Nikola Pekovic PF #14

Height: 6-11 (211cm)

Weight: 307 lbs (139kg)

Born: Jan 3, 1986 (40 years old)

Hometown: Bijelo Polje, Montenegro

Nationality: Montenegro

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

Agent: Sean Kennedy

NBA Draft: 2008 Round 2, Pick 1, Minnesota Timberwolves

Pre-Draft Team: Panathinaikos (Greece)

Nikola Pekovic Player Profile

NBA Career
International Career
National Career

NBA Career

7 Years Of Service

NBA Regular Season Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2010-11	24	MIN	65	13.7	5.5	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.4	.517	.000	.763
2011-12	25	MIN	47	26.9	13.9	7.4	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.9	.564	.000	.743
2012-13	26	MIN	62	31.6	16.3	8.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.6	.520	.000	.744
2013-14	27	MIN	54	30.8	17.5	8.7	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.6	.541	.000	.747
2014-15	28	MIN	31	26.3	12.5	7.5	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.4	.424	.000	.837
2015-16	29	MIN	12	13.0	4.5	1.8	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.8	.380	.000	.800
CAREER			271	24.9	12.6	6.7	0.7	0.5	0.6	1.5	.518	.000	.760

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2010-11	24	MIN	65	11	13.7	5.5	2.1	4.0	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.763	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.4	2.8
2011-12	25	MIN	47	35	26.9	13.9	5.4	9.7	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.743	3.9	3.5	7.4	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.9	2.1
2012-13	26	MIN	62	62	31.6	16.3	6.2	12.0	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	3.9	5.2	.744	3.7	5.1	8.8	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.3
2013-14	27	MIN	54	54	30.8	17.5	7.0	13.0	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.6	.747	3.8	4.9	8.7	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.6	2.4
2014-15	28	MIN	31	29	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
2015-16	29	MIN	12	3	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
CAREER			271	194	24.9	12.6	4.8	9.4	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.8	.760	3.0	3.7	6.7	0.7	0.5	0.6	1.5	2.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2010-11	24	MIN	65	11	887.4	359	136	263	.517	0	0	.000	87	114	.763	90	103	193	27	18	35	91	181
2011-12	25	MIN	47	35	1,263.9	651	256	454	.564	0	0	.000	139	187	.743	181	165	346	31	29	31	87	98
2012-13	26	MIN	62	62	1,959.4	1,011	385	741	.520	0	0	.000	241	324	.744	230	315	545	53	43	50	101	143
2013-14	27	MIN	54	54	1,663.5	944	379	701	.541	0	0	.000	186	249	.747	206	262	468	50	30	23	84	129
2014-15	28	MIN	31	29	815.1	386	139	328	.424	0	0	.000	108	129	.837	89	145	234	27	19	12	42	59
2015-16	29	MIN	12	3	156.3	54	19	50	.380	0	0	.000	16	20	.800	7	14	21	11	1	0	9	22
CAREER			271	194	6,745.6	3,405	1,314	2,537	.518	0	0	.000	777	1,023	.760	803	1,004	1,807	199	140	151	414	632

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2010-11	24	MIN	65	11	.573	.517	11.0	13.2	12.1	4.8	22.5	1.0	3.0	19.3	128.0	-7.8	1.4	100.4	111.2	11.3
2011-12	25	MIN	47	35	.607	.564	15.9	14.5	15.2	4.5	14.0	1.2	1.8	22.0	130.7	-5.1	1.4	116.6	106.9	21.4
2012-13	26	MIN	62	62	.572	.520	13.0	18.6	15.8	4.9	10.3	1.1	1.9	22.4	126.3	-3.3	1.4	115.3	105.7	20.1
2013-14	27	MIN	54	54	.582	.541	13.0	17.7	15.3	5.2	9.4	0.9	1.0	22.7	128.8	-2.9	1.3	118.1	107.1	20.5
2014-15	28	MIN	31	29	.502	.424	12.0	20.4	16.1	5.8	9.8	1.2	1.1	23.0	126.1	-2.9	1.2	106.4	108.9	16.8
2015-16	29	MIN	12	3	.459	.380	5.4	10.7	8.0	11.1	13.3	0.3	-	20.0	118.0	-1.1	1.1	94.9	117.4	6.6
CAREER			271	194	.570	.518	13.0	16.9	14.9	5.1	12.2	1.1	1.7	21.9	127.7	-4.1	1.3	113.1	108.3	18.6

