| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - John Nordquist (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SG - Leon Height (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Frase (fresh) 4 reb. PF - David Padua (fresh) 2 pts. C - Tony Carey (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - Lance Reed (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Heriberto Giordano (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Ronald Herrman (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Gary Jones (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Indiana | James Smith inbounds the ball | 29-41 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:37 | Indiana | Gary Jones misses the wide open fadeaway in the lane | 29-41 |
| 19:36 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman tips it but misses | 29-41 |
| 19:35 | Minnesota | Tony Carey grabs the defensive rebound | 29-41 |
| 19:19 | Minnesota | Tony Carey is open and scores on a shot from the right side | 31-41 |
| 18:59 | Indiana | James Smith can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 31-41 |
| 18:57 | Indiana | Gary Jones can't tip it in | 31-41 |
| 18:55 | Minnesota | John Nordquist gets the rebound | 31-41 |
| 18:46 | Minnesota | John Nordquist evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 31-41 |
| 18:45 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman snags the defensive board | 31-41 |
| 18:40 | Indiana | James Smith is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on James Smith, team foul #1 | 31-41 |
| 18:27 | Minnesota | John Nordquist hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 31-41 |
| 18:26 | Indiana | Gary Jones gets the rebound | 31-41 |
| 18:22 | Indiana | James Smith connects on the open shot from the baseline and he's fouled by Gary Frase - foul #1 on Gary Frase, team foul #1 | 31-43 |
| 18:22 | Indiana | James Smith makes the free throw | 31-44 |
| 18:07 | Minnesota | Tony Carey hits the front of the rim on the wide open floater from the left wing | 31-44 |
| 18:06 | Minnesota | David Padua gets the offensive rebound | 31-44 |
| 17:50 | Minnesota | Gary Frase loses the ball out of bounds against a doubleteam | 31-44 |
| 17:31 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman misses long on a turnaround from the right block | 31-44 |
| 17:29 | Indiana | Gary Jones tips it back up and in | 31-46 |
| 17:09 | Minnesota | Heriberto Giordano picks off the pass by David Padua | 31-46 |
| 17:06 | Indiana | James Smith lays it in set up by Heriberto Giordano | 31-48 |
| 16:46 | Minnesota | Gary Frase is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 31-48 |
| 16:44 | Indiana | James Smith gets the rebound | 31-48 |
| 16:23 | Indiana | Gary Jones's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-48 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Brian Baird (PG), James Burkhart (SG), Ivan Albritton (SF), Alexander Roop (C) John Nordquist, Leon Height, Gary Frase, Tony Carey | |
| Subs | Indiana | David Chenard (PG), Paul Robledo (SG), Daniel Decker (SF), Ricky Hitchcock (PF), Anthony Lord (C) Lance Reed, Heriberto Giordano, James Smith, Ronald Herrman, Gary Jones | |
| 16:04 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop lays it in on a great pass from Brian Baird and the foul's on Ricky Hitchcock - foul #2 on Ricky Hitchcock, team foul #2 | 33-48 |
| 16:04 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop misses the free throw | 33-48 |
| 16:04 | Minnesota | Ivan Albritton grabs the offensive board | 33-48 |
| 15:55 | Minnesota | Ricky Hitchcock blocks the short jumper by Brian Baird | 33-48 |
| 15:53 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop snags the offensive board | 33-48 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Brian Baird (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Burkhart (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ivan Albritton (fresh) 5 pts. PF - David Padua (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Alexander Roop (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - David Chenard (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Paul Robledo (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Daniel Decker (fresh) PF - Ricky Hitchcock (fresh) C - Anthony Lord (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Minnesota | Brian Baird drills a jumper in the paint on a great pass from Alexander Roop | 35-48 |
| 15:26 | Indiana | David Chenard drills a floater from just outside the lane set up by Anthony Lord | 35-50 |
| 15:07 | Minnesota | Ivan Albritton drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 38-50 |
| 14:47 | Indiana | Anthony Lord throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-50 |
| Subs | Minnesota | John Nordquist (PG), Leon Height (SG) Brian Baird, David Padua | |
