Minnesota Timberwolves 101, Phoenix Suns 113 — Recap

March 19, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 101, Phoenix Suns 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 29-34 PHX; Q2 MIN 25-30 PHX; Q3 MIN 24-19 PHX; Q4 MIN 23-30 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Ricky Rubio (MIN) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-9 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

24 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 9-12 FG

Scoring · MIN

Ricky Rubio

21 PTS, 5 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 7-10 FG

Scoring · PHX

Chris Paul

20 PTS, 1 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 8-16 FG

Season highs

Ricky Rubio · Season-high 21 pointsAnthony Edwards · 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	29	25	24	23		101
PHX	34	30	19	30		113

🧮 How They Scored

MINPHX

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.1%Effective FG%58.1%

17.9%Turnover %16.1%

12.8%Offensive rebound %15.0%

0.228Free-throw rate0.198

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	36	11	10	6	1	1	7	4-18	3-8	0-0	-12
Karl-Anthony Towns C	35	24	9	1	0	1	5	9-12	3-4	3-4	-11
Ricky Rubio G	33	21	5	10	0	0	0	7-10	3-6	4-5	-9
Jaden McDaniels F	28	8	5	0	1	0	0	4-11	0-4	0-0	+11
Josh Okogie G	27	5	2	1	2	1	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	-15
Jaylen Nowell G	22	14	1	1	2	1	1	6-9	2-5	0-1	-16
Juancho Hernangomez F	18	3	1	0	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-20
Naz Reid F-C	13	8	2	1	0	1	2	1-2	0-0	6-6	-1
Jake Layman F	13	2	4	0	1	1	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	+5
Jarrett Culver G	10	5	0	1	1	0	1	2-4	0-1	1-2	+3
Jarred Vanderbilt F	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	36	16	7	5	2	0	5	6-18	1-4	3-4	+18
Mikal Bridges F	35	17	6	3	3	0	0	7-9	3-4	0-0	+14
Chris Paul G	34	20	1	9	0	0	3	8-16	1-2	3-3	+11
Jae Crowder F	29	10	4	2	1	0	2	3-6	3-5	1-1	+9
Dario Saric F	24	2	5	1	0	0	3	1-4	0-2	0-0	-1
Cameron Payne G	19	11	5	4	0	0	1	4-8	1-2	2-2	+4
Deandre Ayton C	18	8	6	0	0	0	1	3-7	0-0	2-2	+12
Langston Galloway G	16	14	2	3	1	0	1	5-6	4-5	0-0	+3
Abdel Nader F	16	10	3	0	0	1	1	4-9	1-2	1-3	-6
Frank Kaminsky F-C	14	5	1	2	1	0	0	2-3	0-1	1-2	+4
Jalen Smith F-C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8

🔬 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	35	24	87.2	22.2	-17.6	13.9
Ricky Rubio	Bench	33	21	86.1	14.5	-14.3	21.7
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	22	14	74.2	20.4	-34.0	10.2
Anthony Edwards	Bench	36	11	30.6	30.5	-17.1	3.1
Naz Reid	Bench	13	8	86.2	24.1	-3.6	22.1
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	28	8	36.4	16.4	+17.7	4.5
Josh Okogie	Bench	27	5	41.7	11.3	-24.2	2.7
Jarrett Culver	Bench	10	5	51.2	26.1	+5.0	2.9
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	18	3	75.0	10.8	-54.1	0.0
Jake Layman	Bench	13	2	20.0	17.2	+14.8	8.6
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+47.4	6.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Chris Paul	Bench	34	20	57.7	26.3	+18.1	13.6
Mikal Bridges	Bench	35	17	94.4	11.3	+19.2	18.2
Devin Booker	Bench	36	16	40.5	30.0	+26.7	6.7
Langston Galloway	Bench	16	14	116.7	18.4	+11.9	23.1
Cameron Payne	Bench	19	11	61.9	22.2	+10.3	21.0
Jae Crowder	Bench	29	10	77.6	11.9	+16.5	8.6
Abdel Nader	Bench	16	10	48.4	28.2	-16.7	3.8
Deandre Ayton	Bench	18	8	50.8	23.1	+32.4	4.0
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	14	5	64.4	11.8	+16.9	14.5
Dario Saric	Bench	24	2	25.0	12.1	0.0	0.6
Jalen Smith	Bench	2	0	0.0	25.0	-200.0	-23.5