Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Memphis Grizzlies 125 — Recap

November 8, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Memphis Grizzlies 125 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 34-34 MEM; Q2 MIN 20-24 MEM; Q3 MIN 38-23 MEM; Q4 MIN 21-32 MEM; OT1 MIN 5-12 MEM.

Top performers (box score): Ja Morant (MEM) 33 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-24 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 30 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 25 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Brandon Clarke (MEM) 20 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists on 8-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Ja Morant

33 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 10-24 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

30 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

27 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 9-22 FG

Season highs

D'Angelo Russell · Season-high 30 pointsBrandon Clarke · Season-high 20 pointsD'Angelo Russell · Season-high 6 threes

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	34	20	38	21	5		118
MEM	34	24	23	32	12		125

🧮 How They Scored

MINMEM

40Points in the paint56

15Fast-break points23

16Second-chance points19

18Points off turnovers28

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.0%Effective FG%56.0%

10.8%Turnover %11.2%

29.4%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.237Free-throw rate0.283

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	43	27	5	3	3	0	4	9-22	4-9	5-7	-16
Karl-Anthony Towns C	43	25	12	3	1	2	5	9-20	3-9	4-5	-3
D'Angelo Russell G	41	30	5	7	1	1	2	10-22	6-13	4-4	0
Jaden McDaniels F	31	11	7	1	1	1	1	4-9	1-4	2-3	-10
Patrick Beverley G	29	9	3	4	1	2	1	4-7	1-2	0-0	-10
Malik Beasley G	27	4	4	1	0	0	0	2-8	0-5	0-0	-3
Josh Okogie G	19	2	3	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Naz Reid F-C	14	8	5	1	0	1	0	2-4	2-2	2-2	+15
Jarred Vanderbilt F	11	2	0	1	0	1	0	0-2	0-1	2-2	-12
Taurean Prince F	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ja Morant G	41	33	6	8	1	1	3	10-24	3-6	10-12	+4
Desmond Bane G	41	13	3	5	1	0	1	5-13	0-6	3-3	+12
De'Anthony Melton G	32	19	3	3	2	1	3	7-12	3-6	2-2	+7
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	32	14	8	0	1	3	2	6-11	2-3	0-0	+12
Kyle Anderson F	28	12	9	7	0	1	1	5-8	2-2	0-1	+15
Brandon Clarke F	24	20	9	0	0	1	0	8-11	0-2	4-5	+9
Tyus Jones G	20	5	3	3	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-4
Steven Adams C	19	3	3	1	0	1	2	1-4	0-0	1-1	-17
Xavier Tillman F	15	0	4	1	2	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-6
John Konchar G-F	12	6	3	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	2-2	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	41	30	63.1	27.4	-4.4	14.9
Anthony Edwards	Bench	43	27	53.8	28.7	-18.6	8.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	43	25	56.3	25.7	-7.6	10.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	31	11	53.3	15.1	-14.5	5.2
Patrick Beverley	Bench	29	9	64.3	11.0	-18.4	8.3
Naz Reid	Bench	14	8	82.0	14.7	+44.5	21.4
Malik Beasley	Bench	27	4	25.0	12.9	-5.7	2.1
Josh Okogie	Bench	19	2	50.0	4.9	+24.2	4.6
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	11	2	34.7	10.3	-56.4	-1.1
Taurean Prince	Bench	6	0	0.0	6.7	-33.3	0.0

Memphis GrizzliesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ja Morant	Bench	41	33	56.4	35.1	+6.2	14.7
Brandon Clarke	Bench	24	20	75.8	24.1	+21.0	20.9
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	32	19	73.8	21.9	+9.1	12.6
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	32	14	63.6	17.1	+19.0	8.9
Desmond Bane	Bench	41	13	45.4	16.1	+18.8	7.2
Kyle Anderson	Bench	28	12	71.1	13.6	+26.3	17.2
John Konchar	Bench	12	6	77.3	14.3	+9.3	19.0
Tyus Jones	Bench	20	5	62.5	11.6	-10.5	11.1
Steven Adams	Bench	19	3	33.8	14.3	-48.5	-0.6
Xavier Tillman	Bench	15	0	0.0	5.9	-12.7	8.8