Hornets 96-94 Timberwolves (23 Jan, 2010) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

23-19, 7-15 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	26	27	21	22	96
MIN	24	29	18	23	94

Minnesota Timberwolves

9-35, 6-17 home

Jonny Flynn makes 11-foot running jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)
Corey Brewer misses driving layup
Jonny Flynn makes driving layup
Ryan Gomes misses 17-foot jumper
Corey Brewer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Damien Wilkins makes jumper (Jonny Flynn assists)
Jonny Flynn misses 21-foot jumper
Corey Brewer misses 26-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson misses 7-foot two point shot
Corey Brewer misses 16-foot jumper
Corey Brewer makes driving layup (Damien Wilkins assists)
Jonny Flynn makes 20-foot two point shot
Wayne Ellington makes 19-foot jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)
Damien Wilkins misses 13-foot jumper
Jonny Flynn makes 20-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)
Sasha Pavlovic makes driving layup
Kevin Love makes two point shot (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper
Ramon Sessions misses 9-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes 5-foot jumper (Sasha Pavlovic assists)
Al Jefferson makes layup (Ramon Sessions assists)
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Ryan Gomes misses 6-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson makes layup (Wayne Ellington assists)
Sasha Pavlovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes layup
Al Jefferson misses 19-foot jumper
Corey Brewer misses three point jumper
Kevin Love misses jumper
Ryan Hollins makes two point shot
Kevin Love makes layup (Damien Wilkins assists)
Jonny Flynn makes driving layup
Kevin Love misses 12-foot jumper
Damien Wilkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 24-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson misses 4-foot hook shot
Jonny Flynn misses 18-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson makes layup
Jonny Flynn makes 6-foot two point shot
Ryan Gomes misses 19-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses jumper
Al Jefferson misses 11-foot jumper
Jonny Flynn misses driving layup
Al Jefferson makes 8-foot jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
Jonny Flynn makes 18-foot two point shot
Jonny Flynn makes 22-foot three point jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
Al Jefferson misses 14-foot jumper
Corey Brewer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Al Jefferson misses 9-foot jumper
Corey Brewer misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jonny Flynn misses 9-foot running jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Wayne Ellington misses 16-foot jumper
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup (Brian Cardinal assists)
Ryan Hollins makes layup (Ramon Sessions assists)
Julian Wright blocks Ramon Sessions's layup
Sasha Pavlovic misses 21-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson makes 5-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Wayne Ellington misses 22-foot jumper
Sasha Pavlovic misses 13-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson misses 12-foot two point shot
Kevin Love misses 9-foot jumper
Ramon Sessions misses 8-foot running jumper
Al Jefferson makes jumper
Al Jefferson makes layup
Corey Brewer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Ramon Sessions misses 20-foot jumper
Brian Cardinal misses 18-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes slam dunk (Damien Wilkins assists)
Corey Brewer makes 18-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses 9-foot jumper
Corey Brewer misses 21-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses 16-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson makes layup (Kevin Love assists)
Jonny Flynn makes driving layup
Peja Stojakovic misses three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 10-foot jumper (David West assists)
Chris Paul makes 17-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes 9-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
David West misses 10-foot running jumper
Devin Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 22-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 20-foot two point shot
Corey Brewer blocks Devin Brown's layup
David West makes jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 17-foot two point shot
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 14-foot two point shot
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darius Songaila makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Marcus Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marcus Thornton misses 16-foot jumper
Darius Songaila misses 20-foot jumper
James Posey makes layup
Julian Wright misses 8-foot jumper
Darius Songaila misses 19-foot jumper
Darren Collison makes layup
Darren Collison misses layup
Julian Wright makes tip shot
Darren Collison makes 15-foot two point shot
Corey Brewer blocks Darius Songaila's layup
David West makes layup (Darren Collison assists)
Darren Collison misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Posey makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Julian Wright makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
Darius Songaila makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Darius Songaila misses 21-foot jumper
Devin Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darius Songaila makes 6-foot jumper
James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darius Songaila makes layup (Emeka Okafor assists)
Devin Brown misses 21-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 17-foot jumper
Darius Songaila misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 20-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic makes 5-foot running jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Devin Brown makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 11-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 23-foot three point jumper (Darius Songaila assists)
Darren Collison makes driving layup
James Posey misses three point jumper
Darren Collison misses 20-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 21-foot jumper (Darren Collison assists)
Kevin Love blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Darren Collison makes 10-foot two point shot
Marcus Thornton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Darren Collison assists)
Julian Wright makes driving layup (Darren Collison assists)
Marcus Thornton misses 20-foot jumper
Marcus Thornton makes 6-foot jumper (Emeka Okafor assists)
Marcus Thornton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor makes 5-foot two point shot (James Posey assists)
Julian Wright misses layup
Al Jefferson blocks Julian Wright's 5-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 25-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor misses 12-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses driving layup
James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Corey Brewer blocks Darren Collison's layup
James Posey makes driving layup

