Minnesota Timberwolves vs Phoenix Suns 123-119 — Mar 18, 2021 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Minnesota

Timberwolves

123

–

119

FINAL

Phoenix

Suns

Date

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
MIN	25	28	30	40	123
PHX	25	33	33	28	119

Game MVPs

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

Key Contributor

Jaden McDaniels

MIN

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections2

Contested Shots7

Opp FG% When Defending0.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.00

Impact Composite110.1

Hustle: 14.5Defense: 94.0Impact: 1.6

7 contested shotsheld opponents to 0.0% FGonly 0 pts allowed on 32.7 possessions

Box Score MVP

Karl-Anthony Towns

MIN

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Game Performance

FG15-24 (62.5%)

3PT5-7

FT6-7

TS%75.7%

eFG%72.9%

STL1

TOV4

ORTG122

DRTG115

NET+7

41 pointsDouble-Double62.5% FG5-7 from 311 contested shotsonly 43 pts allowed on 79.4 possessions

Box Score

MIN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Anthony Edwards	38:17	42	7	3	3	2	0	2	2	15-31	48%	4-13	31%	8-13	62%	+9
Karl-Anthony Towns	35:50	41	10	3	8	1	0	4	1	15-24	63%	5-7	71%	6-7	86%	+4
Ricky Rubio	29:18	6	1	0	5	3	0	2	4	1-5	20%	0-1	0%	4-4	100%	+5
Jaden McDaniels	26:55	2	4	1	2	2	1	0	0	1-5	20%	0-3	0%	0-2	0%	+8
Jake Layman	22:22	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	1-2	50%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-2
BENCH
Josh Okogie	22:17	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-1	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	+1
Juancho Hernangomez	21:47	14	5	3	0	2	0	0	2	5-11	46%	2-5	40%	2-4	50%	+7
Jaylen Nowell	20:38	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	3-8	38%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	-2
Naz Reid	14:43	10	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	3-5	60%	0-0	0%	4-5	80%	-2
Jarred Vanderbilt	7:53	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-8
TOTAL	—	123	38	11	22	14	4	12	16	44-93	47%	11-34	32%	24-35	69%	—

Malik Beasley —

Ed Davis —

Jarrett Culver —

PHX	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Devin Booker	34:41	35	4	0	6	0	1	5	4	13-22	59%	3-8	38%	6-7	86%	-3
Mikal Bridges	33:32	17	5	1	8	1	1	1	2	6-10	60%	4-7	57%	1-2	50%	-5
Chris Paul	31:27	17	7	0	5	4	0	2	1	7-14	50%	1-4	25%	2-2	100%	-8
Jae Crowder	31:12	7	7	2	1	1	1	2	5	3-9	33%	1-4	25%	0-0	0%	-4
Deandre Ayton	26:20	14	7	3	1	0	1	2	6	6-8	75%	0-0	0%	2-2	100%	+7
BENCH
Dario Saric	21:39	8	8	3	1	0	0	3	3	3-8	38%	1-3	33%	1-2	50%	-9
Cameron Payne	16:33	3	5	0	5	0	0	3	2	1-3	33%	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	+4
Langston Galloway	15:23	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	4-6	67%	2-3	67%	0-0	0%	+1
Abdel Nader	14:29	5	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	1-4	25%	1-3	33%	2-4	50%	-1
Jevon Carter	7:41	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	100%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	-6
Frank Kaminsky	7:03	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+4
TOTAL	—	119	47	9	29	6	6	22	30	45-85	53%	15-36	42%	14-19	74%	—

Jalen Smith —

Ty-Shon Alexander —

E'Twaun Moore —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

MIN44/93 (47%)

Paint

30/49 (61%)

Mid

5/13 (38%)

3PT

11/35 (31%)

RA 67%ATB3 32%Paint 50%Mid 29%Corner 3 29%

PHX45/85 (53%)

Paint

22/34 (65%)

Mid

13/21 (62%)

3PT

15/37 (41%)

ATB3 39%RA 70%Paint 61%Corner 3 46%Mid 50%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Deandre Ayton

defended Karl-Anthony Towns

7.0 min • 6 pts • 75%

Best Defender

Jae Crowder

held Jaden McDaniels

2.6 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Devin Booker

vs Anthony Edwards

4.4 min • 10 pts • 57%

PHX Defense	Anthony Edwards	Jaden McDaniels	Jake Layman	Jarred Vanderbilt	Jaylen Nowell	Josh Okogie	Juancho Hernangomez	Karl-Anthony Towns	Naz Reid	Ricky Rubio
Devin Booker	4.4m 10pts 57%	—	1.0m 7pts 75%	—	—	4.1m 6pts 50%	—	—	—	1.9m 4pts 40%
Mikal Bridges	3.0m 1pts 0%	—	6.0m 2pts 50%	—	—	—	1.1m 3pts 50%	—	—	1.1m 0pts 0%
Chris Paul	1.5m 0pts 0%	1.2m 4pts 67%	—	—	—	1.1m 0pts 0%	—	1.5m 8pts 50%	—	4.3m 3pts 50%
Deandre Ayton	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.0m 6pts 75%	—	1.3m 2pts 100%
Jae Crowder	—	2.6m 0pts 0%	—	2.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	3.7m 2pts 50%	—	—	—
Dario Saric	—	1.2m 2pts 50%	—	—	—	—	—	3.1m 3pts 50%	2.0m 2pts 33%	—
Abdel Nader	2.0m 3pts 50%	1.4m 0pts 0%	—	—	1.4m 2pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—
Langston Galloway	1.1m 3pts 100%	—	—	—	2.4m 5pts 67%	—	1.1m 2pts 100%	—	—	—
Cameron Payne	—	—	—	—	1.8m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	2.2m 0pts 0%
Jevon Carter	—	1.5m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Frank Kaminsky	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2m 0pts 0%	—
Other	3.4m 2pts 25%	3.1m 8pts 100%	2.2m 3pts 33%	0.9m 2pts 100%	2.4m 4pts 50%	3.1m 8pts 67%	—	2.5m 5pts 50%	2.6m 10pts 50%	1.1m 1pts 0%

Game Flow

Win Probability

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

MIN

50/50

PHX

Highest Leverage Moments

K. Towns 31' 3PT (39 PTS) (A. Edwards 3 AST)

Q4 3:52

21.1%

59→37

D. Ayton cutting DUNK (14 PTS) (M. Bridges 8 AST)

Q4 2:57

19.6%

34→53

A. Edwards Layup (41 PTS) (K. Towns 8 AST)

Q4 2:36

19.6%

53→34

J. Crowder putback Layup (7 PTS)

Q4 0:29

18.8%

6→24

K. Towns 29' 3PT (36 PTS) (A. Edwards 2 AST)

Q4 4:49

15.5%

68→53

Minnesota Timberwolves 123 @ Phoenix Suns 119 — March 18, 2021 Box Score