Minnesota Timberwolves 103, Los Angeles Lakers 108 — Recap

January 2, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 103, Los Angeles Lakers 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 24-31 LAL; Q2 MIN 30-26 LAL; Q3 MIN 26-21 LAL; Q4 MIN 23-30 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 23 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists on 10-of-17 shooting; Malik Monk (LAL) 22 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Russell Westbrook (LAL) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists on 7-of-16 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

26 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 7-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

Naz Reid

23 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 10-17 FG

Scoring · LAL

Malik Monk

22 PTS, 0 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Naz Reid · Season-high 23 pointsNaz Reid · Season-high 11 rebounds

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	24	30	26	23		103
LAL	31	26	21	30		108

🧮 How They Scored

MINLAL

58Points in the paint32

7Fast-break points6

20Second-chance points7

16Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.5%Effective FG%56.7%

18.8%Turnover %14.6%

45.5%Offensive rebound %10.0%

0.174Free-throw rate0.387

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	18	7	4	1	1	8	7-19	0-6	4-6	0
Malik Beasley G	37	16	1	0	1	0	1	6-18	4-11	0-0	-14
Jarred Vanderbilt F	32	3	12	2	2	0	2	1-2	0-0	1-2	-7
Patrick Beverley G	31	12	9	6	2	1	4	5-12	2-5	0-0	+5
Naz Reid F-C	30	23	11	2	0	0	3	10-17	0-4	3-4	-6
Jaylen Nowell G	22	17	4	2	1	0	1	7-10	1-4	2-2	-5
Jaden McDaniels F	22	7	8	0	1	0	3	3-6	1-3	0-0	-8
Nathan Knight F-C	12	4	2	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	2-2	+5
Taurean Prince F	11	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	+10
Jordan McLaughlin G	6	0	0	5	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-5

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	39	26	7	5	3	1	1	7-15	3-9	9-12	+9
Malik Monk G	33	22	0	1	1	2	2	8-14	4-9	2-2	+6
Russell Westbrook G	33	20	3	5	1	1	9	7-16	0-5	6-8	-2
Carmelo Anthony F	29	14	1	2	1	1	0	5-10	3-7	1-1	+11
Avery Bradley G	28	14	4	1	4	0	0	5-7	2-4	2-2	+2
Talen Horton-Tucker G	23	6	5	2	1	0	2	2-7	0-2	2-2	+10
Austin Reaves G	22	2	4	2	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0
Stanley Johnson F	21	1	2	2	2	0	0	0-3	0-3	1-2	-1
Trevor Ariza F	12	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	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
Naz Reid	Bench	30	23	61.3	26.3	-4.1	14.7
Anthony Edwards	Bench	38	18	41.6	30.9	+2.4	3.7
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	22	17	78.1	19.3	-10.9	29.3
Malik Beasley	Bench	37	16	44.4	20.0	-15.4	3.1
Patrick Beverley	Bench	31	12	50.0	19.8	+9.0	9.7
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	22	7	58.3	16.4	-20.7	3.1
Nathan Knight	Bench	12	4	69.4	10.0	+21.7	20.8
Taurean Prince	Bench	11	3	37.5	17.2	+41.7	3.6
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	32	3	52.1	6.4	-5.8	8.9
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	6	0	0.0	13.3	-41.7	11.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	39	26	64.1	24.1	+10.8	18.4
Malik Monk	Bench	33	22	73.9	23.3	+2.3	11.6
Russell Westbrook	Bench	33	20	51.2	37.3	-4.3	4.1
Avery Bradley	Bench	28	14	88.8	12.5	+1.5	17.8
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	29	14	67.0	15.4	+13.6	13.2
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	23	6	38.1	19.2	+19.4	6.4
Trevor Ariza	Bench	12	3	75.0	9.4	-41.2	7.5
Austin Reaves	Bench	22	2	100.0	2.0	+4.3	12.6
Stanley Johnson	Bench	21	1	12.9	8.3	-4.4	-0.6