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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 22 | 35 | 24 | 32 | 113 |
 Spurs | 24 | 23 | 31 | 23 | 101 |
MINTeam statsSAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 37-8543.5% | 18-4045.0% | 21-2777.8% | 53 | 28 | 11 |
| SAS | 41-9742.3% | 5-2917.2% | 14-1782.4% | 46 | 25 | 6 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves113| 36 | 26 | 7-16 | 3-5 | 9-14 | 0 | +26 | +3.0 | |||||||
| 31 | 23 | 8-14 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +3.8 | ||||||
| 27 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −2.9 | |||||
| 26 | 10 | 4-13 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3.4 | |||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.6 | ||
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| 32 | 7 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | −5 | −2.1 | ||||||||
| 26 | 16 | 6-9 | 4-6, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +5.8 | |||||
| 25 | 11 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +3.5 | ||||||
| 16 | 10 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | +13 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.8 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.8 | |||
| Team | 113 | 37-8543.5% | 18-4045.0% | 53 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 21-2777.8% | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 44 points on 15 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Noah Vonleh (coach’s decision); Shabazz Napier (injury/illness).
San Antonio Spurs101| 34 | 20 | 8-16 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 0 | −8 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 33 | 22 | 10-19 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | −24 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 24 | 9 | 2-9 | 1-6 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −1.6 | |||||
| 22 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 22 | 7 | 3-13 | 1-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −5.7 | |||||
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| 28 | 8 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +2 | −2.1 | |||||
| 27 | 10 | 4-11 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 23 | 8 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −2.5 | |||||||
| 13 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +1.6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.1 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.1 | ||||
| Team | 101 | 41-9742.3% | 5-2917.2% | 46 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 14-1782.4% | 8 | 4 | 8 | |||
Bench 39 points on 16 for 38 shooting
Did not play: DeMarre Carroll and Drew Eubanks (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves113Spurs101ClickTap 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.
Andrew Wiggins scored 26 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves went on a 22-6 run in the fourth quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 113-101.
The Spurs had gone on an 8-0 run to lead 92-91 when Robert Covington’s 3-pointer put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 5:56 left. Wiggins scored 8 points and Josh Okogie made 2 3-pointers as they pulled away to a 113-98 lead with 21 seconds left.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points (12 in the first quarter), 14 rebounds and 6 assists, and Keita Bates-Diop added 16 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) on 6 for 9 shooting off the bench.
For the Spurs, LaMarcus Aldridge scored 22 points, and Bryn Forbes went 1 for 8 from 3. DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points.
The Timberwolves shot 43.5% from the field and 45.0% from 3 to the Spurs’ 42.3% and 17.2%. The Spurs got 8 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed.
Minnesota TimberwolvesSan Antonio SpursPS, 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).
92 points from the field on 85 shots: 1.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-32 | 53.1% | 64% |
| In the paint | 1-12 | 8.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 1-1 | 100.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 15-34 | 44.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick White | 19 | 8 | 2-6 | +1 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 14 | 3 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Bryn Forbes | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 11 | 4-8 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 26 | 2 | 1-4 | −8 |
| Jakob Poeltl | 24 | 13 | 4-6 | +4 |
| Dejounte Murray | 4 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Derrick White | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Gay | 26 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Trey Lyles | 8 | 6 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 49 possessions. He usually scores about 7 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.
SAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
SAS
Highest Leverage Moments
Covington 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Culver 5 AST)
Q4 5:56
20.6%
58→37
DeRozan 12' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Forbes 3 AST)
Q4 6:15
14.7%
43→58
Towns 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (17 PTS)
Q4 10:01
11.1%
49→37
Dieng 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wiggins 1 AST)
Q2 10:46
11.1%
58→47
Wiggins 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q3 2:23
10.9%
40→30
