Timberwolves 112-110 Thunder (17 Dec, 2022) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

14-15, 7-8 away

112

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	30	33	25	24	112
OKC	28	22	41	19	110

Oklahoma City Thunder

11-18, 6-7 home

110

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Jaden McDaniels blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Jalen Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luguentz Dort assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Naz Reid blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's driving layup
Kyle Anderson blocks Luguentz Dort 's 3-foot driving layup
Aleksej Pokusevski makes layup (Luguentz Dort assists)
Jalen Williams makes 1-foot dunk (Josh Giddey assists)
Josh Giddey makes layup
Jalen Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski misses two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Luguentz Dort misses two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point shot
Isaiah Joe misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Isaiah Joe misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eugene Omoruyi makes two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Eugene Omoruyi makes dunk (Mike Muscala assists)
Mike Muscala misses 14-foot jumper
Aaron Wiggins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Joe assists)
Nathan Knight blocks Aaron Wiggins 's 5-foot driving layup
Mike Muscala makes jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Jalen Williams makes driving layup (Tre Mann assists)
Eugene Omoruyi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Williams assists)
Tre Mann misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Wiggins makes tip shot
Jalen Williams makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Giddey assists)
Aaron Wiggins makes dunk
Aaron Wiggins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aaron Wiggins misses layup
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski makes layup (Luguentz Dort assists)
Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point shot
Aaron Wiggins makes layup (Tre Mann assists)
Tre Mann misses driving floating jump shot
Isaiah Joe misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Giddey misses driving floating jump shot
Josh Giddey makes dunk (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Jalen Williams misses three point jumper
Jalen Williams makes 1-foot dunk
Josh Giddey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Williams assists)
Mike Muscala misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luguentz Dort assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 8-foot two point shot (Josh Giddey assists)
Luguentz Dort makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Williams assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes dunk (Josh Giddey assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 10-foot jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Josh Giddey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving floating jump shot
Eugene Omoruyi makes two point shot
Aaron Wiggins makes 10-foot two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot
Eugene Omoruyi misses tip shot
Lindy Waters III misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Isaiah Joe makes 28-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Isaiah Joe makes two point shot (Lindy Waters III assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
Aaron Wiggins makes 29-foot three point jumper (Lindy Waters III assists)
Lindy Waters III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Mike Muscala misses 24-foot three point jumper
Josh Giddey misses driving floating jump shot
Josh Giddey makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)
Eugene Omoruyi misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aaron Wiggins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski misses 29-foot three point jumper
Jalen Williams makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
Eugene Omoruyi makes layup (Aaron Wiggins assists)
Aaron Wiggins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Josh Giddey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Eugene Omoruyi makes 2-foot layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Josh Giddey makes driving layup (Eugene Omoruyi assists)
Jaylen Nowell blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 's 15-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey misses 48-foot three point pullup jump shot
Naz Reid makes driving layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Austin Rivers makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Naz Reid makes driving dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
Kyle Anderson misses driving layup
Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
Anthony Edwards misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Naz Reid assists)
Naz Reid misses driving layup
Naz Reid makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Naz Reid misses three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Aleksej Pokusevski blocks Anthony Edwards's driving layup
Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes 28-foot three point jumper (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)
Wendell Moore Jr. misses two point shot
Mike Muscala blocks Jaylen Nowell 's 2-foot layup
Bryn Forbes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bryn Forbes makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)
Kyle Anderson misses two point shot
Nathan Knight makes two point shot
Nathan Knight makes driving layup (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)
Wendell Moore Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nathan Knight makes two point shot
Kyle Anderson misses 7-foot two point shot
Wendell Moore Jr. misses layup
Bryn Forbes misses driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot
Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 14-foot two point shot
Naz Reid makes two point shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 22-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski blocks Naz Reid 's 4-foot driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Austin Rivers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses layup
Naz Reid makes driving layup
Naz Reid makes driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes layup (Naz Reid assists)
Matt Ryan misses three point jumper
Naz Reid misses driving floating jump shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 23-foot pullup jump shot (Matt Ryan assists)
Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
Naz Reid misses driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Kyle Anderson misses driving floating jump shot
Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kyle Anderson makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Kyle Anderson makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Kyle Anderson misses driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
Kyle Anderson makes driving layup (Bryn Forbes assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
Luguentz Dort blocks Jaylen Nowell's two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards misses dunk
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bryn Forbes misses driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot
Matt Ryan misses 23-foot three point jumper
Austin Rivers makes driving layup
Austin Rivers makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
Naz Reid makes 9-foot two point shot
Naz Reid misses 7-foot two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 10-foot two point shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 15-foot two point shot
Naz Reid makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Austin Rivers makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes 23-foot pullup jump shot (Naz Reid assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes driving dunk (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 11-foot two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Kyle Anderson misses two point shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
Naz Reid makes driving layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Anthony Edwards misses pullup jump shot
Austin Rivers makes 23-foot three point jumper

