Thunder 97-90 Timberwolves (22 Mar, 2009) Play-by-Play

Oklahoma City Thunder

20-50, 6-28 away

	1	2	3	4	T
OKC	26	31	27	13	97
MIN	16	23	14	37	90

Minnesota Timberwolves

20-50, 10-26 home

Kevin Love misses layup
Ryan Gomes misses 19-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses 3-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 5-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 7-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes 5-foot two point shot
Randy Foye makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses jumper
Kevin Love makes 6-foot hook shot (Mike Miller assists)
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 6-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes layup
Russell Westbrook blocks Sebastian Telfair's 18-foot jumper
Nenad Krstic blocks Randy Foye's layup
Ryan Gomes misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses jumper
Ryan Gomes misses layup
Ryan Gomes makes tip shot
Sebastian Telfair makes 21-foot jumper (Brian Cardinal assists)
Ryan Gomes makes 19-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 22-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 17-foot jumper
Craig Smith misses 4-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses layup
Craig Smith misses layup
Rodney Carney misses 25-foot three point jumper
Craig Smith makes 15-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Craig Smith makes 4-foot jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Rodney Carney misses 26-foot three point jumper
Craig Smith makes running jumper
Sebastian Telfair makes 22-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook blocks Craig Smith's 3-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses layup
Craig Smith misses 5-foot jumper
Craig Smith makes layup
Craig Smith makes 16-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Craig Smith misses layup
Kevin Love makes 5-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)
Kevin Love misses 16-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses layup
Sebastian Telfair misses jumper
Mike Miller misses tip shot
Kevin Love misses 19-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes makes 11-foot running jumper
Ryan Gomes makes driving layup
Randy Foye misses 24-foot three point jumper
Craig Smith makes driving layup (Randy Foye assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 17-foot jumper
Craig Smith misses 4-foot jumper
Bobby Brown misses 4-foot jumper
Bobby Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Craig Smith makes two point shot
Rodney Carney makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bobby Brown assists)
Craig Smith makes running jumper
Rodney Carney misses 21-foot jumper
Rodney Carney makes 20-foot jumper (Bobby Brown assists)
Bobby Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Craig Smith assists)
Bobby Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Ollie assists)
Kevin Love misses layup
Kevin Love makes 17-foot jumper (Bobby Brown assists)
Kevin Ollie misses 11-foot jumper
Bobby Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 22-foot jumper
Rodney Carney makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Bobby Brown makes dunk
Rodney Carney makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Ollie assists)
Rodney Carney misses three point jumper
Shelden Williams makes tip shot
Shelden Williams makes 21-foot jumper (Bobby Brown assists)
Kevin Love misses 6-foot jumper
Bobby Brown makes driving layup
Rodney Carney makes slam dunk (Kevin Ollie assists)
Kevin Ollie makes running jumper
Rodney Carney misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rodney Carney makes two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses 5-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 5-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook misses tip shot
Nenad Krstic misses 5-foot jumper
Nenad Krstic misses 22-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha makes layup (Jeff Green assists)
Thabo Sefolosha makes driving layup (Kevin Durant assists)
Nenad Krstic misses 18-foot jumper
Kevin Durant makes 20-foot jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
Jeff Green makes 20-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Jeff Green misses 12-foot jumper
Kevin Durant makes 17-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha misses 14-foot jumper
Kevin Durant makes 8-foot running jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Nenad Krstic makes 4-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Jeff Green misses 16-foot jumper
Jeff Green makes driving dunk (Kevin Durant assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 17-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins makes two point shot
Jeff Green makes dunk (Kevin Durant assists)
Chucky Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
Thabo Sefolosha misses 17-foot jumper
Kevin Durant misses jumper
Kevin Durant misses 14-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins makes 18-foot jumper
Kevin Durant makes driving layup
Malik Rose makes layup (Nick Collison assists)
Kyle Weaver makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists)
Nick Collison misses 4-foot jumper
Nick Collison misses 4-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 10-foot jumper
Kyle Weaver makes 22-foot jumper (Jeff Green assists)
Chucky Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Durant makes 8-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Russell Westbrook makes driving dunk
Jeff Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Nick Collison misses 4-foot jumper
Nenad Krstic makes driving layup
Jeff Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
Craig Smith blocks Kevin Durant's jumper
Kevin Durant misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Durant misses layup
Nenad Krstic misses two point shot
Nenad Krstic makes 21-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Thabo Sefolosha misses 6-foot jumper
Jeff Green makes two point shot
Nenad Krstic misses 15-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Durant misses 6-foot jumper
Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Durant makes two point shot
Nenad Krstic misses jumper
Thabo Sefolosha makes two point shot
Kevin Durant misses layup
Kevin Durant makes two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses jumper
Nenad Krstic misses jumper
Jeff Green makes two point shot (Kevin Durant assists)
Nenad Krstic makes 18-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Kevin Durant makes 17-foot jumper
Kevin Durant makes driving dunk
Kevin Durant makes 17-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Nick Collison makes 18-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Kevin Durant makes 20-foot jumper
Nick Collison misses 6-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 23-foot jumper
Kyle Weaver misses 14-foot jumper
Malik Rose makes 20-foot jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Nick Collison makes 19-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Chucky Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nick Collison misses 20-foot jumper
Malik Rose misses 17-foot jumper
Malik Rose misses 16-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins misses layup
Chucky Atkins misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Durant makes 3-foot two point shot (Chucky Atkins assists)
Thabo Sefolosha misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Durant makes three point jumper
Chucky Atkins misses 17-foot jumper
Kevin Durant misses 7-foot jumper
Kevin Durant misses 18-foot jumper
Kevin Durant misses 16-foot jumper

