Timberwolves 138-101 Thunder (5 Mar, 2022) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

46-36, 20-21 away

138

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	32	45	31	30	138
OKC	34	26	27	14	101

Oklahoma City Thunder

24-58, 12-29 home

101

Isaiah Roby makes two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Jaden McDaniels blocks Aleksej Pokusevski 's 5-foot layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot
Isaiah Roby makes layup
Aleksej Pokusevski makes 5-foot dunk (Isaiah Roby assists)
Darius Bazley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot
Isaiah Roby misses tip shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
Isaiah Roby makes layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Tre Mann makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Isaiah Roby makes driving dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup
Tre Mann misses driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes layup
Tre Mann misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Lindy Waters III makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Lindy Waters III misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Lindy Waters III misses 28-foot three point jumper
Lindy Waters III misses 23-foot three point jumper
Theo Maledon misses driving floating jump shot
Tre Mann misses driving layup
Tre Mann makes 26-foot three pointer (Theo Maledon assists)
Theo Maledon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vit Krejci misses layup
Tre Mann makes 27-foot three pointer
Jordan McLaughlin blocks Theo Maledon 's 8-foot driving layup
Olivier Sarr makes layup (Theo Maledon assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 13-foot two point shot
Vit Krejci misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Darius Bazley makes 4-foot two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes layup
Aleksej Pokusevski makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski makes 23-foot three point jumper (Darius Bazley assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
Isaiah Roby makes 16-foot jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Tre Mann misses 27-foot three point jumper
Isaiah Roby misses 26-foot three point jumper
Isaiah Roby misses layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 4-foot two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt blocks Darius Bazley 's 5-foot layup
Tre Mann misses 27-foot three point jumper
Isaiah Roby makes dunk
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt blocks Isaiah Roby 's 5-foot driving layup
Isaiah Roby makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tre Mann assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski misses three point jumper
Tre Mann misses 3-foot tip shot
Tre Mann makes driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 27-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Aleksej Pokusevski makes driving layup (Tre Mann assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Isaiah Roby 's 6-foot two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
Theo Maledon misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot (Theo Maledon assists)
Lindy Waters III misses 25-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince blocks Isaiah Roby 's 5-foot layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup (Vit Krejci assists)
Taurean Prince blocks Theo Maledon 's 8-foot driving layup
Theo Maledon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Tre Mann misses 27-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 22-foot jumper
Tre Mann makes 19-foot step back jumpshot (Lindy Waters III assists)
Lindy Waters III makes 20-foot jumper (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Lindy Waters III misses 24-foot three point jumper
Isaiah Roby misses 8-foot jumper
Theo Maledon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tre Mann misses driving layup
Theo Maledon misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Lindy Waters III misses 27-foot three point jumper
Lindy Waters III misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Theo Maledon makes driving layup
Olivier Sarr makes layup (Theo Maledon assists)
Vit Krejci misses 28-foot three point jumper
Theo Maledon misses three point jumper
Isaiah Roby misses three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
Darius Bazley blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 3-foot layup
Patrick Beverley misses 28-foot three point jumper
Darius Bazley blocks Jaden McDaniels 's 4-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 28-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses running pullup jump shot
Jarred Vanderbilt misses dunk
Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot
Patrick Beverley misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Taurean Prince misses layup
Taurean Prince misses three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses three point jumper
Naz Reid makes 5-foot two point shot
Malik Beasley makes 28-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup (Naz Reid assists)
Taurean Prince makes two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince makes driving layup
Naz Reid makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Malik Beasley assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
Taurean Prince makes 24-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
Naz Reid makes 4-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley makes 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point jumper
Jarred Vanderbilt makes 5-foot alley oop dunk shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 27-foot three pointer
Jaden McDaniels makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk
Patrick Beverley misses driving layup
Jarred Vanderbilt misses two point shot
Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot dunk (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot dunk (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Taurean Prince makes 23-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Taurean Prince makes 10-foot two point shot
Malik Beasley makes 27-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
Taurean Prince makes 23-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Malik Beasley misses 27-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 27-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Naz Reid makes 4-foot layup (Taurean Prince assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 4-foot tip shot
Naz Reid makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes driving layup
Naz Reid makes 3-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Taurean Prince makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes 12-foot two point shot (Malik Beasley assists)
Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Taurean Prince misses 24-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
Lindy Waters III blocks Jaylen Nowell 's 7-foot layup
Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Leandro Bolmaro misses driving floating jump shot
Leandro Bolmaro makes 26-foot three point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot
Leandro Bolmaro makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nathan Knight assists)
Leandro Bolmaro misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 3-foot dunk (Leandro Bolmaro assists)

