Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Miami Heat 121 — Recap

May 7, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Miami Heat 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 32-28 MIA; Q2 MIN 22-31 MIA; Q3 MIN 24-30 MIA; Q4 MIN 34-32 MIA.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Tyler Herro (MIA) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-13 shooting; Jimmy Butler (MIA) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists on 7-of-15 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Goran Dragic (MIA) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

27 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · MIA

Tyler Herro

27 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 10-13 FG

Scoring · MIA

Jimmy Butler

25 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Tyler Herro · 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		T
MIN	32	22	24	34		112
MIA	28	31	30	32		121

🧮 How They Scored

MINMIA

58Points in the paint42

11Fast-break points21

15Second-chance points9

13Points off turnovers20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.1%Effective FG%58.0%

14.0%Turnover %12.4%

23.7%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.353Free-throw rate0.310

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	41	25	6	3	0	1	5	10-19	2-9	3-3	-1
Jarred Vanderbilt F	36	8	11	1	5	2	0	4-5	0-0	0-0	+9
Ricky Rubio G	33	16	3	9	2	0	3	6-12	1-4	3-4	+12
Karl-Anthony Towns C	31	27	6	4	0	0	4	8-16	2-6	9-11	+9
D'Angelo Russell G	26	17	3	4	0	0	0	6-12	4-7	1-3	+3
Juancho Hernangomez F	24	8	5	0	0	0	1	3-11	1-7	1-5	-12
Naz Reid F-C	18	6	6	1	0	0	2	3-5	0-2	0-0	-16
Jordan McLaughlin G	15	2	0	4	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	2-2	-21
Josh Okogie G	10	3	0	1	0	1	1	1-2	0-1	1-2	-22
Jaylen Nowell G	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jimmy Butler G-F	36	25	8	6	5	0	3	7-15	0-1	11-14	+3
Bam Adebayo C-F	33	15	4	4	2	2	2	6-10	0-0	3-4	-4
Goran Dragic G	32	23	4	3	0	0	0	10-18	3-6	0-1	+17
Trevor Ariza F	31	6	8	1	1	0	0	1-9	1-4	3-3	+1
Tyler Herro G	29	27	3	4	0	0	0	10-13	6-8	1-1	+21
Kendrick Nunn G	29	12	2	2	0	0	2	5-11	0-6	2-2	+1
Duncan Robinson F	18	6	2	3	0	0	2	2-4	2-4	0-0	-15
Andre Iguodala G-F	17	5	2	3	0	0	3	2-4	1-3	0-0	+8
Dewayne Dedmon C	15	2	4	1	1	0	2	1-3	0-0	0-2	+13

🔬 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	31	27	64.8	33.3	+17.4	14.5
Anthony Edwards	Bench	41	25	61.5	25.8	-2.4	9.3
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	26	17	63.8	20.6	+7.5	13.0
Ricky Rubio	Bench	33	16	58.1	20.3	+15.5	11.5
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	36	8	80.0	6.0	+10.3	12.8
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	24	8	30.3	25.0	-25.8	-2.3
Naz Reid	Bench	18	6	60.0	15.2	-36.0	5.8
Josh Okogie	Bench	10	3	52.1	16.7	-104.8	1.6
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	15	2	34.7	8.1	-65.7	7.7
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	7	0	0.0	5.6	-32.5	-10.0

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tyler Herro	Bench	29	27	100.4	18.8	+33.3	23.3
Jimmy Butler	Bench	36	25	59.1	25.8	+0.9	17.9
Goran Dragic	Bench	32	23	62.4	22.8	+22.9	12.4
Bam Adebayo	Bench	33	15	63.8	17.9	-5.7	10.2
Kendrick Nunn	Bench	29	12	50.5	21.2	+1.7	6.7
Duncan Robinson	Bench	18	6	75.0	15.8	-37.8	3.8
Trevor Ariza	Bench	31	6	29.1	12.8	-2.0	4.5
Andre Iguodala	Bench	17	5	62.5	19.4	+25.5	4.8
Dewayne Dedmon	Bench	15	2	25.8	16.7	+39.4	-2.1