Minnesota 127, Phoenix 124

March 12, 2012

Regular Season

Talking Stick Resort Arena (Phoenix, Arizona)

Attendance: 14,568

Officials: Curtis Blair, Derrick Stafford, Courtney Kirkland

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (10) Phoenix (10)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Phoenix (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (22-21) 28 35 29 35 127
PHX (19-22) 34 22 34 34 124

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 95 133.2 130.0
PHX 95 130.0 133.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .640 0.115 0.308 0.146
PHX .567 0.073 0.270 0.258

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Wesley Johnson Starter SF 23:03 3-6 1-2 2-2 5.5 0.0 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 9
42 Kevin Love Starter PF 36:50 11-23 5-9 3-5 16.9 1.0 6 7 1 1 0 0 0 30
14 Nikola Pekovic Starter C 36:07 11-17 0-0 2-4 15.5 5.0 3 8 1 3 2 0 3 24
13 Luke Ridnour Starter PG 32:41 4-9 0-0 2-2 10.2 1.0 3 4 9 3 0 1 4 10
5 Martell Webster Starter SG 20:01 1-2 0-0 0-0 5.5 2.0 0 2 6 4 0 0 1 2
11 J.J. Barea Bench PG 15:24 1-3 0-1 1-4 9.5 0.0 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 3
8 Michael Beasley Bench SF 15:33 6-7 3-3 0-0 10.5 1.0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 15
19 Wayne Ellington Bench SG 34:13 6-9 3-4 0-0 7.8 0.0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 15
15 Anthony Randolph Bench PF 04:52 0-3 0-0 0-0 -1.0 1.0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
7 Derrick Williams Bench PF 21:16 7-10 2-3 3-4 19.2 1.0 7 8 0 2 2 2 0 19
  Team                   10            
        240 50-89 14-22 13-21 115.6 12 27 49 30 22 4 3 11 127
          56.2% 63.6% 61.9%                    

Phoenix Suns

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Jared Dudley Starter SG 36:13 10-15 2-5 6-6 23.2 2.0 7 9 1 1 1 1 1 28
8 Channing Frye Starter PF 32:09 7-11 4-6 0-0 16.5 0.0 5 5 4 4 2 1 2 18
4 Marcin Gortat Starter C 19:38 3-6 0-0 2-6 3.5 1.0 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 8
33 Grant Hill Starter SF 31:50 4-9 0-0 2-2 8.2 1.0 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 10
13 Steve Nash Starter PG 32:20 10-16 2-3 3-3 23.4 1.0 2 3 10 2 0 0 0 25
26 Shannon Brown Bench SG 27:57 4-13 0-3 3-3 6.6 3.0 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 11
15 Robin Lopez Bench C 24:13 2-5 0-0 6-8 5.8 1.0 2 3 0 2 0 3 2 10
11 Markieff Morris Bench PF 20:00 2-8 0-3 0-0 3.0 1.0 4 5 0 2 1 1 0 4
31 Sebastian Telfair Bench PG 15:40 4-6 1-1 1-1 7.9 0.0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 10
  Team                   10            
        240 46-89 9-21 23-29 98.1 10 27 47 24 19 7 7 7 124
          51.7% 42.9% 79.3%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Luke Ridnour
11.5p, 2.5r, 4a		 Martell Webster
6.1p, 2.8r, 0.6a		 Wesley Johnson
6.1p, 2.6r, 0.8a		 Kevin Love
25.7p, 13.6r, 1.9a		 Nikola Pekovic
13.3p, 7.4r, 0.5a
Rotation J.J. Barea
8.9p, 2.3r, 3.5a		 Wayne Ellington
5.3p, 1.3r, 0.5a		 Michael Beasley
11.8p, 4.6r, 0.9a		 Derrick Williams
8.8p, 4.7r, 0.6a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Anthony Randolph
5.8p, 2.8r, 0.2a		  
 

Phoenix Suns Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Steve Nash
13.9p, 3r, 11a		 Jared Dudley
12.9p, 4.7r, 1.8a		 Grant Hill
10.3p, 3.5r, 2.2a		 Channing Frye
9.9p, 6r, 1.2a		 Marcin Gortat
16p, 10.4r, 1a
Rotation Sebastian Telfair
4.3p, 1.3r, 1.7a		 Shannon Brown
9p, 2.2r, 0.9a		  
 		 Markieff Morris
6.9p, 4.6r, 1a		 Robin Lopez
4.5p, 2.9r, 0.2a

Minnesota Timberwolves Leaders

MPG Kevin Love 39.8
FG% Nikola Pekovic .581
3P% Brad Miller 1.000
FT% Luke Ridnour .882
ORPG Nikola Pekovic 4.2
DRPG Kevin Love 9.5
RPG Kevin Love 13.6
SPG Ricky Rubio 2.2
APG Ricky Rubio 8.2
BPG Malcolm Lee 2.0
PPG Kevin Love 25.7

Phoenix Suns Leaders

MPG Marcin Gortat 33.2
FG% Marcin Gortat .559
3P% Steve Nash .410
FT% Channing Frye .878
ORPG Marcin Gortat 2.7
DRPG Marcin Gortat 7.8
RPG Marcin Gortat 10.4
SPG Ronnie Price 1.0
APG Steve Nash 11.0
BPG Marcin Gortat 1.5
PPG Marcin Gortat 16.0

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