+++ LAKERS -at- TIMBERWOLVES 3/27/13 GAME THREAD +++

SilverBullet · Franchise Player Joined: 26 Dec 2011 Posts: 16832

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Los Angeles Lakers @ Minnesota Timberwolves
•Lakers lead the series 2-0
•Wednesday, March 27, 2013
•5:00PM PT│8:00PM ET - Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Broadcast Information
•League Pass
•WFTC
•TWC Sportsnet/TWC De
•KSPN
•WMFS
•WCCO-AM
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Online Streams
•http://www.firstrow1.eu/sport/basketball.html
•http://atdhe.eu/basketball
•http://nbaliveonline.tv/streaming/
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Los Angeles Lakers
Current Record
•36-35
Probable Starters
•Kobe Bryant
Last game:│42 Minutes│36 Points on 11-27 FG│2-10 3PT│12-16 FT│8 Rebound│3 Assist│
•Steve Nash
Last game:│37 Minutes│21 Points on 9-19 FG│1-3 3PT│2-2 FT│9 Rebounds│ 7 Assists│
•Dwight Howard
Last game:│37 Minutes│11 Points on 4-8 FG│0-0 3PT│3-6 FT│15 Rebounds│1 Block│
•Pau Gasol
Last game:│23 Minutes│7 Points on 3-8 FG│0-0 3PT│1-4 FT│8 Rebounds│ 2 Assists│
•Jodie Meeks
Last game:│24 Minutes│13 Points on 5-14 FG│2-7 3PT│1-1 FT│5 Rebounds│ 2 Assists│
Injury Report
•Metta World Peace has a cartilage tear in the lateral meniscus of his left knee. A timetable
for his return will be determined after he is examined by doctors on Wednesday.
•Jordan Hill will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn
labrum in his hip.
Previous Game
vs Warriors (L) 3/25/13
•Field Goal Made-Attempted
36-91 39.6%
•3 Point Made-Attempted
6-26 23.1%
•Free Throw Made-Attempted
25-36 69.4%
•Rebound│Assist│Steal│Block│Turnover
51│17│6│2│9
•Fast Break Points│Points in the Paint
17│40
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Current Record
•25-44
Probable Starters
•Derrick Williams
Last game:│17 Minutes│6 Points on 2-3 FG│2-3 3PT│0-0 FT│5 Rebounds│
•Andrei Kirilenko
Last game:│24 Minutes│9 Points on 4-9 FG│1-2 3PT│0-0 FT│2 Assists│ 1 Rebound│
•Nikola Pekovic
Last game:│30 Minutes│18 Points on 7-10 FG│0-0 3PT│4-5 FT│11 Rebounds│ 2 Assists│
•Luke Ridnour
Last game:│26 Minutes│15 Points on 6-7 FG│2-3 3PT│1-1 FT│3 Steals│ 3 Assists│
•Ricky Rubio
Last game:│27 Minutes│14 Points on 6-9 FG│2-2 3PT│0-0 FT│9 Assists│ 4 Rebounds│
Injury Report
•Kevin Love re-fractured his right hand on January 3rd against the Nuggets and underwent
successful surgery. He will have a CT scan at the end of the week to determine how his
progress is going and if he will play again this season.
•Malcolm Lee has undergone both knee and hip surgeries and will miss the remainder of
the season as a result.
•Brandon Roy is still undergoing treatment following arthroscopic surgery on his right knee
and has not played since November 9th. He has recently experienced a setback and is still
without a timetable yet for a return.
Previous Game
vs Pistons (W) 3/26/13
•Field Goal Made-Attempted
42-79 53.2%
•3 Point Made-Attempted
14-26 53.8%
•Free Throw Made-Attempted
7-8 87.5%
•Rebound│Assist│Steal│Block│Turnover
41│26│10│3│13
•Fast Break Points│Points in the Paint
14│42
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Team Stats Leaders
Lakers│Timberwolves
PPG Bryant 27.1│Love 18.3
RPG Howard 12.5│Love 14.0
APG Nash 6.8│Rubio 7.3
BPG Howard 2.4│Stiemsma 1.2
SPG Metta 1.7│Rubio 2.3
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Overall NBA Rankings
Lakers│Timberwolves
PPG 102.1(6th)│94.8(20th)
RPG 44.8(4th)│42.6(11th)
APG 22.0(18th)│22.1(16th)
PA 101.2(25th)│97.8(15th)
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Hollinger Team Statistics
Lakers│Timberwolves
PACE 97.1(4th)│94.9(12th)
TO 13.9(15th)│14.0(17th)
AST 16.9(21st)│17.0(18th)
OFF EFF 105.3(8th)│99.4(25th)
DEF EFF 103.5(18th)│102.9(14th)
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NOTE
•In the last game, The Lakers led by six after the first quarter, by 10 at the half, were up 16
entering the third and led by as many as 25 in the fourth en route to a 116-94 wire-to-wire
victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center. Kobe Bryant led all scorers in
the Lakers 21st consecutive victory over the Timberwolves, posting 33 points (12-22 FG,
4-8 3FG), five rebounds and five assists while sitting out the entire fourth along with fellow
guard Steve Nash (10 points, team-high 7 assists). Antawn Jamison (17 points, 8 rebounds),
Jodie Meeks (16 points, all in the second half), Steve Blake (13 points (4-6 FG, 3-5 3FG),
7 rebounds, 6 assists) and Dwight Howard (11 points (5-6 FG), game-high 13 rebounds,
4 blocks) all scored in double-figures as the Lakers pulled within a game of .500
on the season.
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WaltonFam · Star Player Joined: 16 Mar 2013 Posts: 1825

