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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 29 | 37 | 28 | 21 | 115 |
 Knicks | 33 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 104 |
MINTeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 41-8747.1% | 11-2445.8% | 22-3268.8% | 42 | 22 | 13 |
| NYK | 37-8643.0% | 11-2937.9% | 19-2479.2% | 47 | 15 | 20 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves115| 35 | 17 | 5-15 | 3-5 | 4-6 | −5 | −0.5 | ||||||||
| 31 | 19 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | −5 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 31 | 12 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 23 | 13 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +0.1 | |||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | +2 | −1.7 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 0 | +23 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 23 | 20 | 6-14 | 0-2 | 8-8 | 0 | +2 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 20 | 16 | 5-9 | 4-5, Season high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +15 | +3.6 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −1.3 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +16 | +0.6 | |||||
| Team | 115 | 41-8747.1% | 11-2445.8% | 42 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 22-3268.8% | 7 | 13 | 8 | |||
Bench 50 points on 16 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Isaiah Canaan and Jerryd Bayless (coach’s decision).
New York Knicks104| 38 | 18 | 5-14 | 3-7 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −5.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 20 | 7-16 | 5-9, Ties his career high | 1-1 | 0 | +2 | +0.3 | |||||||
| 33 | 16 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 0 | +7 | +6.3 | |||||||
| 22 | 7 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | −7 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −6.2 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 20 | 7-11 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 26 | 15 | 6-15 | 2-4 | 1-2 | −4 | −2.2 | ||||||||
| 25 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.0 | |||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | −16 | −1.3 | |||||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −4.2 | ||
| Team | 104 | 37-8643.0% | 11-2937.9% | 47 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 19-2479.2% | 8 | 9 | 8 | |||
Bench 43 points on 17 for 38 shooting
Did not play: Lance Thomas, Mario Hezonja and Henry Ellenson (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves115Knicks104ClickTap 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.
Taj Gibson had 19 points (14 in the paint) and 10 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New York Knicks 115-104.
The Timberwolves took control with a 28-10 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 19.
Derrick Rose had 20 points (10 in the paint) and 3 steals off the bench. Jeff Teague assisted on 5 of Gibson’s 9 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Knicks, Damyean Dotson scored 20 points with 5 3-pointers, and Allonzo Trier added 20 points on 7 for 11 shooting off the bench. DeAndre Jordan had 16 points and 19 rebounds.
The Knicks turned it over 23 times, about 8 more than usual for this many possessions. The Timberwolves outscored the Knicks 23-13 in 7 minutes with Deng, Tolliver, Rose, Jones and Bates-Diop on the floor together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesNew York KnicksPS, 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 87 shots: 2.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-30 | 60.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-15 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-18 | 38.9% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-18 | 44.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allonzo Trier | 17 | 2 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Noah Vonleh | 8 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Damyean Dotson | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 15 | 5-6 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 50 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Jordan | 43 | 8 | 4-6 | −1 |
| Damyean Dotson | 6 | 2 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Kevin Knox II | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Dennis Smith Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damyean Dotson | 26 | 0 | 0-0 | −7 |
| Kevin Knox II | 25 | 8 | 2-6 | +2 |
| Allonzo Trier | 9 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Dennis Smith Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 2-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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.
NYK win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
NYK
Highest Leverage Moments
Mudiay 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS)
Q3 0:38
15.0%
14→29
Rose 1' Driving Reverse Layup (17 PTS)
Q3 0:29
12.6%
29→17
Dotson 28' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Smith Jr. 4 AST)
Q1 5:14
9.5%
49→59
Tolliver 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Rose 1 AST)
Q2 9:37
9.5%
58→49
Dotson 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Knox II 1 AST)
Q1 7:42
9.2%
43→52
