Timberwolves 120-108 Rockets (31 Jan, 2012) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

10-11, 5-4 away

120

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	26	28	42	24	120
HOU	24	32	25	27	108

Houston Rockets

12-9, 9-3 home

108

Kevin Martin misses 6-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 9-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses layup
Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Samuel Dalembert misses 11-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons misses 12-foot two point shot
Samuel Dalembert makes tip shot
Kevin Martin makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)
Kyle Lowry makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
Kyle Lowry misses layup
Chandler Parsons misses layup
Chandler Parsons makes 12-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Courtney Lee makes driving layup
Luis Scola makes layup (Chase Budinger assists)
Jordan Hill makes 17-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Jordan Hill misses 8-foot hook shot
Courtney Lee misses 35-foot three point running jumper
Chase Budinger makes 21-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Patrick Patterson makes 14-foot jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
Jordan Hill makes 11-foot two point shot
Jordan Hill makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic makes layup (Chase Budinger assists)
Chase Budinger makes 11-foot two point shot
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 6-foot two point shot
Patrick Patterson makes 9-foot two point shot
Patrick Patterson makes jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Jordan Hill makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Kevin Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper
Jordan Hill misses 14-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons misses running jumper
Kyle Lowry misses layup
Kevin Martin makes 16-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Samuel Dalembert makes layup
Kyle Lowry makes 11-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin misses 13-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons makes driving layup
Chandler Parsons misses layup
Kevin Martin misses 18-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes two point shot
Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
Samuel Dalembert misses 15-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes 22-foot jumper (Chandler Parsons assists)
Kevin Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry makes layup
Luis Scola misses 7-foot two point shot
Patrick Patterson makes 15-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Kevin Martin makes 26-foot three point jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes layup (Samuel Dalembert assists)
Goran Dragic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic makes 6-foot running jumper
Goran Dragic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Tolliver blocks Chandler Parsons's 6-foot jumper
Martell Webster blocks Kyle Lowry's layup
Martell Webster blocks Kyle Lowry's layup
Courtney Lee misses 18-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee makes 22-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic misses 5-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 24-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic misses 11-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 7-foot hook shot
Chandler Parsons misses 18-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses three point jumper
Chase Budinger makes 22-foot three point jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Courtney Lee makes 18-foot two point shot
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 18-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 11-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Kevin Martin makes dunk (Chase Budinger assists)
Chase Budinger makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee misses layup
Samuel Dalembert misses tip shot
Goran Dragic misses 23-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour makes 6-foot running jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love makes 19-foot jumper
Wesley Johnson misses 6-foot jumper
Wesley Johnson misses three point jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 18-foot jumper
Wesley Johnson makes 19-foot jumper
Wesley Johnson makes two point shot
Ricky Rubio misses 21-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour makes 14-foot two point shot
Kevin Love misses 22-foot three point jumper
Michael Beasley makes 19-foot two point shot
Michael Beasley misses 6-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 5-foot jumper
Anthony Randolph makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Wayne Ellington makes 6-foot running jumper
Michael Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Michael Beasley makes 10-foot two point shot
Patrick Patterson blocks Derrick Williams's layup
Michael Beasley makes driving layup
Michael Beasley makes 10-foot two point shot
Wayne Ellington misses 11-foot jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Randolph makes two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Anthony Randolph misses 17-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 18-foot jumper
Michael Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Michael Beasley makes 18-foot two point shot
Martell Webster makes layup
Kevin Love misses 17-foot two point shot
Martell Webster makes driving layup
Ricky Rubio makes layup (Michael Beasley assists)
Ricky Rubio makes driving layup
Kevin Love misses layup
Kevin Love makes tip shot
Ricky Rubio makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Samuel Dalembert blocks Wesley Johnson's layup
Ricky Rubio makes 7-foot running jumper
Wesley Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 19-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love makes three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Luke Ridnour makes 10-foot running jumper
Samuel Dalembert blocks Nikola Pekovic's layup
Luke Ridnour misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes hook shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Ricky Rubio makes driving layup
Michael Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Samuel Dalembert blocks Michael Beasley's layup
Samuel Dalembert blocks Michael Beasley's 10-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic misses layup
Nikola Pekovic makes layup
Kevin Love makes driving layup
Martell Webster makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Michael Beasley makes jumper
Michael Beasley makes 15-foot jumper (Martell Webster assists)
Martell Webster misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour makes driving layup
Wesley Johnson misses 19-foot jumper
Michael Beasley makes driving layup
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses layup
Kevin Love makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love makes 21-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 22-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 6-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses three point jumper
Kevin Love makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour makes 17-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)

