Dec 20, 2015 - Minnesota Timberwolves at Brooklyn Nets

12/20/2015 Brooklyn v. Minnesota Game Preview

	Minnesota Timberwolves	(11-16, 7-6 away)
	Brooklyn Nets	(7-20, 6-8 home)

December 20, 2015 at 1:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Barclays Center
Brooklyn, New York

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Season Series - Minnesota won 2-0

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 20, 2015	Minnesota	Brooklyn	100 - 85	Minnesota	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Mar 5, 2016	Brooklyn	Minnesota	118 - 132	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center

2015-2016 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Minnesota	82	48.5	102.4	37.7	81.3	.464	5.5	16.4	.338	21.4	27.0	.792	10.0	31.5	41.6	23.4	8.0	4.6	15.0	20.7
Brooklyn	82	48.2	98.6	38.2	84.4	.453	6.5	18.4	.352	15.7	20.7	.757	10.5	31.9	42.4	22.3	7.6	4.0	14.8	18.0
MIN Opponents	82	48.5	106.0	40.0	84.9	.471	9.0	25.5	.355	17.0	22.5	.757	10.7	31.2	41.9	22.6	7.8	5.2	14.9	21.6
BRK Opponents	82	48.2	106.0	40.8	85.2	.479	9.5	25.6	.369	15.0	19.6	.763	10.2	33.2	43.4	24.5	8.8	5.2	14.2	18.4

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Mar 16, 2015	Brooklyn	Minnesota	122 - 106	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 5, 2014	Minnesota	Brooklyn	98 - 91	Minnesota	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Mar 30, 2014	Minnesota	Brooklyn	99 - 114	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Nov 22, 2013	Brooklyn	Minnesota	81 - 111	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 23, 2013	Brooklyn	Minnesota	91 - 83	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 5, 2012	Minnesota	Brooklyn	107 - 96	Minnesota	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Feb 3, 2012	Minnesota	New Jersey	108 - 105	Minnesota	Regular Season	Prudential Center
Apr 5, 2011	Minnesota	New Jersey	105 - 107	New Jersey	Regular Season	Prudential Center
Jan 1, 2011	New Jersey	Minnesota	88 - 103	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 23, 2009	Minnesota	New Jersey	103 - 99	Minnesota	Regular Season	Izod Center
Oct 28, 2009	New Jersey	Minnesota	93 - 95	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 29, 2009	New Jersey	Minnesota	99 - 108	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 5, 2008	Minnesota	New Jersey	84 - 113	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Feb 12, 2008	Minnesota	New Jersey	88 - 92	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 27, 2008	New Jersey	Minnesota	95 - 98	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 13, 2007	New Jersey	Minnesota	98 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 30, 2006	Minnesota	New Jersey	92 - 100	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Mar 23, 2006	Minnesota	New Jersey	82 - 86	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Mar 1, 2006	New Jersey	Minnesota	90 - 100	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 26, 2005	Minnesota	New Jersey	96 - 75	Minnesota	Regular Season	Izod Center
Feb 15, 2005	New Jersey	Minnesota	71 - 82	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 25, 2004	New Jersey	Minnesota	68 - 81	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Oct 31, 2003	Minnesota	New Jersey	61 - 84	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 23, 2002	New Jersey	Minnesota	96 - 82	New Jersey	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 4, 2002	Minnesota	New Jersey	82 - 106	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Mar 31, 2002	New Jersey	Minnesota	85 - 86	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 19, 2001	Minnesota	New Jersey	112 - 117	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Mar 25, 2001	New Jersey	Minnesota	91 - 105	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 12, 2000	Minnesota	New Jersey	94 - 116	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Mar 24, 2000	Minnesota	New Jersey	116 - 115	Minnesota	Regular Season	Izod Center
Feb 20, 2000	New Jersey	Minnesota	91 - 89	New Jersey	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 10, 1998	Minnesota	New Jersey	108 - 101	Minnesota	Regular Season	Izod Center
Dec 26, 1997	New Jersey	Minnesota	96 - 116	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 2, 1997	New Jersey	Minnesota	89 - 94	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 9, 1997	Minnesota	New Jersey	110 - 107	Minnesota	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 20, 1996	Minnesota	New Jersey	97 - 103	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Dec 6, 1995	New Jersey	Minnesota	97 - 108	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 14, 1995	Minnesota	New Jersey	84 - 93	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Dec 16, 1994	New Jersey	Minnesota	93 - 94	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 19, 1994	Minnesota	New Jersey	91 - 112	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 24, 1993	New Jersey	Minnesota	106 - 107	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 30, 1992	New Jersey	Minnesota	118 - 92	New Jersey	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 12, 1992	Minnesota	New Jersey	88 - 84	Minnesota	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 18, 1992	New Jersey	Minnesota	112 - 100	New Jersey	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 8, 1992	Minnesota	New Jersey	97 - 103	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Apr 9, 1991	New Jersey	Minnesota	89 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 20, 1991	Minnesota	New Jersey	111 - 118	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Feb 21, 1990	Minnesota	New Jersey	93 - 95	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Dec 5, 1989	New Jersey	Minnesota	90 - 92	Minnesota	Regular Season	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

2015-2016 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Rubio	A. Wiggins	T. Prince	G. Dieng	K. Towns
Rotation	T. Jones	Z. LaVine	S. Muhammad	N. Bjelica	N. Pekovic
Rotation				K. Garnett	G. Smith
Rotation				A. Payne
Rotation				D. Rudez

