Timberwolves 101-97 Nuggets (4 Jan, 2013) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

15-14, 6-10 away

101

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	23	24	22	32	101
DEN	25	18	27	27	97

Denver Nuggets

18-16, 10-2 home

Andrei Kirilenko blocks Kenneth Faried 's 14-foot jumper
Kosta Koufos misses two point shot
Andre Miller makes 18-foot jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
Kenneth Faried makes dunk (Andre Miller assists)
Kosta Koufos makes layup (Andre Miller assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andre Iguodala makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
Kosta Koufos makes 2-foot two point shot
Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andrei Kirilenko blocks JaVale McGee's layup
Kosta Koufos makes layup (Andre Miller assists)
Corey Brewer makes 19-foot jumper (Andre Miller assists)
Corey Brewer misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kosta Koufos makes layup (Andre Miller assists)
Timofey Mozgov makes 14-foot jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
Corey Brewer makes three point jumper (Timofey Mozgov assists)
Andre Iguodala misses 23-foot
Ty Lawson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andre Iguodala misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andre Iguodala misses 19-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses driving layup
Corey Brewer misses two point shot
Ty Lawson makes driving layup
Corey Brewer misses jumper
Ty Lawson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes three point jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
JaVale McGee misses 13-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 8-foot jumper
JaVale McGee misses tip shot
Danilo Gallinari misses 18-foot jumper
Corey Brewer misses three point jumper
Andre Miller misses jumper
Andre Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andre Miller makes layup (Danilo Gallinari assists)
Danilo Gallinari makes 23-foot three point jumper (Andre Iguodala assists)
Andre Iguodala misses driving layup
Timofey Mozgov misses layup
Timofey Mozgov makes layup
Andre Iguodala misses 5-foot Running Jumper
Kosta Koufos makes layup (Andre Miller assists)
Andre Iguodala misses driving layup
JaVale McGee misses tip shot
Andre Iguodala makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
JaVale McGee misses 12-foot jumper
JaVale McGee misses tip shot
Kosta Koufos makes two point shot (Kenneth Faried assists)
Andre Iguodala makes driving layup
Andre Miller makes 18-foot jumper (Andre Iguodala assists)
Danilo Gallinari makes dunk (Andre Iguodala assists)
Danilo Gallinari makes 27-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses three point jumper
Kenneth Faried misses layup
Kenneth Faried makes layup (Andre Iguodala assists)
Andre Iguodala makes two point shot
Andrei Kirilenko blocks Kosta Koufos's shot
Andre Miller misses 17-foot jumper
Kosta Koufos makes two point shot
Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Andre Iguodala assists)
Kosta Koufos makes 2-foot two point shot (Corey Brewer assists)
Andre Iguodala misses jumper
Corey Brewer misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andre Iguodala misses 25-foot three point jumper
Corey Brewer makes two point shot (Kosta Koufos assists)
Corey Brewer misses 3-foot Running Jumper
Corey Brewer misses 49-foot three point jumper
Ty Lawson makes 12-foot jumper
Ty Lawson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
Ty Lawson makes two point shot
Andre Miller misses
JaVale McGee makes 1-foot two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
Corey Brewer makes layup (Ty Lawson assists)
Ty Lawson makes 15-foot jumper
Ty Lawson misses 22-foot jumper
Corey Brewer makes 19-foot two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
Andre Miller misses 16-foot jumper
Corey Brewer misses 12-foot jumper
Andre Iguodala makes 18-foot two point shot
Andre Miller makes layup (Andre Iguodala assists)
Andre Miller misses 16-foot two point shot
Andre Miller makes two point shot
Andre Iguodala makes 3-foot two point shot
Andre Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andre Iguodala misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ty Lawson makes driving layup
Alexey Shved makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Kevin Love makes driving layup
Andrei Kirilenko makes 6-foot two point shot (Kevin Love assists)
Alexey Shved misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andrei Kirilenko misses layup
Nikola Pekovic misses dunk
Kevin Love makes dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
Luke Ridnour misses jumper
Andrei Kirilenko misses 23-foot jumper
Alexey Shved misses 26-foot three point jumper
Alexey Shved misses two point shot
Andre Miller blocks Kevin Love 's 3-foot layup
Kevin Love misses 20-foot jumper
Timofey Mozgov blocks Kevin Love's layup
Timofey Mozgov blocks Kevin Love 's 2-foot layup
Dante Cunningham misses alley pop dunk shot
Kevin Love makes two point shot
Alexey Shved makes 15-foot jumper
JaVale McGee blocks Derrick Williams's jumper
Derrick Williams makes layup (Dante Cunningham assists)
Dante Cunningham makes 14-foot jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Ty Lawson blocks Jose Juan Barea's layup
Greg Stiemsma misses 17-foot jumper
Alexey Shved makes driving layup
Derrick Williams misses 19-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Williams makes two point shot
Luke Ridnour misses layup
Luke Ridnour makes jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
Derrick Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour misses jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
Kosta Koufos blocks Jose Juan Barea 's 2-foot shot
Nikola Pekovic misses 6-foot Regular Jump Shot
Luke Ridnour misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses layup
Kevin Love makes 4-foot two point shot (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Kevin Love misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kosta Koufos blocks Nikola Pekovic 's 3-foot jumper
Alexey Shved misses layup
JaVale McGee blocks Kevin Love's layup
Alexey Shved makes two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Kevin Love assists)
Andrei Kirilenko makes two point shot
Kevin Love misses two point shot
Nikola Pekovic misses layup
Andrei Kirilenko misses 21-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 20-foot jumper
Alexey Shved misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andrei Kirilenko makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 20-foot jumper
Andrei Kirilenko makes 18-foot two point shot
Alexey Shved makes driving layup
Corey Brewer blocks Andrei Kirilenko 's 1-foot layup
Nikola Pekovic makes 4-foot two point shot (Alexey Shved assists)
Luke Ridnour makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Luke Ridnour misses three point jumper
Alexey Shved makes jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Jose Juan Barea makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
Anthony Randolph blocks Alexey Shved's layup
Greg Stiemsma makes 20-foot jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Greg Stiemsma misses layup
Alexey Shved makes 18-foot two point shot (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Dante Cunningham makes 15-foot jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Dante Cunningham misses 17-foot jumper
Ty Lawson blocks Jose Juan Barea's layup
Derrick Williams misses 6-foot two point shot
Dante Cunningham misses tip shot
Jose Juan Barea makes two point shot
Derrick Williams makes layup (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Luke Ridnour makes 16-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour makes layup (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Luke Ridnour makes 17-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes two point shot
Jose Juan Barea makes two point shot
Andrei Kirilenko misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Jose Juan Barea makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
Nikola Pekovic misses layup
Jose Juan Barea makes two point shot
Luke Ridnour misses 5-foot Running Jumper

