Timberwolves 119-114 Grizzlies (25 Feb, 2022) Play-by-Play

Memphis Grizzlies

41-20, 21-10 away

114

	1	2	3	4	T
MEM	31	25	27	31	114
MIN	21	32	31	35	119

Minnesota Timberwolves

32-28, 18-11 home

119

Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. blocks Patrick Beverley 's 9-foot driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses step back jumpshot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt misses two point shot
Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 1-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 9-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ja Morant blocks Patrick Beverley 's 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Patrick Beverley misses 14-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 7-foot two point shot
Patrick Beverley makes 24-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Patrick Beverley misses running pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 22-foot jumper
Malik Beasley misses three point jumper
Steven Adams blocks Anthony Edwards's driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jaren Jackson Jr. blocks Malik Beasley 's 9-foot pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels makes three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Naz Reid makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 28-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. blocks Anthony Edwards 's 10-foot driving layup
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
Taurean Prince misses two point shot
Naz Reid makes two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk
Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince misses 28-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three pointer
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Patrick Beverley makes three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 32-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Jarred Vanderbilt misses tip shot
D'Angelo Russell makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses two point shot
Patrick Beverley makes 27-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
Brandon Clarke blocks Patrick Beverley 's 3-foot driving layup
Taurean Prince makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Taurean Prince misses 24-foot three point shot
Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Malik Beasley makes layup (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Malik Beasley makes step back jumpshot (Taurean Prince assists)
Taurean Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper
John Konchar blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 3-foot driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 14-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Naz Reid makes 2-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Taurean Prince misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 2-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes driving floating jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three pointer
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
D'Angelo Russell makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 20-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses running pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
Steven Adams misses layup
Steven Adams misses 6-foot hook shot
Ja Morant misses driving layup
Ziaire Williams makes alley oop dunk shot (Ja Morant assists)
Desmond Bane makes three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)
Desmond Bane misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 9-foot jump bank shot (Steven Adams assists)
Ja Morant misses two point shot
Desmond Bane misses running pullup jump shot
Ja Morant misses tip shot
Ziaire Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (De'Anthony Melton assists)
Ziaire Williams makes dunk (De'Anthony Melton assists)
De'Anthony Melton misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Steven Adams misses tip shot
De'Anthony Melton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ziaire Williams assists)
De'Anthony Melton makes two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
De'Anthony Melton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ziaire Williams makes two point shot (Steven Adams assists)
Ja Morant makes driving layup
Jordan McLaughlin blocks Kyle Anderson 's 6-foot jumper
Steven Adams makes alley oop dunk shot (De'Anthony Melton assists)
De'Anthony Melton misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Steven Adams makes tip shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
Tyus Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tyus Jones misses driving floating jump shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 3-foot tip shot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jaren Jackson Jr.'s two point shot
John Konchar makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
Desmond Bane misses driving layup
Naz Reid blocks Brandon Clarke's two point shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Desmond Bane misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 6-foot two point shot
John Konchar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Desmond Bane misses two point shot
Desmond Bane makes two point shot
Desmond Bane misses three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses layup
Ja Morant misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Ziaire Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ja Morant misses 2-foot tip shot
Kyle Anderson makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Steven Adams assists)
Ja Morant misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Steven Adams misses tip shot
Ja Morant makes two point shot (De'Anthony Melton assists)
Ziaire Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (De'Anthony Melton assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Ja Morant 's 3-foot driving layup
De'Anthony Melton misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Ja Morant makes two point shot
Ja Morant misses driving layup
Ja Morant makes 7-foot two point shot (Brandon Clarke assists)
De'Anthony Melton misses 43-foot three point jumper
Desmond Bane misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes dunk
Desmond Bane makes layup (Steven Adams assists)
Desmond Bane misses 12-foot jumper
Ja Morant misses step back jumpshot
Ja Morant misses 41-foot three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 5-foot jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes driving dunk
Ziaire Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ja Morant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ziaire Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Steven Adams assists)
Jaden McDaniels blocks Kyle Anderson 's 4-foot two point shot
Anthony Edwards blocks Ziaire Williams 's 7-foot two point shot
Tyus Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ziaire Williams makes two point shot
De'Anthony Melton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandon Clarke assists)
Anthony Edwards blocks De'Anthony Melton 's 2-foot two point shot
Tyus Jones misses driving floating jump shot
John Konchar makes 11-foot two point shot (Tyus Jones assists)
Tyus Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 17-foot jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
Tyus Jones misses 9-foot two point shot
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses driving layup
Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 3-foot layup (Brandon Clarke assists)
Taurean Prince blocks Ja Morant 's 4-foot two point shot
Brandon Clarke makes 10-foot two point shot (Ja Morant assists)
Desmond Bane makes layup (John Konchar assists)
Naz Reid blocks Ja Morant 's 5-foot driving layup
Desmond Bane misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ja Morant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ja Morant makes driving layup
Ja Morant makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Naz Reid blocks Ja Morant 's 4-foot driving layup
Desmond Bane makes 25-foot three point jumper (De'Anthony Melton assists)
Ja Morant misses 7-foot two point shot
Brandon Clarke makes two point shot
Ja Morant makes driving layup
Brandon Clarke makes alley oop dunk shot (Ja Morant assists)
Ja Morant misses driving layup
Brandon Clarke makes tip shot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jaren Jackson Jr. 's 6-foot driving layup
Desmond Bane misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ja Morant misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Ziaire Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper

