Timberwolves 100-85 Nets (20 Dec, 2015) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

11-16, 7-6 away

100

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	26	26	23	25	100
BKN	16	27	22	20	85

Brooklyn Nets

7-20, 6-8 home

Brook Lopez makes 18-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Joe Johnson misses 9-foot jumper
Brook Lopez misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Thaddeus Young 's 11-foot jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic misses two point shot
Jarrett Jack misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Jack makes 20-foot jumper (Brook Lopez assists)
Jarrett Jack misses 27-foot three point jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic misses three point jumper
Brook Lopez makes 7-foot two point shot (Joe Johnson assists)
Brook Lopez makes driving dunk (Joe Johnson assists)
Thaddeus Young misses driving layup
Brook Lopez makes 19-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Andrea Bargnani misses 19-foot jumper
Jarrett Jack makes jumper (Andrea Bargnani assists)
Thaddeus Young misses layup
Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Jack misses 28-foot three point jumper
Adreian Payne blocks Willie Reed 's 2-foot layup
Donald Sloan misses 28-foot three point jumper
Donald Sloan makes 2-foot two point shot (Brook Lopez assists)
Brook Lopez misses two point shot
Wayne Ellington makes three point jumper (Brook Lopez assists)
Andrea Bargnani misses 21-foot jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic makes two point shot (Wayne Ellington assists)
Donald Sloan misses layup
Andrea Bargnani makes layup (Bojan Bogdanovic assists)
Wayne Ellington makes two point shot (Bojan Bogdanovic assists)
Wayne Ellington misses 20-foot jumper
Andrea Bargnani makes 6-foot two point shot
Andrea Bargnani makes driving layup
Brook Lopez makes layup (Donald Sloan assists)
Gorgui Dieng blocks Donald Sloan 's 2-foot layup
Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic misses layup
Wayne Ellington misses 19-foot jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Donald Sloan assists)
Thaddeus Young makes 7-foot two point shot (Brook Lopez assists)
Thaddeus Young misses 10-foot hook shot
Thaddeus Young misses jumper
Joe Johnson misses 29-foot three point jumper
Joe Johnson misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Joe Johnson makes driving layup
Brook Lopez makes 12-foot two point shot (Joe Johnson assists)
Jarrett Jack misses 17-foot two point jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Joe Johnson misses 11-foot two point shot
Bojan Bogdanovic makes two point shot (Brook Lopez assists)
Bojan Bogdanovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Joe Johnson misses driving finger roll layup
Thaddeus Young makes 20-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Donald Sloan 's 2-foot layup
Joe Johnson misses 20-foot two point jumper
Willie Reed makes two point shot (Donald Sloan assists)
Donald Sloan makes driving layup (Joe Johnson assists)
Andrew Wiggins blocks Joe Johnson 's 7-foot 2-pt jumper
Brook Lopez makes driving dunk
Donald Sloan makes driving layup (Wayne Ellington assists)
Andrea Bargnani misses 19-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes two point shot (Donald Sloan assists)
Wayne Ellington makes driving layup
Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Thaddeus Young misses two point shot
Jarrett Jack misses 9-foot two point shot
Wayne Ellington makes three point jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Jack misses three point jumper
Joe Johnson misses 6-foot driving bank shot
Bojan Bogdanovic makes three point jumper (Joe Johnson assists)
Thaddeus Young makes 6-foot two point shot (Jarrett Jack assists)
Thaddeus Young misses 19-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young makes layup (Joe Johnson assists)
Joe Johnson makes layup (Jarrett Jack assists)
Jarrett Jack misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bojan Bogdanovic misses three point jumper
Brook Lopez misses three point jumper
Bojan Bogdanovic misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 18-foot jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses jumper
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 11-foot two point shot
Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 18-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 11-foot jumper
Gorgui Dieng misses layup
Andrew Wiggins misses 5-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Gorgui Dieng misses two point shot
Gorgui Dieng makes layup
Ricky Rubio makes two point shot
Gorgui Dieng makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Gorgui Dieng makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Gorgui Dieng makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Shabazz Muhammad misses 24-foot three point jumper
Zach LaVine makes 20-foot two point shot (Kevin Martin assists)
Gorgui Dieng misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes two point shot
Kevin Martin misses jumper
Kevin Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gorgui Dieng assists)
Shabazz Muhammad misses 10-foot two point shot
Zach LaVine misses driving layup
Shabazz Muhammad misses layup
Kevin Martin misses 19-foot jumper
Gorgui Dieng makes 15-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Kevin Martin misses 20-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 20-foot jumper
Zach LaVine misses Running Jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot two point shot (Kevin Martin assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Gorgui Dieng makes layup
Gorgui Dieng makes two point shot
Tayshaun Prince makes jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 19-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses 19-foot jumper
Ricky Rubio misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 20-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving finger roll layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Kevin Garnett misses 16-foot two point jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 19-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Gorgui Dieng assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses 20-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins misses 9-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot two point shot
Gorgui Dieng makes 18-foot jumper (Zach LaVine assists)
Zach LaVine misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Martin makes 17-foot jumper (Zach LaVine assists)
Zach LaVine misses 24-foot three point jumper
Adreian Payne misses 6-foot hook shot
Kevin Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zach LaVine assists)
Zach LaVine makes two point shot (Gorgui Dieng assists)
Adreian Payne misses layup
Zach LaVine makes 3-foot two point shot
Andre Miller makes two point shot
Kevin Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andre Miller assists)
Adreian Payne misses 17-foot two point shot
Gorgui Dieng makes 17-foot jumper (Zach LaVine assists)
Zach LaVine makes 17-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 20-foot jumper (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)
Brook Lopez blocks Karl-Anthony Towns's layup
Brook Lopez blocks Zach LaVine 's 3-foot layup
Zach LaVine misses jumper
Shabazz Muhammad misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damjan Rudez misses 23-foot three point jumper

