Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Oklahoma City Thunder 110 — Recap

December 16, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Oklahoma City Thunder 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 30-28 OKC; Q2 MIN 33-22 OKC; Q3 MIN 25-41 OKC; Q4 MIN 24-19 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 35 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 28 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Austin Rivers (MIN) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-7 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 19 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Aaron Wiggins (OKC) 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

35 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 11-23 FG

Scoring · MIN

Naz Reid

28 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · MIN

Austin Rivers

20 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 6-7 FG

Season highs

Naz Reid · Season-high 28 pointsAustin Rivers · Season-high 20 pointsAustin Rivers · Season-high 4 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	30	33	25	24		112
OKC	28	22	41	19		110

🧮 How They Scored

MINOKC

54Points in the paint58

8Fast-break points12

16Second-chance points18

29Points off turnovers25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.3%Effective FG%52.8%

14.0%Turnover %18.5%

23.4%Offensive rebound %22.0%

0.287Free-throw rate0.239

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Naz Reid F-C	37	28	9	3	3	1	3	11-18	3-5	3-7	+21
Anthony Edwards G	35	19	11	7	1	1	2	8-16	2-3	1-5	+12
Jaylen Nowell G	34	13	4	4	1	1	1	6-14	1-2	0-0	+2
Kyle Anderson F	32	6	6	2	3	1	0	3-9	0-0	0-0	-5
Austin Rivers G	31	20	3	1	5	0	3	6-7	4-5	4-4	+6
Jaden McDaniels F	30	14	5	1	2	1	3	5-11	2-6	2-4	+9
Bryn Forbes G	16	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	-15
Nathan Knight F-C	11	10	5	0	0	1	3	3-3	0-0	4-5	-19
Wendell Moore Jr. G	7	0	0	3	1	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-5
Matt Ryan F	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+4

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	38	35	7	5	1	0	5	11-23	3-5	10-12	+5
Jalen Williams G-F	33	13	4	3	0	0	4	5-8	0-3	3-5	-7
Josh Giddey G	30	11	13	6	0	0	4	5-10	1-4	0-0	-4
Aaron Wiggins G	28	14	6	1	0	0	3	6-11	2-5	0-0	+7
Aleksej Pokusevski C	24	9	4	3	1	2	2	3-8	1-5	2-2	-15
Luguentz Dort G	23	3	1	4	0	1	2	1-7	1-5	0-0	-15
Eugene Omoruyi F	21	14	5	1	3	0	1	6-8	1-2	1-1	-2
Isaiah Joe G	13	6	0	1	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	1-1	+4
Lindy Waters III F	11	3	0	2	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Mike Muscala F-C	11	2	3	1	1	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+11
Tre Mann G	8	0	2	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	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
Naz Reid	Bench	37	28	66.4	27.9	+25.7	16.9
Austin Rivers	Bench	31	20	114.2	16.0	+10.4	17.1
Anthony Edwards	Bench	35	19	52.2	23.5	+17.1	16.9
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	30	14	54.9	23.5	+16.1	4.8
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	34	13	46.4	18.1	+1.4	8.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	11	10	96.2	24.2	-72.8	18.2
Kyle Anderson	Bench	32	6	33.3	11.4	-8.6	6.3
Bryn Forbes	Bench	16	2	25.0	11.6	-44.0	-1.4
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	7	0	0.0	16.7	-26.2	2.7
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Matt Ryan	Bench	7	0	0.0	13.3	+36.2	-2.6

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	38	35	61.9	34.4	+4.7	15.4
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	28	14	63.6	21.9	+15.0	8.1
Eugene Omoruyi	Bench	21	14	82.9	18.8	-0.1	23.9
Jalen Williams	Bench	33	13	63.7	16.9	-9.7	6.8
Josh Giddey	Bench	30	11	55.0	18.2	-6.0	17.1
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	24	9	50.7	18.0	-31.3	8.9
Isaiah Joe	Bench	13	6	55.1	19.4	+17.0	1.8
Luguentz Dort	Bench	23	3	21.4	15.3	-27.0	-1.8
Lindy Waters III	Bench	11	3	75.0	7.1	+25.0	6.0
Mike Muscala	Bench	11	2	25.0	14.8	+50.2	8.0
Tre Mann	Bench	8	0	0.0	10.0	0.0	1.5
Jaylin Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0