Phoenix Suns @ Minnesota Timberwolves
Shot Chart
- Andrei Kirilenko makes 19-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola blocks Kevin Love 's 8-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Nikola Pekovic makes 7-foot two point shot (Alexey Shved assists)
- Luke Ridnour misses jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup
- Andrei Kirilenko makes driving layup
- Andrei Kirilenko makes two point shot (Alexey Shved assists)
- Nikola Pekovic misses 8-foot jumper
- Kevin Love makes 19-foot jumper
- Kevin Love makes 9-foot two point shot (Alexey Shved assists)
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Andrei Kirilenko makes dunk (Alexey Shved assists)
- Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
- Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love makes 22-foot jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Alexey Shved misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Andrei Kirilenko makes layup
- Kevin Love misses two point shot
- Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
- Jose Juan Barea misses two point shot
- Derrick Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
- Greg Stiemsma makes 3-foot two point shot (Jose Juan Barea assists)
- Jose Juan Barea makes 15-foot two point shot
- Derrick Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)
- Greg Stiemsma misses layup
- Alexey Shved makes two point shot
- Nikola Pekovic misses two point shot
- Jose Juan Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Pekovic misses 4-foot jumper
- Derrick Williams misses 5-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Derrick Williams assists)
- Kevin Love misses 17-foot jump bank shot
- Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
- Kevin Love misses 4-foot jumper
- Kevin Love misses tip shot
- Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
- Nikola Pekovic misses hook shot
- Jose Juan Barea makes two point shot
- Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Andrei Kirilenko makes dunk (Nikola Pekovic assists)
- Jose Juan Barea misses jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
- Andrei Kirilenko misses
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
- Jose Juan Barea misses 6-foot jumper
- Kevin Love makes two point shot
- Luke Ridnour misses 6-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes dunk (Alexey Shved assists)
- Andrei Kirilenko makes two point shot (Alexey Shved assists)
- Goran Dragic blocks Luke Ridnour 's 17-foot jumper
- Marcin Gortat blocks Nikola Pekovic's layup
- Kevin Love makes 19-foot jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
- Andrei Kirilenko misses
- Luke Ridnour makes 16-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)
- Andrei Kirilenko makes 15-foot jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
- Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love misses 5-foot jumper
- Andrei Kirilenko makes dunk (Alexey Shved assists)
- Alexey Shved misses three point jumper
- Alexey Shved makes 17-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Alexey Shved assists)
- Luke Ridnour misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love misses 13-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic misses layup
- Marcin Gortat blocks Nikola Pekovic's layup
- Kevin Love makes driving layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
- Kevin Love misses
- Luis Scola blocks Andrei Kirilenko's jumper
- Jose Juan Barea misses 9-foot jumper
- Alexey Shved makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)
- Jose Juan Barea misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Andrei Kirilenko makes two point shot
- Derrick Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Derrick Williams misses alley pop dunk shot
- Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
- Dante Cunningham misses jumper
- Alexey Shved misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jose Juan Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jose Juan Barea makes layup
- Luke Ridnour misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jose Juan Barea misses jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot (Jose Juan Barea assists)
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Luke Ridnour makes 16-foot jumper
- Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
- Dante Cunningham misses 19-foot jumper
- Marcin Gortat misses 7-foot jumper
- Shannon Brown misses 22-foot jumper
- Goran Dragic makes 17-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola misses jumper
- Goran Dragic misses 19-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Shannon Brown makes two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
- Goran Dragic misses layup
- Nikola Pekovic blocks Luis Scola 's 1-foot shot
- Jared Dudley makes 15-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
- Marcin Gortat makes two point shot (Shannon Brown assists)
- Luis Scola makes two point shot (Jared Dudley assists)
- Luis Scola makes two point shot
- Marcin Gortat makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists)
- Shannon Brown misses 13-foot jumper
- Marcin Gortat misses 16-foot two point shot
- Shannon Brown misses three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes driving layup (Marcin Gortat assists)
- Jared Dudley makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists)
- Jared Dudley makes 20-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Luis Scola misses 14-foot two point shot
- Markieff Morris misses 18-foot jumper
