Hornets 108, 
Timberwolves 116
8:00 PM ET, January 23, 2009
Target Center
Minneapolis, MN
| NEW ORLEANS HORNETS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Peja Stojakovic, SF | 39 | 7-15 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -19 | 17 |
| Melvin Ely, C | 12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| Sean Marks, PF | 29 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| Rasual Butler, SG | 37 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -15 | 12 |
| Chris Paul, PG | 38 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 7-8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 23 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| James Posey, SF | 39 | 8-19 | 7-11 | 1-1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 24 |
| Julian Wright, SF | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +9 | 2 |
| Morris Peterson, SG | 8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +6 | 8 |
| Antonio Daniels, PG | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 |
| Ryan Bowen, SF | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 4 |
| Devin Brown, SG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 42-79 | 13-22 | 11-13 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 108 | |||
| 53.2% | 59.1% | 84.6% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 9 Points in the paint: 36 Team TO ( points off ): 9 (13) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
| MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Ryan Gomes, F | 27 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 5 |
| Craig Smith, PF | 26 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Al Jefferson, C | 36 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +17 | 24 |
| Randy Foye, G | 40 | 7-19 | 4-8 | 6-7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +13 | 24 |
| Sebastian Telfair, PG | 36 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +5 | 10 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Kevin Love, PF | 22 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 11 |
| Mike Miller, SG | 29 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 4-7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 12 |
| Rodney Carney, SF | 19 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Brian Cardinal, PF | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Mark Madsen, PF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Jason Collins, C | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Rashad McCants, SG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 40-78 | 10-21 | 26-34 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 116 | |||
| 51.3% | 47.6% | 76.5% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 6 Points in the paint: 52 Team TO ( points off ): 10 (9) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: None - TEAMS (def3sec): MINNESOTA (2), NEWORLEANS (1) - COACHES: None
Officials: Bennett Salvatore , Ron Olesiak , James Capers
Attendance: 18,224
Time of Game: 02:12