3/9/2015 Los Angeles v. Minnesota Game Preview

Minnesota Timberwolves (14-48, 5-24 away)
L.A. Clippers (41-23, 24-9 home)
March 9, 2015 at 10:30 PM ET
Regular Season

crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles, California

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Season Series - L.A. Clippers won 3-0

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Dec 1, 2014 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 101 - 127 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Mar 2, 2015 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 110 - 105 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Mar 9, 2015 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 76 - 89 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena

2014-2015 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Minnesota8248.397.836.483.2.4385.014.9.33220.025.7.77611.629.340.921.68.14.015.019.2
L.A. Clippers8248.1106.739.483.3.47310.126.9.37617.925.2.7109.633.142.624.87.85.012.321.3
MIN Opponents8248.3106.541.184.5.4878.523.1.36715.820.8.75911.631.943.623.68.45.515.421.4
LAC Opponents8248.1100.136.482.3.4428.323.9.34919.025.7.74110.632.342.923.26.73.014.121.5


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 2, 2015 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 110 - 105 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Dec 1, 2014 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 101 - 127 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Mar 31, 2014 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 114 - 104 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Dec 22, 2013 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 116 - 120 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Nov 20, 2013 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 102 - 98 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Nov 11, 2013 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 107 - 109 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Apr 10, 2013 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 95 - 111 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Jan 30, 2013 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 96 - 90 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Jan 17, 2013 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 90 - 77 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Nov 28, 2012 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 95 - 101 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Apr 12, 2012 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 95 - 82 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Mar 5, 2012 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 94 - 95 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Feb 28, 2012 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 109 - 97 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Jan 20, 2012 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 101 - 98 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Feb 16, 2011 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 98 - 90 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Jan 19, 2011 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 111 - 126 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Dec 20, 2010 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 90 - 113 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Nov 17, 2010 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 111 - 113 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Jan 29, 2010 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 97 - 111 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Dec 16, 2009 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 120 - 95 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Nov 23, 2009 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 87 - 91 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Nov 2, 2009 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 90 - 93 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Apr 7, 2009 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 87 - 77 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Jan 19, 2009 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 94 - 86 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Dec 6, 2008 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 107 - 84 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Mar 17, 2008 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 90 - 99 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Mar 8, 2008 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 99 - 96 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Feb 1, 2008 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 83 - 104 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Dec 31, 2007 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 82 - 91 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Jan 27, 2007 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 101 - 87 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Jan 10, 2007 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 92 - 91 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Nov 25, 2006 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 96 - 104 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Mar 13, 2006 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 87 - 95 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Nov 29, 2005 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 93 - 84 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Nov 7, 2005 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 78 - 93 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Nov 5, 2005 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 99 - 100 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Mar 27, 2005 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 85 - 89 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Feb 24, 2005 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 86 - 92 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Dec 17, 2004 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 86 - 113 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Dec 4, 2004 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 107 - 100 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Mar 27, 2004 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 98 - 82 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Feb 10, 2004 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 84 - 96 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Dec 7, 2003 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 96 - 94 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Nov 22, 2003 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 91 - 103 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Apr 11, 2003 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 90 - 106 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Jan 24, 2003 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 85 - 88 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Jan 15, 2003 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 95 - 64 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Dec 7, 2002 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 88 - 104 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Apr 13, 2002 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 101 - 98 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Mar 11, 2002 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 108 - 99 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Jan 15, 2002 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 83 - 97 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Nov 28, 2001 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 75 - 94 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Apr 13, 2001 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 105 - 111 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Jan 12, 2001 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 89 - 95 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Dec 20, 2000 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 96 - 103 L.A. Clippers Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Dec 9, 2000 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 73 - 85 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Apr 6, 2000 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 112 - 90 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Feb 24, 2000 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 91 - 116 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Jan 21, 2000 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 95 - 89 Minnesota Regular Season crypto.com Arena
Nov 17, 1999 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 89 - 85 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
May 1, 1999 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 93 - 103 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Apr 8, 1999 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 91 - 99 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Mar 21, 1999 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 100 - 85 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Feb 14, 1999 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 95 - 73 Minnesota Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Apr 13, 1998 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 107 - 88 Minnesota Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Mar 27, 1998 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 100 - 98 Minnesota Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Jan 19, 1998 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 109 - 117 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Dec 20, 1997 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 91 - 92 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Apr 10, 1997 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 108 - 96 Minnesota Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Jan 11, 1997 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 93 - 95 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Nov 23, 1996 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 96 - 98 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Nov 10, 1996 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 70 - 81 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Mar 31, 1996 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 110 - 107 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Mar 20, 1996 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 96 - 110 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Jan 11, 1996 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 89 - 109 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Dec 8, 1995 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 94 - 112 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Mar 19, 1995 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 93 - 96 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Mar 6, 1995 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 88 - 101 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Dec 26, 1994 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 81 - 82 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Dec 3, 1994 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 103 - 95 Minnesota Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Apr 6, 1994 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 100 - 110 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Jan 29, 1994 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 93 - 103 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Dec 17, 1993 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 105 - 90 Minnesota Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Dec 10, 1993 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 108 - 109 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Mar 14, 1993 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 124 - 107 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Mar 12, 1993 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 93 - 117 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Jan 18, 1993 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 94 - 93 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Dec 18, 1992 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 95 - 103 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Apr 16, 1992 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 93 - 96 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Apr 7, 1992 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 115 - 108 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Dec 21, 1991 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 100 - 87 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Dec 7, 1991 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 87 - 101 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Mar 2, 1991 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 104 - 102 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Target Center
Feb 15, 1991 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 107 - 124 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Dec 11, 1990 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 95 - 101 Minnesota Regular Season Target Center
Dec 2, 1990 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 77 - 102 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Mar 26, 1990 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 96 - 101 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Mar 8, 1990 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 94 - 111 Minnesota Regular Season Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Jan 20, 1990 Minnesota L.A. Clippers 95 - 97 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Jan 2, 1990 L.A. Clippers Minnesota 87 - 79 L.A. Clippers Regular Season Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

