Butler scores 28 points; Timberwolves beat Lakers 114-96

Jimmy Butler scored 28 points and the streaking Minnesota Timberwolves started fast and held off the struggling Los Angeles Lakers 114-96 on Monday night.
Jan 2, 2018, 05:03 am - Associated Press

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--LAL
100%
--MIN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram misses layup
  • Andrew Wiggins makes pullup jump shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Kyle Kuzma misses layup
  • Jimmy Butler makes alley oop dunk shot (Andrew Wiggins assists)
  • Brandon Ingram misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses 9-foot jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
  • Taj Gibson misses 12-foot jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Jordan Clarkson misses 19-foot jumper
  • Jordan Clarkson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andrew Bogut assists)
  • Jordan Clarkson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jordan Clarkson misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Corey Brewer makes three point jumper (Jordan Clarkson assists)
  • Alex Caruso misses driving layup
  • Corey Brewer makes driving layup
  • Taj Gibson makes layup (Andrew Wiggins assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses three point jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Corey Brewer misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Clarkson makes 17-foot jumper (Corey Brewer assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Jordan Clarkson misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Crawford misses 18-foot jumper
  • Larry Nance Jr. makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Crawford makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Gorgui Dieng makes 1-foot layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Nemanja Bjelica makes 13-foot two point shot (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Jordan Clarkson makes two point shot
  • Jamal Crawford misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Crawford misses three point jumper
  • Kyle Kuzma misses layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Nemanja Bjelica assists)
  • Julius Randle misses jumper
  • Gorgui Dieng makes alley oop layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Tyler Ennis misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Crawford misses pullup jump shot
  • Tyler Ennis misses driving layup
  • Julius Randle makes layup
  • Nemanja Bjelica makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Tyler Ennis misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
  • Brandon Ingram makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Julius Randle misses 6-foot hook shot
  • Gorgui Dieng blocks Julius Randle 's 4-foot layup
  • Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Crawford misses 18-foot jumper
  • Brandon Ingram misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses 14-foot jumper
  • Josh Hart misses driving layup
  • Julius Randle misses tip shot
  • Gorgui Dieng makes 20-foot jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Josh Hart makes driving layup
  • Josh Hart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Vander Blue assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Corey Brewer makes driving layup (Tyler Ennis assists)
  • Taj Gibson misses layup
  • Gorgui Dieng makes tip shot
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Gorgui Dieng makes layup
  • Vander Blue misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Tyler Ennis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Clarkson assists)
  • Tyler Ennis blocks Andrew Wiggins 's 8-foot jumper
  • Jimmy Butler blocks Tyler Ennis 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Gorgui Dieng blocks Brandon Ingram 's 15-foot jumper
  • Marcus Georges-Hunt makes driving layup (Taj Gibson assists)
  • Julius Randle makes layup (Jordan Clarkson assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Brandon Ingram makes 15-foot jumper
  • Jordan Clarkson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Julius Randle makes dunk
  • Taj Gibson misses 13-foot jumper
  • Kyle Kuzma makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
  • Julius Randle makes driving layup
  • Jimmy Butler makes driving layup
  • Josh Hart makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 18-foot jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Tyler Ennis makes driving layup
  • Kyle Kuzma makes 24-foot three point shot (Tyler Ennis assists)
  • Brandon Ingram misses layup
  • Andrew Wiggins misses jumper
  • Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Corey Brewer blocks Tyus Jones 's 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Corey Brewer makes layup (Tyler Ennis assists)
  • Taj Gibson makes two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Brandon Ingram makes 13-foot two point shot (Tyler Ennis assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Brandon Ingram blocks Taj Gibson's hook shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Corey Brewer's layup
  • Jimmy Butler makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
  • Julius Randle makes 2-foot two point shot (Kyle Kuzma assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jimmy Butler misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tyler Ennis misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Taj Gibson makes dunk (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Andrew Wiggins blocks Kyle Kuzma 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Brandon Ingram misses 16-foot jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 2-foot layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Vander Blue misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gorgui Dieng makes 22-foot jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Jordan Clarkson misses 14-foot jumper
  • Larry Nance Jr. misses 11-foot jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup
  • Tyus Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
  • Larry Nance Jr. makes layup (Jordan Clarkson assists)
  • Aaron Brooks misses layup
  • Larry Nance Jr. makes driving layup
  • Jamal Crawford misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Gorgui Dieng misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Gorgui Dieng makes dunk (Aaron Brooks assists)
  • Alex Caruso misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ivica Zubac makes layup
  • Jordan Clarkson makes layup (Larry Nance Jr. assists)
  • Nemanja Bjelica misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Clarkson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 13-foot step back jumpshot (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Jordan Clarkson makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Ivica Zubac makes two point shot (Vander Blue assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Larry Nance Jr. misses 17-foot jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes 19-foot jumper
  • Andrew Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Hart misses three point jumper
  • Taj Gibson makes 2-foot dunk (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Jordan Clarkson misses layup
  • Josh Hart makes dunk (Larry Nance Jr. assists)
  • Taj Gibson makes 17-foot jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Ivica Zubac misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Andrew Wiggins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Jordan Clarkson misses three point jumper
  • Julius Randle blocks Karl-Anthony Towns's driving dunk
  • Jordan Clarkson makes two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nemanja Bjelica misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Georges-Hunt makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Georges-Hunt misses driving layup
  • Cole Aldrich misses layup
  • Julius Randle makes driving layup
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