Los Angeles Clippers 98- Minnesota Timberwolves 101- Missed Opportunities
The Clippers, without Chris Paul and Caron Butler, fell to the Timberwolves at the buzzer by means of a Kevin Love three pointer.
| Final - 1.20.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 22 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 101 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 31 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 98 |
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Clippers vs. Minnesota - Second Half Open Thread
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Clippers vs. Minnesota - Game Preview
The Timberwolves are a much improved team, and the matchup of power forwards Kevin Love and Blake Griffin should be epic.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 22 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 101 |
| LA Clippers | 31 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 98 |
| Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Johnson | 23 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Kevin Love | 36 | 5-16 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 14-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Darko Milicic | 34 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 7-5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6-0 | 22 |
| Luke Ridnour | 37 | 3-11 | 0-4 | 7-9 | 3-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Ricky Rubio | 32 | 1-11 | 1-3 | 6-8 | 6-0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4-0 | 9 |
| Wayne Ellington | 30 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Anthony Tolliver | 18 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Derrick Williams | 14 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Nikola Pekovic | 11 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Martell Webster | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Brad Miller | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| J.J. Barea | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Anthony Randolph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Michael Beasley | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Malcolm Lee | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-81 | 6-15 | 23-33 | 39-10 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 22-0 | 101 | |
| .444 | .400 | .697 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 0 (19 pts) | |||||||
| LA Clippers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Gomes | 35 | 4-12 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 6-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Blake Griffin | 37 | 7-17 | 0-0 | 7-11 | 10-2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3-0 | 21 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 29 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11-3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Randy Foye | 40 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Chauncey Billups | 28 | 6-13 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 5-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4-1 | 20 |
| Mo Williams | 31 | 10-15 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4-2 | 25 |
| Reggie Evans | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Courtney Fortson | 8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Solomon Jones | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Caron Butler | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Chris Paul | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brian Cook | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Eric Bledsoe | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Travis Leslie | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Trey Thompkins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-71 | 11-21 | 21-28 | 41-7 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 27-4 | 98 | |
| .465 | .524 | .750 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (16 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Ken Mauer, Matt Boland, Eli Roe
Duration:2:39
Officials: - Ken Mauer, Matt Boland, Eli Roe
Duration:2:39
