Thunder 129-106 Timberwolves (27 Dec, 2023) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

22-7, 10-6 away

106

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	35	25	31	15	106
OKC	40	26	36	27	129

Oklahoma City Thunder

19-9, 11-5 home

129

Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chet Holmgren misses two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 11-foot running pullup jump shot (Josh Giddey assists)
Jalen Williams makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Giddey assists)
Chet Holmgren misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Giddey assists)
Chet Holmgren makes driving dunk (Josh Giddey assists)
Josh Giddey makes 2-foot layup (Chet Holmgren assists)
Chet Holmgren makes dunk (Josh Giddey assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jalen Williams makes dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Luguentz Dort makes 2-foot layup (Josh Giddey assists)
Jalen Williams makes 27-foot three point jumper (Chet Holmgren assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 2-foot two point shot
Josh Giddey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Isaiah Joe makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Kenrich Williams makes 30-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Joe assists)
Luguentz Dort makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kenrich Williams assists)
Isaiah Joe makes 28-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Cason Wallace makes layup (Vasilije Micic assists)
Aaron Wiggins misses 22-foot three point shot
Vasilije Micic makes driving layup (Jalen Williams assists)
Kenrich Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Vasilije Micic assists)
Cason Wallace misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jalen Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Vasilije Micic assists)
Jalen Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chet Holmgren misses 9-foot two point shot
Vasilije Micic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jalen Williams makes 1-foot layup (Aaron Wiggins assists)
Vasilije Micic misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 2-foot two point shot
Luguentz Dort makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Luguentz Dort makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Chet Holmgren misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jalen Williams misses driving layup
Chet Holmgren makes driving layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Chet Holmgren misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 13-foot two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Josh Giddey makes 5-foot two point shot (Chet Holmgren assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Chet Holmgren assists)
Jalen Williams misses driving floating jump shot
Chet Holmgren makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Chet Holmgren makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Williams assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Luguentz Dort makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chet Holmgren assists)
Chet Holmgren makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey makes 7-foot two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 11-foot two point shot
Kenrich Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort makes 24-foot three point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 11-foot two point shot
Luguentz Dort misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 3-foot two point shot
Isaiah Joe misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels blocks Kenrich Williams 's 3-foot layup
Cason Wallace misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jalen Williams makes 25-foot three pointer (Kenrich Williams assists)
Jalen Williams makes 25-foot three pointer (Vasilije Micic assists)
Vasilije Micic misses layup
Chet Holmgren makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Williams assists)
Jalen Williams misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Vasilije Micic misses 14-foot two point shot
Cason Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes finger roll layup
Josh Giddey misses driving floating jump shot
Isaiah Joe makes tip shot
Luguentz Dort makes two point shot (Isaiah Joe assists)
Chet Holmgren makes driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 1-foot two point shot
Vasilije Micic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Cason Wallace makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Josh Giddey makes two point shot (Cason Wallace assists)
Aaron Wiggins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaylin Williams assists)
Vasilije Micic misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 13-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup
Mike Conley makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 22-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rudy Gobert makes alley oop layup (Mike Conley assists)
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Rudy Gobert misses alley oop dunk shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 10-foot hook shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 5-foot two point shot
Kyle Anderson makes 6-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Naz Reid misses 5-foot two point shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Naz Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 29-foot three pointer
Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Kyle Anderson makes 8-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 5-foot two point shot
Mike Conley makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Mike Conley misses 1-foot two point shot
Troy Brown Jr. misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot driving dunk (Troy Brown Jr. assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Luguentz Dort blocks Anthony Edwards 's 6-foot pullup jump shot
Kyle Anderson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gobert misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 15-foot two point shot
Mike Conley makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Anthony Edwards assists)
Chet Holmgren blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 26-foot three point jumper
Mike Conley makes 25-foot three pointer
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Mike Conley 's 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Mike Conley makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Kyle Anderson misses 6-foot two point shot
Luguentz Dort blocks Jordan McLaughlin 's 1-foot layup
Jordan McLaughlin makes tip shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 22-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 13-foot two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
Mike Conley makes 25-foot three pointer (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jalen Williams blocks Rudy Gobert 's 1-foot layup
Mike Conley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jalen Williams blocks Rudy Gobert 's 4-foot layup
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Jordan McLaughlin misses driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 7-foot two point shot
Leonard Miller makes alley oop layup (Shake Milton assists)
Jaylin Williams blocks Josh Minott 's 2-foot layup
Jordan McLaughlin misses driving floating jump shot
Leonard Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Minott assists)
Leonard Miller makes layup (Josh Minott assists)

