Minnesota Timberwolves 116, Utah Jazz 111 — Recap

December 26, 2020 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 116, Utah Jazz 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 31-27 UTA; Q2 MIN 37-26 UTA; Q3 MIN 20-26 UTA; Q4 MIN 28-32 UTA.

Top performers (box score): D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Jordan Clarkson (UTA) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (UTA) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-23 shooting; Mike Conley (UTA) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Rudy Gobert (UTA) 18 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

25 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-21 FG

Scoring · UTA

Jordan Clarkson

23 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · UTA

Donovan Mitchell

21 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 6-23 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	31	37	20	28		116
UTA	27	26	26	32		111

🧮 How They Scored

MINUTA

54Points in the paint50

16Fast-break points11

18Second-chance points22

26Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.0%Effective FG%43.6%

7.6%Turnover %14.0%

24.0%Offensive rebound %40.4%

0.178Free-throw rate0.394

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Beasley G	39	18	6	0	1	0	2	7-17	1-4	3-3	+13
D'Angelo Russell G	34	25	2	6	1	0	2	9-21	3-6	4-8	-9
Josh Okogie G	32	8	6	2	0	1	1	4-8	0-1	0-0	-4
Karl-Anthony Towns C	30	16	12	3	1	4	2	6-19	1-5	3-3	+11
Ricky Rubio G	27	9	4	6	1	0	1	3-8	1-3	2-2	+6
Anthony Edwards G	22	18	1	1	2	0	0	8-12	2-3	0-0	+6
Jarrett Culver G	20	14	6	0	1	0	0	5-7	3-3	1-2	+9
Naz Reid F-C	18	8	2	2	1	0	1	3-8	2-4	0-0	-9
Jake Layman F	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Juancho Hernangomez F	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	37	21	2	5	3	2	3	6-23	2-9	7-9	-5
Mike Conley G	34	20	6	4	1	0	4	6-13	2-7	6-8	+9
Bojan Bogdanovic F	34	9	7	1	0	1	0	3-16	1-5	2-2	-7
Royce O'Neale F	34	5	13	1	0	0	2	2-4	1-2	0-0	-16
Rudy Gobert C	29	18	16	2	0	1	4	7-10	0-0	4-6	+7
Joe Ingles F	26	10	2	0	0	0	3	3-8	2-5	2-2	-13
Jordan Clarkson G	23	23	3	0	0	0	0	8-17	2-6	5-6	+6
Derrick Favors F-C	18	5	6	2	1	0	2	1-3	0-0	3-4	-6
Georges Niang F	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Juwan Morgan F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	34	25	51.0	30.7	-13.3	11.5
Anthony Edwards	Bench	22	18	75.0	21.8	+10.0	20.3
Malik Beasley	Bench	39	18	49.1	19.8	+15.1	6.8
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	30	16	39.4	27.5	+13.6	16.3
Jarrett Culver	Bench	20	14	88.8	15.7	+25.2	23.3
Ricky Rubio	Bench	27	9	50.7	14.3	+7.8	9.5
Josh Okogie	Bench	32	8	50.0	11.5	-4.3	6.6
Naz Reid	Bench	18	8	50.0	22.5	-24.3	8.6
Ed Davis	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	+300.0	0.0
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	-9.1	-8.8
Jake Layman	Bench	14	0	0.0	0.0	-2.8	0.0

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	23	23	58.6	26.8	+11.5	20.9
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	37	21	38.9	29.4	-4.7	6.0
Mike Conley	Bench	34	20	60.5	22.7	+11.0	12.6
Rudy Gobert	Bench	29	18	71.2	21.3	+12.3	19.8
Joe Ingles	Bench	26	10	56.3	15.6	-18.9	0.6
Bojan Bogdanovic	Bench	34	9	26.7	19.3	-12.1	2.5
Royce O'Neale	Bench	34	5	62.5	6.8	-20.0	10.2
Derrick Favors	Bench	18	5	52.5	14.3	-9.7	7.4
Georges Niang	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	+75.6	4.2
Juwan Morgan	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-200.0	0.0