2014-2015 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Z. LaVine K. Martin A. Wiggins G. Dieng N. Pekovic
Rotation R. Rubio S. Muhammad   R. Hummel  
Rotation   C. Budinger   A. Bennett  
Rotation   L. Brown   A. Onuaku  
Lim PT   G. Neal   K. Garnett J. Hamilton
Lim PT       A. Payne  

2014-2015 L.A. Clippers Clippers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. Paul J. Redick M. Barnes B. Griffin D. Jordan
Rotation A. Rivers J. Crawford H. Turkoglu G. Davis S. Hawes
Rotation L. Hudson   D. Jones E. Udoh  
Lim PT   C. Wilcox J. Hamilton    

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
11 Anthony Bennett PF 57 15.7 5.2 2.2 5.2 .421 0.1 0.4 .304 0.7 1.1 .641 0.9 2.9 3.8 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.5
7 Lorenzo Brown SG 29 18.9 4.2 1.8 4.2 .426 0.2 1.0 .214 0.4 0.7 .632 0.5 1.9 2.4 3.1 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.7
10 Chase Budinger GF 67 19.2 6.8 2.5 5.8 .433 0.8 2.1 .364 1.0 1.2 .827 0.5 2.5 3.0 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.7 1.1
5 Gorgui Dieng FC 73 30.0 9.7 3.5 7.0 .506 0.0 0.1 .167 2.6 3.3 .783 3.1 5.3 8.3 2.0 1.0 1.7 1.7 2.6
21 Kevin Garnett PF 5 19.6 7.6 3.6 6.2 .581 0.0 0.2 .000 0.4 0.8 .500 0.4 4.8 5.2 1.6 1.0 0.8 0.2 2.6
41 Justin Hamilton C 17 24.9 9.0 3.4 6.6 .513 0.2 0.7 .333 1.9 2.4 .825 1.9 3.1 5.1 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.1 2.2
4 Robbie Hummel F 45 16.5 4.4 1.8 3.8 .459 0.4 1.1 .314 0.5 0.6 .828 0.7 2.3 3.0 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.9
8 Zach LaVine SG 77 24.7 10.1 3.7 8.8 .422 0.7 2.2 .341 1.9 2.3 .842 0.4 2.4 2.8 3.6 0.7 0.1 2.5 2.1
23 Kevin Martin SG 39 33.4 20.0 6.8 16.0 .427 1.9 4.9 .393 4.4 4.9 .881 0.5 3.2 3.6 2.3 0.8 0.0 1.9 1.9
15 Shabazz Muhammad GF 38 22.8 13.5 5.1 10.4 .489 0.5 1.3 .392 2.7 3.8 .717 1.7 2.4 4.1 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.9 1.3
12 Gary Neal G 11 23.8 11.8 4.1 9.5 .429 1.0 2.8 .355 2.6 3.0 .879 0.0 3.2 3.2 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.9 1.6
33 Adreian Payne C 29 24.8 7.2 3.1 7.3 .418 0.0 0.3 .125 1.0 1.5 .659 1.6 3.8 5.4 1.0 0.6 0.3 1.5 2.9
14 Nikola Pekovic PF 31 26.3 12.5 4.5 10.6 .424 0.0 0.0 .000 3.5 4.2 .837 2.9 4.7 7.5 0.9 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.9
9 Ricky Rubio G 22 31.5 10.3 3.5 10.0 .356 0.6 2.3 .255 2.6 3.2 .803 0.9 4.8 5.7 8.8 1.7 0.0 2.9 2.7
22 Andrew Wiggins F 82 36.2 16.9 6.1 13.9 .437 0.5 1.5 .310 4.3 5.7 .760 1.6 2.9 4.6 2.1 1.0 0.6 2.2 2.3

