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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder | 10 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 90 |
 Timberwolves | 30 | 19 | 20 | 29 | 98 |
OKCTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 33-9036.7% | 9-3525.7% | 15-1883.3% | 52 | 21 | 17 |
| MIN | 36-9040.0% | 12-4427.3% | 14-2070.0% | 55 | 23 | 16 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves98| 37 | 17 | 6-14 | 1-4 | 4-5 | +15 | −1.3 | ||||||||
| 32 | 22 | 8-17 | 4-10 | 2-3 | 0 | +20 | +5.9 | |||||||
| 30 | 6 | 3-12 | 0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −10.3 | |||||
| 30 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +20 | +1.3 | ||||||||
| 26 | 20, Season high (his best before, 16) | 6-11 | 5-9, Season high (his best before, 4) | 3-4 | +19 | +9.0 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 16 | 6-6 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +6.1 | |||||
| 21 | 11 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −0.6 | ||||
| 18 | 0 | 0-8 | 0-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −9.2 | |||||
| 11 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | −7 | +0.3 | ||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −6.0 | |||
| Team | 98 | 36-9040.0% | 12-4427.3% | 55 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 14-2070.0% | 15 | 11 | 7 | |||
Bench 28 points on 11 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Jake Layman, Jordan McLaughlin, Leandro Bolmaro, Josh Okogie and Nathan Knight (coach’s decision).
Oklahoma City Thunder90| 38 | 19 | 5-15 | 2-6 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −6.8 | |||||
| 37 | 11 | 5-13 | 0-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −7.6 | |||||
| 35 | 14 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 22 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −18 | +0.3 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −18 | −4.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 10 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +5.7 | |||||||
| 24 | 10 | 3-12 | 0-4 | 4-6 | +15 | −4.6 | ||||||||
| 18 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −6.0 | ||||
| 16 | 9 | 3-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +5 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +2.0 | |||||
| Team | 90 | 33-9036.7% | 9-3525.7% | 52 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 15-1883.3% | 14 | 11 | 7 | |||
Bench 35 points on 13 for 40 shooting
Did not play: Paul Watson and Theo Maledon (coach’s decision); Derrick Favors (injury/illness).
Timberwolves98Thunder90ClickTap 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.
Patrick Beverley scored a season-high 20 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 98-90.
The Timberwolves never trailed and led by as many as 21.
The Thunder got within 82-81 on Kenrich Williams’ driving layup with 5:27 to play, but Jaylen Nowell answered with a three-point play, and the Thunder got no closer than 85-83.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Thunder 9-2. Nowell scored 4 of the Timberwolves’ 9 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Anthony Edwards had 22 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 5 steals.
For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 19 points but shot 5 for 15.
The Timberwolves shot 40.0% from the field and 27.3% from 3 to the Thunder’s 36.7% and 25.7%. The Thunder turned it over 18 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Thunder’s starters were outscored 31-13 in 10 minutes together. Karl-Anthony Towns fouled out.
Minnesota TimberwolvesOklahoma City ThunderPS, 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
84 points from the field on 90 shots: 15.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-29 | 58.6% | 65% |
| In the paint | 4-7 | 57.1% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-10 | 30.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-12 | 33.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-32 | 25.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Wiggins | 45 | 11 | 4-9 | −3 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 6 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Kenrich Williams | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Josh Giddey | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 7 | 3-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Giddey | 25 | 9 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 10 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 9 | 3-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 50 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | 22 | 5 | 2-5 | −3 |
| Mike Muscala | 14 | 4 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Darius Bazley | 13 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 7 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 6 | 3-7 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 29 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
OKC
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Gilgeous-Alexander 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Williams 1 AST)
Q3 0:26
17.7%
91→73
Williams 1' Driving Layup (8 PTS) (Gilgeous-Alexander 4 AST)
Q4 5:27
12.9%
71→58
McDaniels 1' Driving Reverse Layup (11 PTS) (Nowell 3 AST)
Q4 9:51
11.7%
79→91
Williams 1' Dunk (6 PTS) (Jerome 3 AST)
Q4 9:45
11.7%
90→79
Wiggins 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Gilgeous-Alexander 2 AST)
Q2 5:40
11.2%
88→77
