Minnesota Timberwolves 116, Utah Jazz 128 — Recap

December 23, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 116, Utah Jazz 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 27-35 UTA; Q2 MIN 33-32 UTA; Q3 MIN 30-34 UTA; Q4 MIN 26-27 UTA.

Top performers (box score): Malik Beasley (MIN) 33 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 threes on 13-of-25 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (UTA) 28 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Rudy Gobert (UTA) 20 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 14 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-20 shooting; Bojan Bogdanovic (UTA) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Malik Beasley

33 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 7 3PM · 13-25 FG

Scoring · UTA

Donovan Mitchell

28 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · UTA

Rudy Gobert

20 PTS, 17 REB, 2 AST · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Malik Beasley · Season-high 33 pointsD'Angelo Russell · Season-high 14 assistsNaz Reid · Season-high 10 reboundsMalik Beasley · 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	27	33	30	26		116
UTA	35	32	34	27		128

🧮 How They Scored

MINUTA

46Points in the paint60

18Fast-break points9

21Second-chance points16

22Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.0%Effective FG%62.2%

11.6%Turnover %13.1%

30.0%Offensive rebound %25.6%

0.119Free-throw rate0.244

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Beasley G	43	33	6	1	1	0	2	13-25	7-16	0-0	-14
D'Angelo Russell G	41	19	7	14	0	0	3	7-20	4-8	1-1	-5
Jaden McDaniels F	37	16	9	7	1	1	4	7-18	1-6	1-1	-8
Naz Reid F-C	36	17	10	1	1	1	1	6-14	2-6	3-4	-4
Jake Layman F	36	13	7	0	2	1	3	6-11	1-5	0-0	-10
Jaylen Nowell G	19	10	1	2	1	0	0	3-8	2-3	2-2	-4
Nathan Knight F-C	15	8	3	1	0	1	1	3-5	0-1	2-4	-5
Jordan McLaughlin G	11	0	1	3	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Leandro Bolmaro F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	38	28	5	7	0	1	3	10-20	4-11	4-4	+9
Rudy Gobert C	35	20	17	2	1	4	3	8-14	0-0	4-9	+9
Bojan Bogdanovic F	30	18	2	0	1	0	2	6-10	4-5	2-2	+11
Royce O'Neale F	30	5	1	4	2	0	1	2-6	1-5	0-0	+11
Mike Conley G	28	17	4	6	0	1	2	7-10	2-3	1-2	+22
Jordan Clarkson G	24	5	3	7	0	1	1	2-9	1-6	0-0	-2
Joe Ingles F	23	16	4	5	3	0	2	6-13	3-8	1-1	+2
Rudy Gay F	19	7	6	0	0	0	0	3-4	1-1	0-0	+1
Hassan Whiteside C	13	12	3	0	0	0	1	4-4	0-0	4-4	+3
Trent Forrest G	2	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
Malik Beasley	Bench	43	33	66.0	24.8	-14.0	11.9
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	41	19	46.5	22.3	-4.4	10.2
Naz Reid	Bench	36	17	53.9	17.0	-6.7	7.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	37	16	43.4	23.4	-13.2	7.0
Jake Layman	Bench	36	13	59.1	15.6	-10.0	6.6
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	19	10	56.3	19.6	-6.8	8.6
Nathan Knight	Bench	15	8	59.2	23.5	-15.6	8.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	11	0	0.0	0.0	-8.5	7.9
Leandro Bolmaro	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-71.4	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	38	28	64.3	28.4	+11.5	13.4
Rudy Gobert	Bench	35	20	55.7	24.4	+10.6	14.3
Bojan Bogdanovic	Bench	30	18	82.7	18.3	+15.9	9.0
Mike Conley	Bench	28	17	78.1	17.1	+31.9	15.6
Joe Ingles	Bench	23	16	59.5	26.3	+4.0	18.4
Hassan Whiteside	Bench	13	12	104.2	20.6	+10.3	14.7
Rudy Gay	Bench	19	7	87.5	8.5	+5.4	10.2
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	24	5	27.8	17.2	-1.5	5.6
Royce O'Neale	Bench	30	5	41.7	9.9	+15.9	3.4
Trent Forrest	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-150.0	0.0