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2010-11	24	MIN	65	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.066	0.3	0.2	0.4	15	50	.231	0.2	0.5	0.7
2011-12	25	MIN	47	35	16	0	0	0	0	0	.170	0.4	0.3	0.4	19	28	.404	3.5	0.9	4.5
2012-13	26	MIN	62	62	26	0	0	0	0	1	.196	0.5	0.4	0.4	26	36	.419	4.7	2.1	6.8
2013-14	27	MIN	54	54	23	0	0	0	0	2	.203	0.6	0.4	0.4	27	27	.500	4.5	1.6	6.1
2014-15	28	MIN	31	29	11	0	0	0	0	1	.150	0.6	0.5	0.4	9	22	.290	1.0	0.5	1.6
2015-16	29	MIN	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.068	1.2	0.1	0.4	2	10	.167	-0.1	-	-0.1
CAREER			271	194	77	0	0	0	0	4	.151	0.5	0.3	0.4	98	173	.362	13.8	5.2	19.0

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 26, 2008	The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Nikola Pekovic in Round 2 with Pick 1 in the 2008 NBA Draft.
Aug 23, 2010	Nikola Pekovic signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jun 27, 2013	The Minnesota Timberwolves tendered a Qualifying Offer to make Nikola Pekovic a Restricted FA.
Jul 1, 2013	Nikola Pekovic, previously with the Minnesota Timberwolves, became a free agent.
Aug 15, 2013	Nikola Pekovic signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jun 20, 2017	The Minnesota Timberwolves placed the contract of Nikola Pekovic on waivers.
Jun 22, 2017	Nikola Pekovic, previously with the Minnesota Timberwolves, became a free agent.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x Player of the Week	4/08/2013

NBA Preseason Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2010-11	24	MIN	8	16.4	9.2	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.2	.595	.000	.833
2011-12	25	MIN	2	8.2	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.667	.000	1.000
2012-13	26	MIN	6	26.3	12.8	8.3	0.8	0.7	0.2	2.0	.527	.000	.559
2013-14	27	MIN	6	22.8	9.8	4.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.5	.526	.000	.792
2014-15	28	MIN	6	18.5	9.3	7.0	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.7	.420	.000	.824
CAREER			28	19.8	9.7	5.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.3	.514	.000	.743

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2010-11	24	MIN	8	0	16.4	9.2	2.8	4.6	.595	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	4.5	.833	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.2	4.4
2011-12	25	MIN	2	1	8.2	3.0	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.0
2012-13	26	MIN	6	6	26.3	12.8	4.8	9.2	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	5.7	.559	3.0	5.3	8.3	0.8	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.3
2013-14	27	MIN	6	6	22.8	9.8	3.3	6.3	.526	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.0	.792	2.2	2.3	4.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.5	2.5
2014-15	28	MIN	6	5	18.5	9.3	3.5	8.3	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	2.8	.824	2.8	4.2	7.0	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.5
CAREER			28	18	19.8	9.7	3.4	6.5	.514	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.743	2.1	3.5	5.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.3	3.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2010-11	24	MIN	8	0	131.5	74	22	37	.595	0	0	.000	30	36	.833	9	22	31	6	3	0	10	35
2011-12	25	MIN	2	1	16.5	6	2	3	.667	0	0	.000	2	2	1.000	2	4	6	0	1	0	2	4
2012-13	26	MIN	6	6	157.6	77	29	55	.527	0	0	.000	19	34	.559	18	32	50	5	4	1	12	14
2013-14	27	MIN	6	6	136.7	59	20	38	.526	0	0	.000	19	24	.792	13	14	27	3	1	3	9	15
2014-15	28	MIN	6	5	111.2	56	21	50	.420	0	0	.000	14	17	.824	17	25	42	7	3	2	4	15
CAREER			28	18	553.5	272	94	183	.514	0	0	.000	84	113	.743	59	97	156	21	12	6	37	83

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2010-11	24	MIN	8	0	.700	.595	7.0	18.6	12.6	7.9	15.9	1.1	-	19.5	142.8	-4.1	2.0	127.3	100.8	19.4
2011-12	25	MIN	2	1	.773	.667	15.6	24.0	20.3	-	34.0	3.2	-	16.8	166.7	-12.2	2.0	109.8	89.3	16.6
2012-13	26	MIN	6	6	.550	.527	13.6	22.0	18.0	6.4	14.6	1.3	0.5	23.7	108.6	-5.4	1.4	104.7	85.8	19.6
2013-14	27	MIN	6	6	.607	.526	9.8	11.8	10.7	3.7	15.6	0.4	1.8	17.8	131.8	-5.0	1.6	115.3	102.5	17.6
2014-15	28	MIN	6	5	.487	.420	16.5	25.3	20.8	9.8	6.5	1.3	1.5	23.5	124.4	0.6	1.1	112.5	100.1	21.3
CAREER			28	18	.584	.514	11.5	19.3	15.4	6.6	13.7	1.1	0.9	20.8	125.7	-4.0	1.5	114.2	97.4	19.8

