Oklahoma City Thunder 90, Minnesota Timberwolves 98 — Recap

January 5, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 90, Minnesota Timberwolves 98. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 10-30 MIN; Q2 OKC 26-19 MIN; Q3 OKC 27-20 MIN; Q4 OKC 27-29 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Patrick Beverley (MIN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-15 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 17 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Jaylen Nowell (MIN) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-6 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

22 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · MIN

Patrick Beverley

20 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 6-11 FG

Scoring · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

19 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 5-15 FG

Season highs

Patrick Beverley · Season-high 20 pointsPatrick Beverley · Season-high 5 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
OKC	10	26	27	27		90
MIN	30	19	20	29		98

🧮 How They Scored

OKCMIN

46Points in the paint42

19Fast-break points9

21Second-chance points23

20Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

41.7%Effective FG%46.7%

14.8%Turnover %13.9%

25.9%Offensive rebound %28.3%

0.200Free-throw rate0.222

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	38	19	2	5	0	0	4	5-15	2-6	7-7	-18
Aaron Wiggins G	37	11	3	1	1	0	0	5-13	0-5	1-2	-18
Josh Giddey G	35	14	15	6	1	0	6	6-11	2-4	0-0	-11
Kenrich Williams G-F	25	10	9	2	4	0	1	5-10	0-1	0-0	+9
Darius Bazley F	24	10	7	1	1	1	2	3-12	0-4	4-6	+15
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	22	7	2	1	1	2	0	2-5	1-2	2-2	-18
Tre Mann G	18	3	7	0	0	0	2	1-5	1-3	0-0	+2
Aleksej Pokusevski C	17	4	2	0	1	1	2	2-6	0-2	0-0	-18
Mike Muscala F-C	16	9	4	1	2	3	0	3-11	2-6	1-1	+5
Ty Jerome G	9	3	1	4	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+12

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	37	17	16	3	1	2	6	6-14	1-4	4-5	+15
Anthony Edwards G	32	22	5	2	5	0	2	8-17	4-10	2-3	+20
D'Angelo Russell G	30	6	2	3	1	0	3	3-12	0-5	0-0	+1
Jarred Vanderbilt F	30	5	13	3	1	1	1	2-4	0-0	1-2	+20
Patrick Beverley G	26	20	4	6	1	1	1	6-11	5-9	3-4	+19
Jaylen Nowell G	23	16	3	3	0	0	1	6-6	1-1	3-3	-5
Jaden McDaniels F	21	11	3	2	0	0	0	5-12	1-4	0-1	-13
Malik Beasley G	18	0	3	1	1	0	1	0-8	0-7	0-0	-2
Naz Reid F-C	11	1	3	0	1	3	0	0-2	0-2	1-2	-7
Taurean Prince F	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	38	19	52.5	24.4	-21.0	6.4
Josh Giddey	Bench	35	14	63.6	21.0	-16.2	16.0
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	37	11	39.6	16.3	-21.0	3.2
Kenrich Williams	Bench	25	10	50.0	16.7	+18.5	17.8
Darius Bazley	Bench	24	10	34.2	25.0	+27.9	4.3
Mike Muscala	Bench	16	9	39.3	29.7	+15.6	12.1
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	22	7	59.5	11.8	-42.2	12.3
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	17	4	33.3	22.2	-56.3	1.3
Ty Jerome	Bench	9	3	75.0	6.9	+60.0	14.8
Tre Mann	Bench	18	3	30.0	15.6	+10.1	5.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	32	22	60.0	25.0	+28.3	17.9
Patrick Beverley	Bench	26	20	78.4	22.2	+34.4	26.4
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	37	17	52.5	24.7	+19.1	10.5
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	23	16	109.3	14.5	-12.3	25.5
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	21	11	44.2	21.8	-32.9	8.1
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	30	6	25.0	20.5	-0.1	0.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	30	5	51.2	8.5	+33.6	15.4
Naz Reid	Bench	11	1	17.4	10.0	-30.8	6.2
Taurean Prince	Bench	10	0	0.0	19.2	-32.9	-4.7
Malik Beasley	Bench	18	0	0.0	18.4	-3.0	-7.3