Timberwolves 88-69 Hornets (22 Dec, 2005) Play-by-Play

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

11-14, 5-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	16	14	15	24	69
MIN	26	23	21	18	88

Minnesota Timberwolves

13-10, 8-4 home

Wally Szczerbiak makes 20-foot jumper (Marko Jaric assists)
Trenton Hassell misses 16-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes jumper (Marko Jaric assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 23-foot jumper (Marko Jaric assists)
Marko Jaric makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Marko Jaric misses 20-foot jumper
Michael Olowokandi makes layup (Trenton Hassell assists)
Marko Jaric makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trenton Hassell assists)
Michael Olowokandi misses layup
Kevin Garnett makes layup
Kevin Garnett makes 6-foot two point shot (Trenton Hassell assists)
Kevin Garnett misses layup
Wally Szczerbiak misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trenton Hassell makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Wally Szczerbiak misses two point shot
Eddie Griffin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eddie Griffin assists)
Troy Hudson makes 19-foot jumper
Troy Hudson makes 14-foot jumper
Troy Hudson misses 21-foot jumper
Troy Hudson misses layup
Eddie Griffin misses 6-foot jumper
Rashad McCants makes two point shot (Marko Jaric assists)
Troy Hudson makes 18-foot jumper
Rashad McCants misses driving layup
Eddie Griffin makes 11-foot two point shot (Marko Jaric assists)
Eddie Griffin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants makes 5-foot jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Rashad McCants misses 16-foot jumper
Rashad McCants makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 23-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 18-foot jumper
Rashad McCants makes slam dunk
Kevin Garnett makes slam dunk (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Eddie Griffin misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 20-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 9-foot two point shot
Marko Jaric makes layup (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Kevin Garnett misses 12-foot two point shot
Wally Szczerbiak misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes slam dunk (Trenton Hassell assists)
Marko Jaric makes 19-foot jumper (Michael Olowokandi assists)
Wally Szczerbiak misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 17-foot jumper
Marko Jaric misses 16-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes two point shot (Kevin Garnett assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Wally Szczerbiak misses layup
Michael Olowokandi makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Trenton Hassell misses 16-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell makes two point shot (Kevin Garnett assists)
Eddie Griffin misses 17-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell misses 59-foot three point jumper
Kevin Garnett makes two point shot (Rashad McCants assists)
Kirk Snyder blocks Rashad McCants's layup
Troy Hudson misses 15-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 22-foot jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Chris Andersen blocks Troy Hudson's layup
Eddie Griffin misses 9-foot jumper
Troy Hudson misses 13-foot running jumper
Eddie Griffin makes tip shot
Wally Szczerbiak misses 5-foot jumper
Rashad McCants makes tip shot
Eddie Griffin misses dunk
Chris Andersen blocks Eddie Griffin's layup
Wally Szczerbiak makes 16-foot jumper (Mark Madsen assists)
Rashad McCants makes 7-foot jumper
Nikoloz Tskitishvili misses 15-foot jumper
Rasual Butler blocks Ronald Dupree's 11-foot jumper
Rashad McCants misses 17-foot jumper
Nikoloz Tskitishvili misses 22-foot jumper
Ronald Dupree misses layup
Mark Madsen misses dunk
Nikoloz Tskitishvili makes 14-foot two point shot
David West misses 12-foot jumper
P.J. Brown makes 12-foot two point shot (David West assists)
P.J. Brown makes 5-foot two point shot (Desmond Mason assists)
Desmond Mason misses 13-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 7-foot hook shot
P.J. Brown makes 14-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
J.R. Smith misses 20-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses 4-foot running jumper
David West makes layup
David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 6-foot running jumper
Wally Szczerbiak blocks Speedy Claxton's 11-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses layup
Jackson Vroman misses 16-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses jumper
Desmond Mason misses 6-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton misses layup
Mark Madsen blocks P.J. Brown's jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 22-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 17-foot jumper
Eddie Griffin blocks David West's layup
David West misses layup
J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 15-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 5-foot jumper
Jackson Vroman misses 16-foot jumper
Eddie Griffin blocks J.R. Smith's dunk
David West makes 10-foot jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
David West makes layup (J.R. Smith assists)
J.R. Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
Speedy Claxton makes 13-foot running jumper
David West misses 18-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 6-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton makes layup (J.R. Smith assists)
Chris Paul makes 18-foot jumper
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 8-foot running jumper
Chris Paul misses running jumper
Chris Paul misses 4-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell blocks Desmond Mason's jumper
J.R. Smith misses 6-foot running jumper
Chris Paul misses layup
David West misses 15-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses 9-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 15-foot jumper
J.R. Smith makes two point shot
Chris Paul misses 14-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses 19-foot jumper
David West misses layup
Desmond Mason makes 14-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 6-foot running jumper
Desmond Mason misses layup
Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 8-foot running jumper
Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Chris Paul makes two point shot
Kevin Garnett blocks Chris Paul's layup
Speedy Claxton misses jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Chris Paul misses layup
Chris Andersen makes layup
Kirk Snyder misses 24-foot three point jumper
Eddie Griffin blocks Kirk Snyder's 7-foot jumper
Chris Andersen makes slam dunk (Speedy Claxton assists)
Rasual Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Eddie Griffin blocks Jackson Vroman's layup
Rasual Butler makes 20-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 16-foot jumper
Chris Andersen makes slam dunk (Kirk Snyder assists)
Arvydas Macijauskas makes 9-foot running jumper
Jackson Vroman misses 7-foot jumper
Chris Andersen makes two point shot
Maciej Lampe misses 17-foot jumper
Arvydas Macijauskas makes driving layup
Anthony Carter blocks Arvydas Macijauskas's 18-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes two point shot
Kirk Snyder makes driving layup
Chris Andersen misses two point shot
Kirk Snyder makes 26-foot three point jumper
Kirk Snyder misses 11-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper

