Oklahoma City Thunder 135, Minnesota Timberwolves 128 — Recap

December 3, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 135, Minnesota Timberwolves 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 32-29 MIN; Q2 OKC 31-28 MIN; Q3 OKC 34-44 MIN; Q4 OKC 38-27 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 33 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Josh Giddey (OKC) 21 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Jaylen Nowell (MIN) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

33 PTS, 1 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

27 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

26 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 10-22 FG

Season highs

Naz Reid · 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
OKC	32	31	34	38		135
MIN	29	28	44	27		128

🧮 How They Scored

OKCMIN

66Points in the paint68

21Fast-break points26

10Second-chance points19

33Points off turnovers29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.5%Effective FG%58.4%

16.2%Turnover %18.4%

28.9%Offensive rebound %29.3%

0.376Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	35	33	1	6	3	1	4	10-17	1-2	12-12	-6
Josh Giddey G	33	21	12	7	2	2	4	8-16	3-7	2-3	+8
Luguentz Dort G	32	18	4	3	1	0	6	6-12	3-4	3-5	-7
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	29	14	7	2	2	0	1	5-11	0-3	4-4	+13
Jalen Williams G-F	27	11	1	3	0	0	2	4-6	1-1	2-4	+18
Kenrich Williams G-F	21	15	3	2	0	0	0	6-7	2-3	1-2	+12
Aleksej Pokusevski C	20	12	8	1	0	0	2	5-10	0-3	2-2	-4
Tre Mann G	17	6	1	1	0	1	1	2-9	1-3	1-1	+8
Darius Bazley F	15	5	3	0	1	1	1	2-4	0-0	1-2	-9
Ousmane Dieng F	11	0	2	1	2	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	37	26	3	4	6	0	5	10-22	2-6	4-6	+5
D'Angelo Russell G	36	27	3	6	1	0	4	10-16	2-6	5-5	-16
Kyle Anderson F	31	6	6	5	2	4	4	2-3	0-0	2-2	+13
Naz Reid F-C	30	13	18	3	0	4	1	6-12	0-2	1-2	0
Jordan McLaughlin G	24	8	5	4	2	1	2	2-7	1-3	3-3	+6
Jaylen Nowell G	23	21	3	2	0	0	1	6-13	2-5	7-8	+2
Jaden McDaniels F	18	8	1	0	1	1	2	3-4	2-3	0-0	-22
Wendell Moore Jr. G	16	9	0	1	0	0	2	4-6	1-3	0-0	-2
Austin Rivers G	15	4	1	0	1	0	2	1-3	0-2	2-2	-10
Rudy Gobert C	9	6	4	0	0	0	0	3-3	0-0	0-2	-11

🔬 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	35	33	74.1	26.3	-7.1	17.6
Josh Giddey	Bench	33	21	60.6	23.1	+8.6	14.4
Luguentz Dort	Bench	32	18	63.4	22.5	-9.1	4.4
Kenrich Williams	Bench	21	15	95.2	12.5	+29.4	18.8
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	29	14	54.9	17.5	+20.7	9.3
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	20	12	55.1	23.2	-3.3	8.9
Jalen Williams	Bench	27	11	70.9	13.5	+25.8	5.0
Tre Mann	Bench	17	6	31.8	22.7	+22.2	-2.4
Darius Bazley	Bench	15	5	51.2	16.2	-16.5	7.7
Isaiah Joe	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylin Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	11	0	0.0	3.7	+12.2	11.0
Mike Muscala	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	36	27	74.2	21.4	-21.2	12.5
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	26	52.8	29.7	+7.0	9.2
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	23	21	63.6	28.1	+1.5	10.8
Naz Reid	Bench	30	13	50.5	17.3	+1.7	16.6
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	16	9	75.0	18.2	-8.0	6.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	24	8	48.1	14.5	+4.6	9.9
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	18	8	100.0	12.0	-49.1	2.6
Kyle Anderson	Bench	31	6	77.3	9.4	+11.7	9.6
Rudy Gobert	Bench	9	6	77.3	16.0	-47.8	12.8
Austin Rivers	Bench	15	4	51.5	14.3	-31.9	0.0
AJ Lawson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0