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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 17 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 104 |
 Timberwolves | 31 | 36 | 19 | 38 | 124 |
LALTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 39-9341.9% | 10-4422.7% | 16-2369.6% | 38 | 23 | 14 |
| MIN | 40-9044.4% | 17-4240.5% | 27-3187.1% | 51 | 22 | 16 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves124| 32 | 27 | 8-21 | 6-11 | 5-6 | +19 | +4.1 | ||||||||
| 30 | 6 | 2-11 | 1-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +18 | −8.2 | |||||
| 29 | 18 | 6-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 4-4 | +4 | +8.4 | |||||||
| 26 | 30 | 8-15 | 1-3 | 13-13 | 0 | +17 | +3.2 | |||||||
| 25 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −1.9 | |||||||
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| 25 | 13 | 4-9 | 3-8 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | +7 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 22 | 7 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +19 | +0.7 | ||||
| 18 | 10 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.8 | |||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.1 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.4 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.9 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.3 | |
| Team | 124 | 40-9044.4% | 17-4240.5% | 51 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 27-3187.1% | 15 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 39 points on 14 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Naz Reid (injury/illness).
Los Angeles Lakers104| 37 | 19 | 8-21 | 1-8 | 2-5 | 0 | −19 | −9.9 | |||||||
| 36 | 15 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 0 | −1 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 30 | 13 | 5-12 | 2-9 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 22 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.8 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | −0.8 | |||||||
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| 26 | 16 | 6-15 | 1-7 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −0.1 | ||||
| 15 | 10 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −9 | +1.3 | |||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 11 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +2.2 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 7 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +0.8 | |||
| Team | 104 | 39-9341.9% | 10-4422.7% | 38 | 23 | 14 | 25 | 16-2369.6% | 13 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 48 points on 18 for 41 shooting
Did not play: Trevor Ariza and Kent Bazemore (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves124Lakers104ClickTap 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.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 30 points (16 in the fourth quarter), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Los Angeles Lakers 124-104.
The Timberwolves led by as many as 25 and never trailed, pulling away with a 27-9 run bridging the first and second quarters.
Anthony Edwards scored 27 points (20 in the second quarter) with 6 3-pointers, and Patrick Beverley added 18 points and 3 blocks on 6 for 9 shooting. Towns scored 16 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Lakers, LeBron James scored 19 points but went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Timberwolves shot 44.4% from the field and 40.5% from 3 to the Lakers’ 41.9% and 22.7%. The Lakers gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Timberwolves missed.
Minnesota TimberwolvesLos Angeles LakersPS, 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).
97 points from the field on 88 shots: 2.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-35 | 51.4% | 65% |
| In the paint | 3-5 | 60.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 2-8 | 25.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-33 | 39.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Howard | 28 | 10 | 3-8 | 0 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 10 | 4 | 1-1 | 0 |
| LeBron James | 5 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 4 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 17 | 7-9 | +12 |
The tracking credits him with 38 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Westbrook | 21 | 6 | 2-5 | −1 |
| Malik Monk | 10 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Austin Reaves | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| LeBron James | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 17 | 5-13 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Monk | 23 | 10 | 4-4 | +6 |
| Russell Westbrook | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Wayne Ellington | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Austin Reaves | 5 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 1-2 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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
LAL
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Highest Leverage Moments
Prince 24' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Russell 6 AST)
Q4 9:21
14.4%
77→92
Augustin 9' Fadeaway Jumper (5 PTS)
Q4 11:37
12.9%
92→79
Prince 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (McLaughlin 2 AST)
Q4 7:48
12.7%
82→95
Nowell 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS)
Q4 8:27
11.5%
82→93
James 25' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 8:05
11.5%
93→82
