Minnesota Timberwolves vs New York Knicks 99-103 — Feb 21, 2021 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Minnesota

Timberwolves

–

103

FINAL

New York

Knicks

Date

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
MIN	18	32	21	28	99
NYK	30	31	26	16	103

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Nerlens Noel

NYK

PTS

REB

AST

-4

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections2

Contested Shots14

Loose Balls1

Opp FG% When Defending33.3%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.04

Impact Composite85.1

Hustle: 26.5Defense: 59.0Impact: -0.4

14 contested shotsheld opponents to 33.3% FGonly 2 pts allowed on 47.9 possessions

Box Score MVP

Julius Randle

NYK

PTS

REB

AST

+11

+/−

Game Performance

FG8-16 (50.0%)

3PT2-4

FT7-8

TS%64.0%

eFG%56.3%

TOV4

ORTG113

DRTG99

NET+14

Double-Double3 deflections+11 plus/minusonly 19 pts allowed on 52.6 possessions

Box Score

MIN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Malik Beasley	37:56	6	4	0	2	1	0	1	1	2-6	33%	2-4	50%	0-0	0%	+5
Anthony Edwards	31:38	12	3	0	4	0	0	3	2	3-11	27%	3-6	50%	3-4	75%	-6
Karl-Anthony Towns	31:23	27	15	2	4	1	3	3	5	9-18	50%	3-7	43%	6-6	100%	+1
Ricky Rubio	27:20	18	0	0	6	1	0	1	2	7-12	58%	3-5	60%	1-3	33%	-9
Jaden McDaniels	21:40	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	2-7	29%	1-3	33%	1-1	100%	+3
BENCH
Jordan McLaughlin	20:40	8	4	1	6	0	0	1	3	3-9	33%	2-3	67%	0-0	0%	+5
Naz Reid	16:37	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	3-4	75%	0-1	0%	5-6	83%	-5
Jarred Vanderbilt	15:50	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	3	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-10
Jaylen Nowell	11:14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-6	0%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-11
Juancho Hernangomez	10:30	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	67%	2-3	67%	1-1	100%	+3
Josh Okogie	8:03	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	1-3	33%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	+1
Jake Layman	7:09	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+3
TOTAL	—	99	43	7	24	6	3	15	24	33-82	40%	16-35	46%	17-21	81%	—

Ed Davis —

NYK	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Julius Randle	39:03	25	14	1	4	0	0	4	5	8-16	50%	2-4	50%	7-8	88%	+11
RJ Barrett	34:11	21	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	10-20	50%	1-1	100%	0-1	0%	+20
Elfrid Payton	31:33	11	1	0	7	0	0	1	2	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	5-6	83%	+9
Reggie Bullock Jr.	30:59	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-8	38%	1-6	17%	3-3	100%	+6
Nerlens Noel	28:54	10	9	4	0	0	2	3	6	2-4	50%	0-0	0%	6-6	100%	-4
BENCH
Alec Burks	19:08	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	3-7	43%	1-3	33%	6-6	100%	-1
Taj Gibson	19:06	2	7	1	1	2	1	0	3	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	0-2	0%	+8
Derrick Rose	18:44	4	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	1-8	13%	0-1	0%	2-2	100%	-12
Immanuel Quickley	9:25	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	1-5	20%	1-2	50%	2-4	50%	-10
Obi Toppin	8:57	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-3	33%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-7
TOTAL	—	103	48	11	17	4	4	13	25	33-78	42%	6-18	33%	31-38	82%	—

Theo Pinson —

Frank Ntilikina —

Kevin Knox II —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

MIN33/82 (40%)

Paint

17/38 (45%)

Mid

1/13 (8%)

3PT

16/35 (46%)

RA 45%ATB3 48%Paint 33%Corner 3 42%Mid 0%

NYK33/78 (42%)

Paint

22/50 (44%)

Mid

8/23 (35%)

3PT

6/18 (33%)

RA 53%Paint 27%ATB3 21%Mid 67%Corner 3 75%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Nerlens Noel

defended Karl-Anthony Towns

8.8 min • 2 pts • 33%

Best Defender

Taj Gibson

held Naz Reid

4.9 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Julius Randle

vs Jarred Vanderbilt

3.3 min • 10 pts • 100%

NYK Defense	Anthony Edwards	Jaden McDaniels	Jake Layman	Jarred Vanderbilt	Jaylen Nowell	Jordan McLaughlin	Josh Okogie	Juancho Hernangomez	Karl-Anthony Towns	Malik Beasley	Naz Reid	Ricky Rubio
RJ Barrett	6.5m 4pts 33%	—	—	1.4m 0pts 0%	1.4m 4pts 100%	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4m 0pts 0%
Elfrid Payton	1.0m 1pts 0%	—	—	—	—	2.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	1.8m 4pts 100%	—	5.7m 2pts 100%
Julius Randle	—	4.0m 5pts 33%	—	3.3m 10pts 100%	—	—	—	2.7m 4pts 25%	—	—	—	—
Nerlens Noel	1.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.8m 2pts 33%	—	—	—
Reggie Bullock Jr.	2.1m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.9m 2pts 20%	—	1.0m 0pts 0%
Taj Gibson	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.9m 0pts 0%	—
Derrick Rose	—	—	—	—	—	2.3m 0pts 0%	1.7m 4pts 50%	—	—	—	—	—
Alec Burks	—	—	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3m 2pts 50%	—	—
Immanuel Quickley	—	—	—	—	—	1.9m 4pts 50%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Obi Toppin	—	1.5m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	—	2.8m 6pts 33%	—	1.8m 11pts 75%	2.7m 4pts 33%	1.6m 2pts 0%	1.5m 3pts 20%	—	3.2m 12pts 46%	4.6m 5pts 50%	1.4m 2pts 50%	2.2m 2pts 0%

Game Flow

Win Probability

NYK win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

MIN

50/50

NYK

Highest Leverage Moments

J. Randle Free Throw 1 of 2 (24 PTS)

Q4 0:32

23.2%

30→53

R. Barrett driving Layup (21 PTS)

Q4 1:59

21.9%

40→62

A. Burks Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)

Q4 0:21

20.6%

73→93

K. Towns Free Throw 2 of 2 (27 PTS)

Q4 1:44

19.0%

56→37

J. Randle Free Throw 2 of 2 (25 PTS)