Minnesota Timberwolves 130, Memphis Grizzlies 117 — Recap

April 16, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Minnesota Timberwolves 130, Memphis Grizzlies 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 41-33 MEM; Q2 MIN 24-29 MEM; Q3 MIN 32-30 MEM; Q4 MIN 33-25 MEM.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 36 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Ja Morant (MEM) 32 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists on 8-of-18 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 29 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Dillon Brooks (MEM) 24 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Malik Beasley (MIN) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

36 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · MEM

Ja Morant

32 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST · 8-18 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

29 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 11-18 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	41	24	32	33		130
MEM	33	29	30	25		117

🧮 How They Scored

MINMEM

50Points in the paint60

9Fast-break points18

19Second-chance points14

11Points off turnovers25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.9%Effective FG%49.4%

15.0%Turnover %10.3%

28.9%Offensive rebound %18.6%

0.300Free-throw rate0.500

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	43	29	13	3	0	1	3	11-18	2-5	5-5	+16
Anthony Edwards G	40	36	2	6	1	2	2	12-23	4-11	8-8	+12
Malik Beasley G	30	23	5	2	1	0	2	8-14	4-10	3-4	+1
D'Angelo Russell G	29	10	3	9	1	0	2	2-11	1-3	5-5	+12
Patrick Beverley G	28	10	6	6	1	1	2	4-8	2-5	0-0	+16
Jaden McDaniels F	25	15	7	2	1	3	2	5-6	2-3	3-4	+19
Jarred Vanderbilt F	19	2	6	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-11
Taurean Prince F	12	5	2	0	0	0	1	2-6	1-3	0-1	+5
Jordan McLaughlin G	9	0	0	3	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Naz Reid F-C	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ja Morant G	35	32	4	8	2	0	4	8-18	0-2	16-20	-16
Dillon Brooks G-F	35	24	1	1	0	0	3	7-14	3-4	7-10	-15
Desmond Bane G	33	17	3	1	0	1	1	6-15	3-8	2-2	0
Brandon Clarke F	27	13	12	2	2	0	1	6-7	0-0	1-3	+2
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	24	12	4	1	0	7	2	4-13	0-5	4-5	-16
Steven Adams C	24	0	3	3	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-13
Kyle Anderson F	21	6	6	2	1	0	0	2-3	0-0	2-3	+1
Tyus Jones G	16	7	1	6	1	0	0	3-8	1-3	0-0	0
De'Anthony Melton G	14	2	1	1	1	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	-14
Ziaire Williams G-F	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-2	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	40	36	67.9	27.2	+10.8	15.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	43	29	71.8	20.2	+15.8	16.1
Malik Beasley	Bench	30	23	73.0	23.7	+4.7	13.3
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	25	15	96.6	15.4	+33.3	14.1
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	29	10	37.9	18.9	+13.3	7.1
Patrick Beverley	Bench	28	10	62.5	14.3	+26.2	10.0
Taurean Prince	Bench	12	5	38.8	22.6	+14.7	2.7
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	19	2	33.3	8.7	-30.0	4.7
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	9	0	0.0	3.8	-14.8	3.3
Naz Reid	Bench	5	0	0.0	21.4	-35.7	-32.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ja Morant	Bench	35	32	59.7	35.6	-17.3	15.4
Dillon Brooks	Bench	35	24	65.2	25.6	-16.3	4.9
Desmond Bane	Bench	33	17	53.5	20.0	+3.2	8.2
Brandon Clarke	Bench	27	13	78.1	13.0	+6.8	20.3
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	24	12	39.5	28.3	-27.7	3.7
Tyus Jones	Bench	16	7	43.8	21.6	+2.5	22.1
Kyle Anderson	Bench	21	6	69.4	7.8	+6.7	13.9
Ziaire Williams	Bench	10	4	50.0	16.0	+25.0	0.0
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	14	2	25.0	11.4	-35.5	0.0
Steven Adams	Bench	24	0	0.0	1.8	-20.1	0.4