Lakers 97-92 Timberwolves (17 Mar, 2012) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

22-23, 10-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	19	22	20	31	92
LAL	23	27	24	23	97

Los Angeles Lakers

28-16, 19-2 home

Pau Gasol makes 9-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Steve Blake misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wesley Johnson blocks Kobe Bryant's layup
Pau Gasol misses tip shot
Pau Gasol makes tip shot
Pau Gasol misses 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Pau Gasol makes 8-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Steve Blake misses 23-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 18-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum misses jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Andrew Bynum misses layup
Andrew Bynum misses 9-foot jumper
Metta World Peace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Andrew Bynum misses 6-foot jumper
Ramon Sessions makes 6-foot two point shot
Matt Barnes makes driving layup
Pau Gasol misses two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Ramon Sessions misses 18-foot jumper
Andrew Goudelock misses 9-foot two point shot
Matt Barnes misses 22-foot jumper
Troy Murphy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andrew Goudelock assists)
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Andrew Goudelock misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ramon Sessions misses 25-foot three point jumper
Matt Barnes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Andrew Bynum makes 8-foot hook shot
Ramon Sessions makes driving layup
Matt Barnes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Matt Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum misses 8-foot two point shot
Josh McRoberts makes 1-foot two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)
Matt Barnes makes 19-foot jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 9-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 16-foot jumper
Metta World Peace misses 23-foot three point jumper
Josh McRoberts makes two point shot
Pau Gasol makes 13-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes driving dunk (Steve Blake assists)
Josh McRoberts misses jumper
Josh McRoberts misses 26-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 13-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes 10-foot two point shot (Andrew Bynum assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
Metta World Peace makes driving layup (Steve Blake assists)
Metta World Peace misses jumper
Metta World Peace misses layup
Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Andrew Bynum makes dunk (Steve Blake assists)
Metta World Peace misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Metta World Peace misses layup
Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ramon Sessions assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 29-foot three point jumper
Matt Barnes makes layup (Ramon Sessions assists)
Ramon Sessions misses 8-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses 10-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot
Nikola Pekovic blocks Andrew Goudelock's 4-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum misses 12-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum misses layup
Andrew Bynum misses tip shot
Matt Barnes misses tip shot
Matt Barnes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Josh McRoberts assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot two point shot
Metta World Peace misses three point jumper
Andrew Bynum makes 6-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
Metta World Peace misses 12-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum misses two point shot
Kevin Love misses 9-foot two point shot
Wesley Johnson misses 22-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic misses layup
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes 9-foot two point shot (Martell Webster assists)
Wesley Johnson misses 21-foot jumper
Metta World Peace blocks Kevin Love's 4-foot jumper
Martell Webster makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Kevin Love makes driving layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
Pau Gasol blocks Nikola Pekovic's 5-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 11-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant blocks Nikola Pekovic's layup
Luke Ridnour misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 8-foot two point shot
Nikola Pekovic misses tip shot
Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Kevin Love misses 6-foot two point shot
Nikola Pekovic makes 5-foot hook shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Wayne Ellington makes 17-foot jumper (Derrick Williams assists)
Kevin Love misses 20-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses 5-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes 6-foot hook shot
Wayne Ellington misses 8-foot jumper
Derrick Williams makes dunk (Anthony Tolliver assists)
Derrick Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses 24-foot three point jumper
Troy Murphy blocks Derrick Williams's 5-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
Nikola Pekovic misses 5-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum blocks Nikola Pekovic's layup
Jose Juan Barea misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup
Jose Juan Barea makes 9-foot two point shot (Wayne Ellington assists)
Josh McRoberts blocks Nikola Pekovic's 3-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant blocks Jose Juan Barea's 9-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses 15-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes 4-foot jumper (Martell Webster assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Martell Webster assists)
Martell Webster misses 25-foot three point jumper
Martell Webster makes driving layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes 3-foot jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 17-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes 17-foot jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 5-foot two point shot
Kevin Love makes two point shot
Wesley Johnson makes 21-foot jumper (Martell Webster assists)
Martell Webster misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum blocks Nikola Pekovic's hook shot
Nikola Pekovic misses layup
Nikola Pekovic misses tip shot
Kevin Love makes 21-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
Kevin Love misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 17-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses layup
Wesley Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Martell Webster misses 14-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour makes 19-foot two point shot
Luke Ridnour makes driving layup
Luke Ridnour makes 16-foot two point shot
Luke Ridnour misses layup
Martell Webster makes driving dunk
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol blocks Nikola Pekovic's 3-foot jumper
Derrick Williams makes 1-foot two point shot (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Matt Barnes blocks Martell Webster's 7-foot jumper
Anthony Tolliver misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup (Derrick Williams assists)
Wayne Ellington misses 21-foot jumper
Derrick Williams makes driving layup
Wayne Ellington makes driving layup
Derrick Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes hook shot (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Pau Gasol blocks Kevin Love's 7-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes 19-foot two point shot
Jose Juan Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 11-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
Anthony Tolliver misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 7-foot hook shot
Luke Ridnour makes 21-foot jumper
Metta World Peace blocks Anthony Tolliver's 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Tolliver misses layup
Martell Webster makes tip shot
Nikola Pekovic misses 7-foot hook shot
Luke Ridnour makes 19-foot two point shot
Jose Juan Barea makes two point shot
Martell Webster makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)

