Conference finals · Game 1

Final

Minnesota Timberwolves88atOklahoma City Thunder114 winner

Tue, May 20, 8:30 PM EDTPaycom Center, Oklahoma City, OKESPN/ESPN2

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G1 MIN 88, OKC 114

The box score

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
MIN	23	25	18	22	88
OKC	20	24	32	38	114

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDanielsF	24	7	6	3	1	1	3	3-5	1-3	0-0	-10
Julius RandleF	36	28	8	1	1	0	5	9-13	5-6	5-6	-17
Rudy GobertC	21	2	3	1	1	1	1	1-3	0-0	0-2	-2
Anthony EdwardsG	37	18	9	3	0	1	4	5-13	3-8	5-7	-23
Mike ConleyG	23	7	3	3	0	0	0	2-8	1-5	2-2	+5
Naz Reid	28	4	8	4	0	1	3	1-11	0-7	2-2	-21
Donte DiVincenzo	30	9	1	2	2	1	1	3-14	3-12	0-0	-20
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	28	8	2	0	0	2	0	3-11	2-9	0-0	-14
Jaylen Clark	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	1-2	-4
Terrence Shannon Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Luka Garza	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Rob Dillingham	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Josh Minott	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Team		88	42	18	5	7	17	29-83	15-51	15-21

DNP: Joe Ingles (coach's decision), Leonard Miller (coach's decision)

Oklahoma City Thunder

114

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen WilliamsF	33	19	8	5	5	0	0	7-18	1-2	4-4	+13
Chet HolmgrenF	26	15	7	3	1	2	1	6-9	1-1	2-4	+8
Isaiah HartensteinC	20	12	5	0	1	0	3	6-8	0-0	0-0	+1
Luguentz DortG	28	5	1	0	2	1	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	+7
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderG	38	31	5	9	3	0	2	10-27	0-4	11-14	+22
Cason Wallace	33	3	3	7	1	0	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	+21
Isaiah Joe	13	7	8	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	4-4	+11
Alex Caruso	22	9	3	0	0	0	1	3-4	3-3	0-0	+10
Kenrich Williams	10	8	3	0	0	0	1	3-3	2-2	0-0	+19
Aaron Wiggins	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	0
Ajay Mitchell	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Ousmane Dieng	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Dillon Jones	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+6
Team		114	46	27	13	3	12	41-82	11-21	21-26

DNP: Jaylin Williams (coach's decision)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · OKC: 26
Biggest lead · MIN: 9
Times tied: 6
Lead changes: 9
Longest run · OKC: 10

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How they entered this matchup

Out: Anthony EdwardsRest edge: MINTravel tax: MINNational TV

MIN is missing Anthony Edwards and their 33.3 points per game (knee).
MIN has the rest edge with 143h between tipoffs, 90h more than OKC.
MIN is carrying the heavier travel load at 694 mi from its previous stop.
MIN is in game 1 of 2 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	MIN	OKC
Days rest	5 days edge	1 day
Hours rest	143h	53h
Rest swing	+90h	-90h
Travel in	694 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	0h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 2	Homestand · 2 of 3
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	1	1

marks the side with the edge in that row.

How each side got here694 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

MIN

694 mi

Minneapolis, MNOklahoma City, OK

MIN came from Minneapolis, MN with 694 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Minneapolis, MN to Oklahoma City, OK

OKC

0 mi

Oklahoma City, OKNo travel

OKC stayed in Oklahoma City, OK between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Oklahoma City, OK

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 2 vs homestand 2 of 3

Where this game sits in the run

MIN

Road trip

MIN is on game 1 of 2 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles694 mi

OKC

Homestand

OKC is in game 2 of 3 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 3

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: ESPN/ESPN2
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