| Subs | Indiana | Lance Reed (PG), Gary Jones (C) David Chenard, Ricky Hitchcock | |
| 14:27 | Minnesota | Leon Height misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 38-50 |
| 14:25 | Indiana | Anthony Lord grabs the board | 38-50 |
| 14:05 | Indiana | Lance Reed misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 38-50 |
| 14:03 | Indiana | Anthony Lord tips it but misses | 38-50 |
| 14:02 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop grabs the board | 38-50 |
| 13:43 | Minnesota | James Burkhart misses the easy layup | 38-50 |
| 13:42 | Indiana | The rebound goes to Gary Jones | 38-50 |
| 13:24 | Indiana | Gary Jones misses the fadeaway near the basket but he's hacked by Leon Height - foul #2 on Leon Height, team foul #2 | 38-50 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Gary Frase (SF), David Padua (PF), Tony Carey (C) James Burkhart, Ivan Albritton, Alexander Roop | |
| Subs | Indiana | Heriberto Giordano (SG), James Smith (SF), Ronald Herrman (PF) Paul Robledo, Daniel Decker, Anthony Lord | |
| 13:24 | Indiana | Gary Jones makes the 1st free throw | 38-51 |
| 13:24 | Indiana | Gary Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 38-51 |
| 13:24 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to David Padua | 38-51 |
| 13:08 | Minnesota | Tony Carey makes the floater from close range on a great pass from John Nordquist | 40-51 |
| 12:56 | Indiana | Lance Reed hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 40-51 |
| 12:54 | Indiana | Heriberto Giordano grabs the offensive rebound | 40-51 |
| 12:44 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman evades the doubleteam and hits a jump hook in the paint on a great pass from James Smith | 40-53 |
| 12:31 | Minnesota | John Nordquist makes the contested fadeaway jumper from the free throw line and he's hacked by Lance Reed - foul #1 on Lance Reed, team foul #3 | 42-53 |
| 12:31 | Minnesota | John Nordquist makes the free throw | 43-53 |
| 12:05 | Indiana | Gary Jones misses short on a jumper from the right side | 43-53 |
| 12:04 | Indiana | Heriberto Giordano grabs the offensive rebound | 43-53 |
| 11:44 | Indiana | Heriberto Giordano is alone and throws it down on a great pass from Ronald Herrman out of a doubleteam | 43-55 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - John Nordquist (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Leon Height (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Frase (fresh) 4 reb. PF - David Padua (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Tony Carey (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - Lance Reed (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Heriberto Giordano (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - James Smith (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Ronald Herrman (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Gary Jones (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Minnesota | Gary Frase hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 46-55 |
| 11:25 | Indiana | Gary Jones makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Lance Reed | 46-57 |
| 11:07 | Minnesota | Gary Frase works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 46-57 |
| 11:05 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman snags the defensive board | 46-57 |
| 10:45 | Indiana | James Smith buries a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Heriberto Giordano | 46-59 |
| 10:32 | Minnesota | David Padua's fadeaway is rejected by Gary Jones | 46-59 |
| 10:30 | Minnesota | Tony Carey can't tip it in | 46-59 |
| 10:29 | Indiana | Gary Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 46-59 |
| 10:00 | Indiana | Gary Jones hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side | 46-59 |
| 09:58 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Tony Carey | 46-59 |
| 09:47 | Minnesota | Gary Frase makes the contested 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from John Nordquist | 49-59 |
| 09:30 | Indiana | Gary Jones banks in the layup on a nice dish by James Smith | 49-61 |
| 09:26 | Minnesota | David Padua throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-61 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Brian Baird (PG), James Burkhart (SG), Ivan Albritton (SF), Alexander Roop (PF) John Nordquist, Leon Height, Gary Frase, David Padua | |
| Subs | Indiana | David Chenard (PG), Paul Robledo (SG), Daniel Decker (SF), Ricky Hitchcock (PF), Anthony Lord (C) Lance Reed, Heriberto Giordano, James Smith, Ronald Herrman, Gary Jones | |
| 09:17 | Indiana | Anthony Lord comes up short on the fadeaway from the right block | 49-61 |
| 09:16 | Indiana | Anthony Lord tips it in | 49-63 |
| 08:58 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop's fadeaway is rejected by Anthony Lord | 49-63 |
