Kings 121-109 Timberwolves (8 Nov, 2008) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

1-4, 0-2 away

109

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	27	28	24	30	109
SAC	36	26	30	29	121

Sacramento Kings

2-4, 2-0 home

121

Mikki Moore misses 18-foot jumper
John Salmons makes layup (Brad Miller assists)
Brad Miller makes layup
Kevin Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mikki Moore makes tip shot
Kevin Martin makes 17-foot jumper (John Salmons assists)
Beno Udrih misses 15-foot jumper
John Salmons misses 19-foot jumper
John Salmons makes driving layup
Kevin Martin misses 20-foot jumper
John Salmons makes 18-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 21-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 10-foot jumper (Mikki Moore assists)
Kevin Martin misses two point shot
John Salmons misses layup
Mikki Moore makes tip shot
Kevin Martin misses layup
Spencer Hawes misses tip shot
Spencer Hawes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
John Salmons misses 23-foot three point jumper
Spencer Hawes makes hook shot
John Salmons makes driving layup
Bobby Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
Spencer Hawes makes two point shot (Bobby Brown assists)
Spencer Hawes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bobby Brown makes driving layup
Kevin Martin misses 12-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Thompson assists)
Bobby Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Beno Udrih makes driving layup
Beno Udrih makes layup (Kevin Martin assists)
John Salmons makes two point shot
Beno Udrih makes driving layup
Brad Miller misses 22-foot jumper
Brad Miller makes two point shot
Kevin Martin misses 19-foot jumper
John Salmons misses layup
Beno Udrih makes 19-foot jumper
Beno Udrih misses 14-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 6-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin misses 22-foot jumper
John Salmons makes 19-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brad Miller makes 19-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Beno Udrih misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes layup
Mikki Moore makes 21-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Brad Miller misses 4-foot jumper
Mikki Moore makes 19-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Brad Miller makes layup (Beno Udrih assists)
Kevin Martin makes 18-foot jumper (Brad Miller assists)
Spencer Hawes misses 19-foot jumper
John Salmons misses 16-foot jumper
Beno Udrih misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shelden Williams makes 2-foot two point shot (Spencer Hawes assists)
John Salmons makes 8-foot two point shot
John Salmons makes 17-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses layup
Bobby Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper
Bobby Brown misses 21-foot jumper
Spencer Hawes makes 4-foot hook shot
John Salmons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bobby Brown misses 48-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes 17-foot jumper
Spencer Hawes makes 6-foot two point shot
Bobby Jackson makes 19-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Spencer Hawes assists)
Spencer Hawes misses 17-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 15-foot jumper
Mike Miller blocks Shelden Williams's layup
Kevin Martin misses layup
Bobby Brown misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 18-foot jumper
Beno Udrih makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Beno Udrih makes 14-foot running jumper
Kevin Martin makes three point jumper (Brad Miller assists)
Beno Udrih misses 16-foot jumper
Jason Thompson makes dunk (John Salmons assists)
John Salmons makes two point shot
Bobby Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Donte Greene makes layup
Shelden Williams makes dunk (Bobby Brown assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 18-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes 9-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses three point jumper
Mike Miller misses three point jumper
Corey Brewer misses 17-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes dunk (Kevin Love assists)
Mike Miller makes 22-foot jumper
Corey Brewer misses 20-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses 9-foot hook shot
Kevin Love makes tip shot
Sebastian Telfair makes driving layup
Sebastian Telfair makes jumper
Al Jefferson misses 12-foot jumper
Corey Brewer misses 18-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes dunk (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Kevin Love makes 17-foot two point shot
Randy Foye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses layup
Rashad McCants misses layup
Spencer Hawes blocks Ryan Gomes's layup
Kevin Love makes layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Rashad McCants makes 16-foot two point shot
Randy Foye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rashad McCants assists)
Randy Foye misses 29-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Ollie assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants makes driving dunk (Ryan Gomes assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes misses layup
Brad Miller blocks Al Jefferson's jumper
Rashad McCants misses layup
Sebastian Telfair makes two point shot (Corey Brewer assists)
Brad Miller blocks Mike Miller's layup
Sebastian Telfair makes layup (Mike Miller assists)
Mike Miller makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Al Jefferson makes layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Kevin Love makes 11-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
John Salmons blocks Corey Brewer's layup
Sebastian Telfair misses 8-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses layup
Kevin Love misses tip shot
Sebastian Telfair misses 26-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes 9-foot two point shot (Corey Brewer assists)
Kevin Love makes dunk (Corey Brewer assists)
Sebastian Telfair makes 26-foot three point jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Rodney Carney misses 17-foot jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses 19-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rodney Carney makes layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses layup
Al Jefferson makes layup
Randy Foye misses 22-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses layup
Corey Brewer misses 18-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes driving layup
Al Jefferson misses 7-foot jumper
Craig Smith misses 13-foot jumper
Craig Smith misses layup
Mike Miller makes layup (Randy Foye assists)
Rashad McCants misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Craig Smith makes layup
Craig Smith misses 12-foot two point shot
Rashad McCants misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Kevin Love makes 16-foot jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller makes dunk (Randy Foye assists)
Randy Foye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Al Jefferson makes 18-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Al Jefferson misses 20-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses 14-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses tip shot
Mike Miller makes 22-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Kevin Martin blocks Randy Foye's layup
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rodney Carney misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rodney Carney makes dunk (Kevin Ollie assists)
Kevin Ollie makes 8-foot running jumper
Randy Foye misses 11-foot jumper
Rodney Carney misses layup
Rodney Carney makes 25-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)

