Minnesota Timberwolves 100, Phoenix Suns 107 — Recap

March 29, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 100, Phoenix Suns 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 24-25 PHX; Q2 MIN 27-23 PHX; Q3 MIN 23-33 PHX; Q4 MIN 26-26 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 31 points, 0 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 29 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Kevin Durant (PHX) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

31 PTS, 0 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

29 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

25 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 9-17 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 5 threes

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	24	27	23	26		100
PHX	25	23	33	26		107

🧮 How They Scored

MINPHX

44Points in the paint54

7Fast-break points11

17Second-chance points9

10Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%44.8%

18.1%Turnover %6.9%

32.7%Offensive rebound %28.3%

0.133Free-throw rate0.281

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	40	31	0	6	1	1	1	13-22	3-9	2-3	-8
Rudy Gobert C	35	7	15	2	2	0	6	3-5	0-0	1-2	-2
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	25	8	2	0	0	6	9-17	5-10	2-2	+2
Mike Conley G	32	7	9	4	1	0	1	3-13	1-7	0-0	-11
Kyle Anderson F	30	6	10	2	0	2	5	3-9	0-1	0-0	-6
Jaden McDaniels F	25	6	3	0	0	0	0	3-8	0-2	0-0	-10
Naz Reid F-C	23	15	6	2	0	1	1	5-13	2-4	3-5	-4
Jordan McLaughlin G	16	3	2	6	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+4
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	36	29	3	5	4	0	3	8-18	1-4	12-15	+12
Chris Paul G	35	19	3	6	2	0	0	7-15	1-5	4-4	+9
Josh Okogie G	33	10	9	0	2	1	0	4-10	1-3	1-2	+12
Kevin Durant F	29	16	8	4	0	0	2	5-18	2-4	4-5	-1
Deandre Ayton C	29	10	3	0	1	3	1	5-9	0-0	0-0	-1
Torrey Craig F	23	4	5	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+3
Bismack Biyombo C	19	6	8	0	1	3	2	3-6	0-0	0-1	+8
Cameron Payne G	13	11	1	2	1	0	0	5-10	1-2	0-0	-2
Terrence Ross G-F	13	0	4	2	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-4
T.J. Warren F	11	2	4	3	0	1	0	1-4	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
Anthony Edwards	Bench	40	31	66.5	25.5	-7.3	18.4
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	34	25	69.9	28.2	+1.4	15.0
Naz Reid	Bench	23	15	49.3	26.2	-10.2	12.1
Mike Conley	Bench	32	7	26.9	18.7	-14.3	5.6
Rudy Gobert	Bench	35	7	59.5	14.8	+0.2	6.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	30	6	33.3	17.9	-11.6	2.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	25	6	37.5	13.3	-17.2	-1.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	16	3	50.0	9.3	+7.9	8.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	-18.2	2.1
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	36	29	58.9	31.4	+14.9	15.9
Chris Paul	Bench	35	19	56.7	20.7	+11.3	18.1
Kevin Durant	Bench	29	16	39.6	29.7	-6.2	13.1
Cameron Payne	Bench	13	11	55.0	28.6	+0.2	17.2
Deandre Ayton	Bench	29	10	55.6	15.6	-1.7	5.8
Josh Okogie	Bench	33	10	46.0	14.5	+18.2	9.2
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	19	6	46.6	14.8	+21.1	7.1
Torrey Craig	Bench	23	4	66.7	5.3	+3.9	6.8
T.J. Warren	Bench	11	2	25.0	14.3	+5.7	12.6
Landry Shamet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Damion Lee	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terrence Ross	Bench	13	0	0.0	8.3	-16.7	3.7
Darius Bazley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Wainright	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0