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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 30 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 126 |
 Clippers | 26 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 118 |
MINTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 43-9147.3% | 7-2231.8% | 33-3984.6% | 47 | 20 | 13 |
| LAC | 47-8456.0% | 9-2733.3% | 15-2268.2% | 40 | 31 | 17 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves126| 41 | 40, Season high (his best before, 29) | 16-28 | 3-7 | 5-8 | 0 | +11 | +6.1 | |||||||
| 38 | 14 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 18 | 6-13 | 3-9 | 3-4 | 0 | +6 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 30, Season high (his best before, 23) | 7-14 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +9.1 | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 9-10 | 0 | +8 | +2.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6.2 | ||||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.2 | ||||
| 9 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 0.0 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 126 | 43-9147.3% | 7-2231.8% | 47 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 33-3984.6% | 18 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 13 points on 6 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Cole Aldrich (coach’s decision); Jimmy Butler III and Jamal Crawford (injury/illness).
LA Clippers118| 37 | 32 | 13-21 | 2-8 | 4-7 | 0 | −14 | +10.8 | |||||||
| 32 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.7 | |||||
| 30 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −6.9 | ||||
| 28 | 15 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 16 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.8 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 20 | 8-15 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.9 | |||||
| 31 | 23 | 8-14 | 0-1 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | −2 | +4.6 | ||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −4.1 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.2 | ||||
| Team | 118 | 47-8456.0% | 9-2733.3% | 40 | 31 | 17 | 27 | 15-2268.2% | 8 | 4 | 1 | |||
Bench 47 points on 18 for 35 shooting
Did not play: DeAndre Jordan and Jawun Evans (injury/illness).
Timberwolves126Clippers118ClickTap 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.
Jeff Teague scored a season-high 30 points (16 at the free-throw line), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the LA Clippers 126-118.
Andrew Wiggins’ 9-foot floater put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 3:46 left in the fourth quarter.
The Clippers got within 113-112 on Blake Griffin’s free throw with 3:23 to play, but Nemanja Bjelica answered with a 3-pointer, and the Clippers got no closer than 121-118.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Clippers 18-8. Teague scored 6 of the Timberwolves’ 18 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Wiggins scored a season-high 40 points. The Timberwolves had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Clippers, Griffin had 32 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high 12 assists, his second triple-double of the season, and Montrezl Harrell added 23 points (16 in the paint) off the bench. Lou Williams had 20 points and 7 assists off the bench. The Clippers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Clippers gave up 18 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Timberwolves missed. They outscored the Timberwolves 47-13 off the bench. Marcus Georges-Hunt 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).
93 points from the field on 91 shots: 1.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-27 | 59.3% | 63% |
| In the paint | 13-20 | 65.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-22 | 31.8% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-3 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-19 | 31.6% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Johnson | 46 | 17 | 6-8 | +6 |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 15 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Tyrone Wallace | 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Blake Griffin | 6 | 10 | 4-5 | +9 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 12 | 6-12 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milos Teodosic | 27 | 16 | 6-8 | +11 |
| Tyrone Wallace | 23 | 3 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Blake Griffin | 8 | 4 | 1-4 | +3 |
| Wesley Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Williams | 22 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Tyrone Wallace | 11 | 7 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 10 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Milos Teodosic | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 4 | 2-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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.
LAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
LAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Bjelica 26' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Wiggins 1 AST)
Q4 2:45
25.4%
46→21
Teodosic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Griffin 11 AST)
Q4 4:04
21.3%
34→55
Bjelica 24' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Towns 3 AST)
Q4 7:03
20.6%
58→37
Wiggins 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (39 PTS)
Q4 3:46
17.6%
55→37
W. Johnson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Williams 5 AST)
Q3 0:34
15.6%
39→55
