Phoenix Suns 99, Minnesota Timberwolves 96 — Recap

November 15, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 99, Minnesota Timberwolves 96. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 18-21 MIN; Q2 PHX 22-18 MIN; Q3 PHX 26-23 MIN; Q4 PHX 33-34 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 35 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 29 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 22 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists on 10-of-14 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

35 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

29 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 7-16 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

22 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST · 10-14 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 35 pointsDeandre Ayton · Season-high 22 pointsAnthony Edwards · Season-high 12 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
PHX	18	22	26	33		99
MIN	21	18	23	34		96

🧮 How They Scored

PHXMIN

38Points in the paint30

7Fast-break points8

15Second-chance points8

12Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

41.8%Effective FG%44.1%

12.9%Turnover %15.7%

25.5%Offensive rebound %25.5%

0.424Free-throw rate0.318

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	34	29	5	5	2	0	1	7-16	2-4	13-15	+8
Chris Paul G	34	21	3	8	1	0	3	6-14	2-5	7-7	-13
Deandre Ayton C	33	22	12	1	0	0	2	10-14	0-0	2-3	-5
Mikal Bridges F	33	7	4	1	1	0	1	2-8	0-4	3-4	+1
Jae Crowder F	29	2	6	1	1	0	3	0-9	0-5	2-5	-6
Cameron Johnson F	22	7	4	1	1	0	2	3-9	1-6	0-0	+8
Landry Shamet G	18	6	3	0	1	0	0	2-6	2-4	0-0	0
Cameron Payne G	14	0	3	2	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+16
JaVale McGee C	11	2	7	1	0	2	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	+10
Abdel Nader F	9	0	2	1	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Frank Kaminsky F-C	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	-1

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	40	35	13	2	1	0	7	10-19	5-9	10-11	-3
Anthony Edwards G	39	9	12	6	1	3	6	2-11	1-6	4-6	-5
D'Angelo Russell G	35	22	2	4	2	0	0	7-21	1-10	7-7	0
Patrick Beverley G	34	10	7	1	0	0	1	4-8	2-5	0-1	-5
Jaden McDaniels F	30	4	3	2	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	+2
Malik Beasley G	24	12	8	3	2	0	0	4-14	4-11	0-0	-4
Jarred Vanderbilt F	24	4	7	0	1	0	2	2-4	0-0	0-0	+3
Josh Okogie G	14	0	2	0	1	0	2	0-3	0-1	0-2	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	34	29	64.2	28.0	+11.1	24.1
Deandre Ayton	Bench	33	22	71.8	22.1	-7.4	17.1
Chris Paul	Bench	34	21	61.5	24.4	-17.8	18.3
Mikal Bridges	Bench	33	7	35.9	14.1	+3.1	2.2
Cameron Johnson	Bench	22	7	38.9	20.0	+20.0	7.8
Landry Shamet	Bench	18	6	50.0	13.6	+2.0	10.0
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	4	3	52.1	27.3	-10.0	233.3
JaVale McGee	Bench	11	2	33.3	17.2	+42.0	24.4
Jae Crowder	Bench	29	2	8.9	20.3	-13.8	-9.2
Cameron Payne	Bench	14	0	0.0	8.6	+54.9	0.0
Abdel Nader	Bench	9	0	0.0	8.3	-8.9	17.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	40	35	73.4	30.7	-4.8	22.9
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	35	22	45.7	25.8	-2.1	14.4
Malik Beasley	Bench	24	12	42.9	22.2	-12.1	22.6
Patrick Beverley	Bench	34	10	59.2	10.5	-8.7	6.1
Anthony Edwards	Bench	39	9	33.0	20.2	-7.3	4.7
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	24	4	50.0	10.2	+7.5	2.2
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	30	4	40.0	6.3	+1.6	-0.6
Josh Okogie	Bench	14	0	0.0	17.1	-11.5	-22.2