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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 27 | 20 | 33 | 39 | 119 |
 Timberwolves | 32 | 21 | 20 | 39 | 112 |
LACTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 41-8250.0% | 12-2352.2% | 25-2986.2% | 48 | 23 | 15 |
| MIN | 41-9543.2% | 15-4136.6% | 15-1978.9% | 43 | 29 | 15 |
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LA Clippers119| 37 | 36, Season high (his best before, 35) | 13-25 | 5-6 | 5-7 | +25 | +6.4 | ||||||||
| 35 | 8 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +15 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 27 | 15 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.0 | |||||
| 20 | 10 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +4.4 | |||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −1.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 27, Season high (his best before, 23) | 10-15 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0 | +3 | +8.8 | |||||||
| 25 | 10 | 3-12 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.6 | ||||||
| 20 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −0.5 | ||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −4 | −3.3 | |||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −16 | −2.4 | |||||
| Team | 119 | 41-8250.0% | 12-2352.2% | 48 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 25-2986.2% | 11 | 9 | 4 | |||
Bench 44 points on 16 for 37 shooting
Did not play: Patrick Patterson and Mfiondu Kabengele (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves112| 34 | 21 | 5-15 | 4-11 | 7-7 | 0 | −5 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 31 | 18 | 8-15 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 30 | 11 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −2.8 | |||||||
| 29 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 26 | 10 | 4-14 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | −14 | −1.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 23 | 9-13 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | −6 | +10.3 | ||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.9 | ||||||
| 18 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | +4.5 | |||||||
| 18 | 9 | 3-10 | 2-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.2 | |||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | +1 | −1.7 | |||||||
| Team | 112 | 41-9543.2% | 15-4136.6% | 43 | 29 | 15 | 24 | 15-1978.9% | 16 | 8 | 8 | |||
Bench 47 points on 18 for 38 shooting
Did not play: Ed Davis, Jake Layman and Juancho Hernangomez (coach’s decision).
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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.
Lou Williams scored a season-high 27 points (13 in the fourth quarter), and the LA Clippers went on a 12-2 run in the third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 119-112.
It was tied at 67 when Nicolas Batum’s 3-pointer put the Clippers ahead for good with 4:12 left in the third quarter. They pulled away to a 79-69 lead with 1:44 left in the quarter.
The Timberwolves got within 86-84 on Naz Reid’s 3-pointer with 8:59 to play, but Williams answered with a floater, and the Timberwolves got no closer.
Kawhi Leonard had a season-high 36 points and 8 rebounds.
For the Timberwolves, Reid scored 23 points on 9 for 13 shooting off the bench, and Malik Beasley added 21 points (15 in the fourth quarter) but shot 5 for 15. Beasley scored 15 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter.
The Clippers shot 50.0% from the field and 52.2% from 3 to the Timberwolves’ 43.2% and 36.6%. The Timberwolves outscored the Clippers 25-14 in 4 minutes with Rubio, Towns, Beasley, Edwards and McDaniels on the floor together.
LA ClippersMinnesota 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 Clippers’ chance bottomed out at 15% (2nd quarter, 6:27 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
94 points from the field on 82 shots: 10.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-20 | 70.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 8-21 | 38.1% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 7-18 | 38.9% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-16 | 56.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Okogie | 27 | 12 | 5-9 | +2 |
| Malik Beasley | 13 | 1 | 0-3 | −4 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 10 | 11 | 4-5 | +7 |
| Anthony Edwards | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 17 | 7-11 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan McLaughlin | 16 | 7 | 3-6 | +3 |
| Malik Beasley | 12 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jaylen Nowell | 7 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Anthony Edwards | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 9 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Rubio | 32 | 8 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Malik Beasley | 7 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Josh Okogie | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 54 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
LAC
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Morris Sr. 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Williams 2 AST)
Q4 7:28
13.2%
34→21
McDaniels 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Rubio 6 AST)
Q3 4:36
12.5%
40→53
Batum 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Mann 2 AST)
Q3 4:12
12.5%
53→40
Williams 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Beverley 1 AST)
Q4 8:22
12.5%
34→21
Towns 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Rubio 5 AST)
Q3 5:51
12.2%
34→46