- Jared Dudley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Markieff Morris makes two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
- Michael Beasley makes driving layup
- Markieff Morris misses 20-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
- Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Michael Beasley assists)
- Michael Beasley misses jumper
- Greg Stiemsma blocks Michael Beasley 's 7-foot jumper
- Goran Dragic misses 20-foot jumper
- Derrick Williams blocks Markieff Morris 's 3-foot layup
- Goran Dragic makes layup
- Goran Dragic makes driving dunk
- Markieff Morris makes 19-foot jumper
- Michael Beasley misses 18-foot jumper
- Sebastian Telfair misses 18-foot two point jumper
- Michael Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shannon Brown makes 16-foot jumper
- Marcin Gortat makes layup (Shannon Brown assists)
- Shannon Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Markieff Morris misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Sebastian Telfair misses 26-foot Regular Jump Shot
- Shannon Brown makes driving layup (Markieff Morris assists)
- Sebastian Telfair misses layup
- Marcin Gortat misses 11-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Jared Dudley assists)
- Luis Scola misses 9-foot jumper
- Goran Dragic misses three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes 9-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Luis Scola misses jumper
- Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
- Jared Dudley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shannon Brown misses 20-foot jumper
- Goran Dragic misses layup
- Jared Dudley misses layup
- Luis Scola misses tip shot
- Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
- Goran Dragic makes driving dunk (Jared Dudley assists)
- Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Shannon Brown assists)
- Shannon Brown makes 15-foot jumper
- Jared Dudley makes 17-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Luis Scola makes 21-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
- Jared Dudley makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
- Shannon Brown makes two point shot (Luis Scola assists)
- Shannon Brown misses 19-foot jumper
- Shannon Brown misses 16-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists)
- Shannon Brown makes two point shot (Markieff Morris assists)
- Shannon Brown makes 21-foot two point shot
- Markieff Morris misses 40-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes driving layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
- Michael Beasley misses 12-foot jumper
- Michael Beasley misses jumper
- Sebastian Telfair misses layup
- Michael Beasley misses jumper
- Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Markieff Morris makes layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
- Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
- P.J. Tucker makes layup
- Jared Dudley misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Jared Dudley assists)
- Goran Dragic misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jared Dudley misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shannon Brown makes 7-foot two point shot
- Jared Dudley misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jared Dudley makes two point shot
- Shannon Brown misses three point jumper
- Jared Dudley makes jumper
- Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Jared Dudley assists)
- Shannon Brown misses 17-foot jumper
- P.J. Tucker misses 3-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 8-foot Running Jumper
- Markieff Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
SUNS
TIMBERWOLVES
| TIME | PLAY | PHX | MIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Marcin Gortat vs. Nikola Pekovic (Luke Ridnour gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:34 | Andrei Kirilenko makes 19-foot two point shot | 0 | 2 | |
| 11:14 | Marcin Gortat misses 7-foot jumper | 0 | 2 | |
| 11:12 | Luke Ridnour defensive rebound | 0 | 2 | |
| 10:56 | Luis Scola blocks Kevin Love 's 8-foot jumper | 0 | 2 | |
| 10:55 | Shannon Brown defensive rebound | 0 | 2 | |
| 10:47 | Shannon Brown misses 22-foot jumper | 0 | 2 | |
| 10:45 | Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound | 0 | 2 | |
| 10:33 | Nikola Pekovic makes 9-foot two point shot | 0 | 4 | |
| 10:23 | Goran Dragic makes 17-foot two point shot | 2 | 4 | |
| 10:04 | Nikola Pekovic makes 7-foot two point shot (Alexey Shved assists) | 2 | 6 | |
| 9:48 | Luis Scola misses jumper | 2 | 6 | |
| 9:48 | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 2 | 6 | |
| 9:38 | Luke Ridnour misses jumper | 2 | 6 | |
| 9:37 | Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound | 2 | 6 | |
| 9:34 | Nikola Pekovic makes layup | 2 | 8 | |
| 9:26 | Goran Dragic misses 19-foot jumper | 2 | 8 | |
| 9:26 | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 2 | 8 | |
| 9:25 | Kevin Love lost ball turnover (Luis Scola steals) | 2 | 8 | |
| 9:23 | Luke Ridnour shooting foul (Goran Dragic draws the foul) | 2 | 8 | |
| 9:23 | Goran Dragic makes free throw 1 of 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 9:23 | Goran Dragic misses free throw 2 of 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 9:22 | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 3 | 8 | |
| 9:11 | Andrei Kirilenko makes driving layup | 3 | 10 | |
| 9:00 | Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists) | 5 | 10 | |