TIMBERWOLVES

NETS

TIME		MIN	BKN
12:00	Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Brook Lopez (Andrew Wiggins gains possession)	0	0
11:47	Andrew Wiggins lost ball turnover (Jarrett Jack steals)	0	0
11:30	Karl-Anthony Towns personal foul (Brook Lopez draws the foul)	0	0
11:19	Brook Lopez makes 18-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)	0	2
11:04	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 18-foot jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)	2	2
10:49	Joe Johnson misses 9-foot jumper	2	2
10:48	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	2	2
10:45	Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)	4	2
10:45	Bojan Bogdanovic defensive goaltending violation	4	2
10:33	Brook Lopez misses two point shot	4	2
10:33	Ricky Rubio defensive rebound	4	2
10:25	Ricky Rubio misses jumper	4	2
10:23	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	4	2
10:15	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Thaddeus Young 's 11-foot jumper	4	2
10:15	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	4	2
10:04	Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	2
10:03	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	4	2
9:49	Bojan Bogdanovic misses 23-foot three point jumper	4	2
9:48	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	4	2
9:33	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 11-foot two point shot	4	2
9:33	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	4	2
9:22	Bojan Bogdanovic misses two point shot	4	2
9:21	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	4	2
9:04	Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	2
9:03	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	4	2
8:52	Jarrett Jack misses 23-foot three point jumper	4	2
8:52	Ricky Rubio defensive rebound	4	2
8:41	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 18-foot jumper	4	2
8:41	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	4	2
8:29	Kevin Garnett shooting foul (Thaddeus Young draws the foul)	4	2
8:29	Thaddeus Young makes free throw 1 of 2	4	3
8:29	Thaddeus Young makes free throw 2 of 2	4	4
8:15	Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)	6	4
8:07	Ricky Rubio personal block (Jarrett Jack draws the foul)	6	4
7:54	Jarrett Jack makes 20-foot jumper (Brook Lopez assists)	6	6
7:45	Bojan Bogdanovic personal foul (Andrew Wiggins draws the foul)	6	6
7:45	Gorgui Dieng enters the game for Kevin Garnett	6	6
7:35	Brook Lopez shooting foul (Gorgui Dieng draws the foul)	6	6
7:35	Gorgui Dieng makes free throw 1 of 2	7	6
7:35	Gorgui Dieng makes free throw 2 of 2	8	6
7:13	Bojan Bogdanovic bad pass (Gorgui Dieng steals)	8	6
7:09	Jarrett Jack shooting block foul (Ricky Rubio draws the foul)	8	6
7:09	Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 2	9	6
7:09	Ricky Rubio makes free throw 2 of 2	10	6
6:50	Jarrett Jack misses 27-foot three point jumper	10	6
6:48	Gorgui Dieng defensive rebound	10	6
6:41	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 11-foot jumper	10	6
6:39	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	10	6
6:31	Bojan Bogdanovic misses three point jumper	10	6
6:30	Joe Johnson offensive rebound	10	6
6:26	Brook Lopez makes 7-foot two point shot (Joe Johnson assists)	10	8
6:07	Gorgui Dieng misses layup	10	8
6:05	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	10	8
6:03	Andrew Wiggins misses 5-foot jumper	10	8
5:58	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	10	8
5:58	Timberwolves Full timeout	10	8
5:48	Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot step back jumpshot	10	8