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2010-11	24	MIN	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	0.6	0.3	1.0	6	2	.750	0.5	0.1	0.7
2011-12	25	MIN	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.030	0.0	0.5	0.7	2	0	1.000	-	-	0.1
2012-13	26	MIN	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.173	0.4	0.3	0.6	5	1	.833	0.3	0.4	0.7
2013-14	27	MIN	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	0.3	0.1	0.6	4	2	.667	0.4	0.1	0.5
2014-15	28	MIN	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.117	1.8	0.8	0.3	5	1	.833	0.3	0.1	0.4
CAREER			28	18	2	0	0	0	0	-1	.114	0.6	0.3	0.6	22	6	.786	1.6	0.8	2.4

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NBA Training Camp Experience

Team	Camp
7x Minnesota Timberwolves	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

International Basketball Career

International Season Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2005-06	19	KK Partizan	Euroleague	14	18.0	7.1	3.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.4	.574	.000	.677
2006-07	20	KK Partizan	Euroleague	20	13.8	4.8	2.5	0.2	0.6	0.3	1.1	.583	.000	.714
2007-08	21	KK Partizan	Euroleague	23	26.9	16.4	6.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	.584	.000	.773
2008-09	22	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	21	18.2	13.0	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.3	.634	.000	.775
2009-10	23	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	13	22.0	14.8	3.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.9	.607	.000	.727
2011-12	25	KK Partizan	Liga ABA, Euroleague	17	23.2	14.4	5.1	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.5	.618	.000	.755

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2005-06	19	KK Partizan	Euroleague	14	2	18.0	7.1	2.8	4.9	.574	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.677	2.1	1.5	3.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	1.4	3.1
2006-07	20	KK Partizan	Euroleague	20	3	13.8	4.8	1.8	3.0	.583	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.714	1.1	1.4	2.5	0.2	0.6	0.3	1.1	3.5
2007-08	21	KK Partizan	Euroleague	23	14	26.9	16.4	6.2	10.7	.584	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.2	.773	3.3	3.6	6.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	3.2
2008-09	22	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	21	9	18.2	13.0	4.3	6.8	.634	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.7	.775	1.8	2.0	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.8
2009-10	23	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	13	10	22.0	14.8	5.2	8.6	.607	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.9	.727	1.6	1.9	3.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.8
2011-12 *	25	All Teams	All Leagues	17	16	23.2	14.4	4.9	8.0	.618	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.0	.755	2.3	2.8	5.1	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.5	2.8
2011-12 *	25	KK Partizan	Liga ABA	10	9	20.2	13.7	4.5	6.5	.692	0.0	0.0	.000	4.7	6.5	.723	2.6	2.9	5.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.7	2.3
2011-12 *	25	KK Partizan	Euroleague	7	7	27.4	15.4	5.6	10.1	.549	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.3	.811	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.1	3.6

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2005-06	19	KK Partizan	Euroleague	14	2	252	99	39	68	.574	0	0	.000	21	31	.677	30	21	51	4	7	6	19	44
2006-07	20	KK Partizan	Euroleague	20	3	276.8	95	35	60	.583	0	1	.000	25	35	.714	22	29	51	4	11	6	21	71
2007-08	21	KK Partizan	Euroleague	23	14	619.1	378	143	245	.584	0	0	.000	92	119	.773	76	82	158	19	16	13	48	74
2008-09	22	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	21	9	381.5	273	90	142	.634	0	0	.000	93	120	.775	38	41	79	7	7	14	49	59
2009-10	23	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	13	10	285.5	192	68	112	.607	0	0	.000	56	77	.727	21	25	46	7	8	5	25	36
2011-12 *	25	All Teams	All Leagues	17	16	393.9	245	84	136	.618	0	0	.000	77	102	.755	39	48	87	11	8	10	25	48
2011-12 *	25	KK Partizan	Liga ABA	10	9	202.3	137	45	65	.692	0	0	.000	47	65	.723	26	29	55	6	6	8	17	23
2011-12 *	25	KK Partizan	Euroleague	7	7	191.6	108	39	71	.549	0	0	.000	30	37	.811	13	19	32	5	2	2	8	25

