Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Oklahoma City Thunder 113 — Recap

December 31, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Oklahoma City Thunder 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 24-21 OKC; Q2 MIN 28-25 OKC; Q3 MIN 23-43 OKC; Q4 MIN 30-24 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 40 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 15-of-23 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Mike Conley (MIN) 16 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-10 shooting; Isaiah Hartenstein (OKC) 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

40 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 15-23 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

20 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 6-12 FG

Scoring · MIN

Naz Reid

19 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 8-14 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	24	28	23	30		105
OKC	21	25	43	24		113

🧮 How They Scored

MINOKC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.9%Effective FG%53.9%

21.4%Turnover %8.3%

26.3%Offensive rebound %21.4%

0.152Free-throw rate0.258

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	39	20	7	2	—	1	3	6-12	4-7	4-4	-3
Naz Reid F-C	33	19	8	1	1	3	4	8-14	1-5	2-2	-8
Rudy Gobert C	31	8	7	1	—	2	1	3-6	—	2-2	+3
Donte DiVincenzo G	30	10	4	5	—	—	2	3-10	2-7	2-2	-6
Jaden McDaniels F	28	7	6	—	—	—	3	3-8	1-5	—	—
Julius Randle F	27	11	6	6	—	1	4	5-12	1-4	—	-7
Mike Conley G	23	16	1	4	2	—	1	5-10	4-7	2-2	-2
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	19	8	4	1	—	—	5	3-3	2-2	—	-12
Josh Minott F	10	6	—	1	—	—	—	3-4	0-1	—	-5

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Williams G-F	38	14	7	7	3	—	3	6-12	1-4	1-4	-10
Luguentz Dort G	35	14	6	2	—	—	1	5-12	4-7	—	+3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	34	40	3	2	4	—	3	15-23	3-5	7-9	+11
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	32	15	10	4	1	2	—	5-10	0-1	5-5	+13
Cason Wallace G	32	5	2	7	4	—	—	1-8	0-4	3-4	+19
Ajay Mitchell G	18	3	3	—	—	—	—	1-4	0-3	1-1	+2
Kenrich Williams G-F	15	5	2	—	1	—	1	2-4	1-2	—	-4
Aaron Wiggins G	14	7	3	1	1	—	1	3-6	1-2	—	-8
Isaiah Joe G	13	7	—	1	1	—	—	3-6	1-4	—	+20
Jaylin Williams F	10	3	1	1	1	—	—	1-4	1-4	—	-6

🔬 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	39	20	72.7	19.3	-2.4	11.4
Naz Reid	Bench	33	19	63.8	24.1	-11.3	11.6
Mike Conley	Bench	23	16	73.5	23.1	-6.6	15.9
Julius Randle	Bench	27	11	45.8	25.4	-10.5	8.0
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	30	10	46.0	18.3	-7.7	6.0
Rudy Gobert	Bench	31	8	58.1	11.1	-0.4	7.8
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	19	8	133.3	17.0	-30.1	5.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	28	7	43.8	16.9	-1.6	3.0
Josh Minott	Bench	10	6	75.0	16.7	-21.7	14.1
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	34	40	74.2	35.7	+13.4	23.5
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	32	15	61.5	15.6	+23.5	17.3
Luguentz Dort	Bench	35	14	58.3	16.7	+4.3	7.9
Jalen Williams	Bench	38	14	50.9	19.1	-12.7	11.3
Isaiah Joe	Bench	13	7	58.3	18.2	+74.0	9.7
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	14	7	58.3	25.0	-24.7	12.5
Kenrich Williams	Bench	15	5	62.5	14.7	-10.1	5.6
Cason Wallace	Bench	32	5	25.6	13.3	+29.3	5.7
Jaylin Williams	Bench	10	3	37.5	16.7	-22.5	7.2
Ajay Mitchell	Bench	18	3	33.8	9.1	+2.3	0.6
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Branden Carlson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dillon Jones	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0