Jan 1, 2021 - Washington Wizards at Minnesota Timberwolves

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1/1/2021 Minnesota v. Washington Game Preview

	Washington Wizards	(1-5, 1-1 away)
	Minnesota Timberwolves	(2-3, 1-1 home)

January 1, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Target Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Season Series - Washington leads 1-0

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 1, 2021	Washington	Minnesota	130 - 109	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 27, 2021	Minnesota	Washington	-	-	Regular Season	Capital One Arena

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Washington	11	48.0	43.9	91.9	.478	13.0	33.5	.389	19.6	26.6	.737	13.5	24.6	9.1	33.7	42.8	27.3	7.3	3.5	120.5
Minnesota	12	48.4	40.2	91.3	.440	11.5	34.6	.333	15.8	21.2	.748	15.0	20.7	11.4	33.2	44.7	23.7	8.2	5.1	107.7
WAS Opponents	11	48.0	42.9	87.5	.491	12.2	32.3	.377	23.3	29.5	.788	15.5	22.3	8.5	37.6	46.2	25.0	7.4	4.4	121.3
MIN Opponents	12	48.4	44.1	91.2	.483	12.3	32.8	.376	17.3	22.5	.770	14.4	19.8	9.8	36.2	46.1	27.7	7.8	5.5	117.8

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Nov 15, 2019	Washington	Minnesota	137 - 116	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 2, 2019	Minnesota	Washington	131 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Mar 9, 2019	Washington	Minnesota	130 - 135	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 3, 2019	Minnesota	Washington	121 - 135	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Mar 13, 2018	Minnesota	Washington	116 - 111	Minnesota	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 28, 2017	Washington	Minnesota	92 - 89	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 13, 2017	Washington	Minnesota	104 - 119	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 6, 2017	Minnesota	Washington	105 - 112	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Mar 25, 2016	Minnesota	Washington	132 - 129	Minnesota	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Mar 2, 2016	Washington	Minnesota	104 - 98	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 25, 2015	Washington	Minnesota	77 - 97	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 16, 2014	Minnesota	Washington	95 - 109	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 27, 2013	Washington	Minnesota	98 - 120	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 19, 2013	Minnesota	Washington	100 - 104	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Mar 6, 2013	Washington	Minnesota	82 - 87	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 25, 2013	Minnesota	Washington	101 - 114	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Jan 8, 2012	Minnesota	Washington	93 - 72	Minnesota	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Mar 5, 2011	Minnesota	Washington	96 - 103	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Jan 13, 2011	Washington	Minnesota	97 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 17, 2010	Minnesota	Washington	99 - 108	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 26, 2009	Washington	Minnesota	89 - 101	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 9, 2009	Washington	Minnesota	110 - 99	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 17, 2009	Minnesota	Washington	103 - 111	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 11, 2007	Minnesota	Washington	88 - 102	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 16, 2007	Washington	Minnesota	105 - 89	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 25, 2007	Washington	Minnesota	94 - 98	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 20, 2007	Minnesota	Washington	100 - 112	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Feb 21, 2006	Minnesota	Washington	78 - 90	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 17, 2005	Washington	Minnesota	98 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 8, 2005	Minnesota	Washington	114 - 117	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 26, 2004	Washington	Minnesota	74 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 2, 2004	Washington	Minnesota	73 - 91	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 12, 2003	Minnesota	Washington	110 - 91	Minnesota	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Jan 25, 2003	Minnesota	Washington	97 - 89	Minnesota	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 5, 2002	Washington	Minnesota	86 - 90	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 21, 2002	Washington	Minnesota	101 - 105	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 12, 2002	Minnesota	Washington	108 - 100	Minnesota	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Jan 2, 2001	Minnesota	Washington	108 - 115	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 7, 2000	Washington	Minnesota	88 - 105	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 7, 2000	Washington	Minnesota	90 - 86	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 2, 2000	Minnesota	Washington	93 - 103	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Dec 6, 1997	Minnesota	Washington	103 - 114	Washington	Regular Season	Capital One Arena
Nov 13, 1997	Washington	Minnesota	91 - 88	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 4, 1997	Washington	Minnesota	95 - 97	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 25, 1996	Minnesota	Washington	98 - 105	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Apr 12, 1996	Minnesota	Washington	106 - 116	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Feb 18, 1996	Washington	Minnesota	108 - 96	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 14, 1995	Washington	Minnesota	99 - 96	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 17, 1994	Minnesota	Washington	96 - 87	Minnesota	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Feb 17, 1994	Minnesota	Washington	105 - 109	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Dec 20, 1993	Washington	Minnesota	99 - 84	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 27, 1992	Minnesota	Washington	102 - 83	Minnesota	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Nov 20, 1992	Washington	Minnesota	108 - 100	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 13, 1992	Minnesota	Washington	115 - 118	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Nov 13, 1991	Washington	Minnesota	119 - 114	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 21, 1991	Minnesota	Washington	89 - 87	