TIMBERWOLVES

KINGS

TIME		MIN	SAC
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Al Jefferson vs. Brad Miller (Mikki Moore gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Mikki Moore misses 18-foot jumper	0	0
11:41	Mike Miller defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	Sebastian Telfair misses 18-foot jumper	0	0
11:17	Minnesota defensive rebound	0	0
11:03	John Salmons makes layup (Brad Miller assists)	0	2
10:45	Al Jefferson makes 9-foot jumper	2	2
10:36	Corey Brewer shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	2	2
10:36	Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2	2	3
10:36	Kevin Martin misses free throw 2 of 2	2	3
10:34	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	2	3
10:15	Mike Miller misses three point jumper	2	3
10:15	Kevin Martin defensive rebound	2	3
10:06	Brad Miller makes layup	2	5
10:06	Al Jefferson shooting foul (Brad Miller draws the foul)	2	5
10:06	Brad Miller makes free throw 1 of 1	2	6
10:04	Kevin Love bad pass (Beno Udrih steals)	2	6
9:57	Kevin Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	6
9:56	Mikki Moore offensive rebound	2	8
9:56	Mikki Moore makes tip shot	2	8
9:41	Mike Miller misses three point jumper	2	8
9:38	Sebastian Telfair offensive rebound	2	8
9:33	Corey Brewer misses 17-foot jumper	2	8
9:33	Brad Miller defensive rebound	2	8
9:26	Kevin Martin makes 17-foot jumper (John Salmons assists)	2	10
9:03	Al Jefferson makes dunk (Kevin Love assists)	4	10
8:53	Beno Udrih misses 15-foot jumper	4	10
8:52	Mike Miller defensive rebound	4	10
8:45	Mike Miller makes 22-foot jumper	6	10
8:36	John Salmons misses 19-foot jumper	6	10
8:33	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	6	10
8:26	Brad Miller personal foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	6	10
8:21	Mikki Moore shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	6	10
8:21	Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2	7	10
8:21	Kevin Love misses free throw 2 of 2	7	10
8:19	Mikki Moore defensive rebound	7	10
8:07	John Salmons makes driving layup	7	12
8:07	Mike Miller shooting foul (John Salmons draws the foul)	7	12
8:07	Minnesota full timeout	7	12
8:07	John Salmons makes free throw 1 of 1	7	13
7:48	Corey Brewer misses 20-foot jumper	7	13
7:47	Al Jefferson offensive rebound	7	13
7:31	Al Jefferson misses 9-foot hook shot	7	13
7:30	Kevin Love offensive rebound	9	13
7:30	Kevin Love makes tip shot	9	13
7:13	Kevin Martin misses 20-foot jumper	9	13
7:11	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	9	13
7:05	Sebastian Telfair makes driving layup	11	13
6:48	John Salmons makes 18-foot jumper	11	15
6:22	Sebastian Telfair makes jumper	13	15
6:13	Kevin Martin makes 21-foot jumper	13	17
5:48	Al Jefferson misses 12-foot jumper	13	17
5:48	Corey Brewer offensive rebound	13	17
5:46	Corey Brewer misses 18-foot jumper	13	17
5:46	Minnesota offensive rebound	13	17
5:46	shot clock violation	13	17
5:46	Spencer Hawes enters the game for Brad Miller	13	17
5:28	Kevin Martin makes 10-foot jumper (Mikki Moore assists)	13	19
5:28	Al Jefferson shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	13	19
5:28	Craig Smith enters the game for Al Jefferson	13	19
5:28	Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 1	13	20
5:20	Kevin Love offensive foul (Mikki Moore draws the foul)	13	20
5:20	Kevin Love turnover	13	20
