New York Knicks 101, Minnesota Timberwolves 102 — Recap

March 31, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 101, Minnesota Timberwolves 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 26-19 MIN; Q2 NYK 25-31 MIN; Q3 NYK 30-20 MIN; Q4 NYK 20-32 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (NYK) 26 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Malik Beasley (MIN) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 5-of-9 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 18 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Julius Randle

26 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

24 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · NYK

RJ Barrett

23 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-18 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 17 rebounds

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
NYK	26	25	30	20		101
MIN	19	31	20	32		102

🧮 How They Scored

NYKMIN

38Points in the paint38

17Fast-break points13

13Second-chance points10

8Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.3%Effective FG%49.4%

15.2%Turnover %11.2%

18.4%Offensive rebound %20.9%

0.207Free-throw rate0.218

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
RJ Barrett F-G	41	23	3	2	1	1	3	8-18	3-4	4-6	+1
Julius Randle F	39	26	12	6	0	0	4	11-20	2-5	2-2	-5
Reggie Bullock G-F	39	10	4	3	2	0	1	4-6	2-4	0-0	-10
Elfrid Payton G	28	17	5	3	2	0	3	6-13	1-1	4-5	+2
Alec Burks G	24	13	3	1	0	0	1	5-12	2-5	1-2	-7
Taj Gibson F	24	7	8	1	0	3	0	3-3	0-0	1-2	-2
Nerlens Noel F-C	24	2	3	0	1	2	3	1-4	0-0	0-0	+1
Immanuel Quickley G	13	0	3	2	1	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	+11
Obi Toppin F	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+4

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	40	18	17	6	0	2	3	7-18	2-7	2-2	+9
Anthony Edwards G	36	24	2	3	3	4	3	9-16	2-7	4-5	+14
Jaden McDaniels F	36	18	5	3	0	0	2	7-13	4-9	0-0	+9
Malik Beasley G	32	20	1	0	1	1	1	5-9	5-8	5-6	-12
Ricky Rubio G	28	9	4	7	2	0	1	3-9	1-5	2-2	+4
Jaylen Nowell G	21	4	6	3	2	0	0	2-7	0-0	0-0	+5
Jordan McLaughlin G	20	2	0	2	1	1	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	-3
Naz Reid F-C	15	6	3	1	0	0	1	2-7	0-0	2-2	-7
Juancho Hernangomez F	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-9
Jarrett Culver G	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	1-2	-3
Jake Layman F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Bench	39	26	62.3	27.8	-5.0	20.3
RJ Barrett	Bench	41	23	55.7	26.1	+5.0	7.8
Elfrid Payton	Bench	28	17	55.9	29.0	+3.7	11.7
Alec Burks	Bench	24	13	50.5	25.9	-10.1	6.3
Reggie Bullock	Bench	39	10	83.3	8.0	-12.8	10.2
Taj Gibson	Bench	24	7	90.2	7.4	-0.3	17.6
Obi Toppin	Bench	9	3	75.0	10.5	+16.9	7.1
Nerlens Noel	Bench	24	2	25.0	13.2	+2.1	-3.4
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	13	0	0.0	16.7	+39.3	2.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	36	24	65.9	25.6	+16.7	13.2
Malik Beasley	Bench	32	20	85.9	16.4	-21.1	11.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	40	18	47.7	23.7	+8.6	15.3
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	36	18	69.2	18.1	+7.8	9.3
Ricky Rubio	Bench	28	9	45.5	16.4	+3.1	11.7
Naz Reid	Bench	15	6	38.1	23.7	-23.4	3.1
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	21	4	28.6	13.5	+7.2	14.5
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	20	2	25.0	10.6	-7.1	2.3
Jarrett Culver	Bench	4	1	17.4	25.0	-36.7	-20.0
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	5	0	0.0	14.3	-84.1	-8.3
Jake Layman	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-35.7	0.0