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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 34 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 106 |
 Timberwolves | 22 | 20 | 30 | 37 | 109 |
LACTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 40-8547.1% | 9-2931.0% | 17-2568.0% | 35 | 16 | 10 |
| MIN | 34-6850.0% | 11-2544.0% | 30-3488.2% | 35 | 23 | 13 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves109| 37 | 15 | 3-11 | 0-1 | 9-9 | 0 | −9 | −5.8 | |||||||
| 37 | 27 | 10-13 | 3-3 | 4-5 | 0 | +1 | +6.7 | |||||||
| 33 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | −9 | −5.7 | |||||||
| 33 | 24 | 6-15 | 1-4 | 11-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +0.1 | |||||
| 25 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.3 | |||||
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| 28 | 19 | 7-11 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +5.3 | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +14 | −0.3 | |||||
| 16 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | +0.5 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.7 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 109 | 34-6850.0% | 11-2544.0% | 35 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 30-3488.2% | 6 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 34 points on 12 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Leonard Miller, Johnny Juzang, Joan Beringer and Bones Hyland (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers106| 39 | 34 | 10-18 | 1-5 | 13-15 | 0 | +7 | +9.1 | |||||||
| 38 | 15 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0 | +4 | −3.4 | |||||||
| 36 | 8 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | −4 | −3.4 | |||||||
| 31 | 20 | 8-17 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.1 | |||||
| 30 | 12 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −0.8 | ||||
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| 23 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.2 | ||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −2.4 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −7.5 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −5.1 | ||||
| Team | 106 | 40-8547.1% | 9-2931.0% | 35 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 17-2568.0% | 10 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 17 points on 7 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Cam Christie, Kobe Brown, Yanic Konan Niederhäuser and RayJ Dennis (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves109Clippers106ClickTap 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.
Naz Reid made a corner 3-pointer on a pass from Anthony Edwards with 13 seconds left, and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied from 18 points down in the second quarter to beat the LA Clippers 109-106 for their fifth straight win.
The Timberwolves trailed 48-30 with 4:03 left in the second quarter and 56-42 at halftime. They outscored the Clippers 79-58 the rest of the way.
The Clippers had the ball down 3, but James Harden missed a corner 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Clippers 10-9. In the fourth quarter, Kris Dunn had 2 of his 3 steals, 1 of them during a 9-0 Clippers run, and the Clippers scored 2 points off them.
Jaden McDaniels scored 27 points (12 in the third quarter) on 10 for 13 shooting. Julius Randle added 24 points (10 in the second quarter) and 6 assists, and Reid had 19 points and 9 rebounds off the bench. Reid scored 14 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Clippers, Harden had 34 points, 6 assists and 4 steals, and Kawhi Leonard added 20 points.
The Timberwolves shot 50.0% from the field and 44.0% from 3 to the Clippers’ 47.1% and 31.0%. The Timberwolves outscored the Clippers 16-6 in 4 minutes with Conley, Randle, Reid, McDaniels and Clark on the floor together. Rudy Gobert fouled out for the Timberwolves, and Kobe Sanders for the Clippers.
Minnesota TimberwolvesLA ClippersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
79 points from the field on 68 shots: 5.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-18 | 61.1% | 67% |
| In the paint | 9-14 | 64.3% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 3-11 | 27.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-10 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-15 | 40.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 23 | 9 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 20 | 6 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Kris Dunn | 8 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Collins | 16 | 2 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Ivica Zubac | 11 | 4 | 1-5 | 0 |
| Brook Lopez | 8 | 4 | 0-3 | +2 |
| James Harden | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 14 | 4-5 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Batum | 13 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| James Harden | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| John Collins | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Kris Dunn | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 8 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 50 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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.
Score margin over time — positive = MIN leads, negative = LAC leads
MIN Largest Lead
9
Q4 4:22
LAC Largest Lead
18
Q2 4:03
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
LAC 10-0 run
Q1 9:31 – Q1 8:13
+1 → -9
MIN 8-0 run
Q2 3:45 – Q2 2:05
-18 → -10
MIN 9-0 run
Q3 10:01 – Q3 8:30
-15 → -6
MIN 8-0 run
Q4 9:19 – Q4 8:32
-3 → +5
