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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 32 | 35 | 21 | 22 | 110 |
 Lakers | 30 | 35 | 21 | 28 | 114 |
MINTeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 41-9145.1% | 20-4050.0% | 8-988.9% | 40 | 22 | 15 |
| LAL | 44-9148.4% | 15-3444.1% | 11-1478.6% | 47 | 32 | 16 |
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Los Angeles Lakers114| 39 | 24 | 10-21 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 0 | +3 | +4.5 | |||||||
| 35 | 20 | 8-14 | 2-3 | 2-2 | −2 | +4.2 | ||||||||
| 33 | 21 | 8-15 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 25 | 16 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +3.9 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | −8 | −2.2 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −3.6 | |||||
| 23 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.3 | |||||
| 21 | 21 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | +11 | +9.1 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.4 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.1 | ||
| Team | 114 | 44-9148.4% | 15-3444.1% | 47 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 11-1478.6% | 12 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 30 points on 9 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Michael Beasley, Svi Mykhailiuk and Ivica Zubac (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves110| 43 | 24 | 9-18 | 5-8 | 0 | 1-1 | −2 | +8.9 | |||||||
| 41 | 19 | 8-14 | 3-7 | 0-0 | +6 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 39 | 13 | 5-16 | 1-6 | 2-2 | +1 | −9.6 | ||||||||
| 37 | 16 | 6-14 | 3-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +12 | +5.3 | ||||||
| 37 | 31 | 11-17 | 7-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +8.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −3.6 | |||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −6.1 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −2.1 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.0 | |||||
| Team | 110 | 41-9145.1% | 20-4050.0% | 40 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 8-988.9% | 11 | 10 | 5 | |||
Bench 7 points on 2 for 12 shooting
Did not play: Luol Deng, James Nunnally, C.J. Williams and Keita Bates-Diop (coach’s decision).
Lakers114Timberwolves110ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
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Josh Hart scored 21 points (7 during an 11-0 run across the third and fourth quarters), and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-110.
Kyle Kuzma’s dunk put the Lakers ahead for good with 3:20 left in the fourth quarter.
The Timberwolves got within 111-110 on Derrick Rose’s step-back 3-pointer with 1:07 to play, but Kuzma answered with a free throw, and the Timberwolves got no closer. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Rose missed a 29-foot 3-pointer with 4 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
Hart’s 2 free throws with 1.2 seconds left made it 114-110 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Lakers outscored the Timberwolves 13-8. Kuzma scored 6 of the Lakers’ 13 on 2 for 5 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line.
LeBron James had 24 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists. Kuzma added 21 points, and Brandon Ingram had 20 points and 6 assists. The Lakers had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Timberwolves, Rose scored 31 points on 11 for 17 shooting, and Jimmy Butler III added 24 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 3 steals.
The Timberwolves made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by Rose and 5 by Butler. They turned it over 16 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Lakers outscored the Timberwolves 30-7 off the bench. The Timberwolves’ starters outscored the Lakers 88-78 in 33 minutes together.
Los Angeles LakersMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, 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).
103 points from the field on 91 shots: 4.8 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 | 20-35 | 57.1% | 63% |
| In the paint | 3-9 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-13 | 46.2% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-8 | 25.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-26 | 50.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wiggins | 29 | 9 | 4-8 | −1 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 26 | 7 | 3-8 | −2 |
| Taj Gibson | 8 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Gibson | 35 | 11 | 4-6 | +1 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 8 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 6 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Butler III | 13 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Josh Okogie | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Taj Gibson | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 5 | 5 | 1-1 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 12 | 4-5 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 41 possessions. He usually scores about 8 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.
LAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
LAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Rose 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (31 PTS)
Q4 1:07
28.5%
91→62
Gibson 24' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Wiggins 3 AST)
Q4 6:48
19.1%
62→43
James 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Kuzma 1 AST)
Q4 6:34
19.1%
43→62
Rose 27' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Wiggins 4 AST)
Q4 3:37
17.7%
73→55
James 8' Fadeaway Jumper (24 PTS)
Q4 2:42
15.5%
66→82
