Jazz 108-98 Timberwolves (22 Jan, 2012) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

7-9, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	26	26	29	17	98
UTAH	22	32	30	24	108

Utah Jazz

10-5, 8-2 home

108

Al Jefferson makes two point shot (Gordon Hayward assists)
Paul Millsap makes 7-foot two point shot (Devin Harris assists)
Devin Harris makes 19-foot jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Devin Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Paul Millsap makes 17-foot two point shot
Paul Millsap makes 18-foot jumper (Gordon Hayward assists)
Paul Millsap misses 21-foot jumper
Devin Harris makes 16-foot jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
Al Jefferson makes driving layup
Al Jefferson misses 4-foot jumper
Gordon Hayward misses 24-foot three point jumper
Paul Millsap misses 17-foot two point shot
Raja Bell makes 4-foot jumper
Raja Bell misses 22-foot jumper
Derrick Favors misses layup
Alec Burks makes 6-foot running jumper (C.J. Miles assists)
Alec Burks misses 28-foot three point jumper
C.J. Miles makes 25-foot three point jumper
Enes Kanter makes 17-foot jumper (Earl Watson assists)
C.J. Miles makes 21-foot jumper
C.J. Miles misses 25-foot three point jumper
C.J. Miles misses 24-foot three point jumper
Enes Kanter makes layup (Earl Watson assists)
Derrick Favors misses 17-foot jumper
Enes Kanter makes slam dunk (Earl Watson assists)
Alec Burks misses 2-foot two point shot
Paul Millsap misses jumper
Alec Burks misses layup
C.J. Miles makes two point shot (Earl Watson assists)
C.J. Miles misses layup
Alec Burks misses tip shot
Alec Burks makes tip shot
Earl Watson makes 25-foot three pointer (Gordon Hayward assists)
C.J. Miles misses 22-foot jumper
Paul Millsap makes layup
Al Jefferson misses 10-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Devin Harris makes driving layup
Devin Harris makes driving layup (Paul Millsap assists)
Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Gordon Hayward misses 24-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson misses jumper
Paul Millsap makes 17-foot jumper (Gordon Hayward assists)
Paul Millsap misses 12-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes tip shot
Paul Millsap makes 6-foot running jumper
Raja Bell makes 20-foot jumper (Gordon Hayward assists)
Al Jefferson misses 4-foot jumper
Paul Millsap misses tip shot
Al Jefferson misses tip shot
Al Jefferson makes tip shot
Gordon Hayward makes 18-foot jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
Raja Bell makes jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Al Jefferson misses two point shot
Al Jefferson makes 8-foot two point shot
C.J. Miles makes two point shot (Earl Watson assists)
Derrick Favors misses 20-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour blocks Alec Burks's 4-foot jumper
Alec Burks misses layup
C.J. Miles misses 30-foot three point jumper
C.J. Miles misses 12-foot two point shot
C.J. Miles misses 25-foot three point jumper
C.J. Miles makes 26-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
C.J. Miles misses 25-foot three point jumper
Paul Millsap makes dunk (C.J. Miles assists)
Paul Millsap makes layup (Earl Watson assists)
Paul Millsap makes 20-foot jumper
Earl Watson makes jumper
Al Jefferson misses 6-foot jumper
Paul Millsap makes 2-foot two point shot
Earl Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic blocks Gordon Hayward's 4-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic blocks Gordon Hayward's 4-foot jumper
Paul Millsap makes 17-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson makes 8-foot jumper (Gordon Hayward assists)
Paul Millsap misses jumper
Paul Millsap makes 3-foot jumper (Earl Watson assists)
Al Jefferson misses 16-foot jumper
Earl Watson makes 2-foot two point shot (Al Jefferson assists)
Darko Milicic makes 8-foot two point shot
Kevin Love misses 20-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 22-foot jumper
Wesley Johnson makes driving layup
Wesley Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 18-foot jumper
Darko Milicic makes 7-foot two point shot
Ricky Rubio misses 23-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses jumper
Kevin Love makes hook shot
Kevin Love makes 5-foot running jumper
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wesley Johnson assists)
Wesley Johnson makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Derrick Williams makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Derrick Williams misses 18-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio makes 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Favors blocks Nikola Pekovic's dunk
Ricky Rubio misses 21-foot jumper
Anthony Tolliver misses 24-foot three point jumper
C.J. Miles blocks Nikola Pekovic's 6-foot jumper
Derrick Favors blocks Nikola Pekovic's layup
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Tolliver misses 24-foot three point jumper
Wayne Ellington makes running jumper
Enes Kanter blocks Derrick Williams's 6-foot jumper
Wayne Ellington makes driving layup
Anthony Tolliver misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 18-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Williams makes layup
Derrick Williams makes layup (Wesley Johnson assists)
Wesley Johnson makes 16-foot jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses tip shot
Derrick Williams makes 22-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio makes 3-foot two point shot
Wayne Ellington makes slam dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love misses three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses running jumper
Darko Milicic misses tip shot
Darko Milicic misses 8-foot two point shot
Darko Milicic makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 4-foot jumper
Darko Milicic misses 8-foot two point shot
Darko Milicic makes layup
Kevin Love misses 6-foot two point shot
Darko Milicic makes tip shot
Ricky Rubio misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio makes driving layup
Wesley Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick Williams assists)
Kevin Love makes 4-foot jumper
Derrick Williams makes 2-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 11-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes 4-foot two point shot
Luke Ridnour makes three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Wayne Ellington misses 3-foot running jumper
Kevin Love misses 24-foot three point jumper
Derrick Williams makes layup
Wayne Ellington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 4-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses jumper
Luke Ridnour makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Wayne Ellington misses 21-foot jumper
Gordon Hayward blocks Derrick Williams's 13-foot jumper
Derrick Williams misses jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 22-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour makes 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 7-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio makes 17-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic misses 3-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 24-foot three point jumper
Wesley Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Derrick Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio makes 4-foot two point shot
Luke Ridnour misses 14-foot running jumper

