NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Minnesota Timberwolves96–106Los Angeles Lakers

Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 7 March 2003
Arena: STAPLES Center18,997 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 54th meetingof 154 played

Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kevin Garnett	41:16	6–17	0–1	3–6	1	9	10	6	1	1	5	5	15	-15
Wally Szczerbiak	39:16	3–8	1–2	1–2	1	9	10	5	0	1	3	3	8	-19
Troy Hudson	32:29	4–12	1–3	3–4	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	4	12	-7
Rasho Nesterović	31:20	9–10	0–0	1–1	3	4	7	0	0	3	2	6	19	-9
Mike Wilks	15:31	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	-3
Marc Jackson	15:15	1–5	0–0	5–6	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	7	-8
Kendall Gill	15:01	2–4	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6	-4
Joe Smith	6:38	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	2	+2
Loren Woods	1:25	1–1	0–0	0–1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	+7
Igor Rakočević	1:25	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	+7
Anthony Peeler	—	6–8	3–3	0–0	0	5	5	3	0	0	1	2	15	-7
Gary Trent	—	3–3	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	1	6	+6
Team totals	199:36	38–75	5–10	15–22	8	35	43	22	3	6	15	28	96	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Kobe Bryant	42:36	12–24	2–4	4–4	1	3	4	7	3	0	0	1	30	+14
Shaquille O'Neal	40:47	16–25	0–0	8–14	5	9	14	4	1	5	1	4	40	+15
Mark Madsen	31:29	5–7	0–0	0–0	3	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	+9
Rick Fox	26:54	5–13	1–3	2–3	3	3	6	2	1	0	0	3	13	+5
Robert Horry	16:31	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	5	0	+1
Samaki Walker	6:46	0–1	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	-4
Kareem Rush	4:11	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Fisher	—	3–14	0–1	3–5	1	5	6	5	3	0	0	3	9	+17
Devean George	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	4	+6
Brian Shaw	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-6
Jannero Pargo	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-7
Team totals	169:14	43–94	3–8	17–26	16	29	45	23	9	5	5	21	106	—

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 6, Minnesota Timberwolves 4 in NBA 2002-03.

1 Dec 2002Minnesota Timberwolves 110–107 Los Angeles Lakers
17 Dec 2002Los Angeles Lakers 80–96 Minnesota Timberwolves
7 Mar 200396–106 this game
14 Mar 2003Los Angeles Lakers 106–99 Minnesota Timberwolves
20 Apr 2003Los Angeles Lakers 117–98 Minnesota Timberwolves
22 Apr 2003Los Angeles Lakers 91–119 Minnesota Timberwolves
24 Apr 2003Minnesota Timberwolves 114–110 Los Angeles Lakers
27 Apr 2003Minnesota Timberwolves 97–102 Los Angeles Lakers
29 Apr 2003Los Angeles Lakers 120–90 Minnesota Timberwolves
1 May 2003Minnesota Timberwolves 85–101 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Minnesota Timberwolves: 40–23
Los Angeles Lakers: 33–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 100, Minnesota Timberwolves 54.

17 Dec 2002Los Angeles Lakers 80–96 Minnesota Timberwolves
14 Mar 2003Los Angeles Lakers 106–99 Minnesota Timberwolves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.