Lakers 110-90 Timberwolves (7 Mar, 2009) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

18-43, 10-20 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	17	19	23	31	90
LAL	22	25	30	33	110

Los Angeles Lakers

50-12, 29-4 home

110

Mike Miller blocks Luke Walton's layup
Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper (Luke Walton assists)
Pau Gasol misses 16-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luke Walton assists)
Pau Gasol misses 7-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol makes layup
Derek Fisher makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Derek Fisher misses 31-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 6-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes layup (Derek Fisher assists)
Lamar Odom makes driving layup
Pau Gasol makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Jordan Farmar makes 27-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
D.J. Mbenga makes 6-foot two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
Jordan Farmar misses 12-foot jumper
Jordan Farmar misses 29-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 20-foot jumper
Josh Powell misses 18-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sasha Vujacic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Josh Powell makes 5-foot two point shot
Sasha Vujacic misses 21-foot jumper
Josh Powell makes layup
Josh Powell misses 15-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes jumper
Sasha Vujacic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
Josh Powell misses 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 14-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 12-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 13-foot two point shot (Derek Fisher assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper
Rodney Carney blocks Kobe Bryant's 13-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses jumper
Luke Walton misses 20-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes 18-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 11-foot jumper (Luke Walton assists)
Derek Fisher makes 19-foot two point shot
Derek Fisher makes 11-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses layup
Luke Walton misses 20-foot jumper
Luke Walton makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Derek Fisher makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Luke Walton misses 16-foot jumper
Kevin Love blocks Josh Powell's 9-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher misses layup
Josh Powell makes tip shot
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 18-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes layup
Pau Gasol makes layup (Josh Powell assists)
Sasha Vujacic misses 21-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic makes driving layup
Jordan Farmar misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jordan Farmar misses layup
Josh Powell makes layup
D.J. Mbenga makes 11-foot jumper
D.J. Mbenga makes layup (Jordan Farmar assists)
Josh Powell misses layup
Kevin Love blocks Jordan Farmar's layup
Josh Powell makes 11-foot jumper
Josh Powell makes 17-foot jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 19-foot jumper
Shannon Brown makes slam dunk
Shannon Brown misses 18-foot jumper
D.J. Mbenga misses 17-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 21-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes two point shot (Shannon Brown assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Adam Morrison assists)
Sasha Vujacic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
D.J. Mbenga makes 16-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Adam Morrison misses 20-foot jumper
Lamar Odom blocks Kevin Love's layup
Sebastian Telfair misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 17-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses 13-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes layup (Mike Miller assists)
Kevin Love makes 20-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper
Sebastian Telfair makes three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Ryan Gomes makes 21-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Jason Collins misses 17-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes makes 15-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Mike Miller misses 21-foot jumper
Sebastian Telfair makes 22-foot jumper (Jason Collins assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom blocks Jason Collins's layup
Rodney Carney misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sebastian Telfair makes layup
Rodney Carney misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 8-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes makes layup (Craig Smith assists)
Bobby Brown misses 21-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 51-foot three point jumper
Brian Cardinal misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bobby Brown misses jumper
Josh Powell blocks Brian Cardinal's layup
Rodney Carney makes slam dunk (Brian Cardinal assists)
Craig Smith misses 18-foot jumper
Rodney Carney makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper
Josh Powell blocks Kevin Love's layup
Brian Cardinal makes 19-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 17-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 14-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses layup
Ryan Gomes misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes layup (Brian Cardinal assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rodney Carney misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses three point jumper
Shelden Williams makes layup
Rodney Carney misses 20-foot jumper
Sebastian Telfair makes driving layup
Lamar Odom blocks Ryan Gomes's layup
Ryan Gomes makes jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Kevin Love makes layup (Ryan Gomes assists)
Ryan Gomes makes layup (Mike Miller assists)
Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 11-foot hook shot
Pau Gasol blocks Sebastian Telfair's layup
Ryan Gomes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Kevin Love misses layup
Mike Miller misses 21-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses layup
Kevin Love misses layup
Ryan Gomes misses tip shot
Ryan Gomes misses 16-foot jumper
Shelden Williams makes layup (Ryan Gomes assists)
Bobby Brown misses 22-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes makes 20-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Shelden Williams makes layup (Brian Cardinal assists)
Ryan Gomes misses layup
Pau Gasol blocks Shelden Williams's layup
Ryan Gomes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bobby Brown assists)
Bobby Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shelden Williams makes layup (Kevin Ollie assists)
Bobby Brown misses layup
Shelden Williams misses layup
Rodney Carney misses three point jumper
D.J. Mbenga blocks Rodney Carney's layup
D.J. Mbenga blocks Rodney Carney's layup
Shelden Williams makes layup (Kevin Ollie assists)
Sebastian Telfair makes three point jumper
Josh Powell blocks Kevin Love's layup
Kevin Love makes layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Bobby Brown makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kevin Ollie assists)
Rodney Carney misses 23-foot three point jumper
D.J. Mbenga blocks Shelden Williams's layup
D.J. Mbenga blocks Shelden Williams's layup
Bobby Brown makes 12-foot two point shot (Kevin Ollie assists)
Shannon Brown blocks Bobby Brown's slam dunk
Rodney Carney makes slam dunk (Bobby Brown assists)
Bobby Brown misses 22-foot jumper
D.J. Mbenga blocks Shelden Williams's layup
Shelden Williams misses dunk

