Timberwolves 106-99 76ers (12 Dec, 2013) Play-by-Play

Philadelphia 76ers

7-16, 1-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHI	39	22	20	18	99
MIN	20	28	30	28	106

Minnesota Timberwolves

11-11, 7-4 home

106

Kevin Love misses 23-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic misses layup
Kevin Love makes two point shot
Ricky Rubio misses 20-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses layup
Corey Brewer misses 4-foot jumper
Tony Wroten blocks Ricky Rubio 's 19-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup
Kevin Martin misses 17-foot jumper
Corey Brewer misses 14-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 6-foot Running Jumper
Ricky Rubio makes 20-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes 16-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love makes layup
Corey Brewer misses 7-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
Corey Brewer misses layup
Ricky Rubio makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Kevin Love misses 12-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio makes 23-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Dante Cunningham misses 20-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 7-foot Running Jumper
Kevin Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper
J.J. Barea misses driving layup
Alexey Shved misses 18-foot jumper
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute makes layup
Dante Cunningham makes 15-foot jumper (Alexey Shved assists)
Lorenzo Brown blocks Alexey Shved 's 2-foot layup
Dante Cunningham misses 21-foot jumper
J.J. Barea misses layup
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses layup
Nikola Pekovic misses 9-foot jumper
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute makes layup
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses driving layup
Kevin Love makes layup (J.J. Barea assists)
Kevin Love misses layup
Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
Kevin Love makes 11-foot two point shot (Nikola Pekovic assists)
Lorenzo Brown blocks Ricky Rubio 's 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 19-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio makes driving layup
Kevin Love makes layup (Nikola Pekovic assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Kevin Martin assists)
Corey Brewer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Corey Brewer misses 16-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup (Kevin Love assists)
Corey Brewer makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Spencer Hawes blocks Corey Brewer 's 2-foot layup
Kevin Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Corey Brewer misses 20-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Nikola Pekovic misses layup
Spencer Hawes blocks Kevin Love 's 2-foot layup
Spencer Hawes blocks Ricky Rubio 's 1-foot layup
Kevin Love makes 9-foot two point shot (Nikola Pekovic assists)
Kevin Martin makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Nikola Pekovic misses layup
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Corey Brewer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Dante Cunningham makes 13-foot jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Corey Brewer misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses 17-foot Regular Jump Shot
Dante Cunningham misses 19-foot jumper
Dante Cunningham misses 9-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses layup
Robbie Hummel makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
J.J. Barea misses driving layup
J.J. Barea misses 24-foot three point jumper
J.J. Barea misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes layup
Robbie Hummel misses 11-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot
Robbie Hummel makes 21-foot jumper (J.J. Barea assists)
Nikola Pekovic makes 11-foot jumper (Dante Cunningham assists)
Dante Cunningham makes 1-foot two point shot (J.J. Barea assists)
Robbie Hummel misses 25-foot three point jumper
Thaddeus Young blocks Nikola Pekovic 's 3-foot layup
Kevin Love misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 6-foot jump bank shot
Corey Brewer misses driving layup
Robbie Hummel makes 15-foot jumper
Nikola Pekovic misses 13-foot two point shot
Kevin Love makes two point shot
Corey Brewer makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 20-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio misses layup
Kevin Love misses tip shot
Kevin Love makes two point shot
Robbie Hummel makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 11-foot jumper
Tony Wroten makes driving layup (Spencer Hawes assists)
Evan Turner makes 16-foot jumper (Spencer Hawes assists)
Tony Wroten makes driving layup
Thaddeus Young makes 2-foot two point shot
Spencer Hawes misses 6-foot Running Jumper
Evan Turner misses 13-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young makes driving layup (Evan Turner assists)
Tony Wroten makes three point jumper (James Anderson assists)
Evan Turner makes 12-foot two point shot
Thaddeus Young misses 10-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young makes 16-foot jumper (Evan Turner assists)
Evan Turner makes driving layup
Evan Turner makes 4-foot two point shot (Tony Wroten assists)
Thaddeus Young misses 16-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young makes 21-foot jumper
Evan Turner makes 21-foot jumper (Lavoy Allen assists)
Thaddeus Young misses 24-foot three point jumper
James Anderson makes 10-foot two point shot
Elliot Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lorenzo Brown assists)
Lorenzo Brown makes driving layup
James Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lorenzo Brown assists)
James Anderson makes dunk (Lorenzo Brown assists)
Lorenzo Brown misses three point jumper
Elliot Williams misses two point shot
James Anderson misses 15-foot jumper
Elliot Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Evan Turner misses 15-foot jumper
Alexey Shved blocks Evan Turner's layup
Tony Wroten misses layup
Evan Turner makes three point jumper (Elliot Williams assists)
Tony Wroten makes driving layup
Spencer Hawes makes 18-foot jumper (Tony Wroten assists)
Spencer Hawes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Thaddeus Young assists)
Hollis Thompson makes 17-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young makes two point shot
Spencer Hawes makes layup (Lorenzo Brown assists)
Evan Turner misses 14-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nikola Pekovic blocks Spencer Hawes 's 14-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young makes layup
Spencer Hawes makes three point jumper (Lorenzo Brown assists)
Spencer Hawes misses 31-foot three point jumper
Evan Turner misses 21-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young misses 14-foot two point shot
Tony Wroten makes 13-foot two point shot
Spencer Hawes misses 12-foot Running Jumper
Evan Turner misses 23-foot three point jumper
James Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Evan Turner assists)
Evan Turner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Thaddeus Young makes 9-foot two point shot (Tony Wroten assists)
James Anderson makes driving dunk (Evan Turner assists)
Tony Wroten misses 22-foot three point jumper
Tony Wroten makes layup (James Anderson assists)
Spencer Hawes makes 11-foot two point shot
Tony Wroten misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lavoy Allen makes layup (Spencer Hawes assists)
Evan Turner misses 13-foot two point jumper
James Anderson misses 9-foot Running Jumper
Spencer Hawes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lorenzo Brown assists)
Lorenzo Brown makes 12-foot two point shot
Hollis Thompson makes two point shot
Brandon Davies misses 12-foot jumper
Lavoy Allen misses 20-foot jumper
Lavoy Allen misses 4-foot jumper
James Anderson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tony Wroten misses layup
Tony Wroten makes two point shot
Evan Turner misses 12-foot jumper
Tony Wroten misses layup
Thaddeus Young misses layup
Spencer Hawes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tony Wroten assists)
Evan Turner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tony Wroten makes driving layup
Spencer Hawes misses 23-foot jumper

