Timberwolves 113-102 Hornets (15 Dec, 2012) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

11-9, 5-6 away

113

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	28	22	32	31	113
NO	23	27	23	29	102

New Orleans Hornets

5-17, 3-10 home

102

Robin Lopez misses 6-foot jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu offensive rebound
Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu makes 2-foot two point shot (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Robin Lopez misses 6-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Robin Lopez makes 6-foot two point shot (Austin Rivers assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu makes 20-foot jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Robin Lopez makes layup (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Greivis Vasquez misses layup
Robin Lopez misses 8-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Austin Rivers misses 20-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot (Austin Rivers assists)
Lance Thomas misses 13-foot jumper
Greg Stiemsma blocks Ryan Anderson 's 3-foot layup
Greg Stiemsma blocks Lance Thomas 's 7-foot jumper
Brian Roberts misses 33-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 8-foot two point shot (Brian Roberts assists)
Lance Thomas misses 19-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson makes three point jumper (Brian Roberts assists)
Anthony Davis misses 18-foot jumper
Austin Rivers makes three point jumper (Brian Roberts assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Al-Farouq Aminu misses 20-foot jumper
Austin Rivers makes 11-foot two point shot
Greivis Vasquez makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)
Austin Rivers makes 19-foot two point shot
Robin Lopez makes 12-foot jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
Robin Lopez makes 17-foot two point shot (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Anthony Davis makes 2-foot two point shot (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Austin Rivers makes driving layup
Ryan Anderson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Austin Rivers misses driving layup
Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Greivis Vasquez makes 16-foot two point shot
Robin Lopez misses 16-foot jumper
Robin Lopez makes layup
Robin Lopez misses 17-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Austin Rivers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Greivis Vasquez makes 8-foot two point shot
Greivis Vasquez misses driving layup
Greivis Vasquez makes 7-foot two point shot
Greivis Vasquez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 16-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis makes dunk (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu misses layup
Ryan Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Greivis Vasquez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes two point shot
Austin Rivers misses 11-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brian Roberts makes 16-foot two point shot (Anthony Davis assists)
Brian Roberts misses 19-foot jumper
Xavier Henry makes 19-foot jumper
Xavier Henry makes driving layup
Brian Roberts misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes two point shot
Brian Roberts makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brian Roberts makes 21-foot jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Ryan Anderson misses three point jumper
Brian Roberts misses 22-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez misses 10-foot jumper
Greivis Vasquez makes 9-foot two point shot (Brian Roberts assists)
Greivis Vasquez makes 26-foot three point jumper
Andrei Kirilenko blocks Austin Rivers 's 8-foot jumper
Brian Roberts makes 11-foot two point shot (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 12-foot two point shot
Greivis Vasquez misses layup
Austin Rivers makes driving layup
Anthony Davis makes layup (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Austin Rivers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)
Greivis Vasquez makes layup
Luke Ridnour makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Andrei Kirilenko misses layup
Kevin Love offensive rebound
Andrei Kirilenko misses layup
Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound
Alexey Shved misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup
Nikola Pekovic misses 9-foot jumper
Andrei Kirilenko makes layup (Nikola Pekovic assists)
Kevin Love misses layup
Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
Alexey Shved makes 16-foot two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 17-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
Kevin Love misses layup
Anthony Davis blocks Kevin Love 's 2-foot layup
Luke Ridnour makes 21-foot jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Andrei Kirilenko misses 20-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Kevin Love makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Howard makes 14-foot jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Alexey Shved makes layup (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Jose Juan Barea makes layup
Dante Cunningham misses 10-foot jumper
Alexey Shved makes 26-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes 12-foot two point shot
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
Josh Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andrei Kirilenko makes 2-foot dunk (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Greivis Vasquez blocks Jose Juan Barea 's 26-foot three point jumper
Derrick Williams makes 2-foot two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Al-Farouq Aminu blocks Jose Juan Barea 's 3-foot layup
Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
Derrick Williams misses three point jumper
Kevin Love misses layup
Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
Nikola Pekovic misses 7-foot Running Jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Andrei Kirilenko makes 17-foot jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Anthony Davis blocks Kevin Love 's 17-foot jumper
Andrei Kirilenko makes 3-foot jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Andrei Kirilenko misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic misses 6-foot jumper
Andrei Kirilenko misses layup
Luke Ridnour makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Andrei Kirilenko makes dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
Andrei Kirilenko makes layup (Alexey Shved assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
Robin Lopez blocks Alexey Shved 's 15-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour makes three point jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Alexey Shved makes 25-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Kevin Love assists)
Luke Ridnour makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Kevin Love misses 23-foot jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Kevin Love 's 10-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper
Alexey Shved makes 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes 10-foot two point shot
Nikola Pekovic misses jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
Andrei Kirilenko makes 2-foot two point shot (Alexey Shved assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Alexey Shved assists)
Dante Cunningham misses 22-foot jumper
Alexey Shved misses driving layup
Kevin Love misses 7-foot jumper
Kevin Love offensive rebound
Andrei Kirilenko misses 27-foot three point jumper
Dante Cunningham misses layup
Kevin Love misses 4-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 1
Andrei Kirilenko makes dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
Jose Juan Barea misses 3-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes 4-foot two point shot
Jose Juan Barea misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses 17-foot jumper
Dante Cunningham offensive rebound
Andrei Kirilenko makes two point shot (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Jose Juan Barea misses 10-foot jumper
Andrei Kirilenko offensive rebound
Dante Cunningham misses 19-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes 1-foot dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
Dante Cunningham misses 12-foot jumper