TIMBERWOLVES

LAKERS

TIME		MIN	LAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Jason Collins vs. Pau Gasol (Lamar Odom gains possession)	0	0
11:52	Mike Miller blocks Luke Walton's layup	0	0
11:51	Kevin Love defensive rebound	0	0
11:40	Lamar Odom blocks Kevin Love's layup	0	0
11:37	Jason Collins offensive rebound	0	0
11:30	Sebastian Telfair misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:30	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	0	0
11:22	Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
11:22	Jason Collins defensive rebound	0	0
11:08	Ryan Gomes misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:07	Minnesota offensive rebound	0	0
10:53	Ryan Gomes misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:52	Jason Collins offensive rebound	0	0
10:48	Mike Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:47	Minnesota defensive rebound	0	0
10:27	Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper (Luke Walton assists)	0	2
10:06	Sebastian Telfair misses 13-foot jumper	0	2
10:03	Jason Collins offensive rebound	0	2
9:48	Kevin Love makes layup (Mike Miller assists)	2	2
9:32	Pau Gasol misses 16-foot jumper	2	2
9:30	Mike Miller defensive rebound	2	2
9:22	Kevin Love makes 20-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)	4	2
9:04	Kobe Bryant misses 27-foot three point jumper	4	2
9:03	Sebastian Telfair defensive rebound	4	2
8:55	Sebastian Telfair bad pass (Luke Walton steals)	4	2
8:48	Derek Fisher makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luke Walton assists)	4	5
8:22	Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper	4	5
8:21	Derek Fisher defensive rebound	4	5
8:08	Pau Gasol misses 7-foot two point shot	4	5
8:07	Kevin Love defensive rebound	4	5
7:54	Sebastian Telfair makes three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)	7	5
7:35	Pau Gasol makes layup	7	7
7:11	Ryan Gomes makes 21-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)	9	7
6:54	Derek Fisher makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)	9	9
6:35	Jason Collins misses 17-foot jumper	9	9
6:35	Minnesota defensive rebound	9	9
6:11	Derek Fisher misses 31-foot three point jumper	9	9
6:11	Los Angeles defensive rebound	9	9
5:54	Ryan Gomes makes 15-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)	11	9
5:37	Kevin Love shooting foul (Lamar Odom draws the foul)	11	9
5:37	Los Angeles full timeout	11	9
5:37	Lamar Odom misses free throw 1 of 2	11	9
5:37	Los Angeles offensive rebound	11	9
5:37	Lamar Odom misses free throw 2 of 2	11	9
5:37	Kevin Love defensive rebound	11	9
5:20	Mike Miller misses 21-foot jumper	11	9
5:18	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	11	9
5:07	Kobe Bryant bad pass	11	9
4:45	Sebastian Telfair makes 22-foot jumper (Jason Collins assists)	13	9
4:22	Pau Gasol misses 6-foot jumper	13	9
4:20	Jumpball: Jason Collins vs. Lamar Odom (Kevin Love gains possession)	13	9
4:20	Los Angeles defensive rebound	13	9
3:55	Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	9
3:54	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	13	9
3:46	Pau Gasol makes layup (Derek Fisher assists)	13	11
3:46	Ryan Gomes shooting foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	13	11
3:46	Trevor Ariza enters the game for Luke Walton	13	11
3:46	Jordan Farmar enters the game for Derek Fisher	13	11
3:46	Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 1	13	12
3:38	Trevor Ariza shooting foul (Jason Collins draws the foul)	13	12
3:38	Jason Collins misses free throw 1 of 2	13	12
3:38	Minnesota offensive rebound	13	12
3:38	Jason Collins misses free throw 2 of 2	13	12
3:36	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	13	12
3:29	Lamar Odom makes driving layup	13	14
3:15	Lamar Odom blocks Jason Collins's layup	13	14
3:14	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	13	14
3:08	Pau Gasol makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)	13	16
3:08	Jason Collins shooting foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	13	16
3:08	Rodney Carney enters the game for Mike Miller	13	16
3:08	Craig Smith enters the game for Jason Collins	13	16
3:08	Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 1	13	17
2:48	Rodney Carney misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	17
2:47	Jordan Farmar defensive rebound	13	17
2:40	Jordan Farmar makes 27-foot three point jumper	13	20
2:27	Sebastian Telfair makes layup	15	20
1:59	Trevor Ariza misses 17-foot jumper	15	20
1:58	Kevin Love defensive rebound	15	20
1:47	Minnesota full timeout	15	20
1:47	Bobby Brown enters the game for Sebastian Telfair	15	20
1:47	D.J. Mbenga enters the game for Pau Gasol	15	20
1:37	Rodney Carney misses 21-foot jumper	15	20
1:35	Minnesota defensive rebound	15	20
1:21	Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper	15	20
1:20	Rodney Carney defensive rebound	15	20
1:06	Kevin Love misses 8-foot jumper	15	20
1:05	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	15	20
49.2	D.J. Mbenga makes 6-foot two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)	15	22
39.9	Ryan Gomes makes layup (Craig Smith assists)	17	22
31.9	Jordan Farmar misses 12-foot jumper	17	22
30.6	Bobby Brown defensive rebound	17	22
15.9	Bobby Brown misses 21-foot jumper	17	22
14.9	Jordan Farmar defensive rebound	17	22
4.9	Jordan Farmar misses 29-foot three point jumper	17	22
3.9	Kevin Love defensive rebound	17	22
0.9	Ryan Gomes misses 51-foot three point jumper	17	22
0.0	Minnesota offensive rebound	17	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	22

Regular Season Series

LAL win 4-0

Timberwolves
86
Lakers
98

Game 1

15/12

Lakers
132
Timberwolves
119

Game 2

31/1

Lakers
111
Timberwolves
108

Game 3

23/2

Timberwolves
90
Lakers
110

Game 4

7/3

crypto.com Arena

3:30 AM, 7 March 2009

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
Mark Wunderlich
Mark Ayotte
Jack Nies

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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LAL win 4-0

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