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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 33 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 108 |
 Spurs | 29 | 25 | 25 | 32 | 111 |
MINTeam statsSAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 43-9445.7% | 13-3339.4% | 9-1181.8% | 49 | 22 | 10 |
| SAS | 43-9644.8% | 7-2626.9% | 18-2475.0% | 45 | 28 | 7 |
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San Antonio Spurs111| 40 | 30 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 0 | 10-11 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +5.4 | |||||
| 34 | 19 | 9-10 | 0-0 | 1-3 | +1 | +8.5 | ||||||||
| 30 | 15 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 21 | 2 | 1-10 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −11.0 | ||||
| 21 | 6 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −7.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 8 | 3-8 | 1-6 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +19 | −4.0 | ||||
| 25 | 10 | 4-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +0.3 | |||||
| 20 | 7 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | +7 | −1.5 | |||||||
| 13 | 9 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +2.8 | |||
| 8 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +1.7 | |||
| Team | 111 | 43-9644.8% | 7-2626.9% | 45 | 28 | 7 | 13 | 18-2475.0% | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||
Bench 39 points on 15 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Quinndary Weatherspoon and Keita Bates-Diop (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves108| 32 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +0.6 | |||||||
| 32 | 29 | 12-18 | 4-8 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −5 | +9.8 | ||||||
| 32 | 14 | 6-14 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.2 | |||||
| 31 | 20 | 8-20 | 1-7 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.6 | |||||
| 24 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −7.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 8 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 18 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.6 | |||||
| 16 | 10 | 3-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | +0.2 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +1.0 | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team | 108 | 43-9445.7% | 13-3339.4% | 49 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 9-1181.8% | 9 | 6 | 9 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Juancho Hernangomez and Ed Davis (coach’s decision).
Spurs111Timberwolves108ClickTap 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.
DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points (16 in the fourth quarter), and the San Antonio Spurs rallied from 16 points down in the third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 111-108.
The Spurs trailed 65-54 at halftime and 88-72 with 1:53 left in the third quarter. They were still down 97-81 with 10:05 left in the fourth quarter, with a 4.9% chance to win, and outscored the Timberwolves 30-11 the rest of the way.
DeRozan went 1 for 2 at the line with the Spurs up 2 and 18.1 seconds left. The Timberwolves had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but D'Angelo Russell missed a 28-foot pull-up 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Spurs outscored the Timberwolves 14-9. Jakob Poeltl scored 5 of the Spurs’ 14 on 2 for 2 shooting and 1 for 3 at the line.
Poeltl had 19 points, 8 rebounds and a season-high 4 blocks on 9 for 10 shooting. DeRozan scored 16 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Timberwolves, Malik Beasley scored 29 points on 12 for 18 shooting. Russell had 20 points (12 in the paint) and 3 blocks but went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Spurs went 18 for 24 at the line to the Timberwolves’ 9 for 11. The Timberwolves forced 7 turnovers, about 9 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Spurs’ starters were outscored 38-26 in 15 minutes together.
San Antonio SpursMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, 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 Spurs’ chance bottomed out at 4.9% (4th quarter, 10:05 left). 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 96 shots: 7.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-28 | 67.9% | 64% |
| In the paint | 10-24 | 41.7% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 7-18 | 38.9% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-8 | 25.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-18 | 27.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Okogie | 27 | 9 | 4-4 | +1 |
| Anthony Edwards | 16 | 4 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 10 | 7 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Malik Beasley | 8 | 1 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 8 | 3-9 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naz Reid | 45 | 10 | 5-6 | +3 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| D'Angelo Russell | 6 | 6 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Anthony Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Angelo Russell | 22 | 2 | 1-4 | −3 |
| Ricky Rubio | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Anthony Edwards | 8 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Josh Okogie | 8 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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
DeRozan 10' Turnaround Fadeaway (29 PTS)
Q4 2:26
20.2%
59→79
Reid Tip Dunk Shot (8 PTS)
Q4 1:44
17.7%
90→73
Russell 4' Driving Layup (19 PTS)
Q4 2:45
12.9%
66→53
White 10' Floating Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Murray 4 AST)
Q4 6:01
12.5%
21→34
Beasley 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (29 PTS) (Reid 3 AST)
Q4 3:18
12.1%
67→55
