Minnesota Timberwolves 125, Sacramento Kings 128 — Recap

April 21, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 125, Sacramento Kings 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 34-44 SAC; Q2 MIN 25-26 SAC; Q3 MIN 39-25 SAC; Q4 MIN 27-33 SAC.

Top performers (box score): De'Aaron Fox (SAC) 30 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Buddy Hield (SAC) 29 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Harrison Barnes (SAC) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAC

De'Aaron Fox

30 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · SAC

Buddy Hield

29 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 7 3PM · 11-16 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

26 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 7-17 FG

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	34	25	39	27		125
SAC	44	26	25	33		128

🧮 How They Scored

MINSAC

52Points in the paint48

5Fast-break points19

21Second-chance points9

23Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.5%Effective FG%69.6%

9.4%Turnover %13.8%

23.7%Offensive rebound %13.8%

0.253Free-throw rate0.419

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	33	26	5	6	1	0	2	7-17	3-6	9-9	-21
Jaden McDaniels F	32	4	2	0	1	1	0	2-4	0-2	0-0	-21
D'Angelo Russell G	29	15	3	9	2	1	2	6-12	2-5	1-2	-6
Ricky Rubio G	29	11	4	6	1	0	1	4-9	3-5	0-0	-5
Anthony Edwards G	28	16	1	2	0	0	2	4-10	2-7	6-8	-3
Naz Reid F-C	24	24	7	2	0	1	2	11-15	2-3	0-0	+7
Josh Okogie G	24	7	4	1	1	0	0	3-6	0-1	1-2	+7
Juancho Hernangomez F	19	16	2	0	1	0	0	6-10	3-5	1-1	+12
Jarred Vanderbilt F	16	4	6	2	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	+14
Jordan McLaughlin G	6	2	0	2	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
De'Aaron Fox G	39	30	5	7	2	1	2	8-20	1-6	13-14	+13
Buddy Hield G	38	29	6	5	0	1	1	11-16	7-11	0-0	+13
Harrison Barnes F	38	22	6	7	0	0	4	7-14	4-9	4-6	+5
Tyrese Haliburton G	29	16	3	6	1	0	2	6-9	4-6	0-0	-1
Maurice Harkless F	26	7	0	1	2	0	1	3-4	1-1	0-0	+6
Damian Jones C	22	8	8	1	0	2	1	2-2	0-0	4-4	+7
Delon Wright G	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Chimezie Metu F	13	10	2	1	2	1	0	3-3	0-0	4-6	-5
Hassan Whiteside C	13	4	2	0	0	0	2	2-3	0-0	0-1	+1
Terence Davis G	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-12

🔬 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	33	26	62.0	29.9	-32.6	12.9
Naz Reid	Bench	24	24	80.0	32.1	+12.0	20.4
Anthony Edwards	Bench	28	16	59.2	25.0	-5.2	6.0
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	19	16	76.6	21.3	+22.8	13.4
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	29	15	58.2	21.7	-16.3	13.4
Ricky Rubio	Bench	29	11	61.1	15.2	-10.9	10.2
Josh Okogie	Bench	24	7	50.9	12.3	+19.8	3.3
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	16	4	66.7	8.1	+42.4	11.5
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	32	4	50.0	5.3	-31.3	0.0
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	6	2	100.0	12.5	-3.3	6.9

Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
De'Aaron Fox	Bench	39	30	57.3	34.1	+19.1	12.3
Buddy Hield	Bench	38	29	90.6	21.0	+15.5	17.2
Harrison Barnes	Bench	38	22	66.1	25.0	+6.3	11.2
Tyrese Haliburton	Bench	29	16	88.9	16.7	+2.4	12.9
Chimezie Metu	Bench	13	10	88.7	20.0	-17.2	12.7
Damian Jones	Bench	22	8	106.4	10.6	+18.3	16.2
Maurice Harkless	Bench	26	7	87.5	9.1	+13.6	3.9
Hassan Whiteside	Bench	13	4	58.1	17.9	+8.3	-3.1
Delon Wright	Bench	15	2	33.3	9.4	-34.3	1.3
Terence Davis	Bench	7	0	0.0	7.1	-98.4	0.0