TIMBERWOLVES

THUNDER

TIME		MIN	OKC
12:00	Naz Reid vs. Aleksej Pokusevski (Austin Rivers gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Naz Reid makes driving layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)	2	0
11:17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	2	0
11:15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander offensive rebound	2	0
11:11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aleksej Pokusevski assists)	2	3
10:56	Austin Rivers makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	5	3
10:46	Jaden McDaniels blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's driving layup	5	3
10:46	Thunder offensive team rebound	5	3
10:39	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup	5	5
10:29	Naz Reid makes driving dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)	7	5
10:16	Jalen Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper	7	5
10:14	Luguentz Dort offensive rebound	7	5
10:12	Aleksej Pokusevski makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luguentz Dort assists)	7	8
10:08	Timberwolves Full timeout	7	8
10:01	Kyle Anderson misses driving layup	7	8
10:01	Jaden McDaniels offensive rebound	7	8
9:58	Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot	7	8
9:56	Aleksej Pokusevski defensive rebound	7	8
9:50	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	7	8
9:48	Thunder offensive team rebound	7	8
9:42	Naz Reid blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's driving layup	7	8
9:42	Thunder offensive team rebound	7	8
9:33	Jalen Williams lost ball turnover (Jaden McDaniels steals)	7	8
9:31	Luguentz Dort shooting foul	7	8
9:31	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2	8	8
9:31	Jaden McDaniels misses free throw 2 of 2	8	8
9:29	Aleksej Pokusevski defensive rebound	8	8
9:19	Kyle Anderson blocks Luguentz Dort 's 3-foot driving layup	8	8
9:15	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	8	8
9:07	Anthony Edwards misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	8	8
9:05	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	8	8
8:51	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bad pass (Austin Rivers steals)	8	8
8:47	Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Naz Reid assists)	10	8
8:41	Jaden McDaniels personal foul	10	8
8:34	Aleksej Pokusevski makes layup (Luguentz Dort assists)	10	10
8:19	Naz Reid misses driving layup	10	10
8:17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	10	10
8:02	Jalen Williams makes 1-foot dunk (Josh Giddey assists)	10	12
7:54	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shooting foul	10	12
7:54	Jaden McDaniels misses free throw 1 of 2	10	12
7:54	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	10	12
7:54	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2	11	12
7:37	Aleksej Pokusevski lost ball turnover (Naz Reid steals)	11	12
7:34	Naz Reid makes two point shot	13	12
7:34	Jalen Williams shooting foul	13	12
7:34	Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 1	13	12
7:32	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	13	12
7:29	Kyle Anderson shooting foul	13	12
7:29	Jalen Williams misses free throw 1 of 2	13	12
7:29	Thunder offensive team rebound	13	12
7:29	Jalen Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	13	13
7:12	Anthony Edwards makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot	15	13
7:00	Josh Giddey makes layup	15	15
6:45	Naz Reid misses three point jumper	15	15
6:42	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	15	15
6:35	Jalen Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	15
6:32	Aleksej Pokusevski offensive rebound	15	15
6:30	Aleksej Pokusevski misses two point shot	15	15
6:27	Austin Rivers defensive rebound	15	15
6:17	Naz Reid offensive foul	15	15
6:17	Naz Reid turnover	15	15
6:17	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Kyle Anderson	15	15
6:08	Jalen Williams lost ball turnover (Naz Reid steals)	15	15
5:53	Jaden McDaniels palming turnover	15	15
5:46	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 14-foot pullup jump shot	15	17
