Minnesota Timberwolves 127, Memphis Grizzlies 103 — Recap

December 8, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 127, Memphis Grizzlies 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 33-31 MEM; Q2 MIN 27-24 MEM; Q3 MIN 38-24 MEM; Q4 MIN 29-24 MEM.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Mike Conley (MIN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 16 points, 20 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-9 shooting; Desmond Bane (MEM) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

24 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 7-14 FG

Scoring · MEM

Jaren Jackson Jr.

21 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 7-14 FG

Scoring · MIN

Mike Conley

19 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 6-11 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	33	27	38	29		127
MEM	31	24	24	24		103

🧮 How They Scored

MINMEM

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.3%Effective FG%52.6%

11.2%Turnover %9.8%

46.7%Offensive rebound %19.0%

0.348Free-throw rate0.259

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Rudy Gobert C	36	16	20	1	1	6	2	6-9	—	4-4	+25
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	34	14	2	2	—	1	2	4-9	4-8	2-2	+23
Mike Conley G	32	19	4	7	—	—	2	6-11	2-3	5-5	+25
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	24	7	5	1	—	1	7-14	2-4	8-9	+17
Naz Reid F-C	24	10	9	2	1	1	1	5-12	0-5	—	+7
Kyle Anderson F	22	7	6	5	—	—	2	2-11	0-6	3-4	-3
Anthony Edwards G	4	—	—	1	—	—	—	0-1	—	—	-3
Luka Garza C	3	—	—	1	—	—	—	0-1	—	—	+1
Wendell Moore Jr. G	3	—	—	1	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	+1

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane G	37	16	2	1	—	1	4	6-13	4-6	—	-23
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	29	21	2	1	1	1	2	7-14	3-4	4-4	-19
Santi Aldama F	24	9	10	6	—	1	—	2-8	1-3	4-6	-11
Bismack Biyombo C	20	2	3	2	—	—	—	1-2	—	—	-12
Xavier Tillman F	17	12	2	—	4	—	—	5-8	1-2	1-3	-9
Vince Williams Jr. G	17	4	2	1	—	—	1	1-5	1-4	1-2	-8
John Konchar G-F	17	3	3	—	1	1	—	1-5	1-4	—	-13
Ziaire Williams G-F	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	2-3	—	—	—

🔬 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	29	24	66.8	27.5	+28.3	17.5
Mike Conley	Bench	32	19	72.0	19.7	+41.0	15.7
Rudy Gobert	Bench	36	16	74.3	15.3	+32.8	19.1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	34	14	70.9	15.2	+32.9	5.6
Naz Reid	Bench	24	10	41.7	21.3	+10.1	15.5
Kyle Anderson	Bench	22	7	27.4	26.8	-11.6	5.6
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Anthony Edwards	Bench	4	—	0.0	8.3	-37.5	0.0
Luka Garza	Bench	3	—	0.0	11.1	-3.6	-4.4
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	3	—	0.0	11.1	-3.6	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	29	21	66.6	30.0	-35.8	9.0
Desmond Bane	Bench	37	16	61.5	21.0	-33.4	2.4
Xavier Tillman	Bench	17	12	64.4	23.7	-27.3	20.4
Santi Aldama	Bench	24	9	42.3	18.9	-18.0	17.1
Ziaire Williams	Bench	4	4	66.7	33.3	+13.3	10.2
Vince Williams Jr.	Bench	17	4	34.0	17.9	-16.8	-0.8
John Konchar	Bench	17	3	30.0	13.9	-32.7	3.5
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	20	2	50.0	4.8	-30.8	2.1