Minnesota Timberwolves 119, Detroit Pistons 100 — Recap

May 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 119, Detroit Pistons 100. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 30-20 DET; Q2 MIN 32-20 DET; Q3 MIN 24-25 DET; Q4 MIN 33-35 DET.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 28 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Saben Lee (DET) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists on 7-of-9 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Saddiq Bey (DET) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Ricky Rubio (MIN) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

28 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · DET

Saben Lee

22 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST · 7-9 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

22 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 7-16 FG

Season highs

Saben Lee · Season-high 22 points

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	30	32	24	33		119
DET	20	20	25	35		100

🧮 How They Scored

MINDET

56Points in the paint50

22Fast-break points14

14Second-chance points11

34Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.1%Effective FG%53.3%

12.3%Turnover %24.5%

21.6%Offensive rebound %15.4%

0.214Free-throw rate0.347

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	28	8	5	3	0	2	10-19	4-11	4-5	+32
Anthony Edwards G	34	22	2	2	2	0	4	7-16	2-6	6-9	+30
Ricky Rubio G	30	19	3	5	2	1	2	8-14	3-8	0-0	+30
D'Angelo Russell G	30	15	5	10	3	1	2	5-18	3-10	2-2	+10
Jaden McDaniels F	26	1	5	1	2	3	1	0-2	0-2	1-2	+4
Jarred Vanderbilt F	21	7	8	1	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	1-1	+23
Jordan McLaughlin G	18	7	3	2	2	0	2	3-9	1-6	0-0	-11
Naz Reid F-C	14	13	3	1	0	1	1	6-9	0-1	1-2	-13
Josh Okogie G	14	2	2	0	1	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Juancho Hernangomez F	14	2	5	3	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+6
Jaylen Nowell G	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-5
Jake Layman F	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey F	36	21	4	2	0	1	4	8-16	5-8	0-1	-19
Killian Hayes G	36	13	6	7	0	0	3	5-13	1-3	2-2	-15
Isaiah Stewart F-C	33	11	8	2	2	0	2	5-12	1-4	0-0	-15
Saben Lee G	29	22	4	5	2	1	3	7-9	0-0	8-8	+1
Sekou Doumbouya F	26	12	8	1	1	1	3	3-7	0-2	6-8	-15
Josh Jackson F	24	11	4	2	1	1	9	3-6	3-4	2-2	-18
Tyler Cook C	22	6	4	0	2	1	0	3-7	0-0	0-2	-4
Deividas Sirvydis G	19	0	6	2	0	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-6
Jahlil Okafor C	15	4	2	0	0	0	3	1-2	0-0	2-3	-4

🔬 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	34	28	66.0	27.4	+44.9	24.2
Anthony Edwards	Bench	34	22	55.1	28.2	+39.5	7.2
Ricky Rubio	Bench	30	19	67.9	21.9	+48.0	17.1
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	30	15	39.7	25.3	+15.3	14.8
Naz Reid	Bench	14	13	65.8	25.0	-39.6	15.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	21	7	78.8	7.7	+46.0	18.0
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	18	7	38.9	21.6	-27.1	3.9
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	3	3	50.0	42.9	-97.6	5.6
Josh Okogie	Bench	14	2	50.0	5.1	-14.6	1.8
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	14	2	50.0	8.8	+11.3	8.5
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	26	1	17.4	5.8	+8.2	5.6
Jake Layman	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-97.6	-2.8

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Saben Lee	Bench	29	22	87.9	22.5	+3.2	21.2
Saddiq Bey	Bench	36	21	63.9	23.3	-22.4	8.7
Killian Hayes	Bench	36	13	46.8	19.5	-21.5	9.3
Sekou Doumbouya	Bench	26	12	57.0	21.5	-23.7	10.1
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	33	11	45.8	17.5	-22.1	8.2
Josh Jackson	Bench	24	11	79.9	26.2	-31.6	2.8
Tyler Cook	Bench	22	6	38.1	15.4	-5.8	5.5
Jahlil Okafor	Bench	15	4	60.2	16.2	-8.3	-3.0
Deividas Sirvydis	Bench	19	0	0.0	8.3	-15.9	2.3