Thunder 135-128 Timberwolves (4 Dec, 2022) Play-by-Play

Oklahoma City Thunder

10-13, 4-8 away

135

	1	2	3	4	T
OKC	32	31	34	38	135
MIN	29	28	44	27	128

Minnesota Timberwolves

11-12, 6-7 home

128

Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Wendell Moore Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point shot
Rudy Gobert makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rudy Gobert makes layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Wendell Moore Jr. misses three point jumper
Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Jaylen Nowell 's 10-foot step back jumpshot
Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup
Kyle Anderson makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Naz Reid misses layup
Austin Rivers makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses 45-foot three point jumper
Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Josh Giddey blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 2-foot two point shot
Naz Reid misses layup
Naz Reid misses tip shot
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Naz Reid makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Jordan McLaughlin misses two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes tip shot
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
Kyle Anderson misses driving layup
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
Wendell Moore Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
Wendell Moore Jr. makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Wendell Moore Jr. makes three point shot (Naz Reid assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 7-foot two point shot
Naz Reid makes 2-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Wendell Moore Jr. makes two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Naz Reid makes layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Naz Reid makes tip shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes driving dunk (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Kyle Anderson makes two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Darius Bazley blocks Jaylen Nowell's two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin makes 25-foot three pointer
Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 14-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 19-foot step back jumpshot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Giddey blocks Jordan McLaughlin 's 3-foot driving layup
Tre Mann blocks Jordan McLaughlin's driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
Naz Reid misses 7-foot two point shot
Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
Naz Reid makes two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort makes 24-foot three point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes layup (Josh Giddey assists)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 23-foot three point jumper
Josh Giddey makes two point shot
Aleksej Pokusevski makes 12-foot two point shot
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort misses jumper
Josh Giddey misses two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses tip shot
Aleksej Pokusevski misses tip shot
Aleksej Pokusevski makes tip shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 16-foot running pullup jump shot (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup (Josh Giddey assists)
Luguentz Dort makes two point shot (Josh Giddey assists)
Tre Mann makes 7-foot two point shot
Naz Reid blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 's 14-foot pullup jump shot
Darius Bazley makes dunk (Ousmane Dieng assists)
Naz Reid blocks Darius Bazley 's 2-foot layup
Kyle Anderson blocks Darius Bazley 's 2-foot driving layup
Ousmane Dieng misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Kenrich Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Kenrich Williams makes driving layup
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 14-foot jumper
Tre Mann misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Luguentz Dort makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Robinson-Earl assists)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes two point shot (Kenrich Williams assists)
Kenrich Williams makes 7-foot two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin blocks Luguentz Dort's driving layup
Jaden McDaniels blocks Jalen Williams 's 6-foot driving layup
Josh Giddey misses tip shot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes 3-foot layup (Kenrich Williams assists)
Luguentz Dort misses three point jumper
Kyle Anderson blocks Luguentz Dort's driving layup
Kenrich Williams misses three point jumper
Jalen Williams misses driving layup
Tre Mann makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luguentz Dort assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski makes driving layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Tre Mann misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot
Luguentz Dort makes driving layup
Aleksej Pokusevski makes driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 13-foot two point shot
Josh Giddey makes driving layup (Luguentz Dort assists)
Josh Giddey makes two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 4-foot two point shot
Luguentz Dort misses tip shot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 3-foot tip shot
Luguentz Dort makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Luguentz Dort misses two point shot
Josh Giddey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Naz Reid blocks Josh Giddey's driving layup
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes layup (Josh Giddey assists)
Josh Giddey makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Josh Giddey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Josh Giddey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Robinson-Earl assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Kyle Anderson blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 's 3-foot driving layup
Josh Giddey makes layup (Luguentz Dort assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski makes layup (Josh Giddey assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup
Kyle Anderson blocks Aleksej Pokusevski 's 4-foot driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 25-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot two point shot
Tre Mann misses driving layup
Jalen Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tre Mann assists)
Kenrich Williams makes 24-foot three point shot (Jalen Williams assists)
Tre Mann misses 25-foot three point shot
Tre Mann misses two point shot
Jalen Williams makes driving layup
Darius Bazley makes driving layup
Jalen Williams makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
Kenrich Williams makes 2-foot layup (Jalen Williams assists)
Josh Giddey makes driving layup
Tre Mann misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
Kenrich Williams makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Jalen Williams makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Naz Reid blocks Tre Mann 's 5-foot driving floating jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Giddey misses driving floating jump shot
Josh Giddey makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes finger roll layup
Josh Giddey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 14-foot two point shot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes dunk (Josh Giddey assists)
Luguentz Dort makes 1-foot layup (Jalen Williams assists)