TIMBERWOLVES

HORNETS

TIME		MIN	NO
12:00	Nikola Pekovic vs. Robin Lopez (Andrei Kirilenko gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Luke Ridnour makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)	2	0
11:30	Austin Rivers bad pass (Luke Ridnour steals)	2	0
11:23	Andrei Kirilenko misses layup	2	0
11:19	Kevin Love offensive rebound	2	0
11:19	Kevin Love misses layup	2	0
11:18	Greivis Vasquez defensive rebound	2	0
11:03	Robin Lopez misses 6-foot jumper	2	0
11:03	Al-Farouq Aminu offensive rebound	2	0
11:03	Al-Farouq Aminu makes two point shot	2	2
10:41	Andrei Kirilenko misses layup	2	2
10:40	Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound	2	2
10:40	Nikola Pekovic makes 2-foot two point shot	4	2
10:30	Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)	4	5
10:15	Alexey Shved misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	5
10:14	Ryan Anderson defensive rebound	4	5
10:08	Al-Farouq Aminu makes 2-foot two point shot (Greivis Vasquez assists)	4	7
9:52	Nikola Pekovic makes layup	6	7
9:30	Robin Lopez misses 6-foot jumper	6	7
9:30	Alexey Shved defensive rebound	6	7
9:14	Nikola Pekovic misses 9-foot jumper	6	7
9:12	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound	6	7
9:06	Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	7
9:04	Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound	6	7
9:00	Alexey Shved bad pass	6	7
8:41	Greivis Vasquez misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	7
8:41	Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound	6	7
8:23	Andrei Kirilenko makes layup (Nikola Pekovic assists)	8	7
8:11	Robin Lopez makes 6-foot two point shot (Austin Rivers assists)	8	9
7:54	Kevin Love misses layup	8	9
7:54	Ryan Anderson defensive rebound	8	9
7:46	Al-Farouq Aminu makes 20-foot jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)	8	11
7:33	Nikola Pekovic out of bounds lost ball turnover	8	11
7:26	Robin Lopez makes layup (Greivis Vasquez assists)	8	13
7:09	Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper	8	13
7:07	Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound	8	13
7:01	Alexey Shved makes 16-foot two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)	10	13
7:01	Austin Rivers shooting foul (Alexey Shved draws the foul)	10	13
7:01	Alexey Shved misses free throw 1 of 1	10	13
7:01	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound	10	13
6:50	Robin Lopez steps out of bounds turnover	10	13
6:31	Kevin Love lost ball turnover (Al-Farouq Aminu steals)	10	13
6:26	Greivis Vasquez misses layup	10	13
6:24	Alexey Shved defensive rebound	10	13
6:18	Luke Ridnour misses 17-foot jumper	10	13
6:16	Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound	10	13
6:03	Robin Lopez misses 8-foot jumper	10	13
6:03	Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound	10	13
5:52	Kevin Love makes two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)	12	13
5:46	Hornets Full timeout	12	13
5:39	Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists)	12	16
5:16	Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)	14	16
4:56	Greivis Vasquez lost ball turnover (Luke Ridnour steals)	14	16
4:46	Robin Lopez shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	14	16
4:46	Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2	15	16
4:46	Anthony Davis enters the game for Ryan Anderson	15	16
4:46	Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2	16	16
4:33	Al-Farouq Aminu bad pass (Andrei Kirilenko steals)	16	16
4:26	Kevin Love misses layup	16	16
4:26	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	16	16
4:24	Anthony Davis blocks Kevin Love 's 2-foot layup	16	16
4:22	Greivis Vasquez defensive rebound	16	16
4:20	Luke Ridnour personal foul (Austin Rivers draws the foul)	16	17