HORNETS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		NO	MIN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Emeka Okafor vs. Al Jefferson (Corey Brewer gains possession)	0	0
11:33	Jonny Flynn makes 11-foot running jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)	0	2
11:08	David West lost ball (Jonny Flynn steals)	0	2
11:00	Corey Brewer misses driving layup	0	2
10:59	Chris Paul defensive rebound	0	2
10:59	Corey Brewer personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	0	2
10:47	Damien Wilkins personal foul (Peja Stojakovic draws the foul)	0	2
10:36	Peja Stojakovic misses three point jumper	0	2
10:33	Jonny Flynn defensive rebound	0	2
10:27	Jonny Flynn makes driving layup	0	4
10:12	Chris Paul makes 10-foot jumper (David West assists)	2	4
9:56	Corey Brewer bad pass	2	4
9:48	Chris Paul makes 17-foot jumper	4	4
9:32	Ryan Gomes misses 17-foot jumper	4	4
9:30	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	4	4
9:17	Emeka Okafor makes 9-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	6	4
8:57	Corey Brewer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Al Jefferson assists)	6	7
8:40	Peja Stojakovic misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	7
8:37	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	6	7
8:22	Damien Wilkins makes jumper (Jonny Flynn assists)	6	9
8:07	David West misses 10-foot running jumper	6	9
8:07	David West offensive rebound	6	9
8:06	Ryan Gomes shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	6	9
8:06	David West makes free throw 1 of 2	7	9
8:06	David West makes free throw 2 of 2	8	9
7:54	Jonny Flynn misses 21-foot jumper	8	9
7:54	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	8	9
7:43	Devin Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	11	9
7:22	Corey Brewer misses 26-foot three point jumper	11	9
7:20	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	11	9
7:13	Chris Paul makes driving layup	13	9
6:52	Al Jefferson bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	13	9
6:35	Al Jefferson shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	13	9
6:35	Kevin Love enters the game for Ryan Gomes	13	9
6:35	David West makes free throw 1 of 2	14	9
6:35	Minnesota full timeout	14	9
6:35	David West makes free throw 2 of 2	15	9
6:13	Al Jefferson misses 7-foot two point shot	15	9
6:13	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	15	9
5:52	Peja Stojakovic misses 22-foot three point jumper	15	9
5:50	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound	15	9
5:48	shot clock violation	15	9
5:35	Corey Brewer misses 16-foot jumper	15	9
5:33	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	15	9
5:28	Chris Paul misses 20-foot two point shot	15	9
5:26	Corey Brewer defensive rebound	15	9
5:22	Chris Paul personal foul (Jonny Flynn draws the foul)	15	9
5:15	Al Jefferson 3 second	15	9
4:58	Corey Brewer blocks Devin Brown's layup	15	9
4:58	Kevin Love defensive rebound	15	9
4:52	Corey Brewer makes driving layup (Damien Wilkins assists)	15	11
4:41	Jonny Flynn shooting foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	15	11
4:41	Chris Paul misses free throw 1 of 2	15	11
4:41	New Orleans offensive rebound	15	11
4:41	Wayne Ellington enters the game for Corey Brewer	15	11
4:41	Ryan Hollins enters the game for Al Jefferson	15	11
4:41	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	16	11
4:30	Jonny Flynn makes 20-foot two point shot	16	13
4:18	David West makes jumper (Chris Paul assists)	18	13
4:07	Wayne Ellington makes 19-foot jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)	18	15
3:54	Chris Paul makes 17-foot two point shot	20	15
3:34	Damien Wilkins misses 13-foot jumper	20	15
3:33	Damien Wilkins offensive rebound	20	15
3:17	Damien Wilkins turnover	20	15
3:04	David West offensive foul (Ryan Hollins draws the foul)	20	15
3:04	David West turnover	20	15
2:47	Jonny Flynn makes 20-foot jumper	20	17
2:35	David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	22	17
2:18	Kevin Love makes jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)	22	19
2:18	David West shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	22	19
2:18	New Orleans full timeout	22	19
2:18	Ramon Sessions enters the game for Jonny Flynn	22	19
2:18	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Damien Wilkins	22	19
2:18	Darius Songaila enters the game for David West	22	19
2:18	Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 1	22	20
2:08	Darius Songaila bad pass (Sasha Pavlovic steals)	22	20
2:02	Sasha Pavlovic makes driving layup	22	22
1:43	Chris Paul makes 14-foot two point shot	24	22
1:31	Ryan Hollins offensive foul (Darius Songaila draws the foul)	24	22
1:31	Ryan Hollins turnover	24	22
1:31	Marcus Thornton enters the game for Devin Brown	24	22
1:15	Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper	24	22
1:14	Kevin Love defensive rebound	24	22
1:04	Kevin Love makes two point shot (Sasha Pavlovic assists)	24	24
50.2	Darius Songaila makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	26	24
29.8	Ryan Hollins traveling	26	24
6.9	Marcus Thornton misses 25-foot three point jumper	26	24
5.9	Kevin Love defensive rebound	26	24
2.3	Marcus Thornton personal foul (Ramon Sessions draws the foul)	26	24
0.7	Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper	26	24
0.0	Minnesota offensive rebound	26	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	24

Regular Season Series

NO leads 3-0

Timberwolves
89
Hornets
98

Game 1

5/12

Hornets
97
Timberwolves
96

Game 2

10/12

Hornets
96
Timberwolves
94

Game 3

23/1

Timberwolves
86
Hornets
114

Game 4

12/4

Target Center

1:00 AM, 23 January 2010

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 17,101

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Derrick Collins
Curtis Blair

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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