Timberwolves
Minnesota
Western Conference
Northwest
9
12
21
2307
1938
19
7
37
93
46
49
31
24
77
33
14
47
4
30
4
14
20
123
4
42
20
48
2422
1512
62
61
30
49
48
34
82
10
98
31
26
3524
6060
46
04
9
2119
88
4
1111
910
82
117
33
150
21
38
00
23
2530
6060
4
2
50
24
15
62
6
3
50
4
3
7
1
9
3
2
35
60
2
0
0
22
12
55
1
0
0
8
4
12
0
8
1
6
24
60
4
0
0
21
8
38
11
9
82
11
3
14
2
3
0
2
25
60
6
4
67
19
8
42
11
10
91
7
3
10
1
8
0
3
30
60
3
1
33
7
3
43
2
2
100
3
1
4
0
2
0
1
9
25
Kevin
Martin
Kevin Martin
True
40
14
27
52
6
9
67
3
3
100
0
1
1
3
1
0
1
3
37
8
none
Andrew
Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins
True
36
7
16
44
0
2
0
5
5
100
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
19
-1
none
Karl-Anthony
Towns
Karl-Anthony Towns
True
34
11
19
58
0
1
0
4
6
67
5
9
14
1
0
3
2
5
26
18
double
Ricky
Rubio
Ricky Rubio
True
33
0
4
0
0
2
0
5
6
83
2
7
9
12
1
0
3
2
5
22
none
Kevin
Garnett
Kevin Garnett
True
14
3
3
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
1
0
0
2
6
5
none
Gorgui
Dieng
Gorgui Dieng
False
30
0
3
0
0
0
0
5
6
83
1
6
7
1
1
0
1
2
5
-9
none
Nemanja
Bjelica
Nemanja Bjelica
False
20
3
5
60
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
1
4
2
0
1
1
4
6
-4
none
Zach
LaVine
Zach LaVine
False
19
2
8
25
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
2
1
4
-19
none
Shabazz
Muhammad
Shabazz Muhammad
False
15
6
8
75
1
2
50
2
2
100
2
3
5
1
0
0
2
1
15
-5
none
Tayshaun
Prince
Tayshaun Prince
False
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
-2
none
Adreian
Payne
Adreian Payne
False
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
-8
none
Andre
Miller
Andre Miller
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Damjan
Rudež
Damjan Rudež
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
11
December
2015
Friday
Pepsi Center
Denver
Nuggets
Denver
False
Lakers
Los Angeles
Western Conference
Pacific
3
19
22
2100
2185
23
9
39
93
48
52
27
17
63
31
9
40
1
19
9
9
23
122
4
34
11
32
2020
1410
70
55
34
62
76
21
97
00
55
14
43
3225
6060
58
24
41
2321
813
35
96
63
66
97
22
119
01
35
21
11
2433
6060
3
1
33
20
14
70
5
3
60
7
2
9
0
5
1
4
32
60
4
1
25
20
10
50
5
4
80
6
1
7
0
5
4
3
25
60
5
2
40
23
8
35
9
6
67
9
2
11
0
3
2
1
24
60
8
4
50
21
13
62
6
3
50
7
2
9
1
5
1
1
33
60
3
1
33
9
3
33
2
1
50
2
2
4
0
1
1
0
8
25
Lou
Williams
Lou Williams
True
33
7
11
64
2
4
50
3
6
50
3
4
7
5
1
0
1
0
19
-5
none
Roy
Hibbert
Roy Hibbert
True
31
3
6
50
0
0
0
2
2
100
2
5
7
1
1
1
0
2
8
-7
none
Kobe
Bryant
Kobe Bryant
True
24
5
13
38
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
11
-12
none
Jordan
Clarkson
Jordan Clarkson
True
23
7
10
70
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
0
0
3
3
14
-1
none
Larry
Nance
Larry Nance
True
22
1
5
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
2
0
0
2
2
-4
none
Julius
Randle
Julius Randle
False
33
7
13
54
0
0
0
6
11
55
3
9
12
1
1
0
0
3
20
8
double
D'Angelo
Russell
D'Angelo Russell
False
32
8
20
40
3
9
33
4
5
80
0
1
1
3
0
0
2
4
23
-1
none
Nick
Young
Nick Young
False
28
5
9
56
2
5
40
1
1
100
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
13
11
none
Robert
Sacre
Robert Sacre
False
18
4
5
80
0
0
0
1
2
50
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
6
9
1
none
Marcelo
Huertas
Marcelo Huertas
False
17
1
1
100
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
2
0
1
1
3
5
none
Brandon
Bass
Brandon Bass
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Ryan
Kelly
Ryan Kelly
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Metta
World Peace
Metta World Peace
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
11
December
2015
Friday
AT&T Center
San Antonio
Spurs
San Antonio
False
The Minnesota Timberwolves ( 9 - 12 ) survived a comeback attempt from the Los Angeles Lakers ( 3 - 19 ) to win in overtime , 123 - 122 , Wednesday night at the Target Center to break a four - game losing streak . Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell nailed a seven - foot running two - point basket to send the game into overtime tied at 114 - 114 , but it was n't enough . Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio scored or assisted on seven of Minnesota 's nine overtime points to help lead the way as they managed to finish what they started in the final five minutes . Kevin Martin went off for a season - high 37 points fueled by a brilliant 6 - 9 shooting night from three - point land to lead the Timberwolves . Rookie sensation Karl-Anthony Towns filled the statsheet once again , as he scored 26 points and hauled in 14 rebounds , five of them coming on the offensive end . Ricky Rubio scored just five points and did n't make a field goal , but his 12 assists and nine rebounds were key , as was his overtime production . Russell scored 23 points in 32 minutes off the bench to lead the Lakers . Louis Williams was the high - scoring starter with 19 ( 7 - 11 shooting ) and Julius Randle tallied a double - double with 20 points and 12 rebounds . Kobe Bryant suffered another poor shooting night ( 5 - 13 ) and managed just 11 points . The Lakers next face the Spurs on Friday in San Antonio . Minnesota plays next on the road Friday in Denver .