meh. anything can happen.

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Lakers95 · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:51 pm Post subject:

Please don't lose this one.......

SilverBullet · Franchise Player Joined: 26 Dec 2011 Posts: 16832

Cheers up. I think we can win this game.
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lakersgirl · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:32 pm Post subject:

Even if the Timberwolves do fight back they will usually crumble and not manage to win the game, this is a W for us
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Pau Gasol is nice

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MCJOG · Starting Rotation Joined: 22 Jan 2013 Posts: 244

Lets go Kobe Bryants!!
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madsen35 · Star Player Joined: 14 Jun 2002 Posts: 8611

Timberwolves are playing tonight, so there is no excuse for a loss. We need this game.

Lakers - 104
Wolves - 93
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Treble Clef · Franchise Player Joined: 20 Nov 2012 Posts: 23940

It's a back to back for Minnesota but they played well tonight and didnt have to play anyone too many minutes. This will be the healthiest Minnesota has been in any of the matchups so this could be tougher than the previous games.

chrisca91 · Star Player Joined: 06 Jan 2013 Posts: 3481

We will blow them out

Who Takes The Blame · Starting Rotation Joined: 05 Dec 2012 Posts: 733

Here comes another loss

SilverBullet · Franchise Player Joined: 26 Dec 2011 Posts: 16832

ItsShowtime · Star Player Joined: 19 Dec 2011 Posts: 1656

Blowout loss.

SilverBullet · Franchise Player Joined: 26 Dec 2011 Posts: 16832

I just updated the game thread.

And dam, Mavs are only 1 game behind us for 8th seed....

And it's pretty amazing how well the Timerwolves distribute their starters minutes....They are fresh to go against us.
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Lakers95 · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:04 pm Post subject:

ReturnoftheMarc · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:10 pm Post subject:

No more excuses! If we want to make the post season then the team should start playing like a playoff squad!

Shaber · Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:54 pm Post subject:

WIn or loss.... do we even know what the starting lineup shall be?

I don't expect to see Ebanks there, and Gasol may come off the bench as well... That would leave Clark and ... Meeks?
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Lakers depth chart

PG Johnson / Goodrich
SG Bryant / West / Scott
SF Baylor / Worthy / Cooper
PF Mikkelsen / Hairston / McAdoo / Gasol
C Chamberlain / Abdul-Jabbar / O'Neal / Mikan

Galacticos · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:00 am Post subject:

Another disappointing game, but I hope they pull through.

Chronicle · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:03 am Post subject:

for doc
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ReturnoftheMarc · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:20 am Post subject:

Should be a win. Interesting to see how our team responds and would play like without Metta.

George the Greek · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:46 am Post subject:

Gasol will score 40/20/10/5. Don't wonder why, it's the Timberwolves. He always takes a dump on them, just like Kobe takes a dump on the Raptors and Jordan used to take a dump on the Cavs.
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