Model Predictions
| Model | Sacramento Kings | Minnesota Timberwolves | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 15.5% | 84.5% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 37.9% | 62.1% | - | ✗ |
| Margin | 29.0% | 71.0% | +4.9 | ✗ (8.9 off) |
| Pythagorean | 50.6% | 49.4% | - | ✓ |
| Efficiency | 54.4% | 45.6% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 56.5% | 43.5% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 56.5% | 43.5% | - | ✓ |
| Points Off/Def | 49.6% | 50.4% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Minnesota Timberwolves -4 (129-133). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Sacramento Kings
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemanja Bjelica * | 41 | 7-10 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | - | - | |
| Harrison Barnes * | 38 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 6-6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | - | - | |
| De'Aaron Fox * | 37 | 7-17 | 0-3 | 8-14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | - | - | |
| Bogdan Bogdanović * | 34 | 4-11 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | - | - | |
| Dewayne Dedmon * | 15 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| Buddy Hield | 37 | 14-24 | 9-14 | 5-5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | - | - | |
| Kent Bazemore | 20 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 5-6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | - | - | |
| Cory Joseph | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | |
| Yogi Ferrell | 10 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| Harry Giles III | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | |
| Anthony Tolliver | 4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Minnesota Timberwolves
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wiggins * | 42 | 13-21 | 7-11 | 3-6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 36 | - | - | |
| Karl-Anthony Towns * | 40 | 7-18 | 3-6 | 6-8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23 | - | - | |
| Shabazz Napier * | 31 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 2-6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | - | - | |
| Robert Covington * | 27 | 8-12 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | - | - | |
| Jarrett Culver * | 26 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | - | - | |
| Josh Okogie | 26 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 5-8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | - | - | |
| Keita Bates-Diop | 24 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | - | - | |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 21 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | - | - | |
| Kelan Martin | 15 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gorgui Dieng | 7 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| Naz Reid | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Noah Vonleh | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
* = starter