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Minnesota Timberwolves

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Also known as: Minnesota Timberwolves
Program History

2021 Team Stats (80 games)

111.6
PPG
117.7
Opp
-5.6
Margin
44.5%
FG%
34.5%
3P%
76.4%
FT%
43.8
RPG
25.4
APG
14.1
TO
115.1
Pace
112.6
AdjO
117.5
AdjD
#27
Rank

Model Outputs

2020-2021
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1128 (#8) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1062 (#44) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +1.8 More → +6.7 (#11) HCA +1.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.364 (#27) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff -5.4 More → 0.363 (#27) NetEff -5.4
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet -4.1 More → 0.383 (#27) AdjNet -4.1
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet -4.1 More → 0.383 (#27) AdjNet -4.1
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 112.6 | AdjD 117.5 More → 0.391 (#27) AdjO 112.6 | AdjD 117.5

2021 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2020-12-24 vs DET W 111 - 101
2020-12-27 @ UTA W 116 - 111
2020-12-28 @ LAL L 91 - 127
2020-12-30 @ LAC L 101 - 124
2021-01-02 vs WAS L 109 - 130
2021-01-04 vs DEN L 109 - 124
2021-01-06 @ DEN L 116 - 123
2021-01-08 @ POR L 117 - 135
2021-01-10 vs SAS L 122 - 125
2021-01-11 vs SAS W 96 - 88
2021-01-14 vs MEM L 107 - 118
2021-01-18 @ ATL L 97 - 108
2021-01-21 vs ORL L 96 - 97
2021-01-23 vs ATL L 98 - 116
2021-01-24 vs NOP W 120 - 110
2021-01-26 @ GSW L 108 - 130
2021-01-28 @ GSW L 111 - 123
2021-01-30 vs PHI L 94 - 118
2021-02-01 vs CLE W 109 - 104
2021-02-02 @ CLE L 98 - 100
2021-02-04 @ SAS L 108 - 111
2021-02-06 @ OKC W 106 - 103
2021-02-07 @ OKC L 118 - 120
2021-02-09 @ DAL L 122 - 127
2021-02-11 vs LAC L 112 - 119
2021-02-13 @ CHA L 114 - 120
2021-02-15 @ TOR W 116 - 112
2021-02-17 vs LAL L 104 - 112
2021-02-18 vs IND L 128 - 134
2021-02-20 vs TOR L 81 - 86
2021-02-22 @ NYK L 99 - 103
2021-02-24 @ MIL L 112 - 139
2021-02-25 @ CHI L 126 - 133
2021-02-28 @ WAS L 112 - 128
2021-03-01 vs PHX L 99 - 118
2021-03-04 vs CHA L 102 - 135
2021-03-12 @ NOP W 135 - 105
2021-03-14 vs POR L 121 - 125
2021-03-15 vs POR W 114 - 112
2021-03-17 @ LAL L 121 - 137
2021-03-19 @ PHX W 123 - 119
2021-03-20 @ PHX L 101 - 113
2021-03-23 vs OKC L 103 - 112
2021-03-25 vs DAL L 108 - 128
2021-03-27 vs HOU W 107 - 101
2021-03-28 vs HOU L 107 - 129
2021-03-29 @ BKN L 107 - 112
2021-04-01 vs NYK W 102 - 101
2021-04-03 @ MEM L 108 - 120
2021-04-04 @ PHI L 113 - 122
2021-04-05 vs SAC W 116 - 106
2021-04-07 @ IND L 137 - 141
2021-04-09 @ BOS L 136 - 145
2021-04-12 vs CHI W 121 - 117
2021-04-13 vs BKN L 97 - 127
2021-04-14 vs MIL L 105 - 130
2021-04-17 vs MIA W 119 - 111
2021-04-19 @ LAC L 105 - 124
2021-04-21 @ SAC W 134 - 120
2021-04-22 @ SAC L 125 - 128
2021-04-25 @ UTA W 101 - 96
2021-04-27 vs UTA W 105 - 104
2021-04-28 @ HOU W 114 - 107
2021-04-30 vs GSW W 126 - 114
2021-05-02 vs NOP L 136 - 140
2021-05-06 vs MEM L 135 - 139
2021-05-08 @ MIA L 112 - 121
2021-05-09 @ ORL W 128 - 96
2021-05-11 @ DET W 119 - 100
2021-05-14 vs DEN L 103 - 114
2021-05-15 vs BOS L 108 - 124
2021-05-17 vs DAL W 136 - 121

2021 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Karl-Anthony Towns Karl-Anthony Towns C 50 33.3 24.8 10.6 4.5 0.8 1.1 0.0 17.5 24.3 - - - 48.6 38.7 85.9 - 61.2 55.5
Malik Beasley Malik Beasley SG 37 32.4 19.6 4.4 2.4 0.8 0.2 0.0 16.2 11.1 - - - 44.0 39.9 85.0 - 57.0 54.7
Anthony Edwards Anthony Edwards SG 72 31.7 19.3 4.7 2.9 1.1 0.5 0.0 16.8 11.8 - - - 41.8 32.9 77.6 - 52.4 48.8
D'Angelo Russell D'Angelo Russell SG 42 28.0 19.0 2.6 5.8 1.0 0.4 0.0 15.5 13.4 - - - 43.1 38.7 76.5 - 55.5 52.3
Naz Reid Naz Reid C 70 18.7 11.2 4.6 1.0 0.5 1.1 0.0 8.3 10.1 - - - 52.3 35.1 69.3 - 59.9 57.6
Jaylen Nowell Jaylen Nowell - 42 17.5 9.0 2.3 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 8.0 5.6 - - - 42.4 33.3 81.8 - 52.8 49.9
Ricky Rubio Ricky Rubio PG 68 25.6 8.6 3.3 6.4 1.5 0.1 0.0 7.3 12.4 - - - 38.8 30.8 86.7 - 51.6 45.4
Juancho Hernangomez Juancho Hernangomez PF 52 16.8 7.2 3.9 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 5.8 6.6 - - - 43.5 32.7 61.9 - 54.9 52.7
Jaden McDaniels Jaden McDaniels SF 63 23.5 6.8 3.7 1.1 0.6 1.0 0.0 5.8 7.3 - - - 44.7 36.4 60.0 - 55.2 54.5
Jarred Vanderbilt Jarred Vanderbilt PF 64 17.3 5.4 5.8 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.0 3.7 10.4 - - - 60.6 20.0 55.9 - 61.2 60.8
Josh Okogie Josh Okogie SG 59 19.8 5.4 2.6 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.0 4.3 6.2 - - - 40.2 26.9 76.9 - 52.4 45.9
Jarrett Culver Jarrett Culver SF 34 14.2 5.3 3.1 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.0 4.9 4.9 - - - 41.1 24.5 60.4 - 47.6 44.9
Jake Layman Jake Layman SF 45 13.5 5.1 1.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 4.1 4.2 - - - 49.5 29.5 70.3 - 57.7 55.7
Jordan McLaughlin Jordan McLaughlin PG 51 17.8 5.0 2.1 3.8 1.0 0.1 0.0 4.7 7.3 - - - 41.3 35.9 76.7 - 50.2 48.1
Ed Davis Ed Davis C 23 12.5 2.1 5.0 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 1.9 7.2 - - - 43.2 0 83.3 - 48.7 43.2

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG