Minnesota Timberwolves 121, Los Angeles Lakers 137 — Recap

March 16, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 121, Los Angeles Lakers 137. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 30-31 LAL; Q2 MIN 40-40 LAL; Q3 MIN 24-31 LAL; Q4 MIN 27-35 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 29 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 29 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 25 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Montrezl Harrell (LAL) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists on 11-of-16 shooting; Ricky Rubio (MIN) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

29 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

29 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

25 PTS, 12 REB, 12 AST, 4 3PM · 8-14 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	30	40	24	27		121
LAL	31	40	31	35		137

🧮 How They Scored

MINLAL

64Points in the paint70

16Fast-break points15

6Second-chance points10

18Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.3%Effective FG%64.9%

10.7%Turnover %11.6%

19.5%Offensive rebound %27.8%

0.244Free-throw rate0.322

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	29	4	1	1	0	2	11-22	3-7	4-6	-17
Karl-Anthony Towns C	35	29	6	7	1	2	4	10-19	2-8	7-9	-10
Ricky Rubio G	28	19	2	12	3	0	1	8-11	2-5	1-3	-9
Jaylen Nowell G	28	13	4	4	0	2	1	6-10	1-4	0-0	-10
Jaden McDaniels F	23	5	2	0	2	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-13
Josh Okogie G	21	3	3	2	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-13
Jarred Vanderbilt F	20	8	5	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	4-4	+7
Juancho Hernangomez F	19	5	3	1	1	0	2	2-5	1-3	0-0	-5
Jake Layman F	16	4	1	0	1	2	0	2-6	0-2	0-0	-4
Naz Reid F-C	13	6	4	1	0	0	1	3-8	0-2	0-0	-6

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dennis Schroder G	32	16	1	7	1	0	5	5-11	1-1	5-6	+18
LeBron James F	31	25	12	12	0	1	4	8-14	4-7	5-5	0
Montrezl Harrell F-C	29	25	4	6	1	1	0	11-16	0-0	3-4	+17
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	27	8	3	5	0	0	1	2-5	2-4	2-2	+4
Kyle Kuzma F	26	16	3	1	0	0	0	7-12	2-4	0-1	+10
Talen Horton-Tucker G	26	16	7	4	0	0	0	6-9	0-1	4-4	+8
Wesley Matthews G-F	25	6	2	1	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	+20
Markieff Morris F	19	12	7	1	0	0	3	4-10	1-3	3-4	0
Damian Jones C	17	8	3	0	1	1	0	3-3	0-0	2-2	+1
Alfonzo McKinnie F	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+2
Devontae Cacok F-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 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	35	29	63.2	33.3	-9.7	12.7
Anthony Edwards	Bench	38	29	58.8	29.7	-21.8	8.8
Ricky Rubio	Bench	28	19	77.1	19.1	-14.3	18.2
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	28	13	65.0	17.2	-16.9	8.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	20	8	69.4	14.3	+9.8	6.1
Naz Reid	Bench	13	6	37.5	27.3	-36.0	3.3
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	23	5	83.3	5.7	-29.4	5.3
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	19	5	50.0	15.6	-18.8	4.2
Jake Layman	Bench	16	4	33.3	14.3	-7.5	1.4
Josh Okogie	Bench	21	3	75.0	4.1	-34.3	4.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	31	25	77.2	25.3	+1.8	21.0
Montrezl Harrell	Bench	29	25	70.4	27.3	+28.3	17.5
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	26	16	64.3	21.4	+21.5	9.2
Dennis Schroder	Bench	32	16	58.7	24.7	+26.1	6.5
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	26	16	74.3	16.4	+18.2	18.0
Markieff Morris	Bench	19	12	51.0	30.0	0.0	5.6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	27	8	68.0	8.7	+4.4	7.5
Damian Jones	Bench	17	8	103.1	9.1	+5.4	11.3
Wesley Matthews	Bench	25	6	60.0	9.1	+40.0	3.1
Alfonzo McKinnie	Bench	7	5	125.0	13.3	+13.3	13.2
Devontae Cacok	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0