Minnesota Timberwolves 113, Orlando Magic 92 — Recap

January 9, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 113, Orlando Magic 92. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 33-16 ORL; Q2 MIN 34-21 ORL; Q3 MIN 23-29 ORL; Q4 MIN 23-26 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 21 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-10 shooting; Moritz Wagner (ORL) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Jalen Suggs (ORL) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Paolo Banchero (ORL) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-22 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

28 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

Rudy Gobert

21 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST · 8-10 FG

Scoring · ORL

Moritz Wagner

21 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 6-9 FG

Season highs

Naz Reid · Season-high 10 rebounds

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	33	34	23	23		113
ORL	16	21	29	26		92

🧮 How They Scored

MINORL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.8%Effective FG%47.8%

17.6%Turnover %11.8%

21.7%Offensive rebound %22.2%

0.250Free-throw rate0.235

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	35	15	9	1	1	—	2	6-10	2-5	1-1	+35
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	28	6	5	3	—	2	11-19	5-5	1-1	+28
Rudy Gobert C	34	21	12	1	1	3	2	8-10	—	5-6	+13
Mike Conley G	31	11	3	10	2	—	1	3-8	3-6	2-2	+23
Anthony Edwards G	26	6	4	3	—	—	5	2-7	0-2	2-3	+1
Naz Reid F-C	21	13	10	2	—	—	3	5-8	2-4	1-2	+1
Kyle Anderson F	21	11	1	3	—	—	—	4-6	0-1	3-4	+5
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	18	—	2	3	—	1	2	0-5	0-4	—	+11
Jordan McLaughlin G	15	4	—	5	1	—	1	2-3	0-1	—	-8

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero F	35	18	2	3	3	1	4	8-22	1-4	1-4	-30
Caleb Houstan G	34	8	7	2	—	—	—	3-12	2-10	—	-18
Moritz Wagner C	31	21	8	2	2	—	1	6-9	1-4	8-11	-13
Jalen Suggs G	27	20	5	2	3	—	2	8-14	4-8	0-1	-16
Anthony Black G	21	3	1	4	3	1	2	1-4	1-3	—	—
Goga Bitadze C	17	2	6	1	1	2	1	1-3	—	—	-8
Cole Anthony G	7	2	1	—	—	—	—	1-4	0-1	—	+2

🔬 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	34	28	72.0	27.6	+39.4	19.9
Rudy Gobert	Bench	34	21	83.1	18.7	+20.0	25.7
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	35	15	71.8	15.8	+48.2	14.4
Naz Reid	Bench	21	13	73.2	25.0	-0.1	14.7
Kyle Anderson	Bench	21	11	70.9	16.7	+11.1	11.8
Mike Conley	Bench	31	11	61.9	14.7	+37.9	14.0
Anthony Edwards	Bench	26	6	36.1	23.2	-0.1	-1.5
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	15	4	66.7	11.1	-20.2	10.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	18	—	0.0	16.3	+25.6	-3.9
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Moritz Wagner	Bench	31	21	75.9	19.5	-19.4	15.0
Jalen Suggs	Bench	27	20	69.3	23.2	-28.1	19.3
Paolo Banchero	Bench	35	18	37.9	33.3	-42.3	1.0
Caleb Houstan	Bench	34	8	33.3	14.6	-24.4	3.2
Anthony Black	Bench	21	3	37.5	12.0	+2.4	5.6
Goga Bitadze	Bench	17	2	33.3	9.5	-26.4	4.4
Cole Anthony	Bench	7	2	25.0	23.5	+7.5	-12.8
Wendell Carter Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0