Minnesota Timberwolves 149, San Antonio Spurs 139 — Recap

March 14, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 149, San Antonio Spurs 139. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 40-32 SAS; Q2 MIN 35-41 SAS; Q3 MIN 46-33 SAS; Q4 MIN 28-33 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 60 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 threes on 19-of-31 shooting; Keldon Johnson (SAS) 34 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; Dejounte Murray (SAS) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Lonnie Walker IV (SAS) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Jakob Poeltl (SAS) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists on 9-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

60 PTS, 17 REB, 3 AST, 7 3PM · 19-31 FG

Scoring · SAS

Keldon Johnson

34 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 13-21 FG

Scoring · SAS

Dejounte Murray

30 PTS, 4 REB, 12 AST, 1 3PM · 10-20 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 60 pointsKeldon Johnson · Season-high 34 pointsKarl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 7 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	40	35	46	28		149
SAS	32	41	33	33		139

🧮 How They Scored

MINSAS

62Points in the paint64

20Fast-break points21

17Second-chance points13

18Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

67.2%Effective FG%60.3%

12.6%Turnover %12.2%

20.6%Offensive rebound %21.4%

0.356Free-throw rate0.268

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	36	60	17	3	1	0	6	19-31	7-11	15-16	+16
Jaden McDaniels F	32	11	4	1	1	1	1	4-7	1-3	2-2	-2
Patrick Beverley G	30	20	4	8	1	1	1	5-8	3-4	7-8	+2
Anthony Edwards G	30	5	3	3	1	1	2	2-7	1-2	0-0	+4
D'Angelo Russell G	29	19	2	6	3	0	1	8-12	3-5	0-0	+15
Taurean Prince F	28	13	4	4	1	0	0	5-9	2-6	1-2	+2
Jaylen Nowell G	26	15	6	3	0	0	3	6-8	0-1	3-4	+12
Malik Beasley G	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+8
Nathan Knight F-C	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	3-7	0-0	0-0	-7
Josh Okogie G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keldon Johnson F	37	34	8	4	0	0	0	13-21	5-9	3-4	-18
Dejounte Murray G	36	30	4	12	1	1	5	10-20	1-5	9-10	-5
Devin Vassell G-F	31	17	3	3	2	3	2	6-12	2-6	3-3	-4
Jakob Poeltl C	29	21	4	1	0	3	1	9-12	0-0	3-4	+3
Lonnie Walker IV G	26	22	3	2	0	0	1	8-12	3-5	3-3	-6
Josh Richardson G-F	23	2	3	1	2	0	3	1-3	0-0	0-0	0
Zach Collins F-C	19	5	5	2	0	4	2	2-7	1-4	0-0	-13
Joshua Primo G	17	3	3	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	1-2	-6
Tre Jones G	16	2	2	7	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-7
Jock Landale C	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+3
Joe Wieskamp G-F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+3

🔬 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	36	60	78.9	48.4	+22.5	26.6
Patrick Beverley	Bench	30	20	86.8	16.3	+2.9	14.1
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	29	19	79.2	17.1	+19.5	13.4
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	26	15	76.8	20.0	+20.0	11.5
Taurean Prince	Bench	28	13	65.8	14.3	+1.1	8.1
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	32	11	69.8	10.5	-2.6	7.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	8	6	42.9	34.8	-40.8	0.0
Anthony Edwards	Bench	30	5	35.7	11.5	+7.5	1.4
Josh Okogie	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-150.0	0.0
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Malik Beasley	Bench	19	0	0.0	2.0	+17.4	-0.9
Jake Layman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Keldon Johnson	Bench	37	34	74.7	24.5	-17.8	14.7
Dejounte Murray	Bench	36	30	61.5	33.0	-7.3	14.2
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	26	22	82.6	20.0	-12.1	12.6
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	29	21	76.3	19.2	+2.6	10.3
Devin Vassell	Bench	31	17	63.8	18.5	-5.6	10.5
Zach Collins	Bench	19	5	35.7	17.6	-24.7	3.2
Jock Landale	Bench	3	3	75.0	25.0	+66.7	20.7
Joshua Primo	Bench	17	3	52.1	9.1	-11.6	2.5
Tre Jones	Bench	16	2	25.0	8.9	-15.2	3.3
Josh Richardson	Bench	23	2	33.3	10.3	-2.0	1.7
Joe Wieskamp	Bench	3	0	0.0	25.0	+66.7	-22.2