Timberwolves 115-108 Thunder (20 Oct, 2022) Play-by-Play

Oklahoma City Thunder

0-1, 0-1 away

108

	1	2	3	4	T
OKC	22	30	35	21	108
MIN	35	30	22	28	115

Minnesota Timberwolves

1-0, 1-0 home

115

Aleksej Pokusevski blocks Rudy Gobert 's 4-foot layup
Rudy Gobert makes two point shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Rudy Gobert misses layup
Rudy Gobert makes alley oop dunk shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Rudy Gobert makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Jordan McLaughlin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot (Taurean Prince assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses two point shot
Taurean Prince makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Kyle Anderson misses two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 8-foot two point shot
Taurean Prince makes 22-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gobert misses driving layup
Darius Bazley blocks Bryn Forbes 's 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Josh Giddey blocks D'Angelo Russell's driving layup
Rudy Gobert makes two point shot
Taurean Prince makes 23-foot three pointer (Rudy Gobert assists)
Bryn Forbes misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 2-foot two point shot
Taurean Prince makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jordan McLaughlin makes layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jordan McLaughlin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Jordan McLaughlin's driving floating jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Rudy Gobert makes tip shot
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Rudy Gobert misses tip shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Rudy Gobert assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 10-foot two point shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses three point jumper
Taurean Prince misses 27-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses three point shot
Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
Rudy Gobert makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot
Kyle Anderson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Jaylen Nowell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Rudy Gobert misses 5-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Rudy Gobert makes dunk
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
D'Angelo Russell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 21-foot jumper
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 6-foot jumper
Rudy Gobert makes tip shot
D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey blocks Jaden McDaniels 's 3-foot dunk
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
Kenrich Williams misses running pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot
Aleksej Pokusevski makes dunk
Josh Giddey makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
D'Angelo Russell blocks Luguentz Dort 's 3-foot driving layup
Luguentz Dort misses 7-foot jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey misses 26-foot three point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Jaden McDaniels blocks Josh Giddey 's 6-foot running pullup jump shot
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort misses 22-foot three point jumper
Kenrich Williams misses 20-foot jumper
Kenrich Williams makes three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Josh Giddey makes 15-foot jumper (Luguentz Dort assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tre Mann makes jump bank shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 7-foot two point shot
Kyle Anderson blocks Darius Bazley 's 4-foot layup
Jalen Williams makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Darius Bazley assists)
Tre Mann misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Darius Bazley makes dunk (Jalen Williams assists)
Ousmane Dieng misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tre Mann assists)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes 22-foot step back jumpshot (Darius Bazley assists)
Josh Giddey misses driving layup
Josh Giddey makes two point shot
Tre Mann misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Darius Bazley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Ousmane Dieng misses three point jumper
Rudy Gobert blocks Darius Bazley's two point shot
Ousmane Dieng misses two point shot
Tre Mann makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Tre Mann misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Tre Mann misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Luguentz Dort makes tip shot
Jalen Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes tip shot
Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort misses pullup jump shot
Mike Muscala misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mike Muscala makes 14-foot jumper (Kenrich Williams assists)
Kenrich Williams misses 11-foot step back jumpshot
Mike Muscala misses three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 23-foot step back jumpshot
Tre Mann misses 45-foot three point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 2-foot layup (Josh Giddey assists)
Josh Giddey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses running pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Aleksej Pokusevski misses layup
Aleksej Pokusevski makes 25-foot three point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot
Luguentz Dort makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Luguentz Dort misses 27-foot three point shot
Aleksej Pokusevski makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Josh Giddey misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort misses 22-foot three point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Eugene Omoruyi makes layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
Kenrich Williams makes 1-foot dunk (Tre Mann assists)
Eugene Omoruyi misses two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Tre Mann makes two point shot (Darius Bazley assists)
Kenrich Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Darius Bazley misses driving layup
Josh Giddey makes 10-foot two point shot
Tre Mann misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels blocks Josh Giddey 's 8-foot driving layup
Josh Giddey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tre Mann misses driving floating jump shot
Eugene Omoruyi misses two point shot
Eugene Omoruyi misses 23-foot three point shot
Kenrich Williams misses layup
Eugene Omoruyi misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort makes 22-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Giddey makes 25-foot three point shot (Luguentz Dort assists)
Mike Muscala misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski misses two point shot
Aleksej Pokusevski misses layup
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Aleksej Pokusevski misses layup
Luguentz Dort misses driving floating jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey misses 25-foot three point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup (Mike Muscala assists)
Tre Mann makes 12-foot two point shot (Josh Giddey assists)