4:20	Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 2	16	17
4:20	Darius Miller enters the game for Al-Farouq Aminu	16	17
4:20	Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2	16	18
4:05	Luke Ridnour makes 21-foot jumper (Alexey Shved assists)	18	18
3:57	Greivis Vasquez bad pass	18	18
3:42	Andrei Kirilenko misses 20-foot jumper	18	18
3:41	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	18	18
3:29	Austin Rivers misses 20-foot jumper	18	18
3:28	Nikola Pekovic defensive rebound	18	18
3:17	Nikola Pekovic makes jumper (Kevin Love assists)	20	18
3:00	Greivis Vasquez bad pass (Alexey Shved steals)	20	18
2:48	Kevin Love makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)	23	18
2:31	Anthony Davis makes 12-foot two point shot (Austin Rivers assists)	23	20
2:31	Nikola Pekovic shooting foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul)	23	20
2:31	Timberwolves Full timeout	23	20
2:31	Josh Howard enters the game for Andrei Kirilenko	23	20
2:31	Greg Stiemsma enters the game for Nikola Pekovic	23	20
2:31	Jose Juan Barea enters the game for Luke Ridnour	23	20
2:31	Brian Roberts enters the game for Darius Miller	23	20
2:31	Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 1	23	20
2:29	Timberwolves defensive team rebound	23	20
2:15	Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper	23	20
2:14	Jose Juan Barea offensive rebound	23	20
2:10	Josh Howard makes 14-foot jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)	25	20
1:52	Alexey Shved shooting foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul)	25	22
1:52	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	25	21
1:52	Lance Thomas enters the game for Robin Lopez	25	21
1:52	Ryan Anderson enters the game for Austin Rivers	25	21
1:52	Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	25	22
1:39	Anthony Davis shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	25	22
1:39	Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2	25	22
1:39	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	25	22
1:39	Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2	26	22
1:17	Lance Thomas misses 13-foot jumper	26	22
1:16	Ryan Anderson offensive rebound	26	22
1:14	Greg Stiemsma blocks Ryan Anderson 's 3-foot layup	26	22
1:10	Brian Roberts offensive rebound	26	22
1:10	Dante Cunningham enters the game for Kevin Love	26	22
1:01	Greg Stiemsma shooting foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul)	26	22
1:01	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	26	23
1:01	Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 2	26	23
1:00	Josh Howard defensive rebound	26	23
48.0	Dante Cunningham lost ball turnover (Anthony Davis steals)	26	23
44.0	Anthony Davis lost ball turnover (Jose Juan Barea steals)	26	23
41.0	Alexey Shved makes layup (Jose Juan Barea assists)	28	23
25.0	Greg Stiemsma blocks Lance Thomas 's 7-foot jumper	28	23
24.0	Josh Howard defensive rebound	28	23
4.0	Greg Stiemsma offensive Charge (Ryan Anderson draws the foul)	28	23
4.0	Greg Stiemsma turnover	28	23
4.0	Derrick Williams enters the game for Greg Stiemsma	28	23
2.0	Brian Roberts misses 33-foot three point jumper	28	23
1.0	Hornets offensive team rebound	28	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	23

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Timberwolves
113
Hornets
102

Game 1

15/12

Timberwolves
92
Hornets
104

Game 2

12/1

Hornets
86
Timberwolves
115

Game 3

3/2

Hornets
95
Timberwolves
97

Game 4

17/3

Smoothie King Center

1:00 AM, 15 December 2012

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 14,671

Referees:
Rodney Mott
Kevin Fehr
Eric Lewis

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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