L.A. Lakers 117, Minnesota 98

April 20, 2003

Opening Round - Los Angeles wins 4-2

Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Attendance: 17,097

Officials: Dan Crawford, Joe DeRosa, Jess Kersey

Team Rebounds: Los Angeles (8) Minnesota (8)

Technicals: Los Angeles (0) Minnesota (1 (Bench))

  1 2 3 4 Final
LAL (50-32) 39 27 22 29 117
MIN (51-31) 23 29 24 22 98

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
LAL 90 130.7 109.5
MIN 90 109.5 130.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
LAL .613 0.112 0.229 0.238
MIN .507 0.123 0.235 0.276

Los Angeles Lakers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
24 Kobe Bryant Starter SG 45:00 16-30 1-3 6-6 24.8 1 4 5 8 3 1 0 1 39
2 Derek Fisher Starter PG 40:00 6-12 5-6 0-0 14.2 1 3 4 3 2 2 0 1 17
17 Rick Fox Starter SF 21:00 3-4 3-4 1-2 8.5 0 1 1 4 5 0 1 1 10
35 Mark Madsen Starter PF 16:00 2-4 0-0 2-3 2.4 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 6
34 Shaquille O'Neal Starter C 44:00 11-17 0-0 10-13 25.4 2 8 10 2 2 0 5 3 32
3 Devean George Bench SF 27:00 5-6 1-2 0-0 9.2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 11
5 Robert Horry Bench PF 32:00 1-5 0-3 0-0 13.2 2 6 8 8 3 2 0 0 2
14 Slava Medvedenko Bench C 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Jannero Pargo Bench PG 08:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
21 Kareem Rush Bench SG 05:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Brian Shaw Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   8         1  
        240 44-80 10-19 19-24 104.8 8 27 43 30 21 6 7 11 117
          55.0% 52.6% 79.2%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 46:00 11-21 0-1 1-4 24.2 2 12 14 7 3 2 2 2 23
16 Troy Hudson Starter PG 32:00 6-16 1-2 4-4 8.2 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 17
8 Rasho Nesterovic Starter C 33:00 5-10 0-0 1-2 6.2 3 4 7 1 5 0 0 1 11
32 Joe Smith Starter SF 15:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 2
10 Wally Szczerbiak Starter SG 41:00 5-9 0-2 5-6 4.2 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 3 15
9 Kendall Gill Bench SG 08:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 1.5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
25 Marc Jackson Bench C 15:00 4-5 0-0 3-3 8.9 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 11
44 Anthony Peeler Bench SG 22:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 3.8 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
1 Rod Strickland Bench PG 16:00 2-4 0-0 6-6 8.2 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 3 10
20 Gary Trent Bench PF 11:00 1-3 0-0 1-2 0.2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 3
29 Mike Wilks Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   8            
        240 38-76 1-5 21-27 82.4 8 26 42 20 20 6 3 11 98
          50.0% 20.0% 77.8%                    

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Derek Fisher
10.5p, 2.9r, 3.6a
Kobe Bryant
30p, 6.9r, 5.9a
Rick Fox
9p, 4.3r, 3.3a
Mark Madsen
3.2p, 2.9r, 0.7a
Shaquille O'Neal
27.5p, 11.1r, 3.1a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Devean George
6.9p, 4r, 1.3a
Robert Horry
6.5p, 6.4r, 2.9a
 
 
Lim PT Jannero Pargo
2.6p, 1.1r, 1.2a
Kareem Rush
3p, 1.2r, 0.9a
 
 
 
 
Slava Medvedenko
4.4p, 2.4r, 0.3a
Lim PT Brian Shaw
3.5p, 1.7r, 1.5a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Troy Hudson
14.2p, 2.3r, 5.7a
Wally Szczerbiak
17.6p, 4.6r, 2.6a
Joe Smith
7.5p, 5r, 0.7a
Kevin Garnett
23p, 13.4r, 6a
Rasho Nesterovic
11.2p, 6.5r, 1.5a
Rotation Rod Strickland
6.8p, 2r, 4.6a
Anthony Peeler
7.7p, 2.9r, 3a
 
 
Gary Trent
6p, 3.6r, 1a
Marc Jackson
5.5p, 2.9r, 0.5a
Lim PT Mike Wilks
3.2p, 1.5r, 2a
Kendall Gill
8.7p, 3r, 1.9a
 
 
 
 
 
 

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