| 08:56 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop grabs the offensive board | 49-63 |
| 08:42 | Minnesota | James Burkhart's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-63 |
| 08:18 | Indiana | Tony Carey is called for the reach on Anthony Lord - foul #2 on Tony Carey, team foul #3 | 49-63 |
| 08:00 | Indiana | Daniel Decker is fouled on the floor by Ivan Albritton - foul #2 on Ivan Albritton, team foul #4 | 49-63 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Indiana | Lance Reed (PG) David Chenard | |
| 07:52 | Indiana | Anthony Lord can't throw it down but he's hacked by Tony Carey - foul #3 on Tony Carey, team foul #5 | 49-63 |
| 07:52 | Indiana | Anthony Lord makes the 1st free throw | 49-64 |
| 07:52 | Indiana | Anthony Lord makes the 2nd free throw | 49-65 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 07:39 | Minnesota | Tony Carey comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 49-65 |
| 07:37 | Indiana | Ricky Hitchcock grabs the board | 49-65 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Brian Baird (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Burkhart (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ivan Albritton (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Alexander Roop (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Tony Carey (tiring) 11 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - Lance Reed (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Paul Robledo (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Daniel Decker (fresh) PF - Ricky Hitchcock (fresh) C - Anthony Lord (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 07:17 | Indiana | Anthony Lord misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 49-65 |
| 07:15 | Minnesota | James Burkhart grabs the defensive rebound | 49-65 |
| 07:00 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Alexander Roop, team foul #6 | 49-65 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Gary Frase (SF) Tony Carey | |
| Subs | Indiana | Heriberto Giordano (SG), James Smith (SF), Ronald Herrman (PF), Gary Jones (C) Paul Robledo, Daniel Decker, Ricky Hitchcock, Anthony Lord | |
| 06:42 | Indiana | Heriberto Giordano misses the lay-in | 49-65 |
| 06:41 | Minnesota | Ivan Albritton grabs the board | 49-65 |
| 06:34 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop is denied on a layup by Gary Jones | 49-65 |
| 06:32 | Indiana | The rebound goes to Lance Reed | 49-65 |
| 06:15 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jump hook in the lane | 49-65 |
| 06:14 | Indiana | Gary Jones hits the follow up shot | 49-67 |
| 05:57 | Minnesota | James Burkhart comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 49-67 |
| 05:56 | Minnesota | Brian Baird hits the follow up shot | 51-67 |
| 05:35 | Indiana | Gary Jones loses the ball out of bounds | 51-67 |
| Subs | Minnesota | John Nordquist (PG), Leon Height (SG), David Padua (PF), Tony Carey (C) Brian Baird, James Burkhart, Ivan Albritton, Alexander Roop | |
| Subs | Indiana | David Chenard (PG) Lance Reed | |
| 05:21 | Minnesota | Gary Frase shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 51-67 |
| 05:19 | Minnesota | Gary Frase grabs the offensive rebound | 51-67 |
| 05:11 | Minnesota | Tony Carey misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by David Chenard - foul #2 on David Chenard, team foul #4 | 51-67 |
| 05:11 | Minnesota | Tony Carey makes the 1st free throw | 52-67 |
| 05:11 | Minnesota | Tony Carey makes the 2nd free throw | 53-67 |
| 04:44 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman is hacked by David Padua - foul #2 on David Padua, team foul #7 | 53-67 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Indiana | Lance Reed (PG), Paul Robledo (SG), Daniel Decker (SF), Anthony Lord (C) David Chenard, Heriberto Giordano, James Smith, Gary Jones | |
| 04:44 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman makes the 1st free throw | 53-68 |
| 04:44 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman misses the 2nd free throw | 53-68 |
| 04:44 | Minnesota | Tony Carey grabs the board | 53-68 |
| 04:22 | Minnesota | Leon Height makes the jump hook in the lane set up by David Padua and he's fouled by Paul Robledo - foul #1 on Paul Robledo, team foul #5 | 55-68 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Alexander Roop (C) Tony Carey | |
| Subs | Indiana | Ricky Hitchcock (PF) Ronald Herrman | |
| 04:22 | Minnesota | Leon Height makes the free throw | 56-68 |
| 03:53 | Indiana | Anthony Lord connects on the runner near the basket | 56-70 |
| 03:45 | Minnesota | John Nordquist comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 56-70 |