TIMBERWOLVES

JAZZ

TIME		MIN	UTAH
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Darko Milicic vs. Al Jefferson (Paul Millsap gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Devin Harris traveling	0	0
11:27	Darko Milicic makes 8-foot two point shot	2	0
11:15	Paul Millsap bad pass (Ricky Rubio steals)	2	0
11:14	Paul Millsap personal foul (Ricky Rubio draws the foul)	2	0
11:02	Kevin Love misses 20-foot jumper	2	0
11:02	Minnesota defensive team rebound	2	0
10:40	Al Jefferson makes two point shot (Gordon Hayward assists)	2	2
10:26	Kevin Love misses 22-foot jumper	2	2
10:25	Devin Harris defensive rebound	2	2
10:15	Paul Millsap makes 7-foot two point shot (Devin Harris assists)	2	4
10:04	Wesley Johnson makes driving layup	4	4
10:04	Gordon Hayward shooting foul (Wesley Johnson draws the foul)	4	4
10:04	Wesley Johnson makes free throw 1 of 1	5	4
9:49	Devin Harris makes 19-foot jumper (Al Jefferson assists)	5	6
9:34	Wesley Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)	8	6
9:11	Paul Millsap bad pass (Ricky Rubio steals)	8	6
8:52	Ricky Rubio misses 18-foot jumper	8	6
8:51	Paul Millsap defensive rebound	8	6
8:41	Devin Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper	8	6
8:40	Kevin Love defensive rebound	8	6
8:26	Darko Milicic makes 7-foot two point shot	10	6
8:08	Paul Millsap makes 17-foot two point shot	10	8
7:47	Ricky Rubio misses 23-foot jumper	10	8
7:45	Raja Bell defensive rebound	10	8
7:26	Paul Millsap makes 18-foot jumper (Gordon Hayward assists)	10	10
7:03	Kevin Love misses jumper	10	10
7:01	Kevin Love offensive rebound	10	10
7:00	Kevin Love makes hook shot	12	10
6:43	Gordon Hayward lost ball (Wesley Johnson steals)	12	10
6:39	Kevin Love offensive charge (Raja Bell draws the foul)	12	10
6:39	Kevin Love turnover	12	10
6:26	Paul Millsap misses 21-foot jumper	12	10
6:24	Darko Milicic defensive rebound	12	10
6:09	Kevin Love makes 5-foot running jumper	14	10
5:56	Devin Harris makes 16-foot jumper (Paul Millsap assists)	14	12
5:35	Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	12
5:35	Minnesota defensive team rebound	14	12
5:35	Utah full timeout	14	12
5:20	Al Jefferson makes driving layup	14	14
4:56	Raja Bell kicked ball	14	14
4:43	Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wesley Johnson assists)	17	14
4:22	Al Jefferson misses 4-foot jumper	17	14
4:22	Paul Millsap offensive rebound	17	14
4:22	Kevin Love shooting foul (Paul Millsap draws the foul)	17	14
4:22	Paul Millsap makes free throw 1 of 2	17	15
4:22	Derrick Williams enters the game for Kevin Love	17	15
4:22	Paul Millsap makes free throw 2 of 2	17	16
4:15	Ricky Rubio bad pass	17	16
3:58	Gordon Hayward misses 24-foot three point jumper	17	16
3:56	Derrick Williams defensive rebound	17	16
3:42	Derrick Williams lost ball (Devin Harris steals)	17	16
3:39	Devin Harris bad pass (Ricky Rubio steals)	17	16
