Minnesota Timberwolves 123, Phoenix Suns 119 — Recap

March 18, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 123, Phoenix Suns 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 25-25 PHX; Q2 MIN 28-33 PHX; Q3 MIN 30-33 PHX; Q4 MIN 40-28 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 42 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 15-of-31 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 41 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-24 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 35 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

42 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 15-31 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

41 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 15-24 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

35 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 13-22 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 41 pointsMikal Bridges · Season-high 8 assists

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	25	28	30	40		123
PHX	25	33	33	28		119

🧮 How They Scored

MINPHX

60Points in the paint44

9Fast-break points17

16Second-chance points15

23Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.2%Effective FG%61.8%

10.0%Turnover %19.1%

22.4%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.376Free-throw rate0.224

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	42	7	3	2	0	2	15-31	4-13	8-13	+9
Karl-Anthony Towns C	36	41	10	8	1	0	4	15-24	5-7	6-7	+4
Ricky Rubio G	29	6	1	5	3	0	2	1-5	0-1	4-4	+5
Jaden McDaniels F	27	2	4	2	2	1	0	1-5	0-3	0-2	+8
Juancho Hernangomez F	22	14	5	0	2	0	0	5-11	2-5	2-4	+7
Jake Layman F	22	2	2	2	2	0	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Josh Okogie G	22	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Jaylen Nowell G	21	6	2	0	0	1	0	3-8	0-3	0-0	-2
Naz Reid F-C	15	10	4	1	1	1	0	3-5	0-0	4-5	-2
Jarred Vanderbilt F	8	0	2	0	0	1	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	35	35	4	6	0	1	5	13-22	3-8	6-7	-3
Mikal Bridges F	34	17	5	8	1	1	1	6-10	4-7	1-2	-5
Chris Paul G	31	17	7	5	4	0	2	7-14	1-4	2-2	-8
Jae Crowder F	31	7	7	1	1	1	2	3-9	1-4	0-0	-4
Deandre Ayton C	26	14	7	1	0	1	2	6-8	0-0	2-2	+7
Dario Saric F	22	8	8	1	0	0	3	3-8	1-3	1-2	-9
Cameron Payne G	17	3	5	5	0	0	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	+4
Langston Galloway G	15	10	0	1	0	0	1	4-6	2-3	0-0	+1
Abdel Nader F	14	5	2	0	0	1	2	1-4	1-3	2-4	-1
Jevon Carter G	8	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-6
Frank Kaminsky F-C	7	0	2	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 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	38	42	57.2	38.4	+10.5	16.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	36	41	75.7	34.1	+6.6	27.9
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	22	14	54.9	21.4	+12.5	8.5
Naz Reid	Bench	15	10	69.4	17.9	-9.5	19.5
Ricky Rubio	Bench	29	6	44.4	12.0	+7.6	4.0
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	21	6	37.5	15.4	-7.5	0.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	27	2	17.0	8.8	+16.0	3.7
Jake Layman	Bench	22	2	50.0	7.1	-1.8	3.0
Josh Okogie	Bench	22	0	0.0	1.9	+4.8	1.1
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	8	0	0.0	15.0	-40.0	-1.7

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	35	35	69.8	34.5	-2.4	18.9
Mikal Bridges	Bench	34	17	78.1	14.3	-8.3	14.4
Chris Paul	Bench	31	17	57.1	22.1	-11.6	15.0
Deandre Ayton	Bench	26	14	78.8	17.7	+12.5	8.1
Langston Galloway	Bench	15	10	83.3	18.9	+3.1	6.1
Dario Saric	Bench	22	8	45.0	21.8	-16.5	5.0
Jae Crowder	Bench	31	7	38.9	13.8	-8.9	1.8
Abdel Nader	Bench	14	5	43.4	23.5	+4.2	-1.0
Jevon Carter	Bench	8	3	150.0	6.3	-28.7	7.3
Cameron Payne	Bench	17	3	50.0	14.6	+14.0	11.0
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	7	0	0.0	5.6	+10.7	1.5