23 ft Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 9 ft Jumper.
Darrick Martin missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 6 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 21 ft Jumper.
Oliver Miller made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Kevin Garnett made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 10 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed Jumper.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 22 ft Jumper.
Mark Madsen made Tip Shot.
Gary Trent made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Latrell Sprewell made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Latrell Sprewell missed 14 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
Kevin Garnett made Two Point Shot.
Kevin Garnett made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Darrick Martin.
Darrick Martin missed 21 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett made 16 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Darrick Martin made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
Wally Szczerbiak missed 12 ft Jumper.
Kevin Garnett missed 20 ft Two Point Shot.
Shaquille O'Neal missed Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 11 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 5 ft Jumper.
Gary Payton made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Karl Malone missed Layup. Blocked by Ervin Johnson.
Kobe Bryant made 22 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup. Blocked by Kevin Garnett.
Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
Gary Payton made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Kobe Bryant missed 20 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made Layup.
Kobe Bryant made 20 ft Jumper.
Stanislav Medvedenko missed Layup.
Devean George missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Kobe Bryant made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Karl Malone.
Kobe Bryant missed 17 ft Jumper.
Luke Walton made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Gary Payton missed 21 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed Jumper. Blocked by Oliver Miller.
Kobe Bryant missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Derek Fisher made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Gary Payton missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stanislav Medvedenko missed 19 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed Two Point Shot.
Brian Cook made Dunk. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Kobe Bryant missed 20 ft Jumper.
Brian Cook missed Layup. Blocked by Ervin Johnson.
Karl Malone made Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Gary Payton missed Layup.
Gary Payton missed Layup. Blocked by Ervin Johnson.
Devean George missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 16 ft Jumper.
Karl Malone missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Kobe Bryant made 23 ft Jumper.
Gary Payton missed Layup.
Kobe Bryant made Layup.
Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Kobe Bryant missed 15 ft Jumper.
Gary Payton made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Gary Payton missed Layup.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 13 ft Jumper.
Devean George missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Devean George missed Layup. Blocked by Michael Olowokandi.
Devean George made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Devean George missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 19 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk.
Kareem Rush made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 9 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 10 ft Jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stanislav Medvedenko made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Gary Payton missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Karl Malone missed 21 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 21 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 23 ft Jumper.
Karl Malone made Layup. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk. Assisted by Brian Cook.
Brian Cook missed 18 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher missed 21 ft Jumper.

