Minnesota Timberwolves 109, Portland Trail Blazers 107 — Recap

January 25, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 109, Portland Trail Blazers 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 26-29 POR; Q2 MIN 29-34 POR; Q3 MIN 29-19 POR; Q4 MIN 25-25 POR.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 40 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 14-of-27 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Jusuf Nurkic (POR) 20 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-18 shooting; Nassir Little (POR) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 17 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

40 PTS, 9 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM · 14-27 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

22 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 7-16 FG

Scoring · POR

Jusuf Nurkic

20 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST · 8-18 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 17 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	26	29	29	25		109
POR	29	34	19	25		107

🧮 How They Scored

MINPOR

42Points in the paint36

23Fast-break points17

11Second-chance points13

22Points off turnovers26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.4%Effective FG%47.9%

13.6%Turnover %12.0%

23.9%Offensive rebound %28.3%

0.378Free-throw rate0.213

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	39	40	9	0	3	3	1	14-27	5-13	7-11	+14
Karl-Anthony Towns C	37	17	17	2	0	4	3	4-7	3-4	6-6	+13
Jarred Vanderbilt F	36	13	13	6	2	1	2	5-7	0-0	3-5	-2
D'Angelo Russell G	35	22	2	4	0	0	4	7-16	3-9	5-6	-7
Taurean Prince F	27	0	1	2	0	1	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	+2
Jaylen Nowell G	20	8	3	4	0	0	1	3-8	1-6	1-1	+1
Malik Beasley G	20	3	1	1	1	1	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	+5
Jaden McDaniels F	16	3	2	1	2	0	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-5
Naz Reid F-C	11	3	1	1	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	1-2	-11

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	38	15	4	4	0	1	0	5-15	3-9	2-2	+2
Robert Covington F	37	8	6	1	1	1	1	3-11	0-3	2-2	-12
Anfernee Simons G	34	17	4	7	0	0	6	5-18	4-13	3-3	+4
Jusuf Nurkic C	32	20	14	4	1	0	1	8-18	0-0	4-6	+9
Nassir Little F	29	20	8	2	0	0	1	7-11	4-6	2-3	+13
Norman Powell F-G	26	8	5	2	1	0	2	2-6	2-4	2-2	-14
Ben McLemore G	18	9	2	0	0	0	0	3-8	3-5	0-0	0
Trendon Watford F	14	2	5	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-10
Dennis Smith Jr. G	12	8	2	6	1	0	2	3-5	0-0	2-2	-2

🔬 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	39	40	62.8	34.0	+16.9	20.3
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	35	22	59.0	28.0	-9.6	9.3
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	37	17	88.2	14.4	+18.7	22.2
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	36	13	70.7	13.3	0.0	20.8
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	20	8	47.4	20.0	+10.1	11.3
Naz Reid	Bench	11	3	30.7	26.1	-43.3	-9.9
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	16	3	25.0	17.9	-14.7	-1.7
Malik Beasley	Bench	20	3	30.0	10.2	+6.6	2.0
Taurean Prince	Bench	27	0	0.0	6.3	+5.2	-3.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	32	20	48.4	26.8	+12.4	16.0
Nassir Little	Bench	29	20	81.2	17.8	+21.3	20.6
Anfernee Simons	Bench	34	17	44.0	29.1	+4.1	4.1
CJ McCollum	Bench	38	15	47.2	16.7	+0.1	8.4
Ben McLemore	Bench	18	9	56.3	17.4	+2.9	6.4
Norman Powell	Bench	26	8	58.1	13.6	-27.2	8.5
Dennis Smith Jr.	Bench	12	8	68.0	25.0	-2.7	17.2
Robert Covington	Bench	37	8	33.7	14.6	-14.3	2.5
Trendon Watford	Bench	14	2	50.0	9.4	-27.6	1.7