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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 27 | 28 | 21 | 30 | 106 |
 Timberwolves | 31 | 29 | 18 | 34 | 112 |
LACTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 37-7350.7% | 15-3444.1% | 17-2277.3% | 37 | 21 | 16 |
| MIN | 38-8843.2% | 8-2630.8% | 28-3190.3% | 42 | 22 | 7 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Minnesota Timberwolves112| 40 | 20 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +6.5 | |||||
| 40 | 33, Season high (his best before, 26) | 10-20 | 2-4 | 11-13 | +12 | +10.5 | ||||||||
| 38 | 12 | 4-15 | 0-5 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +7 | −7.5 | ||||||
| 37 | 15 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | +12 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 35 | 9 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +2.5 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 18 | 12 | 5-12 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.4 | |||
| 13 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +3.5 | |||||
| Team | 112 | 38-8843.2% | 8-2630.8% | 42 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 28-3190.3% | 14 | 9 | 1 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Nemanja Bjelica (injury/illness); Aaron Brooks, Marcus Georges-Hunt, Shabazz Muhammad and Cole Aldrich (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers106| 36 | 30, Season high (his best before, 25) | 9-14 | 7-10, Season high (his best before, 6) | 5-7 | 0 | −11 | +10.0 | |||||||
| 35 | 17 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | −14 | +3.8 | ||||||
| 34 | 2 | 1-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | −13.9 | |||||||
| 29 | 9 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.5 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 23 | 8-14 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +5.9 | ||||||
| 16 | 6 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.7 | ||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −6.6 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.2 | |||||
| 13 | 10 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +3.6 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 | |
| Team | 106 | 37-7350.7% | 15-3444.1% | 37 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 17-2277.3% | 8 | 3 | 7 | |||
Bench 43 points on 14 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Danilo Gallinari (injury/illness); Brice Johnson (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves112Clippers106ClickTap 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.
Jimmy Butler III scored 33 points (20 in the fourth quarter), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the LA Clippers 112-106.
Butler’s pull-up 3-pointer put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 6:02 left in the fourth quarter.
The Clippers got within 97-96 on Lou Williams’ layup with 4:35 to play, but Butler answered with a three-point play, and the Clippers got no closer than 106-103.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Clippers 16-2. Butler (No. 8 in clutch points, 2017-18) scored 12 of the Timberwolves’ 16 on 4 for 6 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line.
Taj Gibson had 20 points (10 in the paint) and 11 rebounds on 6 for 9 shooting. Butler scored 20 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Clippers, Austin Rivers scored 30 points on 9 for 14 shooting, and Lou Williams added 23 points and 10 assists off the bench.
The Clippers forced 7 turnovers, about 8 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Timberwolves 43-23 off the bench. The Timberwolves’ starters outscored the Clippers 57-45 in 25 minutes together. Sindarius Thornwell fouled out.
Minnesota TimberwolvesLA ClippersPS, 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).
84 points from the field on 88 shots: 5.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-24 | 66.7% | 63% |
| In the paint | 6-18 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 8-20 | 40.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-11 | 18.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-15 | 40.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Rivers | 23 | 6 | 3-5 | +1 |
| Wesley Johnson | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| C.J. Williams | 11 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 11 | 5-11 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Jordan | 35 | 4 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Sam Dekker | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Jamil Wilson | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 8 | 4-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamil Wilson | 29 | 9 | 4-5 | +1 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 12 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Wesley Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0-4 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-6 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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
LAC
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Crawford 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Teague 9 AST)
Q4 8:49
19.1%
43→62
Rivers 26' 3PT Jump Shot (30 PTS) (W. Johnson 2 AST)
Q4 6:54
19.1%
62→43
L. Williams 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 8:35
16.4%
62→46
Butler 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 6:02
15.5%
53→68
Butler 1' Driving Reverse Layup (15 PTS)
Q4 7:08
14.7%
43→58