5:29	Jaylen Nowell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	18	17
5:19	Luguentz Dort misses two point shot	18	17
5:18	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	18	17
5:12	Aleksej Pokusevski blocks Anthony Edwards's driving layup	18	17
5:09	Anthony Edwards offensive rebound	18	17
5:08	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shooting foul	18	17
5:08	Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2	19	17
5:08	Isaiah Joe enters the game for Josh Giddey	19	17
5:08	Eugene Omoruyi enters the game for Jalen Williams	19	17
5:08	Aaron Wiggins enters the game for Aleksej Pokusevski	19	17
5:08	Bryn Forbes enters the game for Austin Rivers	19	17
5:08	Timberwolves delay of game violation	19	17
5:08	Naz Reid misses free throw 2 of 2	19	17
5:06	Aaron Wiggins defensive rebound	19	17
4:59	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot	19	19
4:39	Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper	19	19
4:37	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	19	19
4:33	Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point shot	19	19
4:29	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	19	19
4:22	Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot	19	19
4:19	Aaron Wiggins defensive rebound	19	19
4:09	Jaden McDaniels personal foul	19	19
4:09	Thunder Full timeout	19	19
4:09	Wendell Moore Jr. enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	19	19
4:01	Isaiah Joe misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	19	19
3:58	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	19	19
3:38	Anthony Edwards makes 28-foot three point jumper (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)	22	19
3:25	Isaiah Joe misses 25-foot three point jumper	22	19
3:22	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	22	19
3:18	Wendell Moore Jr. misses two point shot	22	19
3:16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	22	19
3:12	Eugene Omoruyi makes two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	22	21
2:59	Mike Muscala enters the game for Luguentz Dort	22	21
2:59	Nathan Knight enters the game for Anthony Edwards	22	21
2:59	Kyle Anderson enters the game for Naz Reid	22	21
2:52	Aaron Wiggins shooting foul	22	21
2:52	Nathan Knight makes free throw 1 of 2	23	21
2:52	Nathan Knight makes free throw 2 of 2	24	21
2:52	Mike Muscala blocks Jaylen Nowell 's 2-foot layup	24	21
2:52	Nathan Knight offensive rebound	24	21
2:39	Eugene Omoruyi makes dunk (Mike Muscala assists)	24	23
2:21	Bryn Forbes misses 23-foot three point jumper	24	23
2:18	Jaylen Nowell offensive rebound	24	23
2:05	Bryn Forbes makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)	26	23
1:52	Mike Muscala misses 14-foot jumper	26	23
1:49	Jaylen Nowell defensive rebound	26	23
1:33	Kyle Anderson misses two point shot	26	23
1:30	Nathan Knight offensive rebound	26	23
1:30	Nathan Knight makes two point shot	28	23
1:10	Aaron Wiggins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Joe assists)	28	26
41.0	Jaylen Nowell bad pass (Eugene Omoruyi steals)	28	26
34.1	Isaiah Joe out of bounds bad pass turnover	28	26
22.1	Isaiah Joe shooting foul	28	26
22.1	Nathan Knight makes free throw 1 of 2	29	26
22.1	Tre Mann enters the game for Eugene Omoruyi	29	26
22.1	Nathan Knight makes free throw 2 of 2	30	26
2.0	Nathan Knight blocks Aaron Wiggins 's 5-foot driving layup	30	26
2.0	Thunder offensive team rebound	30	26
2.0	Josh Giddey enters the game for Aaron Wiggins	30	26
0.1	Mike Muscala makes jumper (Josh Giddey assists)	30	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	30	28

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

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

Paycom Center

1:00 AM, 17 December 2022

Oklahoma City, OK

Attendance: 14,885

Referees:
Brian Forte
J.T. Orr
Justin Van Duyne

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	11	2	.846	-	W3
Denver	7	4	.636	3	L1
Minnesota	7	6	.538	4	W1
Portland	5	8	.385	6	W2
Utah	3	9	.250	7.5	L1

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