5:48	Jarrett Jack defensive rebound	10	8
5:35	Brook Lopez makes driving dunk (Joe Johnson assists)	10	10
5:18	Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	12	10
5:05	Bojan Bogdanovic traveling	12	10
4:50	Gorgui Dieng misses two point shot	12	10
4:50	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	12	10
4:43	Thaddeus Young misses driving layup	12	10
4:41	Brook Lopez offensive rebound	12	10
4:41	Gorgui Dieng kicked ball violation	12	10
4:41	Wayne Ellington enters the game for Bojan Bogdanovic	12	10
4:28	Brook Lopez makes 19-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)	12	12
4:09	Gorgui Dieng makes layup	14	12
4:00	Joe Johnson bad pass (Karl-Anthony Towns steals)	14	12
3:56	Ricky Rubio makes two point shot	16	12
3:56	Joe Johnson shooting foul (Ricky Rubio draws the foul)	16	12
3:56	Andrea Bargnani enters the game for Brook Lopez	16	12
3:56	Adreian Payne enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	16	12
3:56	Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 1	17	12
3:31	Andrea Bargnani misses 19-foot jumper	17	12
3:31	Tayshaun Prince defensive rebound	17	12
3:23	Gorgui Dieng makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)	19	12
3:12	Adreian Payne kicked ball violation	19	12
3:12	Nets Full timeout	19	12
3:00	Jarrett Jack makes jumper (Andrea Bargnani assists)	19	14
2:46	Gorgui Dieng makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)	21	14
2:31	Thaddeus Young misses layup	21	14
2:31	Adreian Payne defensive rebound	21	14
2:23	Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)	23	14
1:55	Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper	23	14
1:54	Adreian Payne defensive rebound	23	14
1:47	Gorgui Dieng makes two point shot (Ricky Rubio assists)	25	14
1:20	Jarrett Jack misses 28-foot three point jumper	25	14
1:19	Gorgui Dieng defensive rebound	25	14
1:02	Adreian Payne traveling	25	14
1:02	Zach LaVine enters the game for Ricky Rubio	25	14
1:02	Willie Reed enters the game for Thaddeus Young	25	14
1:02	Donald Sloan enters the game for Jarrett Jack	25	14
1:02	Shabazz Muhammad enters the game for Tayshaun Prince	25	14
50.0	Zach LaVine shooting foul (Andrea Bargnani draws the foul)	25	14
50.0	Andrea Bargnani makes free throw 1 of 2	25	15
50.0	Andrea Bargnani makes free throw 2 of 2	25	16
38.0	Wayne Ellington shooting foul (Andrew Wiggins draws the foul)	25	16
38.0	Andrew Wiggins misses free throw 1 of 2	25	16
38.0	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	25	16
38.0	Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 2 of 2	26	16
26.0	Adreian Payne blocks Willie Reed 's 2-foot layup	26	16
24.0	Gorgui Dieng defensive rebound	26	16
5.0	Shabazz Muhammad misses 24-foot three point jumper	26	16
4.0	Donald Sloan defensive rebound	26	16
0.0	Donald Sloan misses 28-foot three point jumper	26	16
0.0	Nets offensive team rebound	26	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	16

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Timberwolves
100
Nets
85

Game 1

20/12

Nets
118
Timberwolves
132

Game 2

6/3

Barclays Center

6:00 PM, 20 December 2015

Brooklyn, NY

Attendance: 14,552

Referees:
Mark Ayotte
Brian Forte
Leon Wood

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Denver	.000	-	-
Minnesota	.000	-	-
Portland	.000	-	-
Oklahoma City	.000	-	-
Utah	.000	-	-

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	.000	-	-
Brooklyn	.000	-	-
New York	.000	-	-
Philadelphia	.000	-	-
Toronto	.000	-	-

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