GRIZZLIES

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		MEM	MIN
12:00	Steven Adams vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Ziaire Williams gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Steven Adams bad pass (Jarred Vanderbilt steals)	0	0
11:38	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:36	Jaren Jackson Jr. defensive rebound	0	0
11:24	Steven Adams misses layup	0	0
11:22	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	0	0
11:14	D'Angelo Russell bad pass (Ja Morant steals)	0	0
11:12	Patrick Beverley personal take foul	0	0
11:01	Steven Adams misses 6-foot hook shot	0	0
10:59	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	0	0
10:52	Jaren Jackson Jr. blocks Patrick Beverley 's 9-foot driving layup	0	0
10:49	Ja Morant defensive rebound	0	0
10:40	Ja Morant misses driving layup	0	0
10:38	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	0	0
10:35	D'Angelo Russell bad pass (Jaren Jackson Jr. steals)	0	0
10:30	Ziaire Williams makes alley oop dunk shot (Ja Morant assists)	2	0
10:12	Anthony Edwards misses step back jumpshot	2	0
10:10	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	2	0
10:09	Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot	2	2
9:57	Desmond Bane makes three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)	5	2
9:40	Jarred Vanderbilt misses two point shot	5	2
9:37	Steven Adams defensive rebound	5	2
9:32	Desmond Bane misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	5	2
9:29	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	5	2
9:15	Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	5	5
9:03	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	5	5
9:03	Ja Morant misses free throw 1 of 2	5	5
9:03	Grizzlies offensive team rebound	5	5
9:03	Ja Morant makes free throw 2 of 2	6	5
8:39	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 1-foot dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)	6	7
8:21	Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 9-foot jump bank shot (Steven Adams assists)	8	7
8:21	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive goaltending violation	8	7
8:21	Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul	8	7
8:21	Jaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1	9	7
8:08	Ziaire Williams personal foul	9	7
8:03	Patrick Beverley bad pass (Ziaire Williams steals)	9	7
7:57	Ja Morant misses two point shot	9	7
7:55	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	9	7
7:43	Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	7
7:40	Steven Adams defensive rebound	9	7
7:26	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	9	7
7:26	Ziaire Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	10	7
7:26	Ziaire Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	11	7
7:05	Anthony Edwards bad pass (Desmond Bane steals)	11	7
7:01	Desmond Bane misses running pullup jump shot	11	7
6:59	Ja Morant offensive rebound	11	7
6:59	Ja Morant misses tip shot	11	7
6:57	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	11	7
6:54	Desmond Bane shooting foul	11	7
6:54	Timberwolves Full timeout	11	7
6:54	De'Anthony Melton enters the game for Jaren Jackson Jr.	11	7
6:54	Kyle Anderson enters the game for Desmond Bane	11	7
6:54	D'Angelo Russell misses free throw 1 of 2	11	7
6:54	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	11	7
6:54	D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2	11	8
6:36	Ziaire Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (De'Anthony Melton assists)	14	8
6:18	D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	8
6:15	Ja Morant defensive rebound	14	8
6:12	Ziaire Williams makes dunk (De'Anthony Melton assists)	16	8
5:55	D'Angelo Russell makes 9-foot two point shot	16	10
5:40	De'Anthony Melton misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	16	10
5:37	Steven Adams offensive rebound	16	10
5:37	Steven Adams misses tip shot	16	10
5:35	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	16	10
5:30	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	10
5:27	Ja Morant defensive rebound	16	10
5:21	De'Anthony Melton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ziaire Williams assists)	19	10
4:53	Ja Morant blocks Patrick Beverley 's 9-foot driving floating jump shot	19	10
4:53	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	19	10
4:53	Malik Beasley enters the game for Anthony Edwards	19	10
4:53	Jaden McDaniels enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	19	10
4:51	Patrick Beverley misses 14-foot two point shot	19	10
4:47	Kyle Anderson defensive rebound	19	10
4:44	De'Anthony Melton makes two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)	21	10
