Minnesota Timberwolves 128, Orlando Magic 96 — Recap

May 9, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 128, Orlando Magic 96. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 34-19 ORL; Q2 MIN 40-25 ORL; Q3 MIN 33-25 ORL; Q4 MIN 21-27 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 27 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; R.J. Hampton (ORL) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Dwayne Bacon (ORL) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Ricky Rubio (MIN) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

27 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

27 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 9-21 FG

Scoring · ORL

R.J. Hampton

19 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 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	34	40	33	21		128
ORL	19	25	25	27		96

🧮 How They Scored

MINORL

58Points in the paint36

20Fast-break points8

14Second-chance points20

20Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.7%Effective FG%44.5%

8.5%Turnover %11.4%

25.5%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.247Free-throw rate0.242

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
D'Angelo Russell G	30	27	6	7	0	0	1	9-21	5-9	4-6	+33
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	27	9	4	1	2	1	10-19	2-7	5-6	+32
Anthony Edwards G	29	16	10	5	0	1	1	7-11	2-6	0-1	+25
Ricky Rubio G	26	18	2	3	1	0	0	6-11	3-7	3-3	+27
Josh Okogie G	26	3	3	3	1	1	4	1-6	0-4	1-2	+4
Jaylen Nowell G	25	8	3	2	0	2	1	3-8	1-4	1-2	+10
Jordan McLaughlin G	25	7	5	2	1	0	2	2-4	1-3	2-2	+3
Jarred Vanderbilt F	22	8	8	0	1	1	0	4-8	0-0	0-0	+31
Naz Reid F-C	16	9	8	4	0	1	0	3-5	1-3	2-2	+1
Jake Layman F	7	5	1	0	0	1	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-3
Ed Davis C	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ignas Brazdeikis F	35	16	6	3	0	0	3	7-11	1-3	1-2	-18
R.J. Hampton G	29	19	5	3	0	0	1	7-13	2-4	3-5	-12
Moritz Wagner C	24	11	5	0	0	1	2	4-12	3-8	0-0	-30
Cole Anthony G	24	11	4	3	0	0	3	4-13	1-5	2-2	-29
Chasson Randle G	24	2	7	2	2	1	1	1-7	0-3	0-0	-3
Dwayne Bacon G-F	23	18	3	2	1	0	1	7-12	1-3	3-4	-23
Gary Harris G	23	6	1	1	0	0	1	2-7	0-3	2-2	-26
Sindarius Thornwell G	22	3	1	3	1	0	0	1-7	1-4	0-0	-3
Mo Bamba C	20	3	5	2	0	2	0	1-6	0-3	1-2	-19
Donta Hall F	17	7	8	1	1	1	1	2-3	0-0	3-5	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	30	27	57.1	32.9	+56.0	17.5
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	29	27	62.4	30.0	+53.0	21.2
Ricky Rubio	Bench	26	18	73.1	19.4	+49.1	14.7
Anthony Edwards	Bench	29	16	69.9	16.4	+40.3	18.0
Naz Reid	Bench	16	9	76.5	14.6	+2.9	22.6
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	22	8	50.0	15.1	+67.4	10.4
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	25	8	45.0	16.9	+18.5	5.5
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	25	7	71.7	11.7	+7.7	11.5
Jake Layman	Bench	7	5	62.5	26.7	-27.6	13.2
Josh Okogie	Bench	26	3	21.8	17.5	+7.1	-3.1
Ed Davis	Bench	6	0	0.0	0.0	-32.1	0.0

Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
R.J. Hampton	Bench	29	19	62.5	22.2	-19.0	13.0
Dwayne Bacon	Bench	23	18	65.4	27.8	-54.0	14.5
Ignas Brazdeikis	Bench	35	16	67.3	17.4	-22.5	7.8
Moritz Wagner	Bench	24	11	45.8	23.0	-52.9	1.3
Cole Anthony	Bench	24	11	39.6	29.3	-56.9	5.3
Donta Hall	Bench	17	7	67.3	15.4	+8.6	17.3
Gary Harris	Bench	23	6	38.1	16.1	-56.2	0.9
Mo Bamba	Bench	20	3	21.8	14.6	-48.5	2.2
Sindarius Thornwell	Bench	22	3	21.4	13.2	-6.4	0.0
Chasson Randle	Bench	24	2	14.3	13.8	-5.9	6.8