| 8:36 | Andrei Kirilenko makes two point shot (Alexey Shved assists) | 5 | 12 | |
| 8:22 | Shannon Brown makes two point shot (Goran Dragic assists) | 7 | 12 | |
| 8:04 | Nikola Pekovic misses 8-foot jumper | 7 | 12 | |
| 8:03 | Goran Dragic defensive rebound | 7 | 12 | |
| 7:58 | Goran Dragic misses layup | 7 | 12 | |
| 7:56 | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 7 | 12 | |
| 7:56 | Nikola Pekovic blocks Luis Scola 's 1-foot shot | 7 | 12 | |
| 7:54 | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 7 | 12 | |
| 7:50 | Jared Dudley makes 15-foot jumper | 9 | 12 | |
| 7:37 | Kevin Love makes 19-foot jumper | 9 | 14 | |
| 7:26 | Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper | 9 | 14 | |
| 7:24 | Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound | 9 | 14 | |
| 7:16 | Kevin Love makes 9-foot two point shot (Alexey Shved assists) | 9 | 16 | |
| 7:09 | Suns Full timeout | 9 | 16 | |
| 6:52 | Marcin Gortat makes two point shot (Shannon Brown assists) | 11 | 16 | |
| 6:43 | Shannon Brown shooting foul (Nikola Pekovic draws the foul) | 11 | 16 | |
| 6:43 | Nikola Pekovic makes free throw 1 of 2 | 11 | 17 | |
| 6:43 | Nikola Pekovic misses free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 17 | |
| 6:43 | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 11 | 17 | |
| 6:18 | Luis Scola makes two point shot (Jared Dudley assists) | 13 | 17 | |
| 6:05 | Kevin Love bad pass (Goran Dragic steals) | 13 | 17 | |
| 5:50 | Luis Scola makes two point shot | 15 | 17 | |
| 5:41 | Alexey Shved bad pass | 15 | 17 | |
| 5:26 | Marcin Gortat makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists) | 17 | 17 | |
| 5:15 | Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists) | 17 | 19 | |
| 5:05 | Shannon Brown misses 13-foot jumper | 17 | 19 | |
| 5:03 | Alexey Shved defensive rebound | 17 | 19 | |
| 4:52 | Luis Scola personal foul (Nikola Pekovic draws the foul) | 17 | 19 | |
| 4:45 | Andrei Kirilenko makes dunk (Alexey Shved assists) | 17 | 21 | |
| 4:30 | Marcin Gortat misses 16-foot two point shot | 17 | 21 | |
| 4:28 | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 17 | 21 | |
| 4:09 | Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists) | 17 | 24 | |
| 3:48 | Shannon Brown misses three point jumper | 17 | 24 | |
| 3:47 | Goran Dragic offensive rebound | 17 | 24 | |
| 3:36 | Luis Scola makes driving layup (Marcin Gortat assists) | 19 | 24 | |
| 3:13 | Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper | 19 | 24 | |
| 3:12 | Marcin Gortat defensive rebound | 19 | 24 | |
| 3:05 | Jared Dudley makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists) | 21 | 24 | |
| 2:59 | Timberwolves Full timeout | 21 | 24 | |
| 2:59 | Greg Stiemsma enters the game for Nikola Pekovic | 21 | 24 | |
| 2:59 | Jose Juan Barea enters the game for Luke Ridnour | 21 | 24 | |
| 2:47 | Kevin Love makes 22-foot jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists) | 21 | 26 | |
| 2:30 | Jared Dudley makes 20-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists) | 23 | 26 | |
| 2:14 | Marcin Gortat shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul) | 23 | 26 | |
| 2:14 | Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2 | 23 | 27 | |
| 2:14 | Markieff Morris enters the game for Marcin Gortat | 23 | 27 | |
| 2:14 | Kevin Love misses free throw 2 of 2 | 23 | 27 | |
| 2:13 | Markieff Morris defensive rebound | 23 | 27 | |
| 1:49 | Luis Scola misses 14-foot two point shot | 23 | 27 | |
| 1:47 | Kevin Love defensive rebound | 23 | 27 | |
| 1:32 | Alexey Shved misses 26-foot three point jumper | 23 | 27 | |
| 1:31 | Andrei Kirilenko offensive rebound | 23 | 27 | |
| 1:29 | Andrei Kirilenko makes layup | 23 | 29 | |
| 1:19 | Markieff Morris misses 18-foot jumper | 23 | 29 | |
| 1:16 | Greg Stiemsma defensive rebound | 23 | 29 | |
| 1:08 | Kevin Love misses two point shot | 23 | 29 | |
| 1:07 | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 23 | 29 | |
| 1:00 | Jared Dudley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists) | 26 | 29 | |
| 41.0 | Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alexey Shved assists) | 26 | 32 | |
| 29.0 | Jose Juan Barea shooting foul (Goran Dragic draws the foul) | 26 | 32 | |
| 29.0 | Goran Dragic misses free throw 1 of 2 | 26 | 32 | |
| 29.0 | Suns offensive team rebound | 26 | 32 | |
| 29.0 | P.J. Tucker enters the game for Shannon Brown | 26 | 32 | |
| 29.0 | Goran Dragic makes free throw 2 of 2 | 27 | 32 | |
| 6.0 | Jose Juan Barea misses two point shot | 27 | 32 | |
| 5.0 | Jared Dudley defensive rebound | 27 | 32 | |
| 2.0 | Markieff Morris makes two point shot (Goran Dragic assists) | 29 | 32 | |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 29 | 32 | |
Regular Season Series
MIN leads 1-0
Game Information
Target Center
1:00 AM, 30 December 2012
Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 19,356
- Referees:
- David Guthrie
- Zach Zarba
- Eli Roe
2025-26 Pacific Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 19 | 10 | .655 | - | L3 |
| Phoenix | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2.5 | W2 |
| Golden State | 16 | 15 | .516 | 4 | W3 |
| LA Clippers | 8 | 21 | .276 | 11 | W2 |
| Sacramento | 7 | 23 | .233 | 12.5 | L1 |
2025-26 Northwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 26 | 5 | .839 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 22 | 8 | .733 | 3.5 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 11 | .645 | 6 | L1 |
| Portland | 12 | 18 | .400 | 13.5 | L2 |
| Utah | 10 | 19 | .345 | 15 | L4 |