3:33	Wesley Johnson makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)	19	16
3:11	Paul Millsap misses 17-foot two point shot	19	16
3:10	Ricky Rubio defensive rebound	19	16
3:02	Derrick Williams makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)	21	16
2:43	Derrick Williams shooting foul (Al Jefferson draws the foul)	21	16
2:43	Minnesota full timeout	21	16
2:43	Earl Watson enters the game for Devin Harris	21	16
2:43	Derrick Favors enters the game for Paul Millsap	21	16
2:43	C.J. Miles enters the game for Gordon Hayward	21	16
2:43	Al Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2	21	17
2:43	Al Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2	21	18
2:30	Raja Bell shooting foul (Luke Ridnour draws the foul)	21	18
2:30	Luke Ridnour misses free throw 1 of 2	21	18
2:30	Minnesota offensive team rebound	21	18
2:30	Luke Ridnour makes free throw 2 of 2	22	18
2:16	Raja Bell makes 4-foot jumper	22	20
1:54	Luke Ridnour bad pass (Derrick Favors steals)	22	20
1:47	Wesley Johnson shooting foul (C.J. Miles draws the foul)	22	20
1:47	C.J. Miles misses free throw 1 of 2	22	20
1:47	Utah offensive team rebound	22	20
1:47	Wayne Ellington enters the game for Luke Ridnour	22	20
1:47	Nikola Pekovic enters the game for Darko Milicic	22	20
1:47	Enes Kanter enters the game for Al Jefferson	22	20
1:47	C.J. Miles misses free throw 2 of 2	22	20
1:47	Wesley Johnson defensive rebound	22	20
1:31	Earl Watson shooting foul (Derrick Williams draws the foul)	22	20
1:31	Derrick Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	23	20
1:31	Derrick Williams misses free throw 2 of 2	23	20
1:30	Derrick Favors defensive rebound	23	20
1:19	Raja Bell misses 22-foot jumper	23	20
1:15	Derrick Favors offensive rebound	23	20
1:15	Derrick Favors misses layup	23	20
1:12	Derrick Williams defensive rebound	23	20
55.9	Derrick Williams misses 18-foot jumper	23	20
54.9	C.J. Miles defensive rebound	23	20
40.3	Derrick Favors traveling	23	20
40.3	Alec Burks enters the game for Raja Bell	23	20
40.3	Anthony Tolliver enters the game for Wesley Johnson	23	20
32.3	Nikola Pekovic offensive foul (Earl Watson draws the foul)	23	20
32.3	Nikola Pekovic turnover	23	20
19.3	Alec Burks makes 6-foot running jumper (C.J. Miles assists)	23	22
3.1	Ricky Rubio makes 25-foot three point jumper	26	22
0.2	Alec Burks misses 28-foot three point jumper	26	22
0.0	Utah offensive team rebound	26	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	22

Regular Season Series

UTAH leads 1-0

Timberwolves
98
Jazz
108

Game 1

22/1

Jazz
98
Timberwolves
100

Game 2

23/2

Timberwolves
105
Jazz
111

Game 3

16/3

Delta Center

2:00 AM, 22 January 2012

Salt Lake City, UT

Attendance: 19,911

Referees:
James Capers
Tony Brown
Marat Kogut

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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