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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder | 33 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 116 |
 Timberwolves | 26 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 119 |
OKCTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 43-8650.0% | 8-2828.6% | 22-2588.0% | 35 | 19 | 14 |
| MIN | 42-8648.8% | 8-2236.4% | 27-3577.1% | 44 | 23 | 15 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves119| 38 | 25 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 11-13 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +10.0 | ||||||
| 37 | 17 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 5-8 | 0 | +12 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 36 | 14 | 5-15 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0 | +8 | −4.9 | |||||||
| 36 | 16 | 8-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +6 | +5.8 | ||||||||
| 36 | 33 | 12-24 | 1-4 | 0 | 8-9 | 0 | +17 | +11.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.1 | |||
| 12 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −0.6 | ||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.2 | |||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.4 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 119 | 42-8648.8% | 8-2236.4% | 44 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 27-3577.1% | 17 | 5 | 7 | |||
Bench 14 points on 5 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Cole Aldrich and Aaron Brooks (coach’s decision).
Oklahoma City Thunder116| 38 | 23 | 8-16 | 3-6 | 4-4 | −5 | +4.4 | ||||||||
| 37 | 27 | 10-18 | 1-3 | 6-8 | 0 | −13 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 37 | 23 | 8-15 | 1-5 | 6-7 | 0 | −7 | +1.1 | |||||||
| 32 | 20 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | −19 | +6.7 | |||||||
| 10 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −1.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −11 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 19 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +17 | −2.2 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.2 | ||||
| 14 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +2.8 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −3.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.5 | |||
| Team | 116 | 43-8650.0% | 8-2828.6% | 35 | 19 | 14 | 29 | 22-2588.0% | 11 | 8 | 9 | |||
Bench 19 points on 7 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Nick Collison and Dakari Johnson (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves119Thunder116ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 33 points (20 in the paint) and 19 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves went on a 13-4 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-116.
The Thunder led 105-101 with 7:35 left in the fourth quarter. Jimmy Butler III’s three-point play put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 4:09 left. They took a 114-109 lead with 2:41 left.
The Thunder got within 118-116 on Russell Westbrook’s driving layup with 20 seconds to play, but Jeff Teague answered with a free throw, and the Thunder got no closer. They had the ball down 3, but Carmelo Anthony missed a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Thunder 15-8. Butler (No. 8 in clutch points, 2017-18) scored 9 of the Timberwolves’ 15 on 3 for 4 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line.
Butler had 25 points and 7 assists on 7 for 10 shooting, and Teague added 17 points and 10 assists.
For the Thunder, Westbrook had 27 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, and Paul George added 23 points (12 in the first quarter). Anthony scored 23 points. Steven Adams had 20 points and 8 rebounds on 8 for 10 shooting. Westbrook scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter. The Thunder had 4 20-point scorers.
The Timberwolves grabbed 17 offensive rebounds to the Thunder’s 11. The Timberwolves’ starters outscored the Thunder 74-55 in 27 minutes together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesOklahoma City ThunderPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
92 points from the field on 85 shots: 3.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-31 | 58.1% | 63% |
| In the paint | 8-18 | 44.4% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 8-15 | 53.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-8 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-14 | 42.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Adams | 36 | 7 | 3-10 | −3 |
| Russell Westbrook | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Patrick Patterson | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Paul George | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 14 | 7-11 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul George | 30 | 0 | 0-1 | −6 |
| Russell Westbrook | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Jerami Grant | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Josh Huestis | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 10 | 5-6 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Westbrook | 36 | 2 | 1-3 | −5 |
| Steven Adams | 9 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Paul George | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Raymond Felton | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
OKC
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Towns 24' 3PT Jump Shot (33 PTS) (Butler 6 AST)
Q4 4:50
19.0%
34→53
Westbrook 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 7:53
18.4%
58→40
Butler 14' Pullup Jump Shot (23 PTS)
Q4 1:42
17.7%
73→91
Butler 3' Cutting Layup Shot (18 PTS) (Gibson 3 AST)
Q4 4:09
16.4%
39→55
Westbrook 3' Driving Layup (27 PTS)
Q4 0:21
15.2%
97→82
