Minnesota Timberwolves beat Miami Heat 131-106 on the road on Wednesday, October 21. The final margin was 25 points.
When it got away
The Timberwolves broke it open in the second quarter, winning that quarter 35-27. Their lead was 10 at that break, and it stayed in double digits at every break after.
Why it was lopsided
The Timberwolves recovered 36.2% of their own misses against 10.3% for the Heat and the Timberwolves gave the ball away on 13% of their possessions while the Heat did so 16.9% of the time. Extra possessions add up quickly over 48 minutes.
The Heat did win one battle, the free-throw line: FT rate of 24.7 against 18.4. The Timberwolves made up for it elsewhere.
The game played at about 107 possessions per team. The Timberwolves scored 122.3 points per 100 possessions and the Heat scored 99, a difference of 23.3.
Who stood out
Anthony Edwards (MIN) posted the best line of the night by Game Score (33.1): 45 pts, 10 reb, 3 ast on 16-29 shooting. The team was +27 in the minutes Anthony played.
For the Heat, Giannis Antetokounmpo was the best of the rest at 23.8: 35 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast on 13-19 shooting.
Davion Mitchell (11 pts, 0 reb, 10 ast) and Anthony Edwards (45 pts, 10 reb, 3 ast) each recorded a double-double.
Game Score is a single number that weighs points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, shooting efficiency, fouls and turnovers. It is not an official stat, just a quick way to rank lines.
What it means
The pre-game Win Meter had it close to a coin flip, at about 40% for the Timberwolves.
Across the last 4 meetings in our records, Minnesota Timberwolves lead 3-1.
Written automatically by Tip Off Live software from box score data. Ratings and probabilities are our own model estimates.