76ERS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		PHI	MIN
12:00	Spencer Hawes vs. Nikola Pekovic (Ricky Rubio gains possession)	0	0
11:38	Kevin Love misses 23-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	Spencer Hawes defensive rebound	0	0
11:32	Tony Wroten makes driving layup (Spencer Hawes assists)	2	0
11:21	Nikola Pekovic misses layup	2	0
11:19	Kevin Love offensive rebound	2	0
11:19	Kevin Love makes two point shot	2	2
11:07	Evan Turner makes 16-foot jumper (Spencer Hawes assists)	4	2
10:51	Ricky Rubio misses 20-foot jumper	4	2
10:48	Hollis Thompson defensive rebound	4	2
10:42	Tony Wroten makes driving layup	6	2
10:26	Kevin Love bad pass (Hollis Thompson steals)	6	2
10:21	Thaddeus Young makes 2-foot two point shot	8	2
10:07	Kevin Love misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	2
10:06	Evan Turner defensive rebound	8	2
10:00	Evan Turner bad pass (Ricky Rubio steals)	8	2
9:55	Kevin Martin misses layup	8	2
9:53	Hollis Thompson defensive rebound	8	2
9:45	Spencer Hawes misses 6-foot Running Jumper	8	2
9:45	Kevin Love defensive rebound	8	2
9:37	Corey Brewer misses 4-foot jumper	8	2
9:37	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	8	2
9:33	Tony Wroten blocks Ricky Rubio 's 19-foot jumper	8	2
9:32	Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound	8	2
9:30	Nikola Pekovic makes layup	8	4
9:15	Evan Turner misses 13-foot jumper	8	4
9:14	Kevin Love defensive rebound	8	4
9:11	Kevin Martin misses 17-foot jumper	8	4
9:10	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	8	4
9:10	Hollis Thompson loose ball foul (Corey Brewer draws the foul)	8	4
9:00	Corey Brewer misses 14-foot jumper	8	4
8:59	Evan Turner defensive rebound	8	4
8:55	Evan Turner lost ball turnover (Kevin Martin steals)	8	4
8:47	Kevin Martin misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	4
8:45	Evan Turner defensive rebound	8	4
8:40	Thaddeus Young out of bounds lost ball turnover	8	4
8:26	Kevin Martin misses 6-foot Running Jumper	8	4
8:25	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	8	4
8:18	Thaddeus Young makes driving layup (Evan Turner assists)	10	4
8:02	Ricky Rubio makes 20-foot jumper	10	6
8:02	Hollis Thompson shooting foul (Ricky Rubio draws the foul)	10	6
8:02	James Anderson enters the game for Hollis Thompson	10	6
8:02	Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 1	10	7
7:50	Tony Wroten bad pass	10	7
7:37	Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	7
7:37	Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound	10	7
7:35	Nikola Pekovic traveling	10	7
7:24	Tony Wroten makes three point jumper (James Anderson assists)	13	7
7:03	Thaddeus Young personal foul (Kevin Love draws the foul)	13	7
6:54	Nikola Pekovic makes 16-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)	13	9
6:43	Evan Turner makes 12-foot two point shot	15	9
6:31	Kevin Love makes layup	15	11
6:18	Thaddeus Young misses 10-foot jumper	15	11
6:16	Kevin Love defensive rebound	15	11
5:58	Corey Brewer misses 7-foot jumper	15	11
5:56	Nikola Pekovic offensive rebound	15	11
5:56	Nikola Pekovic makes two point shot	15	13
5:43	Thaddeus Young makes 16-foot jumper (Evan Turner assists)	17	13
5:28	Corey Brewer misses layup	17	13
5:26	Evan Turner defensive rebound	17	13
5:20	Evan Turner makes driving layup	19	13
4:58	James Anderson shooting foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)	19	13
4:58	Timberwolves Full timeout	19	13
4:58	Kevin Martin misses free throw 1 of 2	19	13
