Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Brooklyn Nets 110 — Recap

December 3, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Brooklyn Nets 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 34-27 BKN; Q2 MIN 21-32 BKN; Q3 MIN 30-27 BKN; Q4 MIN 20-24 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (BKN) 30 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists on 9-of-18 shooting; Patty Mills (BKN) 23 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-22 shooting; James Harden (BKN) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists on 4-of-11 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

Kevin Durant

30 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST · 9-18 FG

Scoring · BKN

Patty Mills

23 PTS, 0 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

21 PTS, 3 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 6-22 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	34	21	30	20		105
BKN	27	32	27	24		110

🧮 How They Scored

MINBKN

44Points in the paint50

14Fast-break points9

22Second-chance points15

16Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

45.7%Effective FG%51.3%

12.7%Turnover %15.3%

32.0%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.258Free-throw rate0.539

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	37	19	2	4	3	0	8	7-16	1-7	4-4	-12
D'Angelo Russell G	34	21	3	11	1	0	4	6-22	3-10	6-6	-16
Naz Reid F-C	34	19	7	1	0	0	0	7-14	3-6	2-2	-10
Jarred Vanderbilt F	30	10	15	3	1	1	1	5-8	0-0	0-0	+3
Malik Beasley G	28	18	4	1	0	1	0	6-19	4-14	2-2	-1
Leandro Bolmaro F	25	4	5	2	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	2-2	+19
Taurean Prince F	20	11	0	0	0	1	1	3-6	2-4	3-4	-4
Josh Okogie G	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-2	-9
Nathan Knight F-C	14	3	5	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-0	1-2	+5

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	38	30	10	6	0	0	5	9-18	0-1	12-13	0
James Harden G	36	20	7	9	2	0	6	4-11	0-5	12-15	+10
Patty Mills G	34	23	0	3	1	0	1	8-15	4-9	3-3	+15
LaMarcus Aldridge F	34	13	5	2	0	1	1	5-10	1-2	2-2	+8
DeAndre' Bembry F	27	6	4	1	0	0	2	3-5	0-1	0-0	0
James Johnson F	25	11	6	1	0	1	0	5-6	0-0	1-2	-3
Cam Thomas G	18	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-2	0
Paul Millsap F	10	4	4	2	0	1	0	1-3	0-1	2-4	+2
Bruce Brown G	10	0	2	1	1	1	0	0-4	0-0	0-0	-12
Nicolas Claxton F-C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Jevon Carter G	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+10

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	34	21	42.6	30.9	-18.0	11.6
Naz Reid	Bench	34	19	63.8	17.4	-10.5	13.5
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	19	53.5	28.0	-15.0	7.7
Malik Beasley	Bench	28	18	45.3	26.7	-1.6	11.0
Taurean Prince	Bench	20	11	70.9	18.4	-3.5	3.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	30	10	62.5	12.0	+2.9	15.4
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	25	4	51.5	6.3	+38.0	9.9
Nathan Knight	Bench	14	3	38.7	13.2	+20.1	0.0
Josh Okogie	Bench	18	0	0.0	6.0	-15.6	-18.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Bench	38	30	63.2	31.9	-1.2	20.3
Patty Mills	Bench	34	23	70.5	20.5	+19.5	16.6
James Harden	Bench	36	20	56.8	27.7	+11.8	14.2
LaMarcus Aldridge	Bench	34	13	59.7	15.0	+9.6	7.2
James Johnson	Bench	25	11	79.9	12.1	-5.5	18.9
DeAndre' Bembry	Bench	27	6	60.0	11.5	0.0	4.7
Paul Millsap	Bench	10	4	42.0	17.9	+4.9	32.0
Cam Thomas	Bench	18	3	38.7	10.9	-2.9	-2.2
Bruce Brown	Bench	10	0	0.0	16.0	-45.5	-34.4
Jevon Carter	Bench	3	0	0.0	10.0	+111.1	20.0
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	3	0	0.0	16.7	-64.3	160.0