Washington Wizards 105, Minnesota Timberwolves 103 — Recap

February 1, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 105, Minnesota Timberwolves 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 27-26 MIN; Q2 WAS 31-31 MIN; Q3 WAS 25-20 MIN; Q4 WAS 22-26 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Kyle Kuzma (WAS) 31 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 23 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Jordan Poole (WAS) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 16 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Mike Conley (MIN) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · WAS

Kyle Kuzma

31 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaden McDaniels

23 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · WAS

Jordan Poole

19 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 6-13 FG

Season highs

Kyle Kuzma · Season-high 31 points

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
WAS	27	31	25	22		105
MIN	26	31	20	26		103

🧮 How They Scored

WASMIN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.4%Effective FG%47.3%

16.7%Turnover %12.2%

10.0%Offensive rebound %25.6%

0.176Free-throw rate0.194

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bilal Coulibaly G	37	14	4	5	2	2	3	4-9	2-2	4-5	—
Jordan Poole G	35	19	4	3	—	2	3	6-13	4-9	3-4	+2
Kyle Kuzma F	34	31	8	2	—	—	2	13-24	5-10	—	+3
Jonas Valanciunas C	30	13	10	2	1	—	3	6-11	—	1-1	+9
Corey Kispert F	28	8	4	1	—	1	3	3-8	2-6	—	-4
KyShawn George F	23	11	6	2	2	—	2	3-8	2-6	3-3	+12
Carlton Carrington G	14	—	—	4	1	—	—	0-1	—	—	—

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	41	14	3	5	1	—	1	4-14	2-9	4-4	-2
Jaden McDaniels F	40	23	12	4	4	1	1	8-16	3-5	4-5	+4
Rudy Gobert C	37	16	16	4	2	2	3	7-12	—	2-3	+6
Mike Conley G	34	16	3	5	—	—	2	5-12	2-7	4-4	-1
Jaylen Clark G	20	9	4	—	1	—	—	4-9	1-4	—	-11
Naz Reid F-C	20	8	3	—	—	—	1	3-10	2-6	—	-9
Joe Ingles F	19	10	1	3	1	—	4	4-6	2-3	—	+11
Rob Dillingham G	18	7	3	7	1	—	2	3-8	0-3	1-2	—
Luka Garza C	11	—	2	1	—	—	—	0-6	0-3	—	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	34	31	64.6	32.5	+2.7	19.9
Jordan Poole	Bench	35	19	64.4	22.5	-1.0	9.9
Bilal Coulibaly	Bench	37	14	62.5	16.9	0.0	9.3
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	30	13	56.8	20.3	+11.2	12.4
KyShawn George	Bench	23	11	59.0	21.2	+22.6	17.3
Corey Kispert	Bench	28	8	50.0	16.7	-10.5	4.0
Anthony Gill	Bench	0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Justin Champagnie	Bench	0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Carlton Carrington	Bench	14	—	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	40	23	63.2	19.4	+6.9	22.2
Mike Conley	Bench	34	16	58.1	18.5	-2.7	9.7
Rudy Gobert	Bench	37	16	60.1	17.4	+6.3	18.0
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	41	14	44.4	15.8	0.0	5.4
Joe Ingles	Bench	19	10	83.3	21.3	+25.5	10.1
Jaylen Clark	Bench	20	9	50.0	17.6	-18.1	5.8
Naz Reid	Bench	20	8	40.0	23.4	-28.0	2.3
Rob Dillingham	Bench	18	7	39.4	25.0	0.0	7.5
Luka Garza	Bench	11	—	0.0	24.0	-26.5	-9.3
Josh Minott	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0