TIMBERWOLVES

LAKERS

TIME		MIN	LAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Nikola Pekovic vs. Andrew Bynum (Wesley Johnson gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Kevin Love misses 9-foot two point shot	0	0
11:34	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	0	0
11:17	Pau Gasol makes 9-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)	0	2
11:04	Wesley Johnson misses 22-foot jumper	0	2
11:03	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	0	2
10:47	Steve Blake misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	2
10:45	Andrew Bynum offensive rebound	0	2
10:45	Wesley Johnson blocks Kobe Bryant's layup	0	4
10:45	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	0	4
10:41	Pau Gasol misses tip shot	0	2
10:36	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	0	4
10:36	Pau Gasol makes tip shot	0	4
10:17	Nikola Pekovic misses layup	0	4
10:15	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	0	4
10:07	Andrew Bynum step out of bounds turnover	0	4
9:44	Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	4
9:44	Jumpball: Nikola Pekovic vs. Andrew Bynum (Kevin Love gains possession)	0	4
9:29	Kevin Love offensive rebound	2	4
9:29	Kevin Love makes 9-foot two point shot (Martell Webster assists)	2	4
9:15	Pau Gasol misses 18-foot jumper	2	4
9:14	Martell Webster defensive rebound	2	4
9:04	Kobe Bryant shooting foul (Nikola Pekovic draws the foul)	2	4
9:04	Nikola Pekovic misses free throw 1 of 2	2	4
9:04	Minnesota offensive team rebound	2	4
9:04	Nikola Pekovic misses free throw 2 of 2	2	4
9:03	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	2	4
8:55	Kevin Love shooting foul (Metta World Peace draws the foul)	2	4
8:55	Metta World Peace makes free throw 1 of 2	2	5
8:55	Metta World Peace misses free throw 2 of 2	2	5
8:53	Kevin Love defensive rebound	2	5
8:40	Pau Gasol shooting foul (Nikola Pekovic draws the foul)	2	5
8:40	Nikola Pekovic makes free throw 1 of 2	3	5
8:40	Nikola Pekovic makes free throw 2 of 2	4	5
8:33	Martell Webster personal foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	4	5
8:18	Kobe Bryant makes driving layup	4	7
8:06	Wesley Johnson misses 21-foot jumper	4	7
8:04	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	4	7
7:50	Pau Gasol makes 8-foot two point shot	4	9
7:39	Metta World Peace blocks Kevin Love's 4-foot jumper	4	9
7:39	Minnesota offensive team rebound	4	9
7:33	Nikola Pekovic lost ball (Steve Blake steals)	4	9
7:16	Kobe Bryant misses layup	4	9
7:15	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	4	9
7:13	Steve Blake misses 23-foot three point jumper	4	9
7:09	Kevin Love defensive rebound	4	9
7:05	Martell Webster makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)	7	9
6:39	Wesley Johnson illegal defense foul	7	9
6:39	Kobe Bryant makes technical free throw	7	10
6:31	Pau Gasol misses 18-foot jumper	7	10
6:31	Luke Ridnour defensive rebound	7	10
6:16	Kevin Love makes driving layup (Luke Ridnour assists)	9	10
6:09	Kobe Bryant out of bounds lost ball turnover	9	10
6:03	Andrew Bynum illegal defense foul	9	10
6:03	Luke Ridnour makes technical free throw	10	10
5:54	Pau Gasol blocks Nikola Pekovic's 5-foot jumper	10	10
5:52	Kevin Love offensive rebound	10	10
5:52	Kevin Love misses 11-foot jumper	10	10
5:50	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	10	10
5:41	Andrew Bynum misses jumper	10	10
5:41	Nikola Pekovic defensive rebound	10	10
5:26	Kobe Bryant blocks Nikola Pekovic's layup	10	10
