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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 22 | 22 | 40 | 39 | 123 |
 Spurs | 21 | 48 | 27 | 30 | 126 |
MINTeam statsSAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 42-9046.7% | 14-3441.2% | 25-2889.3% | 41 | 22 | 11 |
| SAS | 47-9450.0% | 15-3839.5% | 17-2860.7% | 43 | 35 | 11 |
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San Antonio Spurs126| 37 | 25 | 10-17 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +6.7 | ||||||
| 32 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | +2 | −6.9 | |||||||
| 31 | 39 | 12-23 | 4-9 | 11-14 | 0 | +5 | +13.0 | |||||||
| 29 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.1 | |||||
| 28 | 8 | 2-8 | 2-4 | 2-6 | 0 | +6 | −0.1 | |||||||
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| 31 | 20 | 8-14 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | +7 | +2.0 | |||||||
| 21 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.4 | ||||
| 19 | 8 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 | +4.3 | |||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.9 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.4 | ||
| Team | 126 | 47-9450.0% | 15-3839.5% | 43 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 17-2860.7% | 17 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 39 points on 17 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Harrison Ingram, Jordan McLaughlin, Kelly Olynyk, Jeremy Sochan and Bismack Biyombo (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves123| 41 | 17 | 4-13 | 0-2 | 9-9 | −4 | +0.3 | ||||||||
| 41 | 23 | 7-14 | 1-2 | 8-9 | −6 | +3.8 | ||||||||
| 40 | 55, Career high (his best before, 53) | 19-33 | 9-16, Season high (his best before, 7) | 8-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +14.9 | |||||
| 36 | 11 | 4-14 | 3-10 | 0-0 | +7 | −6.5 | ||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 | ||
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| 23 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +5.1 | |||||||
| 21 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −8.0 | |||||
| 13 | 7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +1.4 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.5 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.7 | |||
| Team | 123 | 42-9046.7% | 14-3441.2% | 41 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 25-2889.3% | 12 | 7 | 7 | |||
Bench 17 points on 8 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Rudy Gobert (injury/illness); Rob Dillingham (coach’s decision).
Spurs126Timberwolves123ClickTap 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.
Victor Wembanyama scored 39 points (20 in the second quarter), and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 126-123.
Wembanyama’s 21-foot jumper answered Donte DiVincenzo’s corner 3-pointer and put the Spurs back ahead for good with 53 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Timberwolves had the ball down 1 with 53 seconds left, but Wembanyama blocked Joan Beringer’s reverse layup at the rim, lifting the Spurs’ chance to win from 56% to 66%. It would have put the Timberwolves ahead.
Wembanyama’s free throw with 1.3 seconds left made it 126-123 and put it away.
In the fourth quarter, De'Aaron Fox had 4 of his 12 assists, 2 of them on baskets by Wembanyama that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Wembanyama that put the Spurs ahead.
Fox had 25 points and 12 assists, and Keldon Johnson added 20 points (9 in the fourth quarter) off the bench. The Spurs had 3 20-point scorers. Fox assisted on 6 of Wembanyama’s 12 baskets, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Timberwolves, Edwards scored a career-high 55 points with 9 3-pointers, and Jaden McDaniels added 23 points. Edwards scored 26 of his 55 points in the fourth quarter.
The Spurs shot 50.0% from the field to the Timberwolves’ 46.7% and outscored them 39-17 off the bench. The Timberwolves gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Spurs missed. The Spurs’ starters were outscored 23-12 in 9 minutes together. Stephon Castle fouled out.
San Antonio SpursMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, 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.
109 points from the field on 94 shots: 1.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-36 | 58.3% | 67% |
| In the paint | 6-10 | 60.0% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 5-10 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-19 | 31.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-19 | 47.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaden McDaniels | 16 | 15 | 6-11 | +9 |
| Julius Randle | 15 | 8 | 3-3 | +2 |
| Joan Beringer | 10 | 7 | 1-3 | +3 |
| Donte DiVincenzo | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 6 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 38 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaden McDaniels | 17 | 6 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Anthony Edwards | 16 | 9 | 4-6 | +4 |
| Mike Conley | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Julius Randle | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 8 | 3-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Randle | 17 | 5 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 9 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Donte DiVincenzo | 7 | 1 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Anthony Edwards | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 11 | 5-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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 = SAS leads, negative = MIN leads
SAS Largest Lead
25
Q2 0:01
MIN Largest Lead
5
Q1 3:31
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
MIN 10-0 run
Q3 9:56 – Q3 8:07
+24 → +14
MIN 8-0 run
Q3 3:36 – Q3 2:22
+16 → +8
