Timberwolves 135-105 Thunder (8 Jan, 2022) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

19-20, 8-10 away

135

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	32	41	30	32	135
OKC	28	29	23	25	105

Oklahoma City Thunder

13-25, 8-12 home

105

Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving floating jump shot
Josh Giddey makes driving layup
Luguentz Dort makes 27-foot three pointer (Aaron Wiggins assists)
Luguentz Dort makes 28-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Aaron Wiggins makes layup (Luguentz Dort assists)
Anthony Edwards blocks Luguentz Dort 's 6-foot driving layup
Aaron Wiggins makes layup
Luguentz Dort misses running pullup jump shot
Aaron Wiggins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 's 8-foot two point shot
Mike Muscala makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Mike Muscala 's 4-foot two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot (Aaron Wiggins assists)
Mike Muscala misses 18-foot jumper
Kenrich Williams misses 14-foot two point shot
Aleksej Pokusevski makes layup (Kenrich Williams assists)
Tre Mann misses driving layup
Naz Reid blocks Kenrich Williams 's 5-foot two point shot
Josh Giddey misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tre Mann makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
Tre Mann misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Aleksej Pokusevski makes 6-foot dunk (Darius Bazley assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Darius Bazley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tre Mann makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kenrich Williams assists)
Tre Mann misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darius Bazley misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kenrich Williams makes 27-foot three point shot (Josh Giddey assists)
Tre Mann makes driving layup
Luguentz Dort misses 28-foot three point jumper
Tre Mann makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Aaron Wiggins assists)
Tre Mann misses driving layup
Luguentz Dort makes driving layup (Jeremiah Robinson-Earl assists)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 28-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 29-foot step back jumpshot
Mike Muscala misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
Luguentz Dort misses 4-foot two point shot
Josh Giddey misses 29-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Tre Mann 's 9-foot layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Josh Giddey makes two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Tre Mann misses driving floating jump shot
Luguentz Dort misses 28-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving floating jump shot
Luguentz Dort makes 23-foot three pointer (Josh Giddey assists)
Luguentz Dort makes driving layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Giddey misses driving layup
Josh Giddey makes two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Aaron Wiggins misses 28-foot three point jumper
Mike Muscala misses three point jumper
Mike Muscala makes three point jumper (Aaron Wiggins assists)
Mike Muscala misses 27-foot three point jumper
Aaron Wiggins makes layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Kenrich Williams makes 5-foot dunk
Aaron Wiggins misses driving layup
Mike Muscala makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Aaron Wiggins misses layup
Aaron Wiggins misses 3-foot tip shot
Aaron Wiggins makes tip shot
Mike Muscala misses three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 27-foot three point jumper
Theo Maledon misses 28-foot three point jumper
Tre Mann misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
Naz Reid blocks Aaron Wiggins 's 7-foot driving layup
Theo Maledon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 7-foot two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin blocks Tre Mann 's 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ty Jerome misses 23-foot three point jumper
Theo Maledon makes 6-foot layup (Ty Jerome assists)
Theo Maledon misses three point jumper
Theo Maledon makes two point shot (Paul Watson assists)
Paul Watson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Theo Maledon assists)
Paul Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Paul Watson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Ty Jerome makes 32-foot three point jumper (Theo Maledon assists)
Naz Reid blocks Ty Jerome 's 12-foot jumper
Ty Jerome makes two point shot
Ty Jerome misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 28-foot three pointer (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 32-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses layup
Jarred Vanderbilt misses tip shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 11-foot layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Luguentz Dort blocks Jarred Vanderbilt 's 7-foot layup
Jaden McDaniels misses three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes 5-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Mike Muscala blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 7-foot driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 29-foot three pointer
Anthony Edwards makes 29-foot three pointer
Jarred Vanderbilt makes 5-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Malik Beasley misses 22-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 28-foot three point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt makes 5-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Anthony Edwards 's 6-foot driving layup
Taurean Prince makes 27-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Taurean Prince assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 30-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 21-foot jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Josh Okogie makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Josh Okogie makes 27-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 7-foot jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Taurean Prince misses 57-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort blocks Jarred Vanderbilt 's 6-foot layup
Anthony Edwards misses alley oop layup
Anthony Edwards makes 4-foot dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
Taurean Prince makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot driving dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Taurean Prince misses driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Taurean Prince assists)
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 28-foot three pointer
Jaylen Nowell misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Naz Reid makes two point shot
Naz Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
Malik Beasley misses 9-foot two point shot
Malik Beasley misses 28-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three point shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 16-foot step back jumpshot (Naz Reid assists)
Naz Reid makes 24-foot three point shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt misses 6-foot jumper
Jarred Vanderbilt makes layup
Naz Reid makes two point shot
Malik Beasley makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jake Layman assists)
Josh Okogie misses two point shot
Jake Layman misses 27-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jordan McLaughlin misses 24-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes driving layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Naz Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes driving layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Josh Okogie misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jake Layman misses three point jumper
Jake Layman misses 25-foot three point jumper