THUNDER

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		OKC	MIN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Jeff Green vs. Kevin Love (Kevin Durant gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Russell Westbrook misses 5-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	Russell Westbrook offensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Russell Westbrook misses 5-foot jumper	0	0
11:32	Russell Westbrook offensive rebound	0	0
11:32	Russell Westbrook misses tip shot	0	0
11:30	Mike Miller defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	Kevin Love misses layup	0	0
11:17	Jeff Green defensive rebound	0	0
11:03	Nenad Krstic misses 5-foot jumper	0	0
11:02	Kevin Love defensive rebound	0	0
10:51	Ryan Gomes misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
10:49	Thabo Sefolosha defensive rebound	0	0
10:37	Nenad Krstic misses 22-foot jumper	0	0
10:36	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	0	0
10:15	Mike Miller misses 3-foot jumper	0	0
10:14	Ryan Gomes offensive rebound	0	0
10:11	Ryan Gomes misses 5-foot jumper	0	0
10:10	Mike Miller offensive rebound	0	0
10:08	Nenad Krstic shooting foul (Mike Miller draws the foul)	0	0
10:08	Mike Miller makes free throw 1 of 2	0	1
10:08	Mike Miller misses free throw 2 of 2	0	1
10:07	Kevin Durant defensive rebound	0	1
9:52	Thabo Sefolosha makes layup (Jeff Green assists)	2	1
9:33	Kevin Love misses 7-foot jumper	2	1
9:30	Nenad Krstic defensive rebound	2	1
9:25	Thabo Sefolosha makes driving layup (Kevin Durant assists)	4	1
9:25	Kevin Love shooting foul (Thabo Sefolosha draws the foul)	4	1
9:25	Thabo Sefolosha makes free throw 1 of 1	5	1
9:03	Randy Foye makes 5-foot two point shot	5	3
8:42	Nenad Krstic misses 18-foot jumper	5	3
8:41	Thabo Sefolosha offensive rebound	5	3
8:37	Kevin Durant makes 20-foot jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)	7	3
8:19	Randy Foye makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)	7	6
8:04	Jeff Green makes 20-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)	9	6
7:47	Ryan Gomes misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	6
7:46	Kevin Love offensive rebound	9	6
7:41	Kevin Love misses jumper	9	6
7:41	Thabo Sefolosha defensive rebound	9	6
7:31	Jeff Green misses 12-foot jumper	9	6
7:31	Mike Miller defensive rebound	9	6
7:20	Kevin Love makes 6-foot hook shot (Mike Miller assists)	9	8
7:01	Kevin Durant makes 17-foot jumper	11	8
6:45	Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	8
6:43	Jeff Green defensive rebound	11	8
6:26	Thabo Sefolosha misses 14-foot jumper	11	8
6:24	Mike Miller defensive rebound	11	8
6:15	Ryan Gomes misses 6-foot jumper	11	8
6:13	Randy Foye offensive rebound	11	8
6:11	Randy Foye makes layup	11	10
5:56	Kevin Durant makes 8-foot running jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)	13	10
5:43	Russell Westbrook blocks Sebastian Telfair's 18-foot jumper	13	10
5:43	Thabo Sefolosha defensive rebound	13	10
