San Antonio Spurs 125, Minnesota Timberwolves 122 — Recap

January 9, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): San Antonio Spurs 125, Minnesota Timberwolves 122 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAS 28-34 MIN; Q2 SAS 32-24 MIN; Q3 SAS 23-27 MIN; Q4 SAS 30-28 MIN; OT1 SAS 12-9 MIN.

Top performers (box score): DeMar DeRozan (SAS) 38 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists on 13-of-23 shooting; Malik Beasley (MIN) 29 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 25 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Dejounte Murray (SAS) 22 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Patty Mills (SAS) 21 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAS

DeMar DeRozan

38 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 13-23 FG

Scoring · MIN

Malik Beasley

29 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 7 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

25 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-17 FG

Season highs

DeMar DeRozan · Season-high 38 pointsMalik Beasley · Season-high 29 pointsKarl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 25 pointsDejounte Murray · Season-high 14 reboundsKarl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 13 reboundsMalik Beasley · Season-high 7 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	OT		T
SAS	28	32	23	30	12		125
MIN	34	24	27	28	9		122

🧮 How They Scored

SASMIN

48Points in the paint52

20Fast-break points4

13Second-chance points20

24Points off turnovers7

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%57.8%

5.0%Turnover %13.4%

22.2%Offensive rebound %23.4%

0.287Free-throw rate0.177

Box Score

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan G	44	38	5	5	0	0	1	13-23	0-2	12-13	+4
Keldon Johnson F	42	17	9	4	1	0	0	6-12	2-5	3-4	+4
Dejounte Murray G	41	22	14	4	1	1	2	7-18	3-6	5-6	+7
LaMarcus Aldridge F	33	10	3	1	2	1	0	4-11	1-3	1-2	+5
Patty Mills G	30	21	0	1	0	0	0	8-14	5-8	0-0	0
Lonnie Walker IV G	28	7	2	0	2	0	0	2-8	1-3	2-2	+6
Rudy Gay F	17	9	4	3	0	1	1	4-9	1-3	0-0	-3
Jakob Poeltl C	16	1	7	1	1	0	2	0-3	0-0	1-2	-3
Devin Vassell G-F	15	0	4	3	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-5

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Beasley G	40	29	4	2	0	0	2	11-20	7-11	0-0	+2
D'Angelo Russell G	38	16	3	6	1	1	1	7-22	1-6	1-3	-3
Karl-Anthony Towns C	37	25	13	4	0	3	3	9-17	2-3	5-6	-8
Ricky Rubio G	34	6	5	8	0	0	2	3-7	0-0	0-0	-5
Jarrett Culver G	31	10	8	3	0	0	1	4-6	0-0	2-4	-4
Anthony Edwards G	30	13	4	4	0	0	3	5-11	1-4	2-2	+2
Juancho Hernangomez F	23	5	7	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-1
Naz Reid F-C	16	16	7	1	0	3	2	6-8	3-4	1-2	+5
Jarred Vanderbilt F	12	2	2	1	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Jake Layman F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	44	38	66.2	29.1	+0.7	19.7
Dejounte Murray	Bench	41	22	53.3	24.5	+7.1	14.2
Patty Mills	Bench	30	21	75.0	17.9	-5.4	8.6
Keldon Johnson	Bench	42	17	61.8	14.1	+0.5	10.2
LaMarcus Aldridge	Bench	33	10	42.1	16.4	+5.9	2.9
Rudy Gay	Bench	17	9	50.0	21.7	-16.5	12.0
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	28	7	39.4	14.3	+12.8	3.6
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	16	1	12.9	14.6	-11.7	2.5
Devin Vassell	Bench	15	0	0.0	8.3	-22.7	5.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Malik Beasley	Bench	40	29	72.5	24.2	+3.9	13.0
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	37	25	63.6	27.1	-7.6	17.4
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	38	16	34.3	27.9	-0.9	3.6
Naz Reid	Bench	16	16	90.1	30.6	+20.3	26.8
Anthony Edwards	Bench	30	13	54.7	20.8	+8.3	7.0
Jarrett Culver	Bench	31	10	64.4	13.4	+2.6	9.1
Ricky Rubio	Bench	34	6	42.9	11.5	-2.2	7.5
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	23	5	62.5	9.6	+2.9	6.4
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	12	2	100.0	7.1	+14.2	7.7
Jake Layman	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	-34.8	-4.9