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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 25 | 28 | 29 | 34 | 116 |
 Wizards | 26 | 33 | 31 | 21 | 111 |
MINTeam statsWAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 46-8752.9% | 7-2133.3% | 17-1989.5% | 37 | 23 | 10 |
| WAS | 42-8251.2% | 8-2040.0% | 19-2576.0% | 39 | 26 | 11 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves116| 41 | 37, Season high (his best before, 35) | 13-17 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 0 | +17.6 | ||||||||
| 39 | 17 | 7-16 | 3-7 | 0-0 | +6 | +0.7 | ||||||||
| 37 | 16 | 7-14 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | −3.6 | |||||||
| 29 | 13 | 6-11 | 0-3 | 0 | 1-1 | −4 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 27 | 10 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | −9 | −0.8 | |||||||
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| 29 | 11 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +2.8 | |||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.5 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +2.5 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.0 | |
| Team | 116 | 46-8752.9% | 7-2133.3% | 37 | 23 | 10 | 21 | 17-1989.5% | 11 | 10 | 7 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Aaron Brooks and Marcus Georges-Hunt (coach’s decision).
Washington Wizards111| 35 | 8 | 4-14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | −8.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 19 | 8-16 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.0 | |||||
| 33 | 27, Season high (his best before, 23) | 10-15 | 3-5 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +7.6 | ||||
| 32 | 15 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 6-6 | 0 | +2 | +9.2 | |||||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | +0.1 | ||||||
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| 23 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | −11 | +5.3 | |||||||
| 16 | 9 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0 | −7 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 16 | 8 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −2.2 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.4 | |||||
| 13 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.2 | ||||
| Team | 111 | 42-8251.2% | 8-2040.0% | 39 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 19-2576.0% | 14 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 36 points on 14 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Tim Frazier and Jason Smith (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves116Wizards111ClickTap 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 a season-high 37 points and 10 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves went on a 24-6 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 116-111.
The Wizards led 95-85 with 9:51 left in the fourth quarter. Andrew Wiggins’ driving layup put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 6:38 left. Nemanja Bjelica scored 10 points and Wiggins added 6 during the run. The Timberwolves led 109-101 with 3:46 left.
The Wizards got within 111-109 on Bradley Beal’s free throw with 49 seconds to play, but Towns answered with a corner 3-pointer, and the Wizards got no closer than 114-111. They had the ball down 3 with 15 seconds left, but Jeff Teague stole the ball from Beal, lifting the Timberwolves’ chance to win from 92% to 95%. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Wizards 9-8.
For the Wizards, Markieff Morris scored a season-high 27 points (11 in the third quarter) on 10 for 15 shooting. Tomas Satoransky had 15 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals.
The Wizards forced 10 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Timberwolves outscored the Wizards 18-8 in 7 minutes with Crawford, Bjelica, Wiggins, Jones and Towns on the floor together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesWashington WizardsPS, 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. The Timberwolves’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (4th quarter, 9:51 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
99 points from the field on 86 shots: 6.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 27-39 | 69.2% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-9 | 55.6% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-18 | 38.9% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-6 | 66.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 3-15 | 20.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcin Gortat | 28 | 20 | 7-9 | +12 |
| Ian Mahinmi | 21 | 15 | 5-5 | +9 |
| Markieff Morris | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Bradley Beal | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 6 | 3-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Satoransky | 19 | 2 | 1-5 | −1 |
| Mike Scott | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Markieff Morris | 11 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Otto Porter Jr. | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 8 | 3-9 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Porter Jr. | 32 | 2 | 1-4 | −6 |
| Bradley Beal | 10 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Kelly Oubre Jr. | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 5 | 6 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 68 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.
WAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
WAS
Highest Leverage Moments
Towns 3PT Jump Shot (37 PTS) (Teague 5 AST)
Q4 0:29
25.0%
27→2
Wiggins 1' Driving Layup (12 PTS) (Jones 4 AST)
Q4 6:38
15.3%
53→37
Towns 26' 3PT Jump Shot (34 PTS) (Jones 2 AST)
Q4 8:52
13.6%
92→78
Beal 25' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Porter Jr. 2 AST)
Q4 3:34
13.2%
7→21
Bjelica 24' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Wiggins 1 AST)
Q4 7:14
13.1%
68→55