THUNDER

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		OKC	MIN
12:00	Aleksej Pokusevski vs. Rudy Gobert (Wendell Moore Jr. gains possession)	0	0
11:49	D'Angelo Russell out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	0
11:34	Aleksej Pokusevski misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:30	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	0	0
11:21	Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot	0	0
11:19	Aleksej Pokusevski defensive rebound	0	0
11:14	Luguentz Dort makes 24-foot three point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	3	0
11:04	D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	3	0
11:01	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	3	0
10:55	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes layup (Josh Giddey assists)	5	0
10:31	Wendell Moore Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Anthony Edwards assists)	5	2
10:15	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	2
10:12	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	5	2
10:07	Anthony Edwards misses two point shot	5	2
10:04	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	5	2
10:03	Josh Giddey makes two point shot	7	2
10:03	D'Angelo Russell shooting foul	7	2
10:03	Josh Giddey makes free throw 1 of 1	8	2
9:51	Jaden McDaniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	8	5
9:43	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	8	5
9:43	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	9	5
9:43	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2	10	5
9:26	Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot	10	5
9:23	Aleksej Pokusevski defensive rebound	10	5
9:16	Josh Giddey bad pass (D'Angelo Russell steals)	10	5
9:12	D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot	10	7
8:51	Aleksej Pokusevski makes 12-foot two point shot	12	7
8:37	Anthony Edwards out of bounds bad pass turnover	12	7
8:20	Aleksej Pokusevski misses 23-foot three point jumper	12	7
8:17	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl offensive rebound	12	7
8:15	Luguentz Dort misses jumper	12	7
8:12	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	12	7
8:07	D'Angelo Russell makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot	12	9
7:48	Josh Giddey misses two point shot	12	9
7:44	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	12	9
7:42	D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point shot	12	9
7:40	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	12	9
7:32	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	9
7:28	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl offensive rebound	12	9
7:28	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses tip shot	12	9
7:28	Aleksej Pokusevski offensive rebound	12	9
7:26	Aleksej Pokusevski misses tip shot	12	9
7:25	Aleksej Pokusevski offensive rebound	12	9
7:23	Aleksej Pokusevski makes tip shot	14	9
7:17	Rudy Gobert makes driving layup	14	11
7:06	Rudy Gobert shooting foul	14	11
7:06	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	15	11
7:06	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2	16	11
6:48	Anthony Edwards makes 19-foot pullup jump shot	16	13
6:40	Luguentz Dort offensive foul	16	13
6:40	Luguentz Dort turnover	16	13
6:40	Timberwolves Full timeout	16	13
6:29	Luguentz Dort personal foul	16	13
6:18	Anthony Edwards misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	16	13
6:15	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	16	13
6:10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 16-foot running pullup jump shot (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)	18	13
6:00	D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	18	13
5:58	Rudy Gobert offensive rebound	18	13
5:56	Rudy Gobert makes layup	18	15
5:42	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup (Josh Giddey assists)	20	15
5:22	D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	20	15
5:20	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	20	15
5:13	Josh Giddey bad pass (Jaden McDaniels steals)	20	15
5:00	Wendell Moore Jr. bad pass (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander steals)	20	15
4:57	Luguentz Dort makes two point shot (Josh Giddey assists)	22	15
4:38	Wendell Moore Jr. misses three point jumper	22	15
