Minnesota Timberwolves 106, Oklahoma City Thunder 129 — Recap

December 26, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 106, Oklahoma City Thunder 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 35-40 OKC; Q2 MIN 25-26 OKC; Q3 MIN 31-36 OKC; Q4 MIN 15-27 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 34 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists on 14-of-19 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Jalen Williams (OKC) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Luguentz Dort (OKC) 20 points, 4 rebounds, null assists, 5 threes on 7-of-9 shooting; Chet Holmgren (OKC) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

34 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST · 14-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

25 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 7-16 FG

Scoring · OKC

Jalen Williams

21 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 7-11 FG

Season highs

Jalen Williams · 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	35	25	31	15		106
OKC	40	26	36	27		129

🧮 How They Scored

MINOKC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.6%Effective FG%77.0%

19.6%Turnover %11.0%

23.5%Offensive rebound %10.3%

0.444Free-throw rate0.216

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	34	25	7	6	1	—	4	7-16	2-5	9-13	-16
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	16	6	1	—	—	5	5-10	0-2	6-6	-11
Rudy Gobert C	29	10	5	—	—	—	1	2-6	0-1	6-8	-14
Jaden McDaniels F	27	8	1	1	1	1	2	3-10	0-3	2-2	-16
Mike Conley G	25	17	2	4	2	—	—	6-10	5-7	—	-10
Kyle Anderson F	23	7	—	1	—	—	2	2-4	0-1	3-3	-10
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	19	8	1	3	1	—	—	3-3	2-2	—	-13
Naz Reid F-C	19	6	7	—	—	—	4	2-4	2-3	—	-9
Jordan McLaughlin G	14	2	4	2	3	—	1	1-5	0-1	—	-8
Leonard Miller F	5	7	1	—	—	—	—	3-3	1-1	—	-1
Wendell Moore Jr. G	5	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	-1
Josh Minott F	5	—	—	2	—	—	1	0-1	—	—	-1

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	33	34	6	9	2	1	3	14-19	0-3	6-7	+16
Luguentz Dort G	33	20	4	—	2	2	2	7-9	5-6	1-2	+14
Chet Holmgren C-F	29	20	4	5	—	1	1	8-13	3-6	1-2	+17
Jalen Williams G-F	26	21	1	3	—	2	1	7-11	4-6	3-3	+12
Josh Giddey G	25	10	2	7	—	—	2	4-7	0-2	2-2	+21
Cason Wallace G	24	5	1	1	2	—	1	2-5	1-4	—	+4
Isaiah Joe G	16	8	2	2	—	—	—	3-4	2-3	—	+9
Kenrich Williams G-F	16	6	3	2	1	—	—	2-4	2-3	—	+9
Aaron Wiggins G	14	3	5	1	—	—	—	1-2	1-2	—	+7
Jaylin Williams F	5	—	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	+1
Tre Mann G	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	34	25	57.6	32.5	-18.3	11.6
Mike Conley	Bench	25	17	85.0	16.7	-19.2	19.7
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	29	16	63.3	25.8	-15.6	6.6
Rudy Gobert	Bench	29	10	52.5	16.2	-23.0	5.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	19	8	133.3	6.7	-28.9	9.3
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	27	8	36.8	21.0	-24.1	-2.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	23	7	65.8	12.3	-20.0	2.9
Leonard Miller	Bench	5	7	116.7	33.3	-11.1	45.7
Naz Reid	Bench	19	6	75.0	18.6	-31.0	6.5
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	14	2	20.0	17.1	-23.3	10.6
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	5	—	0.0	11.1	-11.1	-5.7
Josh Minott	Bench	5	—	0.0	22.2	-11.1	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	33	34	77.0	32.4	+20.3	24.5
Jalen Williams	Bench	26	21	85.2	22.0	+19.5	15.5
Luguentz Dort	Bench	33	20	101.2	16.4	+17.8	11.4
Chet Holmgren	Bench	29	20	72.0	23.1	+27.4	15.5
Josh Giddey	Bench	25	10	63.5	17.9	+38.2	8.8
Isaiah Joe	Bench	16	8	100.0	11.1	+25.7	10.7
Kenrich Williams	Bench	16	6	75.0	11.4	+26.5	11.1
Cason Wallace	Bench	24	5	50.0	12.0	+12.9	4.6
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	14	3	75.0	6.7	+25.9	12.6
Tre Mann	Bench	2	—	0.0	0.0	-50.0	0.0
Jaylin Williams	Bench	5	—	0.0	0.0	+11.1	14.3
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0