Spurs at Wolves: By the Numbers

By: Contributing Writer Matt Tiano

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The Wolves return from a 1-2 road trip to take on the San Antonio Spurs at Target Center Friday night.

We played the Wolves, Spurs and NBA numbers game to get you ready for the 7 p.m. tip:

77 Percent of the last 13 games between Minnesota and San Antonio that the Spurs have won.

40 Minutes played by Al Jefferson and Marco Jaric in Wednesday’s loss. Jaric is averaging 27.5 minutes per game and Jefferson a team-high 36.5.

31 Points for Al Jefferson in Wednesday’s loss to Dallas, one short of his career high. Jefferson has had three 30-point games and five 20-plus points and 10-plus rebounds games, and is only one of five players averaging 20/10.

28 Times Minnesota got to the charity stripe during Wednesday’s game, a season-high.

24.6 Tim Duncan’s average in the Spurs’ last three, including a 28-point, nine-rebound, two-assist night versus Memphis on Nov. 23.

19.2 Points per game for Manu Ginobli. Ginobli is the only NBA player to average over 18.0 ppg while averaging under 30 minutes per contest.

17.6 Scoring average for the Wolves’ Marco Jaric, who had a season-high 21-point performance in Minnesota’s last win, a 103-94 decision over New Orleans.

14 Times Al Jefferson got to the free throw line during Wednesday’s road loss to the Mavericks, a season and Timberwolf-high. Jefferson cashed in nine times.

6.9 Assists per game for Tony Parker, good for 14th in the NBA.

4.6 Average assists for Sebastian Telfair over the course of the Wolves’ last three. Telfair leads the team with 4.7 per game.

2 The Spurs’ NBA rank in field goal percentage (.409). Brent Barry ranks seventh at .511 (23-45) and Bruce Bowen ranks 11th at .474 (18-38). San Antonio also has four players that are shooting .400 or better from behind the arc.

1 The Spurs’ NBA rank in turnovers lost. San Antonio is only averaging 11.9 giveaways per contest.

0 Times the Spurs have lost when scoring 100-plus points. Conversely, the Wolves are 2-2 when scoring 100 or more.

0 San Antonio’s franchise-low turnovers in a first half Nov. 21 against Orlando. Prior to that, the Spurs’ franchise-low was two in the first session of Minnesota’s 103-101 overtime win over San Antonio on Jan. 3.