HORNETS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		NO	MIN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: P.J. Brown vs. Kevin Garnett (Chris Paul gains possession)	0	0
11:37	David West misses 12-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	Michael Olowokandi defensive rebound	0	0
11:19	Wally Szczerbiak makes 20-foot jumper (Marko Jaric assists)	0	2
10:55	P.J. Brown makes 12-foot two point shot (David West assists)	2	2
10:37	Trenton Hassell misses 16-foot jumper	2	2
10:36	David West defensive rebound	2	2
10:22	P.J. Brown makes 5-foot two point shot (Desmond Mason assists)	4	2
10:07	Kevin Garnett makes jumper (Marko Jaric assists)	4	4
9:41	Desmond Mason misses 13-foot jumper	4	4
9:41	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	4	4
9:33	Marko Jaric bad pass (David West steals)	4	4
9:26	Kevin Garnett shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	4	4
9:26	David West misses free throw 1 of 2	4	4
9:26	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	4	4
9:26	David West makes free throw 2 of 2	5	4
9:18	Wally Szczerbiak makes 23-foot jumper (Marko Jaric assists)	5	6
8:56	Desmond Mason misses 7-foot hook shot	5	6
8:53	Michael Olowokandi defensive rebound	5	6
8:48	David West shooting foul (Kevin Garnett draws the foul)	5	6
8:48	Kevin Garnett misses free throw 1 of 2	5	6
8:48	Minnesota offensive rebound	5	6
8:48	Kevin Garnett makes free throw 2 of 2	5	7
8:36	Kevin Garnett personal foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	5	7
8:29	P.J. Brown makes 14-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	7	7
8:12	Marko Jaric makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)	7	9
7:45	J.R. Smith misses 20-foot jumper	7	9
7:43	Marko Jaric defensive rebound	7	9
7:35	Marko Jaric misses 20-foot jumper	7	9
7:33	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	7	9
7:22	P.J. Brown misses 4-foot running jumper	7	9
7:22	David West offensive rebound	7	9
7:20	David West makes layup	9	9
7:01	Marko Jaric bad pass (P.J. Brown steals)	9	9
6:52	David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	11	9
6:31	Michael Olowokandi makes layup (Trenton Hassell assists)	11	11
6:13	Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper	11	11
6:13	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	11	11
5:58	Chris Paul personal foul (Marko Jaric draws the foul)	11	11
5:58	Minnesota full timeout	11	11
5:48	J.R. Smith personal foul (Trenton Hassell draws the foul)	11	11
5:48	Speedy Claxton enters the game for J.R. Smith	11	11
5:43	Marko Jaric makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trenton Hassell assists)	11	14
5:24	P.J. Brown lost ball (Marko Jaric steals)	11	14
5:18	Michael Olowokandi misses layup	11	14
5:18	Kevin Garnett offensive rebound	11	14
5:16	Kevin Garnett makes layup	11	16
5:01	Marko Jaric personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	11	16
5:01	Jackson Vroman enters the game for David West	11	16
4:54	Chris Paul misses 6-foot running jumper	11	16
4:50	Marko Jaric defensive rebound	11	16
4:41	Kevin Garnett makes 6-foot two point shot (Trenton Hassell assists)	11	18
4:18	Wally Szczerbiak blocks Speedy Claxton's 11-foot jumper	11	18
4:18	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	11	18
4:05	Kevin Garnett misses layup	11	18
4:03	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	11	18
3:59	Marko Jaric shooting foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	11	18
3:59	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	12	18
3:59	Troy Hudson enters the game for Marko Jaric	12	18
3:59	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	13	18