TIMBERWOLVES

THUNDER

TIME		MIN	OKC
12:00	Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (Jarred Vanderbilt gains possession)	0	0
11:46	D'Angelo Russell lost ball turnover (Aaron Wiggins steals)	0	0
11:23	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	0	0
11:23	Aaron Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2	0	1
11:23	Aaron Wiggins makes free throw 2 of 2	0	2
11:11	Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	2
11:09	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	0	2
11:03	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	0	2
11:03	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	0	3
11:03	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2	0	4
10:53	Karl-Anthony Towns out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	4
10:40	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	4
10:36	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	0	4
10:30	Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	4
10:27	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound	0	4
10:27	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl out of bounds lost ball turnover	0	4
10:23	D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	2	4
10:03	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup	2	4
9:59	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	2	4
9:52	Anthony Edwards makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	5	4
9:36	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving floating jump shot	5	4
9:33	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	5	4
9:28	Anthony Edwards makes 28-foot three pointer (D'Angelo Russell assists)	8	4
9:09	Josh Giddey makes driving layup	8	6
8:55	Anthony Edwards makes 32-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	11	6
8:33	Luguentz Dort makes 27-foot three pointer (Aaron Wiggins assists)	11	9
8:21	Jaden McDaniels misses layup	11	9
8:10	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	11	9
8:10	Jarred Vanderbilt misses tip shot	11	9
8:09	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound	11	9
8:07	Luguentz Dort makes 28-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)	11	12
7:48	D'Angelo Russell makes 11-foot layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	13	12
7:25	Aaron Wiggins makes layup (Luguentz Dort assists)	13	14
7:09	Luguentz Dort blocks Jarred Vanderbilt 's 7-foot layup	13	14
7:09	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	13	14
7:01	Jaden McDaniels misses three point jumper	13	14
7:01	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	13	14
6:58	Thunder Full timeout	13	14
6:52	Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)	15	14
6:35	Anthony Edwards blocks Luguentz Dort 's 6-foot driving layup	15	14
6:33	Aaron Wiggins offensive rebound	15	14
6:31	Aaron Wiggins makes layup	15	16
6:13	Jaden McDaniels makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot	17	16
6:06	Luguentz Dort misses running pullup jump shot	17	16
6:03	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	17	16
5:42	Jarred Vanderbilt makes 5-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)	19	16
5:22	Aaron Wiggins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	19	19
5:00	Aaron Wiggins personal foul	19	19
5:00	Tre Mann enters the game for Josh Giddey	19	19
5:00	Malik Beasley enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	19	19
5:00	Josh Okogie enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	19	19
5:00	D'Angelo Russell enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	19	19
4:50	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 6-foot two point shot	19	19
4:48	Aaron Wiggins defensive rebound	19	19
4:40	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 's 8-foot two point shot	19	19
4:40	Thunder offensive team rebound	19	19
4:39	Tre Mann out of bounds bad pass turnover	19	19
4:22	Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)	21	19
4:12	Josh Okogie personal foul	21	19
4:12	Mike Muscala enters the game for Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	21	19
4:12	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	21	19
3:59	Mike Muscala makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	21	22
3:37	Jaylen Nowell makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)	23	22
3:21	Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point jumper	23	22
3:17	Mike Muscala offensive rebound	23	22
3:16	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Mike Muscala 's 4-foot two point shot	23	22
3:16	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	23	22
3:09	Mike Muscala blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 7-foot driving layup	23	22
3:05	Aaron Wiggins defensive rebound	23	22
3:00	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot (Aaron Wiggins assists)	23	24
2:55	Timberwolves Full timeout	23	24
2:55	Kenrich Williams enters the game for Luguentz Dort	23	24
2:55	Darius Bazley enters the game for Aaron Wiggins	23	24
2:55	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	23	24
2:39	Mike Muscala shooting foul	23	24
2:39	Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 2	23	24
2:39	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	23	24
2:39	Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2	24	24
2:23	Anthony Edwards kicked ball violation	24	24
2:14	Mike Muscala misses 18-foot jumper	24	24
2:12	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	24	24
1:59	Naz Reid bad pass (Mike Muscala steals)	24	24
1:51	Jaylen Nowell shooting foul	24	24
1:51	Darius Bazley makes free throw 1 of 2	24	25
1:51	Aleksej Pokusevski enters the game for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	24	25
1:51	Josh Giddey enters the game for Mike Muscala	24	25
1:51	Darius Bazley makes free throw 2 of 2	24	26
1:38	Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)	26	26
1:24	Kenrich Williams misses 14-foot two point shot	26	26
1:22	Josh Okogie defensive rebound	26	26
1:08	Anthony Edwards makes 29-foot three pointer	29	26
48.6	Aleksej Pokusevski makes layup (Kenrich Williams assists)	29	28
33.7	Anthony Edwards makes 29-foot three pointer	32	28
16.9	Tre Mann misses driving layup	32	28
14.0	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	32	28
5.3	Kenrich Williams personal foul	32	28
5.3	Aaron Wiggins enters the game for Aleksej Pokusevski	32	28
3.4	Jaylen Nowell bad pass (Kenrich Williams steals)	32	28
0.0	Naz Reid blocks Kenrich Williams 's 5-foot two point shot	32	28
0.0	Timberwolves defensive team rebound	32	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	32	28

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 2-0

Thunder
90
Timberwolves
98

Game 1

6/1

Timberwolves
135
Thunder
105

Game 2

8/1

Timberwolves
138
Thunder
101

Game 3

5/3

Thunder
102
Timberwolves
132

Game 4

10/3

Paycom Center

1:00 AM, 8 January 2022

Oklahoma City, OK

Attendance: 14,874

Referees:
Josh Tiven
Andy Nagy
Clare Aubry

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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