New York Knicks 96, Minnesota Timberwolves 88 — Recap

December 28, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 96, Minnesota Timberwolves 88. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 29-22 MIN; Q2 NYK 15-19 MIN; Q3 NYK 28-21 MIN; Q4 NYK 24-26 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Malik Beasley (MIN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-23 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Mitchell Robinson (NYK) 14 points, 18 rebounds, 0 assists on 7-of-8 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 13 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-20 shooting; Evan Fournier (NYK) 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Malik Beasley

20 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 8-23 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaden McDaniels

18 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 7-11 FG

Scoring · NYK

Mitchell Robinson

14 PTS, 18 REB, 0 AST · 7-8 FG

Season highs

Mitchell Robinson · Season-high 18 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	29	15	28	24		96
MIN	22	19	21	26		88

🧮 How They Scored

NYKMIN

40Points in the paint50

8Fast-break points11

23Second-chance points11

9Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%44.1%

13.4%Turnover %9.6%

30.0%Offensive rebound %20.4%

0.178Free-throw rate0.235

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	38	13	15	2	0	1	4	5-20	1-5	2-3	+2
Kemba Walker G	33	10	4	2	0	0	2	3-11	3-7	1-2	-3
Mitchell Robinson C	32	14	18	0	2	1	1	7-8	0-0	0-2	+2
Quentin Grimes G	31	11	2	2	1	1	0	4-11	3-9	0-0	+6
Evan Fournier G-F	25	13	2	2	0	0	1	5-14	3-7	0-0	-3
RJ Barrett F-G	24	8	3	3	0	1	4	3-10	1-4	1-3	+5
Alec Burks G	16	7	2	2	0	0	1	2-4	2-2	1-4	+9
Taj Gibson F	16	7	6	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	1-2	+4
Immanuel Quickley G	15	6	0	4	1	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	+12
Obi Toppin F	11	7	2	3	1	0	2	3-3	1-1	0-0	+6

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Beasley G	40	20	4	1	1	0	0	8-23	4-16	0-0	+7
Jaden McDaniels F	36	18	6	0	1	5	1	7-11	1-5	3-3	+3
Jaylen Nowell G	29	11	4	6	1	1	2	5-14	1-7	0-0	-16
Patrick Beverley G	29	3	7	7	1	0	2	0-8	0-2	3-6	-17
Nathan Knight F-C	25	8	7	2	0	1	2	3-8	0-1	2-3	0
Jordan McLaughlin G	24	9	3	2	1	0	1	4-10	0-3	1-2	-7
Greg Monroe C	22	7	6	4	0	3	1	3-3	0-0	1-2	-6
Jake Layman F	17	9	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	1-2	2-2	-1
Naz Reid F-C	12	3	5	0	0	1	0	1-4	0-2	1-2	-5
Josh Okogie G	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	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
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	32	14	78.8	12.7	+3.2	33.1
Julius Randle	Bench	38	13	30.5	27.5	+4.0	4.9
Evan Fournier	Bench	25	13	46.4	25.4	-6.5	6.8
Quentin Grimes	Bench	31	11	50.0	14.9	+11.2	8.2
Kemba Walker	Bench	33	10	42.1	17.1	-3.2	5.6
RJ Barrett	Bench	24	8	35.3	23.8	+8.4	-3.1
Obi Toppin	Bench	11	7	116.7	20.0	+27.3	17.2
Alec Burks	Bench	16	7	60.8	17.5	+20.6	1.6
Taj Gibson	Bench	16	7	71.7	14.3	+9.5	15.3
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	15	6	60.0	15.6	+46.2	12.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Malik Beasley	Bench	40	20	43.5	25.6	+4.0	7.9
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	36	18	73.1	16.0	+1.4	20.4
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	29	11	39.3	23.5	-30.2	8.8
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	24	9	41.4	22.2	-14.6	9.2
Jake Layman	Bench	17	9	92.2	13.9	-2.9	11.8
Nathan Knight	Bench	25	8	42.9	19.0	0.0	2.2
Greg Monroe	Bench	22	7	90.2	9.8	-14.0	15.7
Naz Reid	Bench	12	3	30.7	18.5	-16.2	10.3
Patrick Beverley	Bench	29	3	14.1	18.8	-33.7	1.4
Josh Okogie	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	+22.0	0.0