Minnesota Timberwolves 140, New York Knicks 134 — Recap

March 20, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 140, New York Knicks 134. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 42-32 NYK; Q2 MIN 37-38 NYK; Q3 MIN 30-38 NYK; Q4 MIN 31-26 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (NYK) 57 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 8 threes on 19-of-29 shooting; Taurean Prince (MIN) 35 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 threes on 12-of-13 shooting; Mike Conley (MIN) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Immanuel Quickley (NYK) 19 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Julius Randle

57 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 8 3PM · 19-29 FG

Scoring · MIN

Taurean Prince

35 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 8 3PM · 12-13 FG

Scoring · MIN

Mike Conley

24 PTS, 4 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 6-11 FG

Season highs

Julius Randle · Season-high 57 pointsTaurean Prince · Season-high 35 pointsTaurean Prince · Season-high 8 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	42	37	30	31		140
NYK	32	38	38	26		134

🧮 How They Scored

MINNYK

68Points in the paint54

16Fast-break points16

17Second-chance points6

19Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

69.9%Effective FG%64.7%

13.4%Turnover %14.1%

20.6%Offensive rebound %20.6%

0.386Free-throw rate0.329

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Rudy Gobert C	37	16	7	3	1	1	0	7-9	0-0	2-5	+12
Kyle Anderson F	34	10	9	5	1	0	3	4-8	1-2	1-3	+11
Taurean Prince F	32	35	5	2	0	0	2	12-13	8-8	3-4	+28
Mike Conley G	32	24	4	11	2	1	2	6-11	3-5	9-9	+11
Jaden McDaniels F	26	18	4	0	0	0	4	6-12	2-3	4-4	+18
Jaylen Nowell G	20	14	1	4	3	1	1	7-13	0-2	0-0	-14
Naz Reid F-C	20	12	2	3	0	1	1	6-9	0-2	0-0	-13
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	19	8	0	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	4-5	-15
Jordan McLaughlin G	16	3	2	5	2	0	1	1-5	0-2	1-2	-5
Austin Rivers G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	37	57	4	1	0	0	4	19-29	8-14	11-13	-6
Jalen Brunson G	37	23	2	10	2	0	2	9-18	1-3	4-4	-8
Josh Hart G	31	10	5	4	2	1	1	5-7	0-0	0-0	-3
Immanuel Quickley G	28	19	1	3	1	0	2	6-16	2-7	5-5	-1
Mitchell Robinson C	28	0	9	0	2	2	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
RJ Barrett F-G	27	13	2	3	0	0	4	4-8	2-3	3-5	-2
Quentin Grimes G	21	3	2	2	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	20	5	8	3	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	1-1	-6
Obi Toppin F	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Taurean Prince	Bench	32	35	118.6	21.3	+36.1	18.4
Mike Conley	Bench	32	24	80.2	20.5	+13.7	19.1
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	26	18	65.4	30.5	+34.0	5.5
Rudy Gobert	Bench	37	16	71.4	11.4	+13.6	11.1
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	20	14	53.8	27.5	-31.5	9.9
Naz Reid	Bench	20	12	66.7	22.2	-23.5	8.4
Kyle Anderson	Bench	34	10	53.6	14.6	+11.5	6.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	19	8	76.9	14.0	-31.7	6.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	16	3	25.5	18.4	-17.6	4.9
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-21.4	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Bench	37	57	82.1	43.2	-9.3	22.8
Jalen Brunson	Bench	37	23	58.2	25.3	-8.4	11.5
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	28	19	52.2	29.0	+2.4	6.6
RJ Barrett	Bench	27	13	63.7	22.6	-5.6	2.5
Josh Hart	Bench	31	10	71.4	10.0	-4.3	9.4
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	20	5	72.7	7.8	-15.8	11.2
Obi Toppin	Bench	11	4	100.0	7.1	-5.1	7.0
Quentin Grimes	Bench	21	3	150.0	2.2	-9.3	4.2
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	28	0	0.0	4.7	+2.3	4.3
Miles McBride	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jericho Sims	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Evan Fournier	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Derrick Rose	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DaQuan Jeffries	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0