TIMBERWOLVES

ROCKETS

TIME		MIN	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Nikola Pekovic vs. Samuel Dalembert (Kevin Martin gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Kevin Martin misses 6-foot jumper	0	0
11:42	Ricky Rubio defensive rebound	0	0
11:37	Wesley Johnson bad pass (Kevin Martin steals)	0	0
11:27	Luis Scola misses 9-foot jumper	0	0
11:26	Kevin Love defensive rebound	0	0
11:11	Luke Ridnour makes 6-foot running jumper	2	0
10:52	Luis Scola misses layup	2	0
10:48	Wesley Johnson defensive rebound	2	0
10:33	Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)	4	0
10:11	Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	0
10:11	Nikola Pekovic defensive rebound	4	0
9:52	Samuel Dalembert kicked ball	4	0
9:47	Kevin Love makes 19-foot jumper	6	0
9:30	Samuel Dalembert misses 11-foot jumper	6	0
9:29	Luke Ridnour defensive rebound	6	0
9:21	Wesley Johnson misses 6-foot jumper	6	0
9:19	Kyle Lowry defensive rebound	6	0
9:10	Samuel Dalembert offensive foul (Ricky Rubio draws the foul)	6	0
9:10	Samuel Dalembert turnover	6	0
8:51	Wesley Johnson misses three point jumper	6	0
8:48	Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound	6	0
8:45	Luis Scola personal foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	6	0
8:37	Nikola Pekovic offensive foul (Kyle Lowry draws the foul)	6	0
8:37	Nikola Pekovic turnover	6	0
8:26	Kyle Lowry makes driving layup	6	2
8:21	Ricky Rubio bad pass	6	2
8:10	Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)	6	4
7:56	Nikola Pekovic bad pass	6	4
7:41	Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper	6	4
7:39	Ricky Rubio defensive rebound	6	4
7:33	Luke Ridnour misses 18-foot jumper	6	4
7:31	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	6	4
7:22	Nikola Pekovic shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	6	4
7:22	Kevin Martin makes free throw 1 of 2	6	5
7:22	Anthony Randolph enters the game for Nikola Pekovic	6	5
7:22	Kevin Martin misses free throw 2 of 2	6	5
7:22	Ricky Rubio defensive rebound	6	5
7:05	Wesley Johnson makes 19-foot jumper	8	5
6:58	Wesley Johnson kicked ball	8	5
6:52	Chandler Parsons makes layup (Luis Scola assists)	8	7
6:39	Kyle Lowry personal foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	8	7
6:31	Wesley Johnson makes two point shot	10	7
6:18	Luke Ridnour shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	10	7
6:18	Kevin Martin misses free throw 1 of 2	10	7
6:18	Houston offensive team rebound	10	7
6:18	Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	10	8
6:09	Ricky Rubio misses 21-foot jumper	10	8
6:09	Minnesota defensive team rebound	10	8
6:00	Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper	10	8
5:58	Anthony Randolph defensive rebound	10	8
5:48	Samuel Dalembert illegal defense foul	10	8
5:48	Houston full timeout	10	8
5:48	Luke Ridnour makes technical free throw	11	8
5:39	Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	8
5:37	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	11	8
5:26	Chandler Parsons misses 12-foot two point shot	11	8
5:24	Samuel Dalembert offensive rebound	11	10
5:24	Samuel Dalembert makes tip shot	11	10
5:07	Samuel Dalembert shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	11	10
5:07	Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2	11	10
5:07	Minnesota offensive team rebound	11	10
5:07	Jordan Hill enters the game for Samuel Dalembert	11	10
5:07	Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2	12	10
