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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spurs | 30 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 109 |
 Timberwolves | 34 | 26 | 20 | 34 | 114 |
SASTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 41-8647.7% | 6-2623.1% | 21-2777.8% | 41 | 17 | 14 |
| MIN | 42-9444.7% | 10-2737.0% | 20-2290.9% | 49 | 20 | 17 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves114| 41 | 14 | 6-15 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −8.4 | |||||
| 40 | 36 | 13-22 | 3-5 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 38 | 12 | 5-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −7.8 | ||||||
| 30 | 10 | 3-12 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −6.0 | ||||||
| 30 | 11 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −7 | +7.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 15 | 6-12 | 0-4 | 3-3 | 0 | +8 | +1.6 | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −5.9 | ||||||
| 11 | 8 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +2.9 | ||||
| Team | 114 | 42-9444.7% | 10-2737.0% | 49 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 20-2290.9% | 15 | 5 | 1 | |||
Bench 31 points on 11 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Kyle Anderson, Joan Beringer, Jaylen Clark, Bones Hyland, Joe Ingles and Julian Phillips (coach’s decision).
San Antonio Spurs109| 37 | 24 | 8-23 | 1-7 | 7-10 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 37 | 20 | 8-17 | 2-6 | 2-3 | +8 | +1.4 | ||||||||
| 33 | 14 | 6-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 30 | 8 | 2-8 | 0-5 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −5 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 12 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 24 | 8-11 | 1-1 | 7-7 | 0 | −14 | +10.1 | |||||||
| 26 | 7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | +3.4 | ||||||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | −5 | −4.3 | |||||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −7.0 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.6 | ||
| Team | 109 | 41-8647.7% | 6-2623.1% | 41 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 21-2777.8% | 13 | 13 | 3 | |||
Bench 39 points on 15 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Mason Plumlee, Jordan McLaughlin, Bismack Biyombo, Lindy Waters III and Kelly Olynyk (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves114Spurs109ClickTap 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.
Anthony Edwards scored 36 points (16 in the fourth quarter), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the San Antonio Spurs 114-109 to even the Western Conference semifinals 2-2.
Rudy Gobert’s layup put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 3:02 left in the fourth quarter.
The Spurs got within 112-109 on Julian Champagnie’s 2 free throws with 20 seconds to play, but Ayo Dosunmu answered with 2 free throws, and the Spurs got no closer.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Spurs 15-7. Gobert scored 5 of the Timberwolves’ 15 on 2 for 2 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line.
Gobert had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Edwards scored 16 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Spurs, Dylan Harper had 24 points (14 in the paint) and 3 steals on 8 for 11 shooting off the bench. De'Aaron Fox had 24 points and 3 steals but shot 8 for 23. Stephon Castle scored 20 points. The Spurs had 3 20-point scorers.
The Spurs gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Timberwolves missed.
Minnesota TimberwolvesSan Antonio SpursPS, 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. The Timberwolves’ chance bottomed out at 11% (4th quarter, 8:12 left).
94 points from the field on 94 shots: 10.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-36 | 55.6% | 67% |
| In the paint | 5-19 | 26.3% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 7-12 | 58.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-4 | 75.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-23 | 30.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Vassell | 44 | 4 | 2-4 | −13 |
| Stephon Castle | 15 | 12 | 4-7 | +6 |
| Dylan Harper | 8 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 5 | 7 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 13 | 5-12 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 32 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Champagnie | 14 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Keldon Johnson | 11 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Carter Bryant | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 8 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 8 | 4-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Champagnie | 21 | 6 | 3-4 | +1 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 15 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Stephon Castle | 11 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Dylan Harper | 8 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 6 | 3-9 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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 = SAS leads
MIN Largest Lead
9
Q2 3:52
SAS Largest Lead
8
Q3 4:33
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
MIN 8-0 run
Q1 2:52 – Q1 2:11
-3 → +5