4:58	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	19	13
4:58	Kevin Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	19	14
4:47	Evan Turner out of bounds lost ball turnover	19	14
4:47	Lavoy Allen enters the game for Spencer Hawes	19	14
4:33	Ricky Rubio makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)	19	17
4:16	Evan Turner makes 4-foot two point shot (Tony Wroten assists)	21	17
3:56	Kevin Love misses 12-foot jumper	21	17
3:55	James Anderson defensive rebound	21	17
3:48	Thaddeus Young misses 16-foot jumper	21	17
3:47	James Anderson offensive rebound	21	17
3:44	Thaddeus Young makes 21-foot jumper	23	17
3:17	Ricky Rubio makes 23-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)	23	19
3:05	Evan Turner bad pass (Ricky Rubio steals)	23	19
3:02	Tony Wroten shooting foul (Ricky Rubio draws the foul)	23	19
3:02	Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 2	23	20
3:02	Dante Cunningham enters the game for Nikola Pekovic	23	20
3:02	Lorenzo Brown enters the game for Tony Wroten	23	20
3:02	Ricky Rubio misses free throw 2 of 2	23	20
3:02	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	23	20
3:01	76ers Full timeout	23	20
2:48	Evan Turner makes 21-foot jumper (Lavoy Allen assists)	25	20
2:32	Dante Cunningham misses 20-foot jumper	25	20
2:31	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	25	20
2:21	Thaddeus Young misses 24-foot three point jumper	25	20
2:20	Lorenzo Brown offensive rebound	25	20
2:15	Kevin Martin shooting foul (James Anderson draws the foul)	25	20
2:15	James Anderson makes free throw 1 of 2	26	20
2:15	Brandon Davies enters the game for Evan Turner	26	20
2:15	Elliot Williams enters the game for Thaddeus Young	26	20
2:15	James Anderson makes free throw 2 of 2	27	20
1:57	Kevin Martin misses 7-foot Running Jumper	27	20
1:55	Lavoy Allen defensive rebound	27	20
1:43	James Anderson makes 10-foot two point shot	29	20
1:28	Kevin Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper	29	20
1:25	Lavoy Allen defensive rebound	29	20
1:20	Elliot Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lorenzo Brown assists)	32	20
1:06	Ricky Rubio bad pass (Lorenzo Brown steals)	32	20
1:02	Lorenzo Brown makes driving layup	34	20
42.0	Ricky Rubio bad pass (Elliot Williams steals)	34	20
41.0	Ricky Rubio personal foul (Lorenzo Brown draws the foul)	34	20
41.0	J.J. Barea enters the game for Ricky Rubio	34	20
41.0	Alexey Shved enters the game for Kevin Martin	34	20
41.0	Luc Richard Mbah a Moute enters the game for Corey Brewer	34	20
30.0	James Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lorenzo Brown assists)	37	20
17.0	J.J. Barea traveling	37	20
1.0	James Anderson makes dunk (Lorenzo Brown assists)	39	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	39	20

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

76ers
99
Timberwolves
106

Game 1

12/12

Timberwolves
126
76ers
95

Game 2

7/1

Target Center

1:00 AM, 12 December 2013

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 13,450

Referees:
Matt Boland
Tony Brown
Dan Crawford

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	8	.733	-	L2
New York	20	10	.667	2	W5
Philadelphia	11	17	.393	10	W2
Brooklyn	11	18	.379	10.5	L2
Toronto	7	23	.233	15	L8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	23	5	.821	-	W8
Denver	16	12	.571	7	L1
Minnesota	15	14	.517	8.5	W1
Portland	9	20	.310	14.5	L2
Utah	7	21	.250	16	L1

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