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2005-06	19	KK Partizan	Euroleague	14	2	.606	.574	14.9	13.4	14.3	3.7	18.9	1.6	3.0	18.9	125.1	-6.5	1.5	111.2	118.0	16.3
2006-07	20	KK Partizan	Euroleague	20	3	.630	.583	10.4	14.5	12.4	2.9	21.8	2.2	2.4	16.8	129.8	-6.5	1.6	108.8	108.3	11.8
2007-08	21	KK Partizan	Euroleague	23	14	.636	.584	16.6	17.0	16.8	6.9	13.9	1.5	2.3	27.0	135.7	-5.7	1.5	123.9	107.3	26.0
2008-09	22	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	21	9	.701	.634	14.6	14.0	14.3	4.1	20.1	1.1	4.2	32.6	140.9	-11.8	1.9	119.4	106.7	27.1
2009-10	23	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	13	10	.658	.607	10.5	12.4	11.5	5.8	14.6	1.6	2.0	30.9	133.4	-7.2	1.7	118.5	105.2	26.2
2011-12 *	25	All Teams	All Leagues	17	16	.677	.618	13.7	16.0	14.9	6.5	12.1	1.2	2.6	25.8	137.3	-4.7	1.8	131.1	103.2	26.1
2011-12 *	25	KK Partizan	Liga ABA	10	9	.732	.692	18.2	18.3	18.2	6.9	15.4	1.7	4.2	27.2	141.5	-6.4	2.1	133.9	97.9	31.6
2011-12 *	25	KK Partizan	Euroleague	7	7	.619	.549	9.1	13.6	11.4	6.2	8.4	0.6	1.1	24.3	136.0	-2.5	1.5	127.2	109.9	0.0

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2005-06	19	KK Partizan	Euroleague	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	0.2	0.4	0.5	2	12	.143	0.5	-0.1	0.4
2006-07	20	KK Partizan	Euroleague	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.076	0.2	0.5	0.6	8	12	.400	0.3	0.3	0.7
2007-08	21	KK Partizan	Euroleague	23	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	.259	0.4	0.3	0.5	11	12	.478	2.8	0.9	3.7
2008-09	22	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	21	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.168	0.1	0.1	0.8	16	5	.762	1.7	0.6	2.3
2009-10	23	Panathinaikos	Euroleague	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	0.3	0.3	0.7	7	6	.538	1.2	0.5	1.6
2011-12 *	25	All Teams	All Leagues	17	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.218	0.4	0.3	0.8	11	6	.647	2.3	0.7	3.0
2011-12 *	25	KK Partizan	Liga ABA	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.195	0.4	0.4	1.0	7	3	.700	1.2	0.6	1.8
2011-12 *	25	KK Partizan	Euroleague	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	0.6	0.2	0.5	4	3	.571	1.0	0.1	1.1

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National Basketball Career

Nationality: Montenegro

National Awards & Honors

Award	Event
All-Tournament Team	2006 U20 Euro Championship A

FIBA Senior Team Events Stats

Year	Age	Event	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	Place
2011	24	EuroBasket	5	26:36	13.0	4.4	7.6	.579	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	6.0	.700	6.4	0.6	0.8	0.4	2.0	3.2	21st
2014	27	EuroBasket Qualifiers	-	-:-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
AVERAGES			5	26:36	13.0	4.4	7.6	.579	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	6.0	.700	6.4	0.6	0.8	0.4	2.0	3.2	-
TOTAL			5	133:00	65	22	38	.579	0	0	-	21	30	.700	32	3	4	2	10	16	-

FIBA Junior Team Events Stats

Year	Age	Event	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	Place
2005	18	U20 Euro Championship A	8	29:08	11.6	4.6	7.9	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.6	.514	9.1	0.6	0.8	2.3	1.4	2.5	Bronze
2006	19	U20 Euro Championship A	8	21:38	11.6	5.0	7.8	.645	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.9	.565	6.0	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.5	2.8	Gold
AVERAGES			16	25:23	11.6	4.8	7.8	.616	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.8	.533	7.6	0.6	0.5	1.8	1.9	2.6	-
TOTAL			16	406:00	186	77	125	.616	0	1	.000	32	60	.533	121	9	8	28	31	42	-