Minnesota Timberwolves 138, Oklahoma City Thunder 101 — Recap

March 4, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 138, Oklahoma City Thunder 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 32-34 OKC; Q2 MIN 45-26 OKC; Q3 MIN 31-27 OKC; Q4 MIN 30-14 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-21 shooting; Isaiah Roby (OKC) 21 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-8 shooting; Taurean Prince (MIN) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

33 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 14-21 FG

Scoring · OKC

Isaiah Roby

21 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 7-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

20 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 7-13 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	32	45	31	30		138
OKC	34	26	27	14		101

🧮 How They Scored

MINOKC

52Points in the paint46

21Fast-break points11

9Second-chance points9

27Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.9%Effective FG%48.3%

14.4%Turnover %19.5%

18.4%Offensive rebound %19.0%

0.253Free-throw rate0.244

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	25	20	8	3	3	1	3	7-13	1-3	5-7	0
D'Angelo Russell G	25	17	2	7	3	0	2	5-11	2-7	5-5	+13
Patrick Beverley G	24	7	1	8	1	0	3	2-8	2-7	1-2	+8
Jarred Vanderbilt F	24	4	8	3	2	2	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+9
Jaden McDaniels F	23	16	1	2	2	1	2	6-12	3-7	1-2	0
Malik Beasley G	23	15	5	3	0	0	0	5-11	5-10	0-0	+21
Jordan McLaughlin G	23	5	1	1	1	1	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	+28
Taurean Prince F	20	18	5	1	1	2	3	7-10	3-5	1-1	+21
Naz Reid F-C	18	20	5	2	0	0	1	8-8	2-2	2-2	+29
Jaylen Nowell G	13	7	1	3	1	0	0	3-7	1-2	0-0	+21
Josh Okogie G	6	2	1	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	+11
Leandro Bolmaro F	5	6	1	1	1	0	0	2-4	2-3	0-0	+8
Nathan Knight F-C	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0-0	0-0	1-2	+8
Jake Layman F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaiah Roby F	37	21	10	1	3	0	3	7-15	1-3	6-7	-17
Tre Mann G	32	15	6	2	3	0	8	5-13	3-7	2-2	-15
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	30	33	5	7	1	0	5	14-21	1-3	4-5	-13
Vit Krejci G	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-31
Aleksej Pokusevski C	27	12	5	2	1	1	0	4-10	2-5	2-2	-12
Lindy Waters III F	27	5	3	1	0	1	2	2-9	1-8	0-0	-36
Theo Maledon G	25	8	2	4	1	0	2	2-10	1-6	3-3	-32
Darius Bazley F	18	2	4	1	1	2	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Olivier Sarr C	16	5	4	0	1	0	1	2-2	0-0	1-2	-28

🔬 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	25	20	62.2	28.4	+2.2	15.2
Naz Reid	Bench	18	20	112.6	23.1	+79.5	32.3
Taurean Prince	Bench	20	18	86.2	28.9	+52.9	18.1
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	25	17	64.4	22.7	+26.3	15.9
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	23	16	62.1	25.0	+2.1	8.1
Malik Beasley	Bench	23	15	68.2	21.2	+47.1	14.8
Patrick Beverley	Bench	24	7	39.4	18.5	+14.3	2.4
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	13	7	50.0	22.6	+70.1	15.0
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	5	6	75.0	30.8	+66.7	58.3
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	23	5	83.3	6.0	+63.3	5.3
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	24	4	50.0	6.2	+16.4	10.5
Josh Okogie	Bench	6	2	113.6	14.3	+87.4	6.7
Nathan Knight	Bench	5	1	56.8	23.1	+66.7	12.5
Jake Layman	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	0.0

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	30	33	71.1	35.4	-22.4	17.9
Isaiah Roby	Bench	37	21	58.1	21.9	-24.1	9.9
Tre Mann	Bench	32	15	54.0	26.8	-23.8	6.0
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	27	12	55.1	15.5	-21.1	7.9
Theo Maledon	Bench	25	8	35.3	21.0	-61.7	3.0
Lindy Waters III	Bench	27	5	27.8	16.2	-66.7	-1.3
Olivier Sarr	Bench	16	5	86.8	10.0	-81.7	8.3
Darius Bazley	Bench	18	2	33.3	10.2	-5.3	5.0
Vit Krejci	Bench	28	0	0.0	4.3	-54.4	-0.8