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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nets | 29 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 115 |
 Timberwolves | 27 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 122 |
BKNTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKN | 40-9940.4% | 15-4136.6% | 20-2774.1% | 58 | 22 | 16 |
| MIN | 42-10440.4% | 17-4438.6% | 21-2972.4% | 60 | 20 | 14 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves122| 38 | 21, Career high (his best before, 20) | 8-21 | 3-8 | 0 | 2-4 | +7 | +2.1 | |||||||
| 35 | 14 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 0 | 3-5 | +12 | −1.2 | |||||||
| 35 | 9 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −3.2 | ||||
| 34 | 24 | 8-18 | 3-6 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 2-2 | +4 | +5.2 | ||||||||
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| 27 | 15 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 6-7 | 0 | +6.2 | ||||||||
| 20 | 9 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.8 | |||||
| 20 | 13 | 5-16 | 3-10 | 0-0 | +4 | −3.1 | ||||||||
| 18 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.4 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | ||
| Team | 122 | 42-10440.4% | 17-4438.6% | 60 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 21-2972.4% | 11 | 12 | 8 | |||
Bench 43 points on 14 for 38 shooting
Did not play: Treveon Graham and Noah Vonleh (injury/illness).
Brooklyn Nets115| 41 | 19 | 8-14 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.9 | |||||
| 41 | 11 | 3-16 | 1-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −11.7 | ||||||
| 40 | 36 | 12-31 | 3-9 | 9-13 | 0 | −4 | −0.9 | |||||||
| 35 | 11 | 3-13 | 2-7 | 0 | 3-3 | −14 | −5.2 | |||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | −10 | −6.4 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | +6 | +2.0 | |||||||
| 25 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.8 | ||||
| 20 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.5 | |||
| Team | 115 | 40-9940.4% | 15-4136.6% | 58 | 22 | 16 | 25 | 20-2774.1% | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 32 points on 12 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Henry Ellenson, Dzanan Musa and Theo Pinson (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves122Nets115ClickTap 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.
The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Brooklyn Nets 122-115 in overtime.
It was tied 103-103 at the end of regulation.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Nets 31-15. Shabazz Napier scored 10 of the Timberwolves’ 31 on 3 for 8 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Napier had 5 of his 8 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Kelan Martin that tied the game and 2 on baskets by Gorgui Dieng and Robert Covington that put the Timberwolves ahead. In that stretch, Dieng had 3 steals, all with the game within five points, and the Timberwolves scored 2 points off them. With 44 seconds left, Covington stole the ball from Spencer Dinwiddie, and Dieng’s corner 3-pointer off it put the Timberwolves ahead 103-101.
Napier had 24 points and 8 assists. Jarrett Culver added a career-high 21 points (9 in the fourth quarter) and 3 steals. Keita Bates-Diop added 15 points off the bench, and Dieng had 11 points, a season-high 20 rebounds and 3 steals.
For the Nets, Dinwiddie had 36 points and 8 assists, and Garrett Temple went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Nets got 7 offensive rebounds, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. Dieng fouled out.
Minnesota TimberwolvesBrooklyn NetsPS, 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 11% (4th quarter, 1:29 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
101 points from the field on 104 shots: 9.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-33 | 45.5% | 64% |
| In the paint | 6-16 | 37.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 4-11 | 36.4% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 5-7 | 71.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-37 | 32.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 31 | 0 | 0-3 | −6 |
| Garrett Temple | 21 | 12 | 3-3 | +8 |
| Joe Harris | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Jarrett Allen | 3 | 4 | 2-5 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 3-5 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Temple | 29 | 6 | 2-7 | +1 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 15 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot | 13 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Joe Harris | 12 | 2 | 1-5 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 7 | 3-9 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Chandler | 25 | 5 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Taurean Prince | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot | 7 | 4 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Joe Harris | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 8 | 3-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BKN
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Dieng 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Napier 6 AST)
Q4 0:37
35.4%
37→73
Covington 26' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Napier 7 AST)
OT 3:15
24.5%
53→77
Martin 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Napier 8 AST)
OT 2:24
23.7%
58→82
Jordan Alley Oop Dunk (6 PTS) (Dinwiddie 7 AST)
Q4 3:18
21.3%
55→34
Prince 12' Pullup Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Dinwiddie 8 AST)
Q4 0:29
20.1%
73→53
