Minnesota Timberwolves 138, Sacramento Kings 134 — Recap

March 4, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 138, Sacramento Kings 134. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 36-30 SAC; Q2 MIN 38-34 SAC; Q3 MIN 31-38 SAC; Q4 MIN 33-32 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Huerter (SAC) 29 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; De'Aaron Fox (SAC) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists on 10-of-22 shooting; Domantas Sabonis (SAC) 24 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Mike Conley (MIN) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAC

Kevin Huerter

29 PTS, 0 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 11-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

27 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · SAC

De'Aaron Fox

25 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST · 10-22 FG

Season highs

Mike Conley · Season-high 24 points

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	36	38	31	33		138
SAC	30	34	38	32		134

🧮 How They Scored

MINSAC

50Points in the paint60

21Fast-break points16

10Second-chance points16

8Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

72.5%Effective FG%62.9%

10.5%Turnover %5.5%

17.6%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.388Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	36	27	4	8	0	0	4	10-20	2-8	5-8	-5
Kyle Anderson F	36	18	7	9	1	2	1	7-8	3-3	1-3	+17
Jaden McDaniels F	34	19	4	2	1	1	2	8-11	3-5	0-0	+5
Rudy Gobert C	31	13	14	0	0	2	1	5-9	0-0	3-4	+11
Mike Conley G	30	24	3	3	0	0	0	7-12	4-8	6-6	+17
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	24	16	3	5	1	1	0	4-9	4-8	4-5	-12
Taurean Prince F	18	8	0	2	0	0	3	2-3	1-2	3-3	-5
Naz Reid F-C	17	10	4	1	0	0	0	4-5	2-3	0-2	-7
Jordan McLaughlin G	14	3	1	1	1	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-1

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
De'Aaron Fox G	37	25	2	7	1	0	3	10-22	0-2	5-7	+3
Harrison Barnes F	37	20	4	1	0	0	2	7-13	3-5	3-3	-8
Kevin Huerter G	33	29	0	2	2	0	0	11-15	6-9	1-2	+3
Domantas Sabonis F	33	24	14	5	0	0	0	10-18	1-1	3-5	-9
Malik Monk G	20	8	1	5	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	6-7	-6
Keegan Murray F	20	0	3	2	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-10
Trey Lyles F	19	15	8	1	0	1	0	4-5	3-4	4-6	+4
Kessler Edwards F	14	3	3	1	1	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	+12
Davion Mitchell G	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Chimezie Metu F	7	6	2	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	-2
Terence Davis G	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
PJ Dozier G-F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	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	36	27	57.4	32.9	-12.1	9.4
Mike Conley	Bench	30	24	82.0	22.4	+20.9	15.2
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	34	19	86.4	17.3	+7.1	9.2
Kyle Anderson	Bench	36	18	96.6	12.0	+15.3	15.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	24	16	71.4	21.6	-25.0	12.1
Rudy Gobert	Bench	31	13	60.4	16.9	+11.0	10.0
Naz Reid	Bench	17	10	85.0	16.7	-19.4	6.8
Taurean Prince	Bench	18	8	92.6	17.5	-12.8	6.8
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	14	3	50.0	9.7	-3.4	3.6
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
Austin Rivers	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Huerter	Bench	33	29	91.3	21.3	+6.6	14.5
De'Aaron Fox	Bench	37	25	49.8	32.9	+7.4	7.5
Domantas Sabonis	Bench	33	24	59.4	26.0	-11.2	14.8
Harrison Barnes	Bench	37	20	69.8	18.4	-6.7	7.6
Trey Lyles	Bench	19	15	98.2	19.0	+13.7	19.2
Malik Monk	Bench	20	8	56.5	17.5	-7.6	7.5
Chimezie Metu	Bench	7	6	75.0	25.0	-4.2	12.0
Kessler Edwards	Bench	14	3	75.0	6.9	+50.7	7.9
Davion Mitchell	Bench	11	2	100.0	4.0	-17.6	3.3
Terence Davis	Bench	6	2	100.0	7.1	-7.7	6.7
Keegan Murray	Bench	20	0	0.0	6.4	-17.2	-0.9
Alex Len	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	+200.0	0.0
PJ Dozier	Bench	2	0	0.0	28.6	-36.7	-25.0
Matthew Dellavedova	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0