5:43	Sebastian Telfair personal foul (Thabo Sefolosha draws the foul)	13	10
5:43	Minnesota full timeout	13	10
5:31	Nenad Krstic makes 4-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)	15	10
5:13	Kevin Durant jump ball	15	10
5:03	Mike Miller bad pass	15	10
4:41	Jeff Green misses 16-foot jumper	15	10
4:39	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	15	10
4:28	Nenad Krstic blocks Randy Foye's layup	15	10
4:26	Nenad Krstic defensive rebound	15	10
4:20	Jeff Green makes driving dunk (Kevin Durant assists)	17	10
3:55	Ryan Gomes misses 22-foot jumper	17	10
3:53	Nenad Krstic defensive rebound	17	10
3:47	Russell Westbrook misses 17-foot jumper	17	10
3:47	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	17	10
3:33	Kevin Love misses jumper	17	10
3:32	Ryan Gomes offensive rebound	17	10
3:31	Ryan Gomes misses layup	17	10
3:30	Ryan Gomes offensive rebound	17	12
3:30	Ryan Gomes makes tip shot	17	12
3:16	Randy Foye personal foul (Thabo Sefolosha draws the foul)	17	12
3:16	Chucky Atkins enters the game for Russell Westbrook	17	12
3:01	Chucky Atkins makes two point shot	19	12
2:43	Sebastian Telfair bad pass (Thabo Sefolosha steals)	19	12
2:38	Jeff Green makes dunk (Kevin Durant assists)	21	12
2:36	Minnesota 20 Sec. timeout	21	12
2:36	Oklahoma City full timeout	21	12
2:36	Craig Smith enters the game for Kevin Love	21	12
2:36	Brian Cardinal enters the game for Randy Foye	21	12
2:36	Nick Collison enters the game for Jeff Green	21	12
2:18	Sebastian Telfair makes 21-foot jumper (Brian Cardinal assists)	21	14
1:59	Chucky Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Thabo Sefolosha assists)	24	14
1:39	Ryan Gomes makes 19-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)	24	16
1:20	Thabo Sefolosha misses 17-foot jumper	24	16
1:19	Craig Smith defensive rebound	24	16
1:01	Ryan Gomes bad pass (Nenad Krstic steals)	24	16
55.9	Kevin Durant misses jumper	24	16
53.9	Kevin Durant offensive rebound	24	16
52.0	Malik Rose enters the game for Nenad Krstic	24	16
52.0	Kyle Weaver enters the game for Thabo Sefolosha	24	16
49.9	Kevin Durant misses 14-foot jumper	24	16
41.9	Craig Smith defensive rebound	24	16
27.8	Sebastian Telfair misses 22-foot three point jumper	24	16
26.9	Malik Rose defensive rebound	24	16
5.2	Chucky Atkins makes 18-foot jumper	26	16
0.4	Ryan Gomes misses 17-foot jumper	26	16
0.0	Minnesota offensive rebound	26	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	16

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Timberwolves
85
Thunder
88

Game 1

3/11

Timberwolves
105
Thunder
103

Game 2

29/11

Thunder
87
Timberwolves
129

Game 3

8/1

Thunder
97
Timberwolves
90

Game 4

22/3

Target Center

7:30 PM, 22 March 2009

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 18,561

Referees:
Ken Mauer
Sean Corbin
Tommy Nunez Jr.

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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