4:37	Rudy Gobert offensive rebound	22	15
4:37	Aleksej Pokusevski shooting foul	22	15
4:37	Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2	22	15
4:37	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	22	15
4:37	Kyle Anderson enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	22	15
4:37	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Wendell Moore Jr.	22	15
4:37	Jalen Williams enters the game for Aleksej Pokusevski	22	15
4:37	Tre Mann enters the game for Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	22	15
4:37	Darius Bazley enters the game for Josh Giddey	22	15
4:37	Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2	22	15
4:35	Darius Bazley defensive rebound	22	15
4:22	Tre Mann makes 7-foot two point shot	24	15
4:05	Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)	24	17
3:50	Luguentz Dort traveling	24	17
3:50	Naz Reid enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	24	17
3:50	Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for Rudy Gobert	24	17
3:42	Anthony Edwards makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)	24	20
3:39	Thunder Full timeout	24	20
3:39	Ousmane Dieng enters the game for Luguentz Dort	24	20
3:26	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander out of bounds bad pass turnover	24	20
3:09	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Jaylen Nowell 's 10-foot step back jumpshot	24	20
3:06	Jaylen Nowell offensive rebound	24	20
3:05	Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup	24	22
2:49	Naz Reid blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 's 14-foot pullup jump shot	24	22
2:46	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	24	22
2:36	Kyle Anderson makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)	24	24
2:28	Austin Rivers enters the game for Anthony Edwards	24	24
2:28	Tre Mann inbound turnover	24	24
2:18	Austin Rivers bad pass (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander steals)	24	24
2:11	Naz Reid shooting foul	24	24
2:11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	25	24
2:11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2	26	24
1:52	Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	26	24
1:50	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	26	24
1:50	Jalen Williams loose ball foul	26	24
1:44	Jalen Williams personal foul	26	24
1:44	Jaylen Nowell makes free throw 1 of 2	26	25
1:44	Jaylen Nowell makes free throw 2 of 2	26	26
1:25	Naz Reid shooting foul	26	26
1:25	Darius Bazley makes free throw 1 of 2	27	26
1:25	Darius Bazley misses free throw 2 of 2	27	26
1:23	Naz Reid defensive rebound	27	26
1:05	Austin Rivers lost ball turnover (Ousmane Dieng steals)	27	26
1:02	Darius Bazley makes dunk (Ousmane Dieng assists)	29	26
45.9	Naz Reid misses layup	29	26
45.3	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	29	26
45.3	Tre Mann loose ball foul	29	26
45.3	Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 2	29	26
45.3	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	29	26
45.3	Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2	29	27
35.5	Jaylen Nowell personal foul	29	27
35.5	Jaylen Nowell technical foul (1st technical foul)	29	27
35.5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes technical free throw	30	27
35.5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	31	27
35.5	Kenrich Williams enters the game for Jalen Williams	31	27
35.5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2	32	27
18.9	Austin Rivers makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)	32	29
1.9	Naz Reid blocks Darius Bazley 's 2-foot layup	32	29
1.9	Jordan McLaughlin defensive rebound	32	29
0.1	Jordan McLaughlin misses 45-foot three point jumper	32	29
0.1	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	32	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	32	29

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 2-1

Thunder
108
Timberwolves
115

Game 1

20/10

Timberwolves
116
Thunder
106

Game 2

24/10

Thunder
135
Timberwolves
128

Game 3

4/12

Timberwolves
112
Thunder
110

Game 4

17/12

Target Center

1:00 AM, 4 December 2022

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 17,136

Referees:
Jacyn Goble
Scott Wall
Sean Corbin

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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