Game ID: 22400076
Minnesota Timberwolves @ Sacramento Kings
Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 10:00 PM ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAC 32 27 29 27 115MIN 29 26 34 28 117
MIN @ SAC ScoutingMIN @ SAC Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
SAC availability going into 10/24 · season opener
full strength
SAC availability going into 10/26 · 1 day's rest
full strength
SAC availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's rest
full strength
SAC availability going into 10/29 · back-to-backNEW Huerter 21 to 26 min over the last 3
SAC availability going into 11/01 · 2 days' restNEW Huerter 21 to 26 min over the last 4
MIN availability going into 10/22 · season opener
full strength
MIN availability going into 10/24 · 1 day's rest
full strength
MIN availability going into 10/26 · 1 day's restOUT Dillingham missed 2 since 10/22, out tonight
MIN availability going into 10/29 · 2 days' restOUT Dillingham missed 3 since 10/22, out tonight
MIN availability going into 11/01 · 2 days' restOUT Dillingham missed 4 since 10/22, out tonight
MIN availability going into 11/02 · back-to-backOUT Dillingham missed 5 since 10/22, returns tonight: 3 min (30% of 10)
10/24 vs MIN 115-117 — SAC notes
SAC lost 115-117. SAC shot 46% (38 of 82) to MIN's 48%, 11 of 29 from three, and went to the line 35 times to MIN's 17 — 28 points from the stripe to their 15. SAC turned it over 9 times to MIN's 16. DeRozan led with 26 (7 of 18, 12 of 14 at the line); Sabonis added 24, Murray 23. Q1 was theirs, 32-29, but the other 3 periods went 88-83 against them. They led by as many as 12. Lyles's -14 in 11 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/22 @ LAL 103-110 — MIN notes
MIN lost 103-110. MIN shot 41% (35 of 85) to LAL's 44%, 13 of 41 from three. MIN turned it over 15 times to LAL's 7. Edwards led with 27 (10 of 25, 5 of 13 from three); Randle added 16, Alexander-Walker 14. Q3 was theirs, 32-27, the deficit cut from 13 to 8, but the other 3 periods went 83-71 against them. Conley's -22 in 20 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/24 @ SAC 117-115 — MIN notes
MIN won 117-115. MIN shot 48% (41 of 86) to SAC's 46%, 20 of 50 from three, and got to the line 17 times to SAC's 35. MIN turned it over 16 times to SAC's 9. Randle led with 33 (13 of 17, 5 of 6 from three); Edwards added 32, Reid 19. The hinge was Q3, 34-29: MIN came in trailing by 4 and left it ahead by 1. MIN trailed 55-59 at the half and won the second half 62-56. Reid was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
11/02 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 104 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 32 from three, 22 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 18 and Sochan at 17 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Jones (4 straight). One day's rest. Minnesota comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 40 from three, 23 free throws a game; Edwards at 30 and Randle at 23 a game. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the arc, Minnesota at 40 percent from three to San Antonio's 32 and the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-5 a night and Minnesota minus-1. Call it San Antonio 110, Minnesota 107, Minnesota keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SACAL A. Len
DD D. DeRozan
DF D. Fox
DM D. McDermott
DS D. Sabonis
KE K. Ellis
KH K. Huerter
KM K. Murray
MM M. Monk
TL T. Lyles
MINAE A. Edwards
DD D. DiVincenzo
JI J. Ingles
JM J. McDaniels
JR J. Randle
MC M. Conley
NA N. Alexander-Walker
NR N. Reid
RG R. Gobert
SAC/MIN the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Edwards hits late free throws to lift the Timberwolves past the Kings, 117-115
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- — Anthony Edwards hit a pair of free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining and the Timberwolves spoiled Sacramento’s opener by beating the Kings 117-115 on Thursday night.
Edwards got fouled by Domantas Sabonis on a drive with the game tied and calmly hit the free throws to give him 32 points.
Keegan Murray 's 3-point attempt rimmed out at the buzzer for the Kings.
Julius Randle led the Timberwolves with 33 points in his second game after being acquired in a trade from New York this month.
Demar DeRozan scored 26 points to lead the Kings in his debut for Sacramento after being acquired this summer in a sign-and-trade from Chicago. Sabonis added 24 points and Murray had 23.
Takeaways Timberwolves: Minnesota came out of its season-opening trip to California with a split after rebounding from a loss to the Lakers on Tuesday night. Randle looked much more assertive in his second game after taking only 10 shots in the opener.
Kings: Sacramento has lost its last six season openers played at home with the last win coming in 2013 against Denver.
Key moment Edwards and Naz Reid hit back-to-back 3-pointers that started an 11-0 run for Minnesota that turned a five-point deficit into a 105-99 lead midway through the fourth quarter.
Key stat After going 13 for 41 from 3 in the opener, Minnesota shot 20 for 50 from long range against Sacramento. The 91 attempted 3s are the most ever for the Timberwolves in the first two games of a season.
Up next The Timberwolves play their home opener on Saturday night against Toronto, while the Kings travel to Los Angeles to face the Lakers on Saturday.