Minnesota Timberwolves 102, Los Angeles Lakers 108 — Recap

April 11, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (play-in tournament): Minnesota Timberwolves 102, Los Angeles Lakers 108 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 28-22 LAL; Q2 MIN 32-27 LAL; Q3 MIN 26-30 LAL; Q4 MIN 12-19 LAL; OT1 MIN 4-10 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 30 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 24 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists on 10-of-19 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 24 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Mike Conley (MIN) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Dennis Schroder (LAL) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

30 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · LAL

Anthony Davis

24 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST · 10-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

24 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 8-12 FG

Season highs

Kyle Anderson · Season-high 13 assists

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	OT		T
MIN	28	32	26	12	4		102
LAL	22	27	30	19	10		108

🧮 How They Scored

MINLAL

36Points in the paint54

12Fast-break points15

6Second-chance points18

19Points off turnovers30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.0%Effective FG%46.7%

18.2%Turnover %16.3%

10.0%Offensive rebound %26.7%

0.181Free-throw rate0.261

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyle Anderson F	45	12	5	13	4	4	4	5-14	2-5	0-0	—
Mike Conley G	44	23	4	4	3	1	3	7-11	6-8	3-3	—
Taurean Prince F	43	14	3	0	3	0	3	5-11	4-7	0-0	—
Anthony Edwards G	43	9	8	5	1	3	4	3-17	0-9	3-4	—
Karl-Anthony Towns C	41	24	11	5	0	3	2	8-12	2-4	6-6	—
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	23	11	4	2	1	0	0	4-5	1-1	2-2	—
Jaylen Nowell G	13	9	1	1	0	0	2	4-7	1-3	0-0	—
Jordan McLaughlin G	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	0-5	0-3	0-0	—
Nathan Knight F-C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	45	30	10	6	1	2	5	12-21	3-6	3-3	—
Anthony Davis F-C	43	24	15	4	2	3	5	10-19	0-1	4-6	—
Austin Reaves G	39	12	6	3	0	0	3	4-13	1-5	3-3	—
Dennis Schroder G	32	21	4	2	1	0	1	5-12	3-4	8-8	—
Rui Hachimura F	27	12	2	1	0	0	2	3-8	2-5	4-4	—
D'Angelo Russell G	24	2	3	8	1	1	1	1-9	0-4	0-0	—
Jarred Vanderbilt F	22	0	3	1	1	1	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	—
Troy Brown Jr. F	17	2	4	2	2	0	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	—
Malik Beasley G	14	5	1	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	—
Wenyen Gabriel F	2	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	41	24	82.0	18.3	+21.7	20.5
Mike Conley	Bench	44	23	93.3	15.5	0.0	16.6
Taurean Prince	Bench	43	14	63.6	14.7	-2.6	5.7
Kyle Anderson	Bench	45	12	42.9	18.2	-13.5	12.1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	23	11	93.5	12.2	+4.7	15.4
Anthony Edwards	Bench	43	9	24.0	24.0	-3.5	0.6
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	13	9	64.3	31.0	-22.2	7.3
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	10	0	0.0	30.4	-40.7	-19.2
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	03	0	0.0	25.0	-140.0	-16.7
Austin Rivers	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	45	30	67.2	25.2	-14.2	18.5
Anthony Davis	Bench	43	24	55.5	25.2	+9.4	16.7
Dennis Schroder	Bench	32	21	67.7	23.3	+31.5	19.6
Rui Hachimura	Bench	27	12	61.5	20.3	+33.5	7.3
Austin Reaves	Bench	39	12	41.9	17.7	-1.2	7.0
Malik Beasley	Bench	14	5	83.3	12.5	-7.4	6.4
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	24	2	11.1	16.1	-6.0	5.2
Troy Brown Jr.	Bench	17	2	20.0	14.0	+24.0	7.1
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	22	0	0.0	5.3	-27.3	1.6
Max Christie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mo Bamba	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tristan Thompson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wenyen Gabriel	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-50.0	-20.0