2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	D. Sloan	W. Ellington	B. Bogdanovic	T. Young	B. Lopez
Rotation	J. Jack	M. Brown	R. Hollis-Jefferson	C. McCullough	H. Sims
Rotation	S. Larkin		S. Karasev	T. Robinson	W. Reed
Lim PT		S. Kilpatrick

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
88	Nemanja Bjelica	PF	60	17.9	5.1	1.8	3.9	.468	0.8	2.1	.384	0.7	0.9	.727	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.6
5	Gorgui Dieng	FC	82	27.1	10.1	3.8	7.1	.532	0.1	0.2	.300	2.5	3.0	.827	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.7	1.1	1.2	1.7	2.7
21	Kevin Garnett	PF	38	14.6	3.2	1.4	3.0	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.667	0.4	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.8
1	Tyus Jones	PG	37	15.5	4.2	1.5	4.2	.359	0.4	1.4	.302	0.8	1.1	.718	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.9	0.8	0.1	0.9	0.9
8	Zach LaVine	SG	82	28.0	14.0	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4
23	Kevin Martin	SG	39	21.4	10.6	3.2	8.6	.377	1.0	2.6	.369	3.2	3.6	.880	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.7
24	Andre Miller	PG	26	10.8	3.4	1.4	2.2	.621	0.0	0.2	.250	0.6	0.7	.789	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.2
15	Shabazz Muhammad	GF	82	20.5	10.5	3.9	8.3	.465	0.5	1.9	.289	2.3	3.0	.764	1.2	2.0	3.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.1
33	Adreian Payne	C	52	9.3	2.5	1.0	2.8	.363	0.2	0.6	.281	0.3	0.5	.654	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5
14	Nikola Pekovic	PF	12	13.0	4.5	1.6	4.2	.380	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.800	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.8
12	Tayshaun Prince	F	77	19.0	2.9	1.3	3.0	.445	0.1	0.3	.174	0.2	0.2	.684	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8
9	Ricky Rubio	G	76	30.6	10.1	2.9	7.7	.374	0.8	2.5	.326	3.5	4.1	.847	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.7	2.1	0.1	2.5	2.6
10	Damjan Rudez	SF	33	8.4	2.3	0.8	1.9	.403	0.5	1.5	.340	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0
32	Karl-Anthony Towns	C	82	32.0	18.3	7.6	14.0	.543	0.4	1.1	.341	2.7	3.4	.811	2.8	7.7	10.4	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.2	3.0
22	Andrew Wiggins	F	81	35.1	20.7	7.3	16.0	.459	0.7	2.3	.300	5.3	7.0	.761	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.0	1.0	0.6	2.2	2.0

Brooklyn Nets Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
9	Andrea Bargnani	FC	46	13.8	6.6	2.8	6.1	.455	0.1	0.3	.188	1.0	1.2	.825	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.3
44	Bojan Bogdanovic	F	79	26.8	11.2	4.1	9.5	.433	1.6	4.3	.382	1.4	1.7	.833	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.3	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.5
22	Markel Brown	SG	62	15.8	5.9	2.0	5.2	.394	0.6	2.0	.314	1.1	1.5	.755	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.5
21	Wayne Ellington	SG	76	21.2	7.7	2.9	7.4	.389	1.3	3.5	.358	0.7	0.8	.857	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.1
24	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	SF	29	21.2	5.8	2.2	4.8	.457	0.1	0.5	.286	1.3	1.8	.712	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.5	1.3	0.6	0.9	2.1
2	Jarrett Jack	G	32	32.1	12.8	4.4	11.2	.391	1.0	3.2	.304	3.1	3.5	.893	0.3	4.0	4.2	7.4	1.1	0.2	2.9	2.4
7	Joe Johnson	SG	57	33.9	11.8	4.3	10.7	.406	1.5	4.0	.371	1.6	1.9	.852	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.1	0.7	0.0	2.0	1.8
10	Sergey Karasev	SF	40	10.0	2.4	0.8	1.9	.405	0.3	0.9	.297	0.7	0.7	.929	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.7
0	Shane Larkin	PG	78	22.4	7.3	2.8	6.4	.442	0.5	1.4	.361	1.1	1.4	.776	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.4	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.6
11	Brook Lopez	C	73	33.7	20.6	8.1	15.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.143	4.3	5.5	.787	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.0	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.9
1	Chris McCullough	PF	24	15.1	4.7	1.8	4.5	.404	0.5	1.4	.382	0.5	1.0	.478	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.4	1.2	0.5	0.6	1.6
33	Willie Reed	F	39	10.9	4.7	1.9	3.4	.571	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.4	.545	1.3	1.9	3.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.2
41	Thomas Robinson	PF	71	12.9	4.3	1.8	4.1	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.5	.431	1.9	3.1	5.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.6
15	Donald Sloan	G	61	21.6	7.0	2.5	5.7	.440	0.6	1.6	.384	1.3	1.7	.750	0.3	2.6	2.8	4.4	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.2
30	Thaddeus Young	F	73	33.0	15.1	6.8	13.2	.514	0.1	0.4	.233	1.4	2.2	.644	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.8	1.5	0.5	1.9	2.5

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12/20/2015 Brooklyn v. Minnesota Game Preview

Season Series - Minnesota won 2-0

2015-2016 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2015-2016 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

2015-2016 Brooklyn Nets Depth Chart

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

Brooklyn Nets Player Stats

Minnesota Timberwolves Last 10 Games

Brooklyn Nets Last 10 Games