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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kings | 29 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 106 |
 Timberwolves | 23 | 33 | 19 | 36 | 111 |
SACTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAC | 42-8847.7% | 10-2540.0% | 12-1770.6% | 43 | 17 | 18 |
| MIN | 37-7450.0% | 9-2437.5% | 28-3287.5% | 37 | 29 | 16 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves111| 39 | 18 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 7-9 | 0 | +11 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 37 | 29 | 10-17 | 2-7 | 7-7 | +12 | +13.3 | ||||||||
| 35 | 16 | 7-13 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | −4 | −2.6 | |||||||
| 32 | 12 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6.4 | ||||||
| 32 | 15 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.2 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 12 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.4 | |||||
| Team | 111 | 37-7450.0% | 9-2437.5% | 37 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 28-3287.5% | 8 | 10 | 5 | |||
Bench 21 points on 5 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Shabazz Muhammad, Marcus Georges-Hunt, Aaron Brooks and Cole Aldrich (coach’s decision).
Sacramento Kings106| 35 | 23 | 8-16 | 1-3 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 31 | 13 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | −13 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 29 | 12 | 5-11 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −4.8 | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −6 | −4.3 | ||||||
| 23 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −0.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −3 | −1.5 | |||||
| 24 | 12 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +2.5 | |||||
| 19 | 16 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 2-2 | −13 | +2.6 | ||||||||
| 17 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −1.1 | |||||
| Team | 106 | 42-8847.7% | 10-2540.0% | 43 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 12-1770.6% | 15 | 12 | 2 | |||
Bench 41 points on 17 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Jack Cooley (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves111Kings106ClickTap 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 scored 29 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Sacramento Kings 111-106.
Towns’ 22-foot jumper put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 3:18 left in the fourth quarter.
Jimmy Butler III’s 3-pointer with 1:16 left made it 105-100, and his 2 free throws with 7.5 seconds left put it away at 110-106.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Kings 15-12. Butler (No. 8 in clutch points, 2017-18) scored 5 of the Timberwolves’ 15 on 1 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Tyus Jones had 2 of his 3 steals in 23 seconds, both with the game within five points, and the Timberwolves scored 2 points off them. In the fourth quarter, Towns had 4 of his 6 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Jeff Teague that put the Timberwolves ahead.
Towns and Teague set each other up for 7 baskets and 16 points, 4 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Kings, De'Aaron Fox had 23 points (14 in the first quarter) and 3 steals.
The Timberwolves went 28 for 32 at the line to the Kings’ 12 for 17. The Kings turned it over 19 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Timberwolves 41-21 off the bench.
Minnesota TimberwolvesSacramento KingsPS, 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).
83 points from the field on 74 shots: 7.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-21 | 66.7% | 63% |
| In the paint | 7-12 | 58.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-17 | 41.2% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-19 | 36.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Cauley-Stein | 40 | 16 | 7-9 | +5 |
| Kosta Koufos | 19 | 9 | 2-4 | +4 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 33 | 5 | 2-2 | −4 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 8 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Garrett Temple | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Buddy Hield | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 27 | 12 | 3-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Jackson | 33 | 2 | 1-5 | −6 |
| Vince Carter | 13 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Buddy Hield | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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
SAC
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Crawford 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS)
Q4 5:33
23.0%
43→66
Towns 25' 3PT Jump Shot (27 PTS) (Teague 9 AST)
Q4 6:58
22.7%
34→56
Temple 3PT Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Hield 1 AST)
Q4 7:20
21.3%
55→34
Teague 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Towns 3 AST)
Q4 6:17
20.6%
37→58
Butler 25' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Towns 5 AST)
Q4 1:16
20.6%
73→93
