Minnesota Timberwolves 98, San Antonio Spurs 107 — Recap

October 30, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 98, San Antonio Spurs 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 23-26 SAS; Q2 MIN 24-31 SAS; Q3 MIN 23-28 SAS; Q4 MIN 28-22 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 26 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Keldon Johnson (SAS) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Doug McDermott (SAS) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Keita Bates-Diop (SAS) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

26 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · SAS

Keldon Johnson

25 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · SAS

Doug McDermott

23 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 7 3PM · 8-16 FG

Season highs

Doug McDermott · Season-high 23 pointsKeldon Johnson · Season-high 8 assistsDoug McDermott · 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	23	24	23	28		98
SAS	26	31	28	22		107

🧮 How They Scored

MINSAS

64Points in the paint34

17Fast-break points16

18Second-chance points20

12Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

42.4%Effective FG%51.2%

9.3%Turnover %16.4%

29.6%Offensive rebound %32.6%

0.202Free-throw rate0.291

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	36	18	2	6	2	1	1	7-18	1-4	3-3	-3
Jaden McDaniels F	35	7	3	1	3	1	2	3-7	0-2	1-2	-6
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	26	11	4	1	2	3	10-19	1-7	5-8	-22
D'Angelo Russell G	28	10	5	4	0	1	2	5-17	0-7	0-0	0
Rudy Gobert C	27	9	12	0	1	2	1	4-11	0-0	1-3	-10
Taurean Prince F	23	9	2	1	1	0	1	4-5	1-2	0-0	+6
Bryn Forbes G	19	4	3	1	2	0	1	1-6	0-2	2-2	-6
Kyle Anderson F	13	2	4	4	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-3
Jaylen Nowell G	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-8	0-3	0-0	-8
Naz Reid F-C	9	11	2	0	1	0	0	5-7	1-2	0-0	+12
Austin Rivers G	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keldon Johnson F	38	25	6	8	1	1	5	8-15	5-10	4-4	+20
Romeo Langford G	34	7	7	1	2	1	1	3-7	0-2	1-2	-9
Jakob Poeltl C	34	4	14	4	2	3	3	2-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Tre Jones G	32	10	2	8	0	0	2	2-12	1-2	5-7	+6
Doug McDermott F	25	23	3	1	0	1	1	8-16	7-14	0-0	+3
Keita Bates-Diop F	23	18	6	1	0	0	4	6-15	1-5	5-5	-1
Zach Collins F-C	23	9	6	2	1	1	2	4-8	1-2	0-1	+21
Malaki Branham F	19	5	2	2	0	0	0	1-7	1-4	2-2	+2
Blake Wesley G	8	6	2	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	2-4	+8
Gorgui Dieng C	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0-1	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
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	34	26	57.7	29.5	-31.0	23.0
Anthony Edwards	Bench	36	18	46.6	22.5	-7.1	9.5
Naz Reid	Bench	9	11	78.6	35.0	+64.0	23.0
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	28	10	29.4	27.1	+3.3	0.5
Rudy Gobert	Bench	27	9	36.5	18.1	-16.0	12.9
Taurean Prince	Bench	23	9	90.0	10.3	+9.7	8.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	35	7	44.4	11.0	-9.4	3.4
Bryn Forbes	Bench	19	4	29.1	15.1	-15.4	4.9
Kyle Anderson	Bench	13	2	113.6	3.4	-16.3	12.6
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	10	2	12.5	30.8	-34.8	-19.4
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	5	0	0.0	10.0	-21.8	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	38	25	74.6	23.4	+23.0	21.5
Doug McDermott	Bench	25	23	71.9	25.8	+1.7	16.9
Keita Bates-Diop	Bench	23	18	52.3	38.2	+0.3	7.5
Tre Jones	Bench	32	10	33.2	21.3	+10.5	2.7
Zach Collins	Bench	23	9	53.3	16.7	+41.5	9.6
Romeo Langford	Bench	34	7	44.4	10.6	-8.4	7.8
Blake Wesley	Bench	8	6	63.0	25.0	+32.8	11.7
Malaki Branham	Bench	19	5	31.7	16.3	+5.3	1.7
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	34	4	100.0	6.1	-5.6	19.2
Gorgui Dieng	Bench	4	0	0.0	10.0	-12.5	8.2
Isaiah Roby	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0