Minnesota Timberwolves 109, Memphis Grizzlies 111 — Recap

April 26, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Minnesota Timberwolves 109, Memphis Grizzlies 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 31-28 MEM; Q2 MIN 24-25 MEM; Q3 MIN 30-21 MEM; Q4 MIN 24-37 MEM.

Top performers (box score): Ja Morant (MEM) 30 points, 13 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 28 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Desmond Bane (MEM) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Brandon Clarke (MEM) 21 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Ja Morant

30 PTS, 13 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

28 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 7-15 FG

Scoring · MEM

Desmond Bane

25 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 9-20 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	31	24	30	24		109
MEM	28	25	21	37		111

🧮 How They Scored

MINMEM

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.0%Effective FG%45.2%

19.0%Turnover %12.6%

14.6%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.289Free-throw rate0.415

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
D'Angelo Russell G	39	12	2	8	2	0	4	4-10	2-4	2-3	-3
Karl-Anthony Towns C	35	28	12	1	3	2	7	7-15	5-7	9-9	-2
Anthony Edwards G	35	22	1	0	0	0	1	8-20	3-9	3-4	-2
Patrick Beverley G	28	9	3	6	1	1	5	3-6	1-3	2-3	+1
Jarred Vanderbilt F	22	6	10	0	1	1	2	3-5	0-0	0-0	-10
Taurean Prince F	19	10	3	3	0	0	1	3-8	0-3	4-4	-6
Jaden McDaniels F	18	3	2	1	0	2	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+13
Jordan McLaughlin G	17	2	1	4	2	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	0
Malik Beasley G	14	8	6	0	0	0	2	3-8	1-3	1-1	-1
Naz Reid F-C	13	9	2	0	0	1	0	4-7	1-2	0-0	0

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ja Morant G	45	30	13	9	3	0	5	9-22	1-4	11-17	+6
Desmond Bane G	45	25	4	1	2	3	2	9-20	3-8	4-4	+3
Brandon Clarke F	37	21	15	3	0	1	1	9-14	0-0	3-7	0
Dillon Brooks G-F	36	8	4	4	1	0	2	3-18	1-10	1-2	+8
Tyus Jones G	20	5	3	5	2	0	3	1-3	1-3	2-2	+12
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	18	12	5	1	0	2	2	4-9	1-3	3-5	-2
Kyle Anderson F	18	8	5	0	2	1	0	3-3	0-0	2-2	-6
Xavier Tillman F	16	2	3	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-6
Ziaire Williams G-F	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0
John Konchar G-F	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 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	28	73.8	31.7	-5.3	19.6
Anthony Edwards	Bench	35	22	50.6	27.1	-2.5	3.1
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	39	12	53.0	16.0	-3.4	7.8
Taurean Prince	Bench	19	10	51.2	21.6	-13.6	11.3
Naz Reid	Bench	13	9	64.3	19.4	+0.2	13.8
Patrick Beverley	Bench	28	9	61.5	19.4	+4.9	4.0
Malik Beasley	Bench	14	8	47.4	26.3	-2.8	12.6
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	22	6	60.0	13.0	-17.9	16.8
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	18	3	150.0	2.3	+23.8	4.7
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	17	2	33.3	6.4	-5.6	6.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ja Morant	Bench	45	30	50.9	29.4	+6.1	16.8
Desmond Bane	Bench	45	25	57.4	19.5	+4.1	10.9
Brandon Clarke	Bench	37	21	61.5	18.6	+1.2	17.4
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	18	12	53.6	26.5	-4.8	3.2
Kyle Anderson	Bench	18	8	103.1	8.5	-11.8	19.1
Dillon Brooks	Bench	36	8	21.2	20.6	+8.5	-2.2
Tyus Jones	Bench	20	5	64.4	13.5	+25.1	10.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	16	2	33.3	9.5	-16.7	2.6
John Konchar	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-71.4	20.0
Ziaire Williams	Bench	4	0	0.0	15.4	+5.8	-15.4