Minnesota 87, New York 100

December 29, 2004

Regular Season

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 19,763

Officials: Jason Phillips, David Jones, Bernie Fryer

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (6) New York (2)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) New York (1 (Bench))

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (16-11) 22 19 25 21 87
NYK (16-13) 24 24 21 31 100

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 81 107.3 123.3
NYK 81 123.3 107.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .420 0.099 0.357 0.161
NYK .569 0.086 0.205 0.250

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
19 Sam Cassell Starter PG 33:00 7-17 2-3 4-4 10.2 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 20
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 44:00 7-17 0-1 3-4 21.0 4 9 13 8 3 2 1 2 17
34 Michael Olowokandi Starter C 14:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 1.2 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 2
8 Latrell Sprewell Starter SG 39:00 9-23 1-5 3-3 8.4 0 7 7 2 3 0 1 2 22
10 Wally Szczerbiak Starter SF 28:00 5-11 0-1 1-1 8.1 2 3 5 1 1 1 0 0 11
7 Anthony Carter Bench PG 15:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 0.8 2 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0
41 Eddie Griffin Bench C 12:00 1-4 0-2 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
23 Trenton Hassell Bench SF 23:00 3-6 0-0 1-1 2.4 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 7
32 Fred Hoiberg Bench SG 08:00 2-4 0-1 0-0 2.8 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 4
40 Ervin Johnson Bench C 04:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
35 Mark Madsen Bench PF 20:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 8.0 5 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 0
  Team                   6         1  
        240 35-87 3-13 14-15 68.9 15 27 48 21 19 4 6 9 87
          40.2% 23.1% 93.3%                    

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
20 Allan Houston Starter SG 27:00 2-11 1-4 2-2 -2.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7
3 Stephon Marbury Starter PG 38:00 12-19 1-3 7-7 29.1 1 6 7 11 3 2 0 3 32
13 Nazr Mohammed Starter C 35:00 8-13 0-0 3-4 15.5 4 5 9 1 2 1 0 1 19
40 Kurt Thomas Starter PF 37:00 7-10 0-0 0-0 13.5 2 4 6 1 2 1 1 0 14
2 Tim Thomas Starter SF 38:00 3-6 2-2 2-4 8.5 0 6 6 1 0 0 1 2 10
21 Trevor Ariza Bench SF 17:00 0-2 0-0 2-2 2.5 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
25 Moochie Norris Bench PG 12:00 3-3 0-0 0-0 5.5 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 6
50 Mike Sweetney Bench PF 20:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 6.2 1 4 5 1 2 0 0 0 6
31 Jerome Williams Bench PF 16:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 5.5 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 4
  Team                   2         1  
        240 39-72 4-9 18-21 92.4 8 31 41 19 14 7 3 8 100
          54.2% 44.4% 85.7%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Sam Cassell
15.2p, 2.7r, 5.7a		 Latrell Sprewell
12.1p, 2.6r, 1.8a		 Wally Szczerbiak
15.3p, 3.5r, 2a		 Kevin Garnett
22.9p, 14.6r, 6.4a		 Michael Olowokandi
4.9p, 4.7r, 0.3a
Rotation Anthony Carter
0.6p, 0.2r, 0.4a		  
 		 Trenton Hassell
5.3p, 3.3r, 1.6a		 Mark Madsen
2p, 3r, 0.5a		 Eddie Griffin
10.2p, 6.5r, 0.8a
Lim PT  
 		 Fred Hoiberg
5.6p, 2.8r, 1.1a		  
 		  
 		 Ervin Johnson
1.3p, 2.4r, 0a

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Stephon Marbury
20.2p, 3.1r, 8.6a		 Allan Houston
10.3p, 1.1r, 1.8a		 Tim Thomas
10.3p, 3.4r, 1.1a		 Kurt Thomas
11.3p, 10.1r, 1.7a		 Nazr Mohammed
12.5p, 9.3r, 0.4a
Rotation Moochie Norris
2.3p, 1.3r, 1.2a		  
 		 Trevor Ariza
4.2p, 2.5r, 1.5a		 Mike Sweetney
7.7p, 4.4r, 0.5a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Jerome Williams
4.9p, 3.6r, 0.5a		  
 

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