TIMBERWOLVES

NUGGETS

TIME		MIN	DEN
12:00	Nikola Pekovic vs. Kosta Koufos (Kevin Love gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Alexey Shved bad pass (Andre Miller steals)	0	0
11:25	Andrei Kirilenko blocks Kenneth Faried 's 14-foot jumper	0	0
11:23	Andre Miller offensive rebound	0	0
11:19	shot clock turnover	0	0
11:03	Alexey Shved makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)	3	0
10:47	Andrei Kirilenko personal foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	3	0
10:33	Kosta Koufos misses two point shot	3	0
10:33	Timberwolves defensive team rebound	3	0
10:18	Kenneth Faried shooting foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	3	0
10:18	Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2	4	0
10:18	Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2	5	0
9:57	Andre Miller makes 18-foot jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)	5	2
9:36	Kevin Love makes driving layup	7	2
9:25	Kenneth Faried makes dunk (Andre Miller assists)	7	4
9:07	Andrei Kirilenko makes 6-foot two point shot (Kevin Love assists)	9	4
8:48	Kosta Koufos makes layup (Andre Miller assists)	9	6
8:25	Alexey Shved misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	6
8:23	Nuggets defensive team rebound	9	6
7:58	Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	6
7:58	Kevin Love defensive rebound	9	6
7:54	Andrei Kirilenko misses layup	9	6
7:52	Kosta Koufos defensive rebound	9	6
7:37	Andre Iguodala makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)	9	9
7:18	Nikola Pekovic misses dunk	9	9
7:18	Kosta Koufos defensive rebound	9	9
7:13	Kosta Koufos offensive rebound	9	9
7:11	Kosta Koufos makes 2-foot two point shot	9	11
7:03	Andre Miller personal foul (Luke Ridnour draws the foul)	9	11
7:03	JaVale McGee enters the game for Kenneth Faried	9	11
6:58	JaVale McGee shooting foul (Andrei Kirilenko draws the foul)	9	11
6:58	Andrei Kirilenko makes free throw 1 of 2	10	11
6:58	Andrei Kirilenko makes free throw 2 of 2	11	11
6:41	Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	11
6:41	Nikola Pekovic defensive rebound	11	11
6:37	Kevin Love makes dunk (Luke Ridnour assists)	13	11
6:26	Andrei Kirilenko blocks JaVale McGee's layup	13	11
6:24	Kevin Love defensive rebound	13	11
6:20	Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	11
6:18	Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound	13	11
6:13	Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot	15	11
6:07	Kosta Koufos makes layup (Andre Miller assists)	15	13
5:50	JaVale McGee personal foul (Nikola Pekovic draws the foul)	15	13
5:50	Nuggets Full timeout	15	13
5:50	Corey Brewer enters the game for Danilo Gallinari	15	13
5:50	Timofey Mozgov enters the game for JaVale McGee	15	13
5:39	Luke Ridnour misses jumper	15	13
5:37	Corey Brewer defensive rebound	15	13
5:35	Luke Ridnour shooting foul (Andre Iguodala draws the foul)	15	14
5:35	Andre Iguodala misses free throw 1 of 2	15	13
5:35	Nuggets offensive team rebound	15	13
5:35	Andre Iguodala makes free throw 2 of 2	15	14
5:20	Luke Ridnour bad pass (Kosta Koufos steals)	15	14
5:05	Corey Brewer makes 19-foot jumper (Andre Miller assists)	15	16
4:48	Andrei Kirilenko misses 23-foot jumper	15	16
4:48	Timofey Mozgov defensive rebound	15	16
4:35	Corey Brewer misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	16
4:33	Alexey Shved defensive rebound	15	16
4:26	Alexey Shved misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	16
4:24	Corey Brewer defensive rebound	15	16
4:07	Kosta Koufos makes layup (Andre Miller assists)	15	18
3:42	Alexey Shved misses two point shot	15	18