5:24	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	10	10
5:18	Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)	10	13
5:16	Minnesota full timeout	10	13
4:58	Luke Ridnour misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	13
4:58	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	10	13
4:41	Andrew Bynum misses layup	10	13
4:41	Kevin Love defensive rebound	10	13
4:31	Luke Ridnour misses 8-foot two point shot	10	13
4:30	Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound	10	13
4:30	Nikola Pekovic misses tip shot	10	13
4:26	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	10	13
4:18	Andrew Bynum misses 9-foot jumper	10	13
4:16	Kevin Love defensive rebound	10	13
4:11	Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)	13	13
3:53	Metta World Peace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)	13	16
3:36	Wesley Johnson bad pass (Andrew Bynum steals)	13	16
3:27	Andrew Bynum misses 6-foot jumper	13	16
3:25	Martell Webster defensive rebound	13	16
3:16	Kevin Love misses 6-foot two point shot	13	16
3:12	Metta World Peace defensive rebound	13	16
3:10	Kobe Bryant bad pass (Kevin Love steals)	13	16
2:50	Nikola Pekovic makes 5-foot hook shot (Luke Ridnour assists)	15	16
2:50	Los Angeles full timeout	15	16
2:50	Derrick Williams enters the game for Nikola Pekovic	15	16
2:50	Ramon Sessions enters the game for Metta World Peace	15	16
2:50	Troy Murphy enters the game for Andrew Bynum	15	16
2:50	Matt Barnes enters the game for Steve Blake	15	16
2:38	Ramon Sessions makes 6-foot two point shot	15	18
2:15	Wesley Johnson bad pass (Matt Barnes steals)	15	18
2:12	Matt Barnes makes driving layup	15	20
1:54	Martell Webster step out of bounds turnover	15	20
1:54	Wayne Ellington enters the game for Wesley Johnson	15	20
1:50	Jose Juan Barea enters the game for Luke Ridnour	15	20
1:37	Pau Gasol misses two point shot	15	20
1:34	Derrick Williams defensive rebound	15	20
1:23	Wayne Ellington makes 17-foot jumper (Derrick Williams assists)	17	20
1:01	Kobe Bryant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)	17	23
38.9	Kevin Love misses 20-foot jumper	17	23
37.7	Derrick Williams offensive rebound	17	23
35.6	Kevin Love offensive goaltending	17	23
27.9	Ramon Sessions misses 18-foot jumper	17	23
26.8	Martell Webster defensive rebound	17	23
7.9	Jose Juan Barea misses 5-foot jumper	17	23
6.9	Kevin Love offensive rebound	17	23
6.3	Kevin Love makes 6-foot hook shot	19	23
0.2	Ramon Sessions bad pass (Martell Webster steals)	19	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	23

Regular Season Series

LAL win 4-0

Lakers
106
Timberwolves
101

Game 1

30/1

Timberwolves
85
Lakers
104

Game 2

1/3

Lakers
105
Timberwolves
102

Game 3

10/3

Timberwolves
92
Lakers
97

Game 4

17/3

crypto.com Arena

2:30 AM, 17 March 2012

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
James Capers
Josh Tiven
Tony Brown

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	12	4	.750	-	W1
Denver	8	5	.615	2.5	W1
Minnesota	8	7	.533	3.5	L1
Portland	6	10	.375	6	L2
Utah	3	12	.200	8.5	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	12	3	.800	-	W2
LA Lakers	10	5	.667	2	L1
Phoenix	9	7	.563	3.5	L5
LA Clippers	9	7	.563	3.5	W3
Sacramento	8	7	.533	4	L1

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Minnesota Timberwolves

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Regular Season Series

LAL win 4-0

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