| 03:43 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop tips it home | 58-70 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:28 | Indiana | Gary Frase blocks the short jumper by Anthony Lord | 58-70 |
| 03:27 | Minnesota | Gary Frase pulls down the rebound | 58-70 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - John Nordquist (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Leon Height (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Frase (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. PF - David Padua (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Alexander Roop (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Indiana | PG - Lance Reed (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Paul Robledo (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Daniel Decker (fresh) PF - Ricky Hitchcock (fresh) C - Anthony Lord (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop misses the jumper from the left block | 58-70 |
| 03:08 | Minnesota | Gary Frase tips it home | 60-70 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:52 | Indiana | Anthony Lord connects on the shot from the right block and the foul's on Alexander Roop - foul #4 on Alexander Roop, team foul #8 | 60-72 |
| Subs | Minnesota | James Burkhart (SG), Ivan Albritton (SF), Tony Carey (C) Leon Height, Gary Frase, Alexander Roop | |
| Subs | Indiana | Heriberto Giordano (SG), James Smith (SF), Gary Jones (C) Paul Robledo, Daniel Decker, Ricky Hitchcock | |
| 02:52 | Indiana | Anthony Lord makes the free throw | 60-73 |
| 02:50 | Minnesota | Minnesota calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-73 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Leon Height (SG) David Padua | |
| Subs | Indiana | Ronald Herrman (PF) Anthony Lord | |
| 02:42 | Minnesota | Tony Carey makes the jumper from the free throw line set up by John Nordquist | 62-73 |
| 02:14 | Indiana | James Smith hits the front of the rim on the jumper from close range | 62-73 |
| 02:12 | Indiana | Ronald Herrman misses the tip | 62-73 |
| 02:10 | Indiana | Heriberto Giordano pulls down the offensive rebound | 62-73 |
| 01:51 | Indiana | Leon Height steps in front of the Gary Jones pass | 62-73 |
| 01:48 | Minnesota | Leon Height lays it in | 64-73 |
| 01:24 | Indiana | Heriberto Giordano clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 64-73 |
| 01:23 | Minnesota | Leon Height grabs the board | 64-73 |
| 01:23 | Minnesota | Minnesota calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 64-73 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Gary Frase (SF), David Padua (PF) James Burkhart, Ivan Albritton | |
| Subs | Indiana | | |
| 01:15 | Minnesota | James Smith is called for the reach on Gary Frase - foul #3 on James Smith, team foul #6 | 64-73 |
| 01:01 | Minnesota | Gary Frase shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 64-73 |
| 00:59 | Indiana | Gary Jones grabs the board | 64-73 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:56 | Indiana | John Nordquist is called for the reach on Gary Jones in the backcourt - foul #4 on John Nordquist, team foul #9 | 64-73 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Indiana | Paul Robledo (SG) Heriberto Giordano | |
| 00:56 | Indiana | Gary Jones makes the 1st free throw | 64-74 |
| 00:56 | Indiana | Gary Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 64-75 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:48 | Minnesota | Leon Height can't connect on an uncontested fadeaway from just outside the lane | 64-75 |
| 00:47 | Indiana | Gary Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 64-75 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Indiana | Indiana is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:21 | Indiana | James Smith can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by David Padua - foul #3 on David Padua, team foul #10 | 64-75 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Brian Baird (PG), James Burkhart (SG), Ivan Albritton (SF), Alexander Roop (PF) John Nordquist, Leon Height, Gary Frase, David Padua | |
| Subs | Indiana | David Chenard (PG), Ricky Hitchcock (PF), Anthony Lord (C) Lance Reed, Ronald Herrman, Gary Jones | |
| 00:21 | Indiana | James Smith makes the 1st free throw | 64-76 |
| 00:21 | Indiana | James Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 64-77 |
| 00:15 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop clanks a jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Ricky Hitchcock - foul #3 on Ricky Hitchcock, team foul #7 | 64-77 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Indiana | Daniel Decker (SF) James Smith | |
| 00:15 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop misses the 1st free throw | 64-77 |
| 00:15 | Minnesota | Alexander Roop makes the 2nd free throw | 65-77 |
| 00:00 | Indiana | David Chenard runs out the clock | 65-77 |