3:41	Andre Iguodala defensive rebound	15	18
3:31	Timofey Mozgov makes 14-foot jumper (Corey Brewer assists)	15	20
3:11	Andre Miller blocks Kevin Love 's 3-foot layup	15	20
3:10	Andre Miller defensive rebound	15	20
2:58	Corey Brewer makes three point jumper (Timofey Mozgov assists)	15	23
2:51	Timberwolves Full timeout	15	23
2:51	Kenneth Faried enters the game for Kosta Koufos	15	23
2:51	Jose Juan Barea enters the game for Nikola Pekovic	15	23
2:51	Dante Cunningham enters the game for Luke Ridnour	15	23
2:39	Kevin Love misses 20-foot jumper	15	23
2:38	Andre Miller defensive rebound	15	23
2:13	Andre Iguodala misses 23-foot	15	23
2:12	Kevin Love defensive rebound	15	23
2:04	Timofey Mozgov blocks Kevin Love's layup	15	23
2:03	Kevin Love offensive rebound	15	23
2:02	Timofey Mozgov blocks Kevin Love 's 2-foot layup	15	23
2:01	Dante Cunningham offensive rebound	15	24
2:01	Andre Iguodala loose ball foul (Dante Cunningham draws the foul)	15	24
2:01	Kevin Love technical foul(1st technical foul)	15	23
2:01	Andre Miller makes technical free throw	15	24
2:01	Dante Cunningham misses free throw 1 of 2	15	24
2:01	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	15	24
2:01	Ty Lawson enters the game for Andre Miller	15	24
2:01	Dante Cunningham misses free throw 2 of 2	15	24
2:00	Andre Iguodala defensive rebound	15	24
1:47	Ty Lawson misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	24
1:46	Kevin Love defensive rebound	15	24
1:40	Kenneth Faried personal foul (Jose Juan Barea draws the foul)	16	24
1:40	Jose Juan Barea makes free throw 1 of 2	16	24
1:40	Danilo Gallinari enters the game for Kenneth Faried	16	24
1:40	Jose Juan Barea makes free throw 2 of 2	17	24
1:16	Andre Iguodala misses 26-foot three point jumper	17	24
1:15	Alexey Shved defensive rebound	17	24
1:09	Timofey Mozgov shooting foul (Dante Cunningham draws the foul)	19	24
1:09	Dante Cunningham makes free throw 1 of 2	18	24
1:09	Dante Cunningham makes free throw 2 of 2	19	24
57.0	Andre Iguodala misses 19-foot jumper	19	24
56.0	Kevin Love defensive rebound	19	24
53.0	Danilo Gallinari shooting foul (Andrei Kirilenko draws the foul)	21	24
53.0	Andrei Kirilenko makes free throw 1 of 2	20	24
53.0	Andrei Kirilenko makes free throw 2 of 2	21	24
32.0	Danilo Gallinari misses driving layup	21	24
31.0	Kevin Love defensive rebound	21	24
28.0	Dante Cunningham misses alley pop dunk shot	21	24
27.0	Kevin Love offensive rebound	21	24
26.0	Kevin Love makes two point shot	23	24
10.0	Jose Juan Barea personal take foul (Ty Lawson draws the foul)	23	24
2.0	Kevin Love shooting foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	23	24
2.0	Danilo Gallinari misses free throw 1 of 2	23	24
2.0	Nuggets offensive team rebound	23	24
2.0	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2	23	25
1.0	Kevin Love lost ball turnover (Corey Brewer steals)	23	25
0.0	Corey Brewer misses two point shot	23	25
0.0	Nuggets offensive team rebound	23	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	25

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 2-1

Nuggets
101
Timberwolves
94

Game 1

22/11

Nuggets
105
Timberwolves
108

Game 2

13/12

Timberwolves
101
Nuggets
97

Game 3

4/1

Timberwolves
88
Nuggets
111

Game 4

10/3

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 4 January 2013

Denver, CO

Attendance: 16,921

Referees:
John Goble
Jason Phillips
Olandis Poole

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	7	0	1.000	-	W7
Minnesota	4	3	.571	3	W1
Denver	4	3	.571	3	W2
Portland	3	5	.375	4.5	W1
Utah	1	6	.143	6	W1

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