Minnesota Timberwolves 116, Portland Trail Blazers 111 — Recap

December 12, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 116, Portland Trail Blazers 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 33-26 POR; Q2 MIN 23-29 POR; Q3 MIN 33-29 POR; Q4 MIN 27-27 POR.

Top performers (box score): Anfernee Simons (POR) 26 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Damian Lillard (POR) 24 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-17 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-17 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Anfernee Simons

26 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · POR

Damian Lillard

24 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 5-17 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

24 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Anfernee Simons · Season-high 26 pointsLarry Nance Jr. · Season-high 12 reboundsDamian Lillard · Season-high 11 reboundsAnfernee Simons · Season-high 6 threesBen McLemore · 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	33	23	33	27		116
POR	26	29	29	27		111

🧮 How They Scored

MINPOR

46Points in the paint34

23Fast-break points18

13Second-chance points13

24Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.9%Effective FG%56.8%

14.6%Turnover %16.9%

23.3%Offensive rebound %27.3%

0.376Free-throw rate0.346

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	35	23	10	4	0	0	5	7-17	0-3	9-10	+19
D'Angelo Russell G	35	18	5	5	2	0	2	5-12	4-8	4-6	+20
Patrick Beverley G	34	10	4	4	3	0	1	3-10	2-4	2-2	+6
Jarred Vanderbilt F	31	14	8	0	3	1	1	6-8	1-1	1-3	+9
Anthony Edwards G	29	24	4	3	1	0	2	7-13	2-7	8-9	+5
Jaden McDaniels F	28	10	7	0	0	0	1	4-11	2-7	0-0	-17
Malik Beasley G	23	6	2	2	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	-1
Jaylen Nowell G	11	5	1	3	0	1	0	2-4	1-1	0-0	-11
Naz Reid F-C	9	6	1	1	0	0	5	2-4	0-0	2-2	-11
Leandro Bolmaro F	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+6

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell F-G	39	15	2	4	1	0	4	6-11	2-4	1-2	-22
Damian Lillard G	37	24	11	6	0	0	5	5-17	3-14	11-15	-8
Robert Covington F	34	3	5	3	5	4	1	1-6	1-5	0-0	+9
Anfernee Simons G	33	26	1	3	0	0	1	9-20	6-12	2-3	+4
Larry Nance Jr. F	26	8	12	3	0	1	1	3-6	0-2	2-4	-2
Jusuf Nurkic C	21	8	7	1	1	1	4	3-6	0-0	2-2	-22
Nassir Little F	20	10	2	0	0	1	0	4-7	1-4	1-2	-5
Ben McLemore G	15	15	2	2	1	0	1	5-6	5-6	0-0	+17
Trendon Watford F	7	2	3	1	1	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Tony Snell G	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+7
Dennis Smith Jr. G	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 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	29	24	70.8	26.4	+4.4	15.6
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	35	23	53.7	30.6	+27.0	11.2
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	35	18	61.5	20.2	+29.6	13.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	31	14	75.1	13.3	+15.6	16.1
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	28	10	45.5	16.7	-26.3	5.3
Patrick Beverley	Bench	34	10	46.0	14.3	+8.3	6.9
Naz Reid	Bench	9	6	61.5	41.7	-61.1	-4.2
Malik Beasley	Bench	23	6	60.0	8.5	+0.2	8.4
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	11	5	62.5	16.0	-47.8	9.6
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	4	0	0.0	10.0	+66.7	-16.7

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anfernee Simons	Bench	33	26	61.0	28.2	+5.8	9.7
Damian Lillard	Bench	37	24	50.8	31.9	-10.1	12.3
Norman Powell	Bench	39	15	63.1	16.5	-28.8	6.3
Ben McLemore	Bench	15	15	125.0	21.2	+58.0	20.7
Nassir Little	Bench	20	10	63.5	16.3	-14.9	6.7
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	26	8	51.5	15.5	+0.4	12.6
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	21	8	58.1	21.2	-54.0	6.0
Robert Covington	Bench	34	3	25.0	8.8	+9.4	7.2
Trendon Watford	Bench	7	2	100.0	10.5	+23.5	14.0
Dennis Smith Jr.	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	-87.5	100.0
Tony Snell	Bench	5	0	0.0	11.1	+69.4	0.0