L.A. Clippers Clippers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
22 Matt Barnes GF 76 29.9 10.1 3.6 8.2 .444 1.8 4.9 .362 1.0 1.2 .779 0.7 3.3 4.0 1.5 0.9 0.7 1.1 3.2
11 Jamal Crawford SG 64 26.6 15.8 5.2 13.1 .396 1.9 5.7 .327 3.5 3.9 .901 0.3 1.7 1.9 2.5 0.9 0.2 1.4 1.7
0 Glen Davis PF 74 12.2 4.0 1.6 3.4 .459 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.3 .632 0.6 1.7 2.3 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.5 1.8
32 Blake Griffin PF 67 35.2 21.9 8.6 17.1 .502 0.1 0.4 .400 4.6 6.4 .728 1.9 5.7 7.6 5.3 0.9 0.5 2.3 2.9
1 Jordan Hamilton SF 14 8.7 2.7 1.0 2.5 .400 0.7 1.5 .476 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.0
10 Spencer Hawes C 73 17.5 5.8 2.2 5.7 .393 0.8 2.4 .312 0.6 0.9 .647 0.4 3.1 3.5 1.2 0.3 0.7 0.8 2.4
31 Dahntay Jones GF 33 3.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 .286 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.3 .818 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.7
6 DeAndre Jordan C 82 34.4 11.5 4.6 6.5 .710 0.0 0.0 .250 2.3 5.7 .397 4.8 10.1 15.0 0.7 1.0 2.2 1.3 3.0
3 Chris Paul PG 82 34.8 19.1 6.9 14.3 .485 1.7 4.3 .398 3.5 3.9 .900 0.6 4.0 4.6 10.2 1.9 0.2 2.3 2.5
4 J.J. Redick G 78 30.9 16.4 5.7 12.0 .477 2.6 5.9 .437 2.3 2.6 .901 0.3 1.9 2.1 1.8 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.7
25 Austin Rivers SG 41 19.3 7.1 2.9 6.7 .427 0.6 2.0 .309 0.8 1.3 .582 0.4 1.7 2.0 1.7 0.7 0.2 0.9 2.0
8 Nate Robinson G 9 14.0 5.1 1.9 5.7 .333 0.8 2.2 .350 0.6 0.7 .833 0.3 0.9 1.2 2.2 0.7 0.0 0.9 0.9
15 Hedo Turkoglu F 62 11.4 3.7 1.3 3.0 .441 1.0 2.2 .432 0.1 0.2 .545 0.1 1.5 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.5 1.1
13 Ekpe Udoh PF 33 3.9 0.9 0.3 0.7 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.3 .778 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6
30 C.J. Wilcox SG 21 4.8 2.0 0.8 1.8 .421 0.3 0.9 .368 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.3

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