Los Angeles Lakers 106, Minnesota Timberwolves 108 — Recap

December 30, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 106, Minnesota Timberwolves 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 31-29 MIN; Q2 LAL 26-32 MIN; Q3 LAL 20-21 MIN; Q4 LAL 29-26 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Davis (LAL) 33 points, 17 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-17 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 31 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Mike Conley (MIN) 15 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 4-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Anthony Davis

33 PTS, 17 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 12-17 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

31 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

26 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 10-21 FG

Season highs

Anthony Davis · Season-high 8 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAL	31	26	20	29		106
MIN	29	32	21	26		108

🧮 How They Scored

LALMIN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.1%Effective FG%58.2%

8.1%Turnover %18.5%

16.7%Offensive rebound %22.6%

0.390Free-throw rate0.329

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Davis F-C	39	33	17	8	4	2	2	12-17	1-2	8-10	-6
LeBron James F	39	26	3	6	3	1	1	10-21	1-4	5-7	-5
Taurean Prince F	33	9	2	1	3	—	3	3-9	3-6	—	+15
Austin Reaves G	29	9	2	—	—	—	1	2-11	0-5	5-6	+2
Jarred Vanderbilt F	27	8	5	1	2	—	—	3-7	0-2	2-2	+10
D'Angelo Russell G	20	5	1	3	—	—	1	1-4	0-1	3-4	-19
Rui Hachimura F	17	5	1	—	—	—	—	2-8	0-1	1-1	-11

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	31	3	3	—	3	3	10-23	2-8	9-11	+8
Rudy Gobert C	38	13	13	—	2	1	4	6-7	—	1-1	+19
Mike Conley G	33	15	4	7	1	—	1	4-11	4-9	3-4	+3
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	9	9	2	—	—	5	3-7	1-4	2-2	-23
Naz Reid F-C	27	21	5	1	2	2	2	8-11	2-5	3-4	+13
Jaden McDaniels F	26	6	3	2	1	1	1	2-6	0-1	2-2	-3
Kyle Anderson F	24	4	3	7	—	1	1	2-4	0-1	—	-8
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	16	6	2	2	1	—	2	2-4	2-4	—	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Davis	Bench	39	33	77.1	23.2	-10.0	29.1
LeBron James	Bench	39	26	54.0	25.5	-7.5	16.2
Taurean Prince	Bench	33	9	50.0	15.2	+16.9	3.7
Austin Reaves	Bench	29	9	33.0	20.3	-3.4	-2.1
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	27	8	50.8	12.7	+19.3	7.7
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	20	5	43.4	13.7	-46.4	2.9
Rui Hachimura	Bench	17	5	29.6	20.0	-30.6	-0.7
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Max Christie	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	38	31	55.7	36.0	+11.5	10.6
Naz Reid	Bench	27	21	82.3	23.8	+22.0	19.7
Mike Conley	Bench	33	15	58.8	17.8	+5.8	12.7
Rudy Gobert	Bench	38	13	87.4	13.1	+27.2	11.6
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	29	9	57.1	20.6	-37.6	4.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	16	6	75.0	16.2	+7.3	3.7
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	26	6	43.6	14.5	-1.9	1.7
Kyle Anderson	Bench	24	4	50.0	8.9	-8.8	10.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0