5:09	Kevin Martin misses two point shot	13	20
5:09	Kevin Love defensive rebound	13	20
5:03	Spencer Hawes shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	13	20
5:03	Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2	14	20
5:03	Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2	15	20
4:48	Kevin Martin bad pass (Sebastian Telfair steals)	15	20
4:43	Mike Miller makes dunk (Sebastian Telfair assists)	17	20
4:37	Craig Smith personal foul (Mikki Moore draws the foul)	17	20
4:37	Mikki Moore makes free throw 1 of 2	17	21
4:37	Mikki Moore makes free throw 2 of 2	17	22
4:20	Kevin Love makes 17-foot two point shot	19	22
4:01	John Salmons misses layup	19	22
3:58	Mikki Moore offensive rebound	19	24
3:58	Mikki Moore makes tip shot	19	24
3:36	Kevin Love lost ball (John Salmons steals)	19	24
3:31	Kevin Martin misses layup	19	24
3:29	Spencer Hawes offensive rebound	19	24
3:29	Spencer Hawes misses tip shot	19	24
3:29	Bobby Brown enters the game for Beno Udrih	19	24
3:24	Spencer Hawes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Martin assists)	19	27
3:09	Craig Smith offensive foul (Mikki Moore draws the foul)	19	27
3:09	Craig Smith turnover	19	27
3:09	Randy Foye enters the game for Mike Miller	19	27
3:09	Ryan Gomes enters the game for Craig Smith	19	27
2:47	John Salmons misses 23-foot three point jumper	19	27
2:46	Spencer Hawes offensive rebound	19	27
2:44	Spencer Hawes makes hook shot	19	29
2:29	Randy Foye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)	22	29
2:20	John Salmons makes driving layup	22	31
2:09	Kevin Martin personal foul (Ryan Gomes draws the foul)	22	31
2:09	Bobby Jackson enters the game for Kevin Martin	22	31
2:09	Rashad McCants enters the game for Corey Brewer	22	31
1:58	Sebastian Telfair misses layup	22	31
1:57	Spencer Hawes defensive rebound	22	31
1:39	Bobby Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)	22	34
1:25	Mikki Moore personal foul (Rashad McCants draws the foul)	22	34
1:25	Rashad McCants makes free throw 1 of 2	23	34
1:25	Jason Thompson enters the game for Mikki Moore	23	34
1:25	Rashad McCants makes free throw 2 of 2	24	34
1:09	John Salmons lost ball (Rashad McCants steals)	24	34
58.9	Rashad McCants misses layup	24	34
57.9	Ryan Gomes offensive rebound	24	34
54.8	Spencer Hawes blocks Ryan Gomes's layup	24	34
52.9	Bobby Jackson defensive rebound	24	34
48.6	Spencer Hawes makes two point shot (Bobby Brown assists)	24	36
38.8	Kevin Love makes layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)	26	36
21.9	Spencer Hawes misses 23-foot three point jumper	26	36
20.7	Sebastian Telfair defensive rebound	26	36
0.7	Bobby Jackson shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	26	36
0.7	Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2	27	36
0.7	Kevin Love misses free throw 2 of 2	27	36
0.1	Spencer Hawes defensive rebound	27	36
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	36

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Kings
96
Timberwolves
98

Game 1

30/10

Timberwolves
109
Kings
121

Game 2

8/11

Timberwolves
103
Kings
118

Game 3

16/12

Kings
97
Timberwolves
90

Game 4

16/4

Sleep Train Arena

3:00 AM, 8 November 2008

Sacramento, CA

Attendance: 10,592

Referees:
Mike Callahan
Phil Robinson
Rodney Mott

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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