TIMBERWOLVES

THUNDER

TIME		MIN	OKC
12:00	Rudy Gobert vs. Chet Holmgren (Josh Giddey gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:39	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	0	0
11:24	Jaden McDaniels misses 13-foot two point shot	0	0
11:21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	0	0
11:13	Chet Holmgren misses two point shot	0	0
11:10	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	0	0
11:06	Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass (Luguentz Dort steals)	0	0
10:59	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 11-foot running pullup jump shot (Josh Giddey assists)	0	2
10:43	Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)	2	2
10:34	Jalen Williams makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Giddey assists)	2	4
10:16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shooting foul	2	4
10:16	Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2	3	4
10:16	Anthony Edwards misses free throw 2 of 2	3	4
10:14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	3	4
10:11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander lost ball turnover (Jaden McDaniels steals)	3	4
10:07	Chet Holmgren shooting foul	3	4
10:07	Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 2	3	4
10:07	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	3	4
10:07	Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2	4	4
9:52	Jaden McDaniels personal foul	4	4
9:48	Chet Holmgren misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	4
9:45	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	4	4
9:37	Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup	6	4
9:27	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Giddey assists)	6	6
9:07	Mike Conley makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Anthony Edwards assists)	9	6
8:58	Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul	9	6
8:58	Jalen Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	9	7
8:58	Jalen Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	9	8
8:42	Anthony Edwards misses 22-foot three point jumper	9	8
8:39	Luguentz Dort defensive rebound	9	8
8:27	Chet Holmgren makes driving dunk (Josh Giddey assists)	9	10
8:14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander personal foul	9	10
8:08	Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	9	10
8:07	Thunder defensive team rebound	9	10
7:53	Josh Giddey makes 2-foot layup (Chet Holmgren assists)	9	12
7:36	Rudy Gobert makes alley oop layup (Mike Conley assists)	11	12
7:24	Chet Holmgren makes dunk (Josh Giddey assists)	11	14
7:04	Jaden McDaniels traveling	11	14
6:51	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 14-foot step back jumpshot	11	14
6:46	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	11	14
6:37	Anthony Edwards makes two point shot	13	14
6:29	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 26-foot three point jumper	13	14
6:29	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	13	14
6:18	Anthony Edwards misses two point shot	13	14
6:16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	13	14
6:13	Jalen Williams makes dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	13	16
6:00	Rudy Gobert misses alley oop dunk shot	13	16
5:57	Luguentz Dort defensive rebound	13	16
5:51	Josh Giddey lost ball turnover (Anthony Edwards steals)	13	16
5:47	Luguentz Dort shooting foul	13	16
5:47	Thunder Full timeout	13	16
5:47	Nickeil Alexander-Walker enters the game for Mike Conley	13	16
5:47	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2	14	16
5:47	Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2	15	16
5:35	Luguentz Dort makes 2-foot layup (Josh Giddey assists)	15	18
5:18	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 10-foot hook shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)	17	18
5:06	Jalen Williams makes 27-foot three point jumper (Chet Holmgren assists)	17	21
4:39	Jaden McDaniels makes 5-foot two point shot	19	21
4:26	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 2-foot two point shot	19	23
4:26	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	19	23
4:26	Kenrich Williams enters the game for Jalen Williams	19	23
4:26	Kyle Anderson enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	19	23
4:26	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	19	23
4:26	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 1	19	24
4:13	Kyle Anderson makes 6-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)	21	24
3:59	Josh Giddey misses 26-foot three point jumper	21	24
3:56	Naz Reid defensive rebound	21	24
3:44	Naz Reid misses 5-foot two point shot	21	24
3:41	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	21	24
3:39	Anthony Edwards shooting foul	21	24
3:39	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	21	25
3:39	Isaiah Joe enters the game for Josh Giddey	21	25
3:39	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2	21	26
3:22	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)	23	26
3:00	Isaiah Joe makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	23	29
2:45	Kyle Anderson lost ball turnover (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander steals)	23	29
2:38	Kenrich Williams makes 30-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Joe assists)	23	32
2:36	Timberwolves Full timeout	23	32
2:36	Cason Wallace enters the game for Chet Holmgren	23	32
2:36	Karl-Anthony Towns enters the game for Rudy Gobert	23	32
2:14	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	26	32
2:00	Luguentz Dort makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kenrich Williams assists)	26	35
1:46	Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)	29	35
1:27	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	29	35
1:27	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses technical free throw	29	35
1:27	Thunder offensive team rebound	29	35
1:20	Isaiah Joe makes 28-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	29	38
55.2	Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	32	38
31.1	shot clock turnover	32	38
19.1	Naz Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper	32	38
16.1	Luguentz Dort defensive rebound	32	38
3.1	Nickeil Alexander-Walker shooting foul	32	38
3.1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	32	39
3.1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2	32	40
0.0	Anthony Edwards makes 29-foot three pointer	35	40
0.0		35	40
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	35	40

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Thunder
103
Timberwolves
106

Game 1

29/11

Timberwolves
106
Thunder
129

Game 2

27/12

Thunder
102
Timberwolves
97

Game 3

21/1

Timberwolves
107
Thunder
101

Game 4

30/1

Paycom Center

1:00 AM, 27 December 2023

Oklahoma City, OK

Attendance: 18,203

Referees:
Marc Davis
Nick Buchert
Jenna Reneau

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	14	11	.560	7	L1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

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