Minnesota Timberwolves – Philadelphia 76ers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 27 November 2021

MIN121–120PHI

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 99% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 46 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.

↑ PHI winsMIN wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

D'Angelo Russell decided it, the Minnesota Timberwolves player with the most points (35, with 4 rebounds and 8 assists; +1 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Anthony Edwards's (+8). 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 Philadelphia 76ers 120-121 Minnesota Timberwolves (November 27, 2021) was hit by Taurean Prince: a layup with 4.8 s left in overtime 2, putting the Minnesota Timberwolves up 121-120. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Philadelphia 76ers 120-121 Minnesota Timberwolves (November 27, 2021) was a 12-0 run by the Philadelphia 76ers in the third quarter (from 7:55 to 4:49), from 46-64 to 58-64. The Minnesota Timberwolves' best was a 10-0 run in the first quarter (from 2:35 to 28.4 s), from 23-17 to 33-17.

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Play: Taurean Prince makes two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists).

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.

Taurean Prince decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 4.8 seconds left in overtime 2, 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 Prince decided

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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.

27 November 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360116:825; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · MIN

Edwards · Prince · Bolmaro · Beasley · Reid

Closing lineup · PHI

Curry · Harris · Embiid · Maxey · Niang

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MIN

Anthony Edwards

48′ · +8

D'Angelo Russell

44′ · +1

Karl-Anthony Towns

37′ · -2

Jarred Vanderbilt

36′ · +5

Taurean Prince

31′ · -6

Leandro Bolmaro

17′ · +4

Malik Beasley

24′ · -4

Jaden McDaniels

32′ · -4

Naz Reid

21′ · +3

PHI

Seth Curry

46′ · -5

Tobias Harris

45′ · 0

Joel Embiid

45′ · +11

Tyrese Maxey

44′ · +7

Matisse Thybulle

29′ · -12

Danny Green

22′ · +11

Andre Drummond

13′ · -10

Georges Niang

22′ · +1

Furkan Korkmaz

17′ · -9

Isaiah Joe

6′ · +1

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. MIN and PHI.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Russell, Towns, Prince, Vanderbilt, and Edwards played 11.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Russell, Prince, Vanderbilt, Reid, and Edwards played 7.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Towns, Beasley, Edwards, McDaniels, and Bolmaro played 6.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Philadelphia 76ers

Thybulle, Maxey, Harris, Curry, and Embiid played 23.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Maxey, Green, Harris, Curry, and Embiid played 7.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Niang, Korkmaz, Joe, Green, and Drummond played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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Minnesota Timberwolves

Russell, Towns, Vanderbilt, Edwards, and McDaniels played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Russell, Beasley, Prince, Vanderbilt, and Reid played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Russell, Beasley, Prince, Reid, and McDaniels played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Russell, Towns, Beasley, Edwards, and McDaniels played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Towns, Vanderbilt, Edwards, McDaniels, and Bolmaro played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Russell, Vanderbilt, Reid, Edwards, and McDaniels played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Russell, Towns, Edwards, McDaniels, and Bolmaro played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Towns, Beasley, Vanderbilt, Edwards, and Bolmaro played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Russell, Towns, Beasley, McDaniels, and Bolmaro played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Russell, Towns, Prince, Edwards, and McDaniels played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Philadelphia 76ers

Niang, Maxey, Harris, Curry, and Embiid played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Niang, Korkmaz, Maxey, Green, and Embiid played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Niang, Thybulle, Harris, Curry, and Embiid played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Korkmaz, Thybulle, Harris, Curry, and Embiid played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Niang, Korkmaz, Green, Drummond, and Curry played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Niang, Maxey, Green, Curry, and Embiid played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Niang, Korkmaz, Harris, Drummond, and Curry played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Maxey, Green, Harris, Drummond, and Curry played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Niang, Korkmaz, Joe, Harris, and Drummond played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Tyrese Maxey covered 5.34 km, more than anyone in the game.

Tyrese Maxey made 89 passes, a game high.
Joel Embiid defended 14 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 9.
Joel Embiid had 24 rebound chances, a game high.

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Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Anthony Edwards	5.29	6.2	92	64
D'Angelo Russell	4.81	6.2	114	75
Jarred Vanderbilt	4.49	6.9	39	30
Karl-Anthony Towns	4.07	6.2	62	38
Jaden McDaniels	3.97	7.0	36	26
Taurean Prince	3.64	6.5	19	16
Malik Beasley	2.69	6.3	24	15
Naz Reid	2.38	6.4	27	13
Leandro Bolmaro	2.25	7.4	30	24

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyrese Maxey	5.34	6.8	114	89
Tobias Harris	5.13	6.4	82	61
Seth Curry	5.05	6.2	55	41
Joel Embiid	4.67	5.7	88	47
Matisse Thybulle	3.56	6.8	29

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Anthony Edwards recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 5 of 386 in the league.
Jaden McDaniels defended 4.0 shots at the rim per game over his 70 games, and opponents made 12 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 4 of 131 in the league.
Jarred Vanderbilt deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 17 of 386 in the league.

Philadelphia 76ers

Matisse Thybulle deflected 3.8 passes per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 3 of 386 in the league.
Joel Embiid recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 8 of 386 in the league.
Andre Drummond deflected 2.1 passes per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 49 of 386 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 Philadelphia 76ers have won 29 of their 56 games against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Game context

Attendance

21.011

105% of capacity

Xfinity Mobile Arena · Philadelphia

Scoring

241

combined points

19.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

66 calls reviewed5 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:04.8

Seth Curry → Naz Reid

Curry (PHI) extends as he re-establishes in Reid's (MIN) path and initiates contact with Reid that affects his ability to defend.

Foul: Shooting · 00:06.0

Joel Embiid → Taurean Prince

Embiid (PHI) brings his right arm down and initiates contact across Prince's (MIN) right arm, which affects his driving shot attempt.

Foul: Loose Ball · 00:43.5

Naz Reid → Joel Embiid

Reid (MIN) faces Embiid (PHI) up and holds Embiid's left arm, affecting Embiid's ability to retrieve and back-tap the rebound.

Turnover: Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turn · 01:38.9

Jarred Vanderbilt → 76ers

Embiid's (PHI) right hand touches the ball last before it goes out of bounds.