THUNDER

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		OKC	MIN
12:00	Aleksej Pokusevski vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (D'Angelo Russell gains possession)	0	0
11:43	Aleksej Pokusevski blocks Rudy Gobert 's 4-foot layup	0	0
11:40	Rudy Gobert offensive rebound	0	0
11:38	Rudy Gobert makes two point shot	0	2
11:21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 14-foot step back jumpshot	0	2
11:18	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	0	2
11:14	Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point shot	0	2
11:11	Kenrich Williams defensive rebound	0	2
11:06	Kenrich Williams misses running pullup jump shot	0	2
11:04	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	0	2
10:55	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 9-foot driving floating jump shot	0	2
10:52	Kenrich Williams defensive rebound	0	2
10:47	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	2
10:42	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	0	2
10:25	Jaden McDaniels bad pass (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander steals)	0	2
10:21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot	0	2
10:18	Aleksej Pokusevski offensive rebound	0	2
10:18	Aleksej Pokusevski makes dunk	2	2
10:09	Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	2	4
9:56	Josh Giddey makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot	4	4
9:47	D'Angelo Russell out of bounds bad pass turnover	4	4
9:35	Anthony Edwards personal foul	4	4
9:28	D'Angelo Russell blocks Luguentz Dort 's 3-foot driving layup	4	4
9:27	Luguentz Dort offensive rebound	4	4
9:26	Luguentz Dort misses 7-foot jumper	4	4
9:26	Thunder offensive team rebound	4	4
9:16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 7-foot pullup jump shot	4	4
9:14	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	4	4
9:07	Rudy Gobert misses layup	4	4
9:04	Kenrich Williams defensive rebound	4	4
8:59	Josh Giddey misses 26-foot three point shot	4	4
8:56	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	4	4
8:46	Rudy Gobert makes alley oop dunk shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	4	6
8:34	Aleksej Pokusevski bad pass (D'Angelo Russell steals)	4	6
8:29	D'Angelo Russell out of bounds bad pass turnover	4	6
8:13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup	6	6
8:04	Rudy Gobert makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	6	8
7:50	Jaden McDaniels blocks Josh Giddey 's 6-foot running pullup jump shot	6	8
7:49	Thunder offensive team rebound	6	8
7:49	Josh Giddey out of bounds bad pass turnover	6	8
7:29	Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	8
7:26	Luguentz Dort defensive rebound	6	8
7:17	Aleksej Pokusevski misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	8
7:15	Kenrich Williams offensive rebound	6	8
7:13	Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	8
7:10	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	6	8
7:04	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	6	11
6:52	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander out of bounds lost ball turnover	6	11
6:52	Timberwolves Full timeout	6	11
6:42	D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)	6	13
6:31	Karl-Anthony Towns kicked ball violation	6	13
6:19	Aleksej Pokusevski out of bounds bad pass turnover	6	13
6:11	D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	6	13
6:06	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	6	13
5:49	Luguentz Dort misses 22-foot three point jumper	6	13
5:46	Aleksej Pokusevski offensive rebound	6	13
5:43	Kenrich Williams misses 20-foot jumper	6	13
5:41	Aleksej Pokusevski offensive rebound	6	13
5:39	Kenrich Williams makes three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	9	13
5:21	Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	9	13
5:19	Jaden McDaniels offensive rebound	9	13
5:19	Kenrich Williams shooting foul	9	13
5:19	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2	9	14
5:19	Kyle Anderson enters the game for Rudy Gobert	9	14
5:19	Tre Mann enters the game for Aleksej Pokusevski	9	14
5:19	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2	9	15
5:06	Josh Giddey makes 15-foot jumper (Luguentz Dort assists)	11	15
5:04	Kyle Anderson inbound turnover	11	15
4:48	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	11	15
4:45	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	11	15
4:41	D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup	11	17
4:41	Tre Mann shooting foul	11	17
4:41	Thunder Full timeout	11	17
4:41	D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 1	11	18
4:36	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot	13	18
4:36	D'Angelo Russell shooting foul	13	18
4:36	Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	13	18
4:36	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl enters the game for Josh Giddey	13	18
4:36	Jalen Williams enters the game for Kenrich Williams	13	18
4:36	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 1	14	18
4:17	Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	14	20
4:04	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	20
4:00	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl offensive rebound	14	20
4:00	Anthony Edwards kicked ball violation	14	20
3:46	Tre Mann makes jump bank shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	17	20
3:25	Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper	17	20
3:22	Jaden McDaniels offensive rebound	17	20
3:22	Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot	17	22
2:59	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 7-foot two point shot	17	22
2:57	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	17	22
2:50	Luguentz Dort shooting foul	17	22
2:50	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	17	23
2:50	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	17	23
2:50	Darius Bazley enters the game for Luguentz Dort	17	23
2:50	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	17	24
2:38	Kyle Anderson blocks Darius Bazley 's 4-foot layup	17	24
2:36	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	17	24
2:32	Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)	17	26
2:10	Jalen Williams makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Darius Bazley assists)	19	26
1:54	Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	19	29
1:40	Anthony Edwards shooting foul	19	29
1:40	Darius Bazley misses free throw 1 of 2	19	29
1:40	Thunder offensive team rebound	19	29
1:40	Rudy Gobert enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	19	29
1:40	Ousmane Dieng enters the game for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	19	29
1:40	Darius Bazley makes free throw 2 of 2	20	29
1:22	Anthony Edwards misses driving layup	20	29
1:20	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound	20	29
1:06	Tre Mann misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	20	29
1:02	Jordan McLaughlin defensive rebound	20	29
55.9	Jordan McLaughlin misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	29
52.5	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound	20	29
49.4	Darius Bazley makes dunk (Jalen Williams assists)	22	29
38.6	Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	22	32
38.6	Jalen Williams shooting foul	22	32
38.6	Taurean Prince enters the game for Anthony Edwards	22	32
38.6	Jaylen Nowell makes free throw 1 of 1	22	33
30.0	Ousmane Dieng misses 22-foot three point jumper	22	33
27.2	Jaylen Nowell defensive rebound	22	33
11.9	Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup	22	33
9.0	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound	22	33
4.2	Jalen Williams lost ball turnover (Kyle Anderson steals)	22	33
0.3	Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot (Taurean Prince assists)	22	35
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	22	35

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

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, 20 October 2022

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 17,136

Referees:
Derrick Collins
Marc Davis
Mitchell Ervin

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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