Memphis Grizzlies – Minnesota Timberwolves · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 30 January 2019

MEM97–99MIN

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 90% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 20 times

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ MIN winsMEM wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MIN leads and falls when MEM does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jerryd Bayless decided it, the Minnesota Timberwolves player with the most points (19, with 7 rebounds and 12 assists; +17 with him on the floor). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Minnesota Timberwolves 99-97 Memphis Grizzlies (January 30, 2019) was hit by Karl-Anthony Towns: a jump shot with 0.1 s left in overtime, putting the Minnesota Timberwolves up 99-97. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Minnesota Timberwolves 99-97 Memphis Grizzlies (January 30, 2019) was a 9-0 run by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second quarter (from 11:21 to 9:14), from 24-16 to 33-16. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 9-0 run in the second quarter (from 7:25 to 5:07), from 18-35 to 27-35.

▸See where these figures come from

Play: Karl-Anthony Towns makes 14-foot jumper.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Karl-Anthony Towns decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Towns decided

▸See where these figures come from

A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

30 January 2019 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401071433:732; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2018-19 regular season, not this game.

Memphis Grizzlies

Mike Conley recovered 1.7 loose balls per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 6 of 380 in the league.
Marc Gasol drew 0.34 charges per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 8 of 380 in the league.
Kyle Anderson deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 43 games.
He ranks 21 of 380 in the league.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Karl-Anthony Towns contested 14.7 shots per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 4 of 380 in the league.
Anthony Tolliver drew 0.24 charges per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 14 of 380 in the league.
Josh Okogie drew 0.18 charges per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 24 of 380 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have won 42 of their 98 games against the Memphis Grizzlies.

42-56record of the Minnesota Timberwolves · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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See where it comes from

Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2001-02 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

13.615

75.5% of capacity

Target Center · Minneapolis

Scoring

196

combined points

26.4 below the season average (222.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

41 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:01.3

Kyle Anderson → Jerryd Bayless

Anderson (MEM) makes contact with Bayless' (MIN) arm during his shooting motion that affects his jump shot attempt.

Foul: Loose Ball · 00:15.7

Marc Gasol → Taj Gibson

RLB shows Gasol (MEM) holds both of Gibson's (MIN) arms as the shot is released and remains engaged as they each attempt to retrieve the rebound.