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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 36 | 38 | 31 | 33 | 138 |
 Kings | 30 | 34 | 38 | 32 | 134 |
MINTeam statsSAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 48-8060.0% | 20-3951.3% | 22-3171.0% | 40 | 31 | 11 |
| SAC | 49-8955.1% | 14-2751.9% | 22-3073.3% | 39 | 25 | 6 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves138| 36 | 18 | 7-8 | 3-3 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | +17 | +11.2 | ||||||
| 36 | 27 | 10-20 | 2-8 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 34 | 19 | 8-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | +5 | +2.6 | ||||||||
| 31 | 13 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +11 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 30 | 24, Season high (his best before, 20) | 7-12 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +7.2 | |||
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| 24 | 16 | 4-9 | 4-8 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | −12 | +5.7 | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.1 | |||
| 17 | 10 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +0.8 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.1 | |||||
| Team | 138 | 48-8060.0% | 20-3951.3% | 40 | 31 | 11 | 21 | 22-3171.0% | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 37 points on 11 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Austin Rivers, Josh Minott and Nathan Knight (coach’s decision).
Sacramento Kings134| 37 | 20 | 7-13 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.5 | |||||
| 37 | 25 | 10-22 | 0-2 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 24 | 10-18 | 1-1 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +8.6 | |||||
| 33 | 29 | 11-15 | 6-9 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +10.7 | ||||
| 20 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −4.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 8 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +0.8 | ||||
| 19 | 15 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | +4 | +9.1 | |||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +0.4 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.2 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +1.8 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.4 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.4 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 134 | 49-8955.1% | 14-2751.9% | 39 | 25 | 6 | 21 | 22-3073.3% | 11 | 5 | 1 | |||
Bench 36 points on 11 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Matthew Dellavedova (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves138Kings134ClickTap 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 Sacramento Kings 138-134.
The Timberwolves took control with a 28-15 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 17.
The Kings got within 131-130 on De'Aaron Fox’s 14-foot floater with 2:09 to play, but Anthony Edwards answered with a three-point play, and the Kings got no closer than 134-132.
Anthony Edwards’ 16-foot fadeaway with 33.2 seconds left made it 136-132.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Kings 15-8. Rudy Gobert scored 6 of the Timberwolves’ 15 on 3 for 4 shooting.
Anthony Edwards had 27 points and 8 assists. Mike Conley added a season-high 24 points (10 in the fourth quarter), and Kyle Anderson had 18 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) and 9 assists on 7 for 8 shooting. The Timberwolves had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Kings, Kevin Huerter scored 29 points on 11 for 15 shooting, and Fox added 25 points and 7 assists. Domantas Sabonis had 24 points and 14 rebounds. Harrison Barnes scored 20 points. Trey Lyles had 15 points and 8 rebounds off the bench. The Kings had 4 20-point scorers.
The Timberwolves shot 60.0% from the field to the Kings’ 55.1%. The Timberwolves made 20 3-pointers, 4 of them by Conley and 4 by Nickeil Alexander-Walker. The Timberwolves’ starters outscored the Kings 43-32 in 14 minutes together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesSacramento KingsPS, 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).
116 points from the field on 78 shots: 30.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-20 | 85.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-15 | 53.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-6 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 9-13 | 69.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-26 | 42.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Barnes | 29 | 3 | 1-4 | −8 |
| Kessler Edwards | 14 | 4 | 2-4 | −1 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Kevin Huerter | 5 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 21 | 8-13 | +14 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Aaron Fox | 25 | 9 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Kevin Huerter | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Davion Mitchell | 9 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Keegan Murray | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 12 | 3-4 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Huerter | 24 | 7 | 3-5 | +2 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 10 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Keegan Murray | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Kessler Edwards | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 6 | 3-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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.
SAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
SAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Edwards 16' Fadeaway Jumper (27 PTS)
Q4 0:33
21.8%
27→6
Gobert 1' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (13 PTS) (Conley 3 AST)
Q4 2:22
19.0%
46→27
Huerter 24' 3PT Jump Shot (29 PTS) (Sabonis 5 AST)
Q4 5:57
16.9%
17→34
Fox 15' Fadeaway Jumper (21 PTS)
Q4 2:45
16.5%
29→46
Edwards 2' Driving Layup (24 PTS)
Q4 1:51
16.4%
40→24
