SAS 89 @ MIN 128 — Nov 28, 2018 — stat.space

San Antonio

Spurs

–

128

FINAL

Minnesota

Timberwolves

Date

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
SAS	25	9	24	31	89
MIN	28	29	35	36	128

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Karl-Anthony Towns

MIN

PTS

REB

AST

+18

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections2

Contested Shots15

Loose Balls3

Opp FG% When Defending37.5%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.25

Impact Composite81.2

Hustle: 31.0Defense: 46.7Impact: 3.5

Double-Double15 contested shots3 loose balls recovered+18 plus/minusheld opponents to 37.5% FGonly 10 pts allowed on 40.8 possessions

Box Score MVP

Robert Covington

MIN

PTS

REB

AST

+44

+/−

Game Performance

FG8-15 (53.3%)

3PT4-9

FT1-2

TS%66.1%

eFG%66.7%

STL1

BLK2

TOV0

ORTG130

DRTG60

NET+70

4-9 from 35 deflections6 contested shots+44 plus/minusonly 23 pts allowed on 52.3 possessions

Box Score

SAS	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Jakob Poeltl	20:43	14	8	5	0	0	1	2	2	7-11	64%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-16
LaMarcus Aldridge	24:32	10	9	2	2	0	0	2	1	5-11	46%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-18
Marco Belinelli	21:26	11	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	3-11	27%	3-7	43%	2-2	100%	-14
Davis Bertans	17:12	6	5	3	1	0	1	0	1	3-7	43%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	-11
DeMar DeRozan	28:14	10	2	0	2	0	4	5	2	4-9	44%	0-1	0%	2-2	100%	-22
BENCH
Dante Cunningham	22:18	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	1-3	33%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-14
Quincy Pondexter	12:00	13	4	0	2	0	0	1	2	3-4	75%	1-1	100%	6-6	100%	-5
Derrick White	23:00	6	2	0	4	0	0	2	1	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-22
Bryn Forbes	21:24	6	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	2-9	22%	2-6	33%	0-0	0%	-26
Rudy Gay	18:58	3	5	0	4	1	2	1	3	1-5	20%	1-4	25%	0-0	0%	-33
Chimezie Metu	12:00	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0-4	0%	0-0	0%	2-2	100%	-5
Patty Mills	18:13	6	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2-7	29%	1-4	25%	1-1	100%	-9
TOTAL	—	89	46	12	23	1	8	18	17	34-87	39%	8-27	30%	13-13	100%	—

MIN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Josh Okogie	10:22	12	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	4-7	57%	3-4	75%	1-2	50%	+2
Robert Covington	30:58	21	9	2	1	1	2	0	3	8-15	53%	4-9	44%	1-2	50%	+44
Luol Deng	7:04	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2-3	67%	0-1	0%	1-1	100%	0
Gorgui Dieng	14:47	8	4	1	1	0	2	1	1	4-5	80%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+27
James Nunnally	5:11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-6
BENCH
Karl-Anthony Towns	28:02	16	11	5	5	2	1	4	3	6-11	55%	2-4	50%	2-2	100%	+18
Derrick Rose	17:56	16	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	6-8	75%	4-5	80%	0-0	0%	+13
Jeff Teague	23:59	7	0	0	9	3	1	1	1	3-5	60%	0-1	0%	1-1	100%	+24
Anthony Tolliver	7:04	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	50%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	0
Tyus Jones	24:01	7	2	0	8	2	0	0	0	3-8	38%	1-4	25%	0-0	0%	+15
Taj Gibson	23:59	13	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	6-10	60%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	+24
Dario Saric	16:57	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	4-8	50%	2-4	50%	0-1	0%	+15
Andrew Wiggins	29:40	10	3	2	1	2	0	2	3	3-15	20%	1-5	20%	3-4	75%	+19
TOTAL	—	128	48	13	33	12	6	8	18	50-99	51%	18-41	44%	10-15	67%	—

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

SAS34/87 (39%)

Paint

21/40 (53%)

Mid

7/23 (30%)

3PT

8/27 (30%)

RA 55%ATB3 30%Mid 27%Paint 36%Corner 3 25%

MIN50/99 (51%)

Paint

28/49 (57%)

Mid

5/15 (33%)

3PT

19/42 (45%)

RA 64%ATB3 45%Paint 27%Mid 43%Corner 3 50%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Karl-Anthony Towns

defended LaMarcus Aldridge

7.5 min • 5 pts • 29%

Best Defender

Andrew Wiggins

held DeMar DeRozan

7.3 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Taj Gibson

vs Rudy Gay

3.5 min • 8 pts • 80%

MIN Defense	Bryn Forbes	Chimezie Metu	Dante Cunningham	Davis Bertans	DeMar DeRozan	Derrick White	Jakob Poeltl	LaMarcus Aldridge	Marco Belinelli	Patty Mills	Quincy Pondexter	Rudy Gay
Robert Covington	1.5m 4pts 67%	—	—	—	1.0m 5pts 100%	3.4m 5pts 67%	—	—	1.8m 0pts 0%	—	1.2m 3pts 50%	1.4m 6pts 100%
Karl-Anthony Towns	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2m 5pts 100%	7.5m 5pts 29%	—	—	—	—
Andrew Wiggins	—	—	1.1m 3pts 50%	—	7.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tyus Jones	—	—	—	—	—	2.9m 3pts 50%	—	—	1.3m 4pts 100%	1.2m 0pts 0%	1.1m 0pts 0%	—
Jeff Teague	3.9m 5pts 67%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5m 2pts 100%	—	—
Taj Gibson	—	—	2.9m 2pts 33%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5m 8pts 80%
Derrick Rose	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3m 3pts 50%	1.2m 3pts 100%	—	—
Dario Saric	—	—	1.6m 2pts 50%	1.5m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Gorgui Dieng	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4m 2pts 50%	—	—	—	—	—
Josh Okogie	—	1.5m 4pts 100%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
James Nunnally	—	—	—	1.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	3.0m 4pts 67%	3.8m 5pts 40%	3.6m 14pts 75%	4.8m 9pts 75%	3.3m 1pts 0%	3.7m 6pts 38%	5.1m 4pts 50%	2.4m 3pts 50%	3.5m 2pts 33%	2.4m 2pts 33%	3.0m 9pts 100%	2.4m 4pts 50%

Game Flow

Score margin over time — positive = MIN leads, negative = SAS leads

MIN Largest Lead

Q4 7:00

SAS Largest Lead

Q1 0:30

Key Scoring Runs (8+)

MIN 9-0 run

Q1 3:25 – Q1 5:28

0 → +7

MIN 11-0 run

Q1 3:25 – Q1 5:58

0 → +9

MIN 8-0 run

Q2 1:02 – Q2 2:31

+5 → +11

MIN 10-0 run

Q2 1:02 – Q2 3:03

+5 → +13