Minnesota Timberwolves 108, LA Clippers 101 — Recap

February 28, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 108, LA Clippers 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 26-33 LAC; Q2 MIN 32-23 LAC; Q3 MIN 28-19 LAC; Q4 MIN 22-26 LAC.

Top performers (box score): Paul George (LAC) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-18 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

Paul George

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

Scoring · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

23 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 7-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaden McDaniels

20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-12 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	26	32	28	22		108
LAC	33	23	19	26		101

🧮 How They Scored

MINLAC

60Points in the paint38

7Fast-break points17

12Second-chance points15

29Points off turnovers20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.8%Effective FG%48.8%

14.6%Turnover %20.5%

22.2%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.244Free-throw rate0.277

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	37	18	4	3	3	2	4	6-18	2-5	4-5	+8
Jaden McDaniels F	35	20	6	2	1	1	2	8-12	2-5	2-2	+4
Rudy Gobert C	29	16	7	0	0	2	3	7-11	0-0	2-6	+3
Mike Conley G	29	6	5	7	3	0	1	2-8	2-5	0-0	+3
Kyle Anderson F	26	12	10	3	2	0	2	6-12	0-1	0-0	-5
Taurean Prince F	23	10	1	0	1	0	0	4-11	1-3	1-2	+3
Naz Reid F-C	19	12	8	2	1	0	4	4-6	0-1	4-7	+4
Jordan McLaughlin G	19	9	3	1	2	1	1	4-6	1-3	0-0	+4
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	17	5	1	2	1	1	0	2-5	1-3	0-0	+7
Austin Rivers G	6	0	1	2	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard F	39	23	5	5	1	0	3	7-19	3-6	6-6	-1
Paul George F	35	25	6	3	3	0	3	10-21	3-8	2-4	-1
Russell Westbrook G	28	14	7	10	1	0	4	5-11	2-3	2-2	-5
Ivica Zubac C	28	12	9	1	1	2	2	5-7	0-0	2-2	+3
Norman Powell F-G	25	13	1	2	0	1	1	4-14	2-6	3-4	-5
Terance Mann G	22	4	0	2	0	0	2	2-3	0-1	0-0	-6
Marcus Morris F	21	2	3	0	2	0	2	0-3	0-3	2-2	0
Nicolas Batum F-G	20	3	3	1	3	0	4	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4
Mason Plumlee F-C	14	5	9	0	0	0	3	1-2	0-0	3-3	-3
Eric Gordon G	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-13

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	35	20	77.6	16.3	+3.9	16.7
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	18	44.6	24.5	+8.3	7.0
Rudy Gobert	Bench	29	16	58.7	21.1	+3.1	6.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	26	12	50.0	22.6	-9.1	16.0
Naz Reid	Bench	19	12	66.1	28.9	+10.0	12.6
Taurean Prince	Bench	23	10	42.1	19.6	+9.6	0.6
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	19	9	75.0	15.6	+10.0	21.0
Mike Conley	Bench	29	6	37.5	11.8	+3.1	11.4
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	17	5	50.0	11.6	+10.5	8.3
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	6	0	0.0	7.7	+36.4	10.2

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Paul George	Bench	35	25	54.9	29.2	-2.5	15.6
Kawhi Leonard	Bench	39	23	53.1	26.6	-0.1	11.8
Russell Westbrook	Bench	28	14	58.9	23.2	-6.3	16.8
Norman Powell	Bench	25	13	41.2	27.4	-9.4	4.3
Ivica Zubac	Bench	28	12	76.1	14.3	+3.1	14.0
Mason Plumlee	Bench	14	5	75.3	18.4	-13.3	11.5
Terance Mann	Bench	22	4	66.7	8.9	-15.0	0.0
Nicolas Batum	Bench	20	3	150.0	10.2	-7.2	8.7
Marcus Morris	Bench	21	2	25.8	9.3	0.0	0.0
Eric Gordon	Bench	7	0	0.0	10.0	-76.3	-3.0
Amir Coffey	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robert Covington	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0