3:46	Wally Szczerbiak misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	18
3:45	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	13	18
3:36	Desmond Mason misses layup	13	18
3:34	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	13	18
3:30	Wally Szczerbiak bad pass (Speedy Claxton steals)	13	18
3:20	Jackson Vroman misses 16-foot jumper	13	18
3:19	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	13	18
3:03	Trenton Hassell makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)	13	20
2:45	Trenton Hassell shooting foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	13	20
2:45	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	13	20
2:45	Eddie Griffin enters the game for Kevin Garnett	13	20
2:45	Desmond Mason misses free throw 1 of 2	13	20
2:45	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	13	20
2:45	Desmond Mason makes free throw 2 of 2	14	20
2:32	Jackson Vroman shooting foul (Eddie Griffin draws the foul)	14	20
2:32	Eddie Griffin misses free throw 1 of 2	14	20
2:32	Minnesota offensive rebound	14	20
2:32	Eddie Griffin makes free throw 2 of 2	14	21
2:18	Desmond Mason misses jumper	14	21
2:17	Desmond Mason offensive rebound	14	21
2:06	Desmond Mason misses 6-foot jumper	14	21
2:04	Michael Olowokandi defensive rebound	14	21
1:53	Wally Szczerbiak misses two point shot	14	21
1:52	Michael Olowokandi offensive rebound	14	21
1:52	P.J. Brown personal foul (Michael Olowokandi draws the foul)	14	21
1:52	Michael Olowokandi misses free throw 1 of 2	14	21
1:52	Minnesota offensive rebound	14	21
1:52	Rasual Butler enters the game for Desmond Mason	14	21
1:52	Michael Olowokandi misses free throw 2 of 2	14	21
1:52	Jackson Vroman defensive rebound	14	21
1:42	Troy Hudson personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	14	21
1:42	Mark Madsen enters the game for Michael Olowokandi	14	21
1:42	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	15	21
1:42	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	16	21
1:23	Eddie Griffin misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	21
1:21	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	16	21
1:07	Speedy Claxton misses layup	16	21
1:07	P.J. Brown offensive rebound	16	21
1:05	Mark Madsen blocks P.J. Brown's jumper	16	21
1:02	Eddie Griffin defensive rebound	16	21
52.6	Wally Szczerbiak makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eddie Griffin assists)	16	24
37.2	Mark Madsen shooting foul (Jackson Vroman draws the foul)	16	24
37.2	Jackson Vroman misses free throw 1 of 2	16	24
37.2	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	16	24
37.2	Jackson Vroman misses free throw 2 of 2	16	24
37.2	Mark Madsen defensive rebound	16	24
25.9	Wally Szczerbiak lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	16	24
23.9	Jackson Vroman bad pass (Wally Szczerbiak steals)	16	24
21.3	Rashad McCants enters the game for Mark Madsen	16	24
3.4	Troy Hudson makes 19-foot jumper	16	26
0.3	Speedy Claxton misses 22-foot jumper	16	26
0.0	Minnesota defensive rebound	16	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	26

Regular Season Series

NO leads 2-1

Timberwolves
80
Hornets
84

Game 1

24/11

Timberwolves
80
Hornets
84

Game 2

24/11

Hornets
69
Timberwolves
88

Game 3

22/12

Hornets
69
Timberwolves
88

Game 4

22/12

Hornets
100
Timberwolves
94

Game 5

12/2

Hornets
100
Timberwolves
94

Game 6

12/2

Target Center

12:00 AM, 22 December 2005

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 14,454

Referees:
James Capers
Mike Callahan
Derek Richardson

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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