The Minnesota Timberwolves (9 - 12) survived a comeback attempt from the Los Angeles Lakers (3 - 19) to win in overtime, 123 - 122, Wednesday night at the Target Center to break a four - game losing streak. Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell nailed a seven - foot running two - point basket to send the game into overtime tied at 114 - 114, but it wasn't enough. Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio scored or assisted on seven of Minnesota's nine overtime points to help lead the way as they managed to finish what they started in the final five minutes. Kevin Martin went off for a season - high 37 points fueled by a brilliant 6 - 9 shooting night from three - point land to lead the Timberwolves. Rookie sensation Karl-Anthony Towns filled the statsheet once again, as he scored 26 points and hauled in 14 rebounds, five of them coming on the offensive end. Ricky Rubio scored just five points and didn't make a field goal, but his 12 assists and nine rebounds were key, as was his overtime production. Russell scored 23 points in 32 minutes off the bench to lead the Lakers. Louis Williams was the high - scoring starter with 19 (7 - 11 shooting) and Julius Randle tallied a double - double with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Kobe Bryant suffered another poor shooting night (5 - 13) and managed just 11 points. The Lakers next face the Spurs on Friday in San Antonio. Minnesota plays next on the road Friday in Denver.
The Minnesota Timberwolves (9 - 12) survived a comeback attempt from the Los Angeles Lakers (3 - 19) to win in overtime, 123 - 122, Wednesday night at the Target Center to break a four - game losing streak. Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell nailed a seven - foot running two - point basket to send the game into overtime tied at 114 - 114, but it wasn't enough. Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio scored or assisted on seven of Minnesota's nine overtime points to help lead the way as they managed to finish what they started in the final five minutes. Kevin Martin went off for a season - high 37 points fueled by a brilliant 6 - 9 shooting night from three - point land to lead the Timberwolves. Rookie sensation Karl-Anthony Towns filled the statsheet once again, as he scored 26 points and hauled in 14 rebounds, five of them coming on the offensive end. Ricky Rubio scored just five points and didn't make a field goal, but his 12 assists and nine rebounds were key, as was his overtime production. Russell scored 23 points in 32 minutes off the bench to lead the Lakers. Louis Williams was the high - scoring starter with 19 (7 - 11 shooting) and Julius Randle tallied a double - double with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Kobe Bryant suffered another poor shooting night (5 - 13) and managed just 11 points. The Lakers next face the Spurs on Friday in San Antonio. Minnesota plays next on the road Friday in Denver.
<GAME> <DATE> 9 December 2015 <DAY> Wednesday <STADIUM> Target Center <CITY> Minneapolis <HOME> <TEAM> Timberwolves <CITY> Minnesota <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 123 <WINS-LOSSES> 9 12 <QTRS> 35 24 25 30 <TEAM-AST> 30 <3PT> 7 <TEAM-FG> 46 <TEAM-FT> 24 <TEAM-REB> 47 <TEAM-TO> 14 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 11 December 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Pepsi Center <NEXT-CITY> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Nuggets <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Lakers <CITY> Los Angeles <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 122 <WINS-LOSSES> 3 19 <QTRS> 32 25 24 33 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 9 <TEAM-FG> 48 <TEAM-FT> 17 <TEAM-REB> 40 <TEAM-TO> 9 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 11 December 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> AT&T Center <NEXT-CITY> San Antonio <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> San Antonio <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Spurs <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> Kevin Martin <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 40 <PTS> 37 <FG> 14 27 52 <FG3> 6 9 67 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Karl-Anthony Towns <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 26 <FG> 11 19 58 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 4 6 67 <REB> 14 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 9 <OREB> 5 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Andrew Wiggins <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 19 <FG> 7 16 44 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 5 5 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Shabazz Muhammad <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 15 <FG> 6 8 75 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nemanja Bjelica <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 1 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kevin Garnett <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 3 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gorgui Dieng <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 5 <FG> 0 3 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ricky Rubio <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 5 <FG> 0 4 0 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 9 <AST> 12 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Zach LaVine <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 8 25 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Damjan Rudež <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Andre Miller <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Adreian Payne <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tayshaun Prince <TEAM> Minnesota Timberwolves <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> D'Angelo Russell <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 23 <FG> 8 20 40 <FG3> 3 9 33 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Julius Randle <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 20 <FG> 7 13 54 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 6 11 55 <REB> 12 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 9 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Lou Williams <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 19 <FG> 7 11 64 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 3 6 50 <REB> 7 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jordan Clarkson <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 14 <FG> 7 10 70 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nick Young <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 13 <FG> 5 9 56 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kobe Bryant <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 11 <FG> 5 13 38 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Robert Sacre <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 5 80 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Roy Hibbert <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Marcelo Huertas <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 4 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Larry Nance <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Metta World Peace <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ryan Kelly <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brandon Bass <TEAM> Los Angeles Lakers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none