Lakers Vs. Timberwolves: Kobe Bryant And Company Finally Get Second Road Win
Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a four-game road losing streak on Sunday night when they defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-101.
| Final - 1.29.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 22 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 106 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 19 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 101 |
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Lakers Vs. Timberwolves: L.A. Has Beaten Minnesota 15 Straight Times
The Los Angeles Lakers, currently ninth place in the Western Conference, complete their two-day road trip with a battle in Minneapolis against the Minnesota Timberwolves, in 11th place in the west.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 22 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 106 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 101 |
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metta World Peace | 33 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 4-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Pau Gasol | 41 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 6-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 28 |
| Andrew Bynum | 35 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 7-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Kobe Bryant | 41 | 14-29 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 14-3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2-0 | 35 |
| Derek Fisher | 33 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Josh McRoberts | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Andrew Goudelock | 14 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Matt Barnes | 13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Jason Kapono | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Troy Murphy | 13 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Steve Blake | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Luke Walton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Derrick Caracter | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Devin Ebanks | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Darius Morris | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 40-79 | 8-19 | 18-23 | 41-7 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 18-0 | 106 | |
| .506 | .421 | .783 | Team Reb: 13 | Total TO: 1 (4 pts) | |||||||
| Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Johnson | 14 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Kevin Love | 41 | 13-22 | 1-4 | 6-8 | 13-7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 33 |
| Nikola Pekovic | 19 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 9-7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Luke Ridnour | 24 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Ricky Rubio | 41 | 2-13 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Michael Beasley | 30 | 7-15 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 12-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Wayne Ellington | 10 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Derrick Williams | 10 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Martell Webster | 22 | 4-15 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Brad Miller | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 3 |
| Anthony Randolph | 16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Darko Milicic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| J.J. Barea | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Anthony Tolliver | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Malcolm Lee | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 40-104 | 5-21 | 16-23 | 52-24 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19-2 | 101 | |
| .385 | .238 | .696 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (11 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Bill Spooner, JT Orr, Zach Zarba
Duration:2:15
Officials: - Bill Spooner, JT Orr, Zach Zarba
Duration:2:15
