Minnesota Timberwolves 99, New York Knicks 103 — Recap

February 21, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 99, New York Knicks 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 18-30 NYK; Q2 MIN 32-31 NYK; Q3 MIN 21-26 NYK; Q4 MIN 28-16 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 27 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 25 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Ricky Rubio (MIN) 18 points, 0 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Alec Burks (NYK) 13 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 3-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

27 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

Julius Randle

25 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · NYK

RJ Barrett

21 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 10-20 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 15 rebounds

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	18	32	21	28		99
NYK	30	31	26	16		103

🧮 How They Scored

MINNYK

34Points in the paint44

8Fast-break points12

12Second-chance points11

12Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%46.2%

14.1%Turnover %12.1%

15.9%Offensive rebound %23.4%

0.256Free-throw rate0.487

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Beasley G	38	6	4	2	1	0	1	2-6	2-4	0-0	+5
Anthony Edwards G	32	12	3	4	0	0	3	3-11	3-6	3-4	-6
Karl-Anthony Towns C	31	27	15	4	1	3	3	9-18	3-7	6-6	+1
Ricky Rubio G	27	18	0	6	1	0	1	7-12	3-5	1-3	-9
Jaden McDaniels F	22	6	4	0	0	0	1	2-7	1-3	1-1	+3
Jordan McLaughlin G	21	8	4	6	0	0	1	3-9	2-3	0-0	+5
Naz Reid F-C	17	11	7	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	5-6	-5
Jarred Vanderbilt F	16	2	2	1	1	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-10
Juancho Hernangomez F	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-3	1-1	+3
Jaylen Nowell G	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-6	0-2	0-0	-11
Josh Okogie G	8	2	2	0	1	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+1
Jake Layman F	7	0	1	1	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	39	25	14	4	0	0	4	8-16	2-4	7-8	+11
RJ Barrett F-G	34	21	4	1	1	1	2	10-20	1-1	0-1	+20
Elfrid Payton G	32	11	1	7	0	0	1	3-6	0-0	5-6	+9
Reggie Bullock G-F	31	10	2	0	0	0	1	3-8	1-6	3-3	+6
Nerlens Noel F-C	29	10	9	0	0	2	3	2-4	0-0	6-6	-4
Alec Burks G	19	13	6	0	0	0	0	3-7	1-3	6-6	-1
Derrick Rose G	19	4	1	2	1	0	1	1-8	0-1	2-2	-12
Taj Gibson F	19	2	7	1	2	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-2	+8
Immanuel Quickley G	9	5	1	0	0	0	1	1-5	1-2	2-4	-10
Obi Toppin F	9	2	3	2	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7

🔬 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	65.4	31.9	-0.1	26.2
Ricky Rubio	Bench	27	18	67.6	21.9	-17.9	14.6
Anthony Edwards	Bench	32	12	47.0	22.5	-12.3	4.0
Naz Reid	Bench	17	11	82.8	17.9	-16.1	37.2
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	21	8	44.4	21.3	+12.5	14.2
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	11	7	101.7	12.0	+20.0	19.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	22	6	40.3	16.3	+4.7	0.8
Malik Beasley	Bench	38	6	50.0	8.1	+6.6	5.5
Josh Okogie	Bench	8	2	33.3	21.1	+6.7	-3.7
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	16	2	50.0	10.8	-34.4	-0.8
Jake Layman	Bench	7	0	0.0	15.8	+29.0	-6.3
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	11	0	0.0	22.2	-53.2	-19.4

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Bench	39	25	64.0	25.8	+13.9	18.6
RJ Barrett	Bench	34	21	51.4	28.6	+30.3	9.9
Alec Burks	Bench	19	13	67.4	21.7	-2.6	24.5
Elfrid Payton	Bench	32	11	63.7	14.5	+18.2	9.3
Reggie Bullock	Bench	31	10	53.6	14.1	+9.5	5.1
Nerlens Noel	Bench	29	10	75.3	15.9	-5.0	6.3
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	9	5	37.0	34.8	-49.4	-37.5
Derrick Rose	Bench	19	4	22.5	21.7	-35.4	-2.7
Obi Toppin	Bench	9	2	33.3	13.0	-45.8	12.8
Taj Gibson	Bench	19	2	53.2	4.3	+23.2	15.7