Minnesota Timberwolves 121, Philadelphia 76ers 120 — Recap

November 27, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 121, Philadelphia 76ers 120 (2 overtimes). Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 35-20 PHI; Q2 MIN 21-21 PHI; Q3 MIN 16-29 PHI; Q4 MIN 28-30 PHI; OT1 MIN 13-13 PHI; OT2 MIN 8-7 PHI.

Top performers (box score): Joel Embiid (PHI) 42 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 35 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-25 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 28 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Tobias Harris (PHI) 17 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHI

Joel Embiid

42 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

35 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 13-25 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

28 PTS, 10 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 11-16 FG

Season highs

Joel Embiid · Season-high 42 pointsD'Angelo Russell · Season-high 35 points

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	OT	2OT		T
MIN	35	21	16	28	13	8		121
PHI	20	21	29	30	13	7		120

🧮 How They Scored

MINPHI

54Points in the paint36

11Fast-break points13

26Second-chance points11

17Points off turnovers25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.3%Effective FG%48.4%

16.9%Turnover %12.7%

25.6%Offensive rebound %21.8%

0.167Free-throw rate0.419

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	48	19	6	7	3	1	4	8-21	1-8	2-2	+8
D'Angelo Russell G	44	35	4	8	2	2	5	13-25	6-10	3-4	+1
Karl-Anthony Towns C	37	28	10	0	0	1	3	11-16	3-5	3-6	-2
Jarred Vanderbilt F	36	5	14	2	1	1	2	2-5	0-0	1-1	+5
Jaden McDaniels F	32	8	4	1	1	0	0	3-9	1-5	1-1	-4
Taurean Prince F	31	5	6	3	0	0	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	-6
Malik Beasley G	24	5	2	0	0	0	1	2-6	1-5	0-0	-4
Naz Reid F-C	21	13	5	0	0	1	4	6-9	1-1	0-0	+3
Leandro Bolmaro F	17	3	3	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	1-2	+4

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Seth Curry G	46	14	3	1	0	0	1	4-11	3-8	3-4	-5
Joel Embiid F-C	45	42	14	3	1	2	4	12-23	2-4	16-21	+11
Tobias Harris F	45	17	9	4	2	0	0	6-16	0-4	5-7	0
Tyrese Maxey G	44	15	4	9	0	1	4	5-15	1-3	4-5	+7
Matisse Thybulle G-F	29	6	5	1	3	0	1	3-6	0-2	0-0	-12
Danny Green G-F	22	11	3	3	4	0	2	4-9	3-7	0-0	+11
Georges Niang F	22	6	2	2	0	1	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	+1
Furkan Korkmaz G-F	17	7	1	1	2	0	2	2-6	1-2	2-2	-9
Andre Drummond C	13	2	3	1	0	1	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Isaiah Joe G	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 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	44	35	65.4	32.0	+2.3	18.8
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	37	28	75.1	27.5	-4.3	16.9
Anthony Edwards	Bench	48	19	43.4	25.2	+6.5	11.1
Naz Reid	Bench	21	13	72.2	26.5	+4.5	7.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	32	8	42.4	12.9	-9.6	2.0
Taurean Prince	Bench	31	5	83.3	5.7	-3.1	9.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	36	5	46.0	9.0	+11.8	9.3
Malik Beasley	Bench	24	5	41.7	13.0	-10.3	1.5
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	17	3	52.1	11.4	+15.8	4.5

Philadelphia 76ersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Joel Embiid	Bench	45	42	65.1	36.3	+12.4	25.2
Tobias Harris	Bench	45	17	44.5	19.0	0.0	11.5
Tyrese Maxey	Bench	44	15	43.6	22.1	+10.6	6.5
Seth Curry	Bench	46	14	54.9	12.9	-6.9	2.6
Danny Green	Bench	22	11	61.1	22.4	+22.2	18.7
Furkan Korkmaz	Bench	17	7	50.9	22.0	-22.0	4.6
Georges Niang	Bench	22	6	60.0	8.9	+2.0	7.6
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	29	6	50.0	11.1	-19.5	6.5
Andre Drummond	Bench	13	2	100.0	10.3	-34.8	1.9
Isaiah Joe	Bench	6	0	0.0	7.1	+17.3	4.1