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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 30 | 31 | 25 | 26 | 112 |
 Knicks | 23 | 28 | 40 | 19 | 110 |
MINTeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 35-8143.2% | 13-4131.7% | 29-3876.3% | 38 | 21 | 12 |
| NYK | 37-8046.3% | 12-3831.6% | 24-3372.7% | 44 | 21 | 18 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves112| 39 | 21 | 8-17 | 2-9 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.5 | ||||||
| 36 | 20 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 6-7 | 0 | −3 | +1.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.5 | ||||
| 30 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 2-4 | +6 | +0.1 | ||||||||
| 25 | 17 | 5-11 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 0 | −10 | +1.6 | |||||||
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| 23 | 14 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +4 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −5 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 17 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +0.5 | ||
| 12 | 9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | +5 | +7.3 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.2 | ||||
| Team | 112 | 35-8143.2% | 13-4131.7% | 38 | 21 | 12 | 25 | 29-3876.3% | 8 | 10 | 6 | |||
Bench 43 points on 13 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Nathan Knight, Jake Layman, Josh Okogie and McKinley Wright IV (coach’s decision).
New York Knicks110| 39 | 21 | 6-15 | 0-4 | 9-11 | +9 | +5.4 | ||||||||
| 37 | 27 | 10-17 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 0 | +11 | +6.8 | |||||||
| 37 | 17 | 6-16 | 2-7 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −12.4 | ||||||
| 30 | 19 | 6-13 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +1.0 | |||||
| 20 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.4 | ||||
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| 25 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | +2 | −2.7 | |||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −7 | −2.6 | |||||
| 17 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −7.7 | |||||
| 10 | 6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +1.0 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.1 | |||||
| Team | 110 | 37-8046.3% | 12-3831.6% | 44 | 21 | 18 | 30 | 24-3372.7% | 11 | 6 | 7 | |||
Bench 18 points on 5 for 14 shooting
Did not play: Miles McBride and Jericho Sims (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves112Knicks110ClickTap 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.
The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New York Knicks 112-110.
Karl-Anthony Towns’ driving layup put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 29 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Knicks got within 111-110 on Julius Randle’s free throw with 24 seconds to play, but Patrick Beverley answered with a free throw, and the Knicks got no closer. They had the ball down 2 with 19 seconds left, but Jaden McDaniels blocked Evan Fournier’s driving layup, lifting the Timberwolves’ chance to win from 86% to 92%. It would have tied the game. They had the ball down 2, but Alec Burks missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Knicks 12-9. Jaylen Nowell scored 4 of the Timberwolves’ 12 on 2 for 2 shooting.
Anthony Edwards scored 21 points (12 in the paint). Towns added 20 points, and Nowell scored 14 points off the bench.
For the Knicks, Fournier scored 27 points with 5 3-pointers, and Randle added 21 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 blocks.
The Knicks turned it over 18 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Timberwolves outscored the Knicks 43-18 off the bench. The Knicks did not make a field goal in the last 3:41. The Knicks’ starters outscored the Timberwolves 45-33 in 15 minutes together. Mitchell Robinson and Taj Gibson fouled out.
Minnesota TimberwolvesNew York KnicksPS, 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 Timberwolves’ chance bottomed out at 15% (3rd quarter, 1:00 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
83 points from the field on 81 shots: 6.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-26 | 65.4% | 65% |
| In the paint | 2-8 | 25.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-6 | 50.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 2-8 | 25.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-33 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Barrett | 37 | 2 | 1-5 | −10 |
| Quentin Grimes | 14 | 7 | 3-5 | +2 |
| Evan Fournier | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Kemba Walker | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 14 | 5-9 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Gibson | 32 | 2 | 0-1 | −10 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 19 | 8 | 3-7 | +1 |
| Julius Randle | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| RJ Barrett | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 5 | 2-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Fournier | 29 | 6 | 2-6 | −3 |
| Alec Burks | 7 | 5 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Quentin Grimes | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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.
NYK win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
NYK
Highest Leverage Moments
Towns 4' Driving Layup (19 PTS)
Q4 0:29
34.0%
64→30
Walker 27' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q4 4:37
19.2%
58→77
Walker 29' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 3:41
18.1%
64→82
Nowell 25' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Beverley 6 AST)
Q4 5:14
14.8%
73→58
Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Randle 9 AST)
Q4 5:27
14.3%
59→73