LAKERS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		LAL	MIN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball. Shaquille O'Neal vs. Kevin Garnett. Gary Payton gains possession.	0	0
11:38	Shaquille O'Neal missed Jumper.	0	0
11:37	Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound.	0	0
11:22	Kevin Garnett Bad Pass	0	0
11:17	Sam Cassell Personal Foul	0	0
11:17	Darrick Martin enters the game for Sam Cassell.	0	0
11:06	Trenton Hassell Shooting Foul	0	0
11:06	Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	0	0
11:06	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	0	0
11:06	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.	1	0
10:55	Kevin Garnett missed 14 ft Jumper.	1	0
10:53	Shaquille O'Neal Defensive Rebound.	1	0
10:48	Kobe Bryant missed Jumper.	1	0
10:45	Kobe Bryant Offensive Rebound.	1	0
10:42	Kobe Bryant made 11 ft Jumper.	3	0
10:22	Karl Malone Shooting Foul	3	0
10:22	Ervin Johnson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	1
10:22	Ervin Johnson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	3	2
10:02	Trenton Hassell Shooting Foul	3	2
10:02	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Trenton Hassell.	3	2
10:02	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.	4	2
10:02	Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	2
10:02	Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound.	4	2
9:40	Darrick Martin missed Two Point Shot.	4	2
9:38	Gary Payton Defensive Rebound.	4	2
9:22	Shaquille O'Neal missed 5 ft Jumper.	4	2
9:19	Ervin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	4	2
9:11	Jumpball. Gary Payton vs. Kevin Garnett. Wally Szczerbiak gains possession.	4	2
9:06	Latrell Sprewell made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.	4	5
8:48	Gary Payton made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.	7	5
8:33	Wally Szczerbiak Bad Pass. Stolen by Kobe Bryant.	7	5
8:21	Karl Malone missed Layup. Blocked by Ervin Johnson.	7	5
8:19	Kevin Garnett Defensive Rebound.	7	5
8:15	Latrell Sprewell missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	7	5
8:12	Wally Szczerbiak Offensive Rebound.	7	5
8:11	Wally Szczerbiak made 6 ft Two Point Shot.	7	7
7:54	Ervin Johnson Personal Foul	7	7
7:46	Kobe Bryant made 22 ft Jumper.	9	7
7:26	Devean George Personal Foul	9	7
7:18	Wally Szczerbiak made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.	9	9
6:54	Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup. Blocked by Kevin Garnett.	9	9
6:52	Latrell Sprewell Defensive Rebound.	9	9
6:47	Latrell Sprewell Bad Pass	9	9
6:31	Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.	11	9
6:09	Kevin Garnett made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.	11	11
5:48	Shaquille O'Neal Traveling	11	11
5:48	Minnesota Full Timeout.	11	11
5:33	Wally Szczerbiak made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.	11	14
5:18	Karl Malone Bad Pass. Stolen by Latrell Sprewell.	11	14
5:13	Gary Payton Personal Foul	11	14
5:07	Ervin Johnson missed Layup. Blocked by Devean George.	11	14
5:05	Latrell Sprewell Offensive Rebound.	11	14
5:03	Darrick Martin made 23 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.	11	16
4:50	Wally Szczerbiak Personal Foul	11	16
4:50	Devean George missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	11	16
4:50	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	11	16
4:50	Devean George missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	11	16
4:48	Ervin Johnson Defensive Rebound.	11	16
4:35	Wally Szczerbiak made Layup. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.	11	18
4:15	Gary Payton made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.	14	18
4:00	Ervin Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.	14	20
3:42	Kobe Bryant missed 20 ft Jumper.	14	20
3:41	Kobe Bryant Offensive Rebound.	14	20
3:39	Kobe Bryant made Layup.	16	20
3:19	Wally Szczerbiak missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.	16	20
3:18	Karl Malone Defensive Rebound.	16	20
3:17	Latrell Sprewell Personal Foul	16	20
3:17	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	20
3:17	Michael Olowokandi enters the game for Ervin Johnson.	17	20
3:17	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	20
3:00	Gary Payton Personal Foul	18	20
2:55	Kicked Ball	18	20
2:55	Los Angeles Full Timeout.	18	20
2:55	Derek Fisher enters the game for Gary Payton.	18	20
2:47	Shaquille O'Neal Shooting Foul	18	20
2:47	Kevin Garnett made Free Throw 1 of 2.	18	21
2:47	Kevin Garnett made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	22
2:32	Kobe Bryant made 20 ft Jumper.	20	22
2:14	Karl Malone Personal Foul	20	22
2:14	Darrick Martin made Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	23
2:14	Stanislav Medvedenko enters the game for Karl Malone.	20	23
2:14	Darrick Martin made Free Throw 2 of 2.	20	24
2:00	Michael Olowokandi Personal Foul	20	24
2:00	Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.	21	24
2:00	Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	24
1:58	Derek Fisher Personal Foul	22	24
1:58	Latrell Sprewell made Free Throw 1 of 2.	22	25
1:58	Latrell Sprewell made Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	26
1:47	Stanislav Medvedenko missed Layup.	22	26
1:46	Wally Szczerbiak Defensive Rebound.	22	26
1:43	Latrell Sprewell made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.	22	28
1:21	Devean George missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	28
1:19	Shaquille O'Neal Offensive Rebound.	22	28
1:14	Michael Olowokandi Personal Foul	22	28
1:14	Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	22	28
1:14	Los Angeles Offensive Rebound.	22	28
1:14	Oliver Miller enters the game for Michael Olowokandi.	22	28
1:14	Rick Fox enters the game for Devean George.	22	28
1:14	Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	22	28
1:13	Oliver Miller Defensive Rebound.	22	28
58.3	Kevin Garnett made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Darrick Martin.	22	30
42.9	Derek Fisher Lost Ball. Stolen by Darrick Martin.	22	30
35.9	Latrell Sprewell made 12 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Darrick Martin.	22	32
17.2	Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.	24	32
2.0	Darrick Martin missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	24	32
1.0	Stanislav Medvedenko Defensive Rebound.	24	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	24	32

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

12:30 AM, 24 May 2004

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 19,707

Referees:
Steve Javie
Bill Spooner
Joe DeRosa

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