5:00	Kevin Martin makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)	12	12
5:00	Anthony Randolph defensive goaltending	12	12
4:43	Luke Ridnour bad pass (Kyle Lowry steals)	12	12
4:39	Kyle Lowry out of bounds lost ball turnover	12	12
4:26	Wesley Johnson offensive charge (Jordan Hill draws the foul)	12	12
4:26	Wesley Johnson turnover	12	12
4:13	Kyle Lowry makes layup (Luis Scola assists)	12	14
3:58	Luke Ridnour makes 14-foot two point shot	14	14
3:43	Kyle Lowry misses layup	14	14
3:41	Chandler Parsons offensive rebound	14	14
3:41	Chandler Parsons misses layup	14	14
3:38	Anthony Randolph defensive rebound	14	14
3:29	Chandler Parsons shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	14	14
3:29	Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2	15	14
3:29	Courtney Lee enters the game for Kevin Martin	15	14
3:29	Michael Beasley enters the game for Wesley Johnson	15	14
3:29	Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2	16	14
3:14	Chandler Parsons makes 12-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)	16	16
2:57	Kevin Love misses 22-foot three point jumper	16	16
2:56	Jordan Hill defensive rebound	16	16
2:48	Minnesota full timeout	16	16
2:48	Chase Budinger enters the game for Chandler Parsons	16	16
2:48	Wayne Ellington enters the game for Luke Ridnour	16	16
2:34	Anthony Randolph foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	16	16
2:34	Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2	16	17
2:34	Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2	16	18
2:20	Michael Beasley makes 19-foot two point shot	18	18
2:00	Luis Scola 3 second	18	18
1:47	Michael Beasley misses 6-foot jumper	18	18
1:45	Chase Budinger defensive rebound	18	18
1:40	Courtney Lee makes driving layup	18	20
1:24	Kevin Love misses 5-foot jumper	18	20
1:23	Courtney Lee defensive rebound	18	20
1:19	Luis Scola makes layup (Chase Budinger assists)	18	22
59.9	Anthony Randolph makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)	20	22
49.4	Jordan Hill makes 17-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)	20	24
36.8	Wayne Ellington makes 6-foot running jumper	22	24
36.8	Courtney Lee shooting foul (Wayne Ellington draws the foul)	22	24
36.8	Goran Dragic enters the game for Kyle Lowry	22	24
36.8	Patrick Patterson enters the game for Luis Scola	22	24
36.8	Wayne Ellington makes free throw 1 of 1	23	24
23.9	Jordan Hill misses 8-foot hook shot	23	24
22.9	Kevin Love defensive rebound	23	24
2.9	Michael Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)	26	24
0.0	Courtney Lee misses 35-foot three point running jumper	26	24
0.0	Houston offensive team rebound	26	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	24

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Rockets
107
Timberwolves
92

Game 1

24/1

Timberwolves
120
Rockets
108

Game 2

31/1

Rockets
91
Timberwolves
100

Game 3

5/2

Timberwolves
111
Rockets
98

Game 4

18/2

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 31 January 2012

Houston, TX

Attendance: 14,264

Referees:
John Goble
Scott Foster
Marat Kogut

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	13	4	.765	-	W2
Denver	9	7	.563	3.5	L1
Minnesota	8	8	.500	4.5	L2
Portland	7	11	.389	6.5	L1
Utah	4	12	.250	8.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	12	6	.667	-	L1
Memphis	11	7	.611	1	W3
Dallas	10	8	.556	2	W1
San Antonio	9	8	.529	2.5	W3
New Orleans	4	14	.222	8	L5

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