TIMBERWOLVES

THUNDER

TIME		MIN	OKC
12:00	Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Isaiah Roby (Patrick Beverley gains possession)	0	0
11:43	D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup (Patrick Beverley assists)	2	0
11:24	Patrick Beverley shooting foul	2	0
11:24	Isaiah Roby makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
11:24	Isaiah Roby makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
11:04	Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass (Aleksej Pokusevski steals)	2	2
10:58	Isaiah Roby makes two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	2	4
10:51	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander personal foul	2	4
10:51	D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2	3	4
10:51	D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2	4	4
10:33	Jaden McDaniels blocks Aleksej Pokusevski 's 5-foot layup	4	4
10:24	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	4	4
10:22	Darius Bazley blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 3-foot layup	4	4
10:21	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	4	4
10:20	Patrick Beverley misses 28-foot three point jumper	4	4
10:18	Aleksej Pokusevski defensive rebound	4	4
10:11	Jaden McDaniels personal foul	4	4
10:07	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bad pass (Karl-Anthony Towns steals)	4	4
9:56	Darius Bazley blocks Jaden McDaniels 's 4-foot two point shot	4	4
9:56	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	4	4
9:54	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper	4	4
9:48	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	4	4
9:45	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot	4	6
9:35	Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Patrick Beverley assists)	6	6
9:18	Darius Bazley lost ball turnover (Jarred Vanderbilt steals)	6	6
9:13	Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass (Isaiah Roby steals)	6	6
9:13	Isaiah Roby makes layup	6	8
9:13	Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul	6	8
9:13	Isaiah Roby makes free throw 1 of 1	6	9
9:05	Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	9
9:00	Darius Bazley defensive rebound	6	9
8:56	Aleksej Pokusevski makes 5-foot dunk (Isaiah Roby assists)	6	11
8:45	D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	6	11
8:41	Tre Mann defensive rebound	6	11
8:36	Darius Bazley misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	11
8:30	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	6	11
8:22	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 28-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	9	11
8:09	Darius Bazley bad pass (D'Angelo Russell steals)	9	11
8:07	D'Angelo Russell misses running pullup jump shot	9	11
8:06	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	9	11
8:06	Jarred Vanderbilt misses dunk	9	11
8:05	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	9	11
8:05	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot	9	11
8:04	Isaiah Roby offensive rebound	9	11
8:04	Isaiah Roby misses tip shot	9	11
8:04	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	9	11
7:45	Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)	11	11
7:33	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot step back jumpshot	11	13
7:23	Tre Mann shooting foul	11	13
7:23	Patrick Beverley misses free throw 1 of 2	11	13
7:23	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	11	13
7:23	Thunder Full timeout	11	13
7:23	Patrick Beverley makes free throw 2 of 2	12	13
7:17	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	12	13
7:17	Isaiah Roby makes free throw 1 of 2	12	14
7:17	Isaiah Roby makes free throw 2 of 2	12	15
7:02	Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	15
6:57	Darius Bazley defensive rebound	12	15
6:48	Isaiah Roby steps out of bounds turnover	12	15
6:38	Aleksej Pokusevski personal foul	12	15
6:35	Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	14	15
6:18	Isaiah Roby makes layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	14	17
6:04	Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)	16	17
6:04	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shooting foul	16	17
6:04	Malik Beasley enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	16	17
6:04	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1	17	17
5:53	Karl-Anthony Towns kicked ball violation	17	17
5:44	Tre Mann makes 26-foot step back jumpshot	17	20
5:31	Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper	17	20
5:28	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	17	20
5:20	Isaiah Roby makes driving dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	17	22
5:03	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot two point shot	19	22
4:48	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup	19	22
4:46	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	19	22
4:36	Patrick Beverley misses 27-foot three point jumper	19	22
4:32	Isaiah Roby defensive rebound	19	22
4:21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup	19	22
4:18	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	19	22
4:13	Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)	22	22
3:57	Tre Mann misses driving layup	22	22
3:54	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	22	22
3:54	Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander steals)	22	22
3:49	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes layup	22	24
3:43	Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper	25	24
3:35	Thunder Full timeout	25	24
3:35	Vit Krejci enters the game for Darius Bazley	25	24
3:35	Lindy Waters III enters the game for Aleksej Pokusevski	25	24
3:35	Taurean Prince enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	25	24
3:35	Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for Patrick Beverley	25	24
3:21	Tre Mann misses 27-foot step back jumpshot	25	24
3:15	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	25	24
3:06	Isaiah Roby personal foul	25	24
3:06	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	26	24
3:06	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	27	24
2:53	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup	27	26
2:43	Theo Maledon enters the game for Tre Mann	27	26
2:36	Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	30	26
2:20	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 20-foot pullup jump shot	30	28
2:03	Taurean Prince misses layup	30	28
1:59	Isaiah Roby defensive rebound	30	28
1:54	Lindy Waters III makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	30	31
1:39	Taurean Prince misses three point jumper	30	31
1:34	Isaiah Roby defensive rebound	30	31
1:20	Lindy Waters III misses 27-foot three point jumper	30	31
1:17	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	30	31
1:10	Jaden McDaniels misses three point jumper	30	31
1:07	Isaiah Roby defensive rebound	30	31
55.8	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	30	31
55.8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	30	32
55.8	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	30	32
55.8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses free throw 2 of 2	30	32
49.7	Taurean Prince defensive rebound	30	32
36.7	Naz Reid makes 5-foot two point shot	32	32
28.1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup	32	34
13.8	Naz Reid lost ball turnover (Vit Krejci steals)	32	34
1.5	Lindy Waters III misses 28-foot three point jumper	32	34
1.5	Thunder offensive team rebound	32	34
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	32	34

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 3-0

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, 5 March 2022

Oklahoma City, OK

Attendance: 15,180

Referees:
John Goble
Nate Green
Natalie Sago

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	12	4	.750	-	W1
Denver	8	5	.615	2.5	W1
Minnesota	8	7	.533	3.5	L1
Portland	6	9	.400	5.5	L1
Utah	3	12	.200	8.5	L4

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