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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | Final/2OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 21 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 105 |
 Kings | 26 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 104 |
MINTeam statsSAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 36-10434.6% | 10-4621.7% | 23-2979.3% | 65 | 23 | 13 |
| SAC | 37-10734.6% | 9-3923.1% | 21-2584.0% | 67 | 20 | 12 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves105| 44 | 18 | 4-19 | 2-9 | 8-10 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −7.7 | ||||||
| 41 | 21, Season high (his best before, 18) | 7-13 | 3-7 | 0 | 4-4 | +5 | +7.4 | |||||||
| 40 | 19 | 8-19 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −5.4 | ||||||
| 40 | 9 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.6 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | 15 | 5-17 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −10.9 | ||||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.6 | |||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0.0 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | −1.8 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −10 | −5.5 | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.4 | ||||
| Team | 105 | 36-10434.6% | 10-4621.7% | 65 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 23-2979.3% | 14 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 36 points on 13 for 40 shooting
Did not play: Jordan Bell and Jordan McLaughlin (coach’s decision).
Sacramento Kings104| 45 | 20 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 2-2 | −1 | +8.8 | ||||||||
| 42 | 11 | 2-12 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −8.1 | ||||||
| 37 | 17 | 6-20 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −8.5 | ||||||
| 20 | 18 | 6-10 | 0-3 | 0 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +0.9 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +2.4 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 43 | 19 | 8-28 | 3-16 | 0-2 | 0 | −9.5 | ||||||||
| 40 | 10 | 3-10 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0 | −5 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 34 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | −5.1 | |||||||
| 16 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | −0.7 | |||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.6 | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | ||||
| Team | 104 | 37-10734.6% | 9-3923.1% | 67 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 21-2584.0% | 16 | 8 | 8 | |||
Bench 36 points on 13 for 49 shooting
Did not play: Harry Giles III (coach’s decision); Justin James.
Timberwolves105Kings104ClickTap 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.
Gorgui Dieng had a season-high 21 points and 15 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Sacramento Kings 105-104 in double overtime to end an 11-game losing streak.
It was tied 90-90 at the end of regulation and 97-97 after the first overtime.
The Kings had the ball down 1, but Buddy Hield missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Kings 22-14. Robert Covington scored 7 of the Timberwolves’ 22 on 3 for 5 shooting. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Dieng had 2 steals, and the Timberwolves scored 4 points off them. With 2:05 left, Cory Joseph stole the ball from Jeff Teague, and his driving layup off it tied the game at 90.
For the Kings, Richaun Holmes had 20 points (18 in the paint) and a career-high 18 rebounds.
The Timberwolves did not make a field goal in the last 3:10.
Minnesota TimberwolvesSacramento KingsPS, 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 18% (3rd quarter, 3:56 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
82 points from the field on 104 shots: 25.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-25 | 72.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 7-27 | 25.9% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 1-6 | 16.7% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-8 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-38 | 21.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richaun Holmes | 46 | 14 | 5-8 | +5 |
| Cory Joseph | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Harrison Barnes | 6 | 3 | 1-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Barnes | 22 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 18 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 12 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 8 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 6 | 3-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Barnes | 47 | 8 | 1-9 | −8 |
| Trevor Ariza | 26 | 4 | 1-6 | −5 |
| Richaun Holmes | 5 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Buddy Hield | 4 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 88 possessions. He usually scores about 29 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.
SAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
SAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Hield 2' Running Layup (17 PTS) (Ariza 3 AST)
2OT 0:36
28.8%
14→43
Joseph 3' Running Layup (10 PTS)
Q4 2:00
27.0%
29→56
Hield 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS)
OT 1:00
25.2%
27→52
MISS Hield 26' 3PT Jump Shot
2OT 0:00
19.4%
22→2
Teague 2' Driving Layup (13 PTS)
OT 3:21
16.9%
37→21