4:34	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 7-foot two point shot	21	10
4:32	Ja Morant defensive rebound	21	10
4:25	De'Anthony Melton misses 26-foot three point jumper	21	10
4:23	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	21	10
4:16	Patrick Beverley makes 24-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	21	13
4:03	Kyle Anderson bad pass (Patrick Beverley steals)	21	13
4:00	Patrick Beverley misses running pullup jump shot	21	13
3:57	Steven Adams defensive rebound	21	13
3:52	Ziaire Williams makes two point shot (Steven Adams assists)	23	13
3:38	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)	23	15
3:16	Ja Morant makes driving layup	25	15
3:10	Malik Beasley steps out of bounds turnover	25	15
3:10	Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	25	15
3:03	Malik Beasley personal foul	25	15
3:03	De'Anthony Melton makes free throw 1 of 2	26	15
3:03	De'Anthony Melton makes free throw 2 of 2	27	15
2:52	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 22-foot jumper	27	15
2:49	Steven Adams defensive rebound	27	15
2:34	Jordan McLaughlin blocks Kyle Anderson 's 6-foot jumper	27	15
2:32	Jordan McLaughlin defensive rebound	27	15
2:27	Malik Beasley misses three point jumper	27	15
2:24	De'Anthony Melton defensive rebound	27	15
2:19	Grizzlies Full timeout	27	15
2:19	Anthony Edwards enters the game for Patrick Beverley	27	15
2:19	Tyus Jones enters the game for Ziaire Williams	27	15
2:19	John Konchar enters the game for Ja Morant	27	15
2:04	Steven Adams makes alley oop dunk shot (De'Anthony Melton assists)	29	15
1:52	Steven Adams shooting foul	29	15
1:52	Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 2	29	15
1:52	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	29	15
1:52	Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2	29	16
1:27	De'Anthony Melton misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	29	16
1:23	Steven Adams offensive rebound	29	16
1:23	Steven Adams makes tip shot	31	16
1:09	Steven Adams blocks Anthony Edwards's driving layup	31	16
1:09	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	31	16
1:09	Brandon Clarke enters the game for Kyle Anderson	31	16
1:09	Jaren Jackson Jr. enters the game for Steven Adams	31	16
1:04	Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)	31	18
45.3	Jaren Jackson Jr. misses driving floating jump shot	31	18
42.9	John Konchar offensive rebound	31	18
40.5	Tyus Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper	31	18
40.5	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	31	18
21.3	Jaren Jackson Jr. blocks Malik Beasley 's 9-foot pullup jump shot	31	18
21.0	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	31	18
16.0	Jaden McDaniels makes three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	31	21
3.2	Tyus Jones misses driving floating jump shot	31	21
2.0	Jaren Jackson Jr. offensive rebound	31	21
1.9	Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 3-foot tip shot	31	21
1.0	Jaren Jackson Jr. offensive rebound	31	21
0.4	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jaren Jackson Jr.'s two point shot	31	21
0.1	Grizzlies offensive team rebound	31	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	21

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Timberwolves
118
Grizzlies
125

Game 1

9/11

Grizzlies
95
Timberwolves
138

Game 2

21/11

Timberwolves
108
Grizzlies
116

Game 3

14/1

Grizzlies
114
Timberwolves
119

Game 4

25/2

Target Center

1:00 AM, 25 February 2022

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 16,326

Referees:
Pat Fraher
Michael Smith
Jonathan Sterling

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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

Thunder take 1-0 lead into game 2 against the Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks (50-32, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (57-25, first in the Western Conference)

Boston takes 1-0 lead into game 2 against Cleveland

Cleveland Cavaliers (48-34, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (64-18, first in the Eastern Conference)

Danny Green credits Thunder's bench for Game 1 win

Danny Green says the 40 points from the Thunder's bench made all the difference, but is still confident in the Mavericks in this series.

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Series tied 2-2

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Thunder take 1-0 lead into game 2 against the Mavericks

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Danny Green credits Thunder's bench for Game 1 win