Minnesota Timberwolves 107, Brooklyn Nets 112 — Recap

March 29, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 107, Brooklyn Nets 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 25-37 BKN; Q2 MIN 27-24 BKN; Q3 MIN 25-26 BKN; Q4 MIN 30-25 BKN.

Top performers (box score): James Harden (BKN) 38 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-25 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 31 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Kyrie Irving (BKN) 27 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists on 9-of-22 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 13 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

James Harden

38 PTS, 11 REB, 13 AST, 4 3PM · 11-25 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

31 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · BKN

Kyrie Irving

27 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 11-22 FG

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
MIN	25	27	25	30		107
BKN	37	24	26	25		112

🧮 How They Scored

MINBKN

46Points in the paint52

13Fast-break points23

20Second-chance points12

16Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

45.6%Effective FG%52.9%

12.0%Turnover %12.7%

28.3%Offensive rebound %17.1%

0.165Free-throw rate0.294

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	39	31	12	5	0	3	2	13-22	4-8	1-2	0
Jaden McDaniels F	38	13	7	4	1	4	0	5-11	3-5	0-0	+3
Anthony Edwards G	35	23	10	0	3	1	4	9-22	0-7	5-7	+5
Malik Beasley G	31	9	1	4	0	0	4	3-12	3-10	0-0	-8
Ricky Rubio G	26	6	4	5	2	0	1	2-7	0-3	2-2	-6
Jordan McLaughlin G	22	4	4	4	1	0	1	1-5	1-2	1-2	+1
Jaylen Nowell G	16	9	3	1	1	0	1	3-9	2-4	1-1	+4
Jarrett Culver G	16	8	3	0	1	1	0	3-10	1-4	1-1	-12
Naz Reid F-C	9	2	3	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	-5
Juancho Hernangomez F	7	2	4	0	1	0	1	1-5	0-1	0-0	-7

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	40	38	11	13	1	1	6	11-25	4-8	12-13	+8
Kyrie Irving G	33	27	7	3	3	1	0	11-22	2-8	3-3	+2
Joe Harris F-G	30	7	6	1	2	0	1	2-6	1-3	2-2	-6
Bruce Brown G	29	10	5	5	1	0	1	3-4	0-0	4-4	-12
Tyler Johnson G	27	3	4	0	2	0	1	1-5	1-5	0-0	+6
Jeff Green F	21	10	4	1	1	2	2	4-6	2-2	0-0	+4
Blake Griffin F	19	5	6	5	0	0	1	2-4	0-2	1-3	+13
Nicolas Claxton F-C	15	2	5	1	0	3	0	1-5	0-0	0-0	+2
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot G-F	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+9
DeAndre Jordan C	12	10	2	1	0	0	1	5-6	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	39	31	67.7	24.8	0.0	18.6
Anthony Edwards	Bench	35	23	45.9	31.5	+6.5	6.5
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	38	13	59.1	11.3	+2.3	9.9
Malik Beasley	Bench	31	9	37.5	19.3	-11.6	-2.8
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	16	9	47.7	23.8	+8.7	9.8
Jarrett Culver	Bench	16	8	38.3	23.8	-32.4	3.3
Ricky Rubio	Bench	26	6	38.1	12.7	-8.2	5.5
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	22	4	34.0	13.0	+2.2	6.1
Naz Reid	Bench	9	2	113.6	8.0	-26.3	14.0
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	7	2	20.0	28.6	-35.7	6.5

Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
James Harden	Bench	40	38	61.8	38.5	+10.4	24.2
Kyrie Irving	Bench	33	27	57.9	28.8	+4.1	19.1
Bruce Brown	Bench	29	10	86.8	10.3	-16.8	8.9
Jeff Green	Bench	21	10	83.3	14.8	+4.3	16.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	12	10	83.3	25.9	+0.8	12.0
Joe Harris	Bench	30	7	50.9	11.1	-11.0	8.3
Blake Griffin	Bench	19	5	47.0	14.3	+36.5	8.7
Tyler Johnson	Bench	27	3	30.0	9.2	+5.5	3.2
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	15	2	20.0	13.9	+3.8	9.6
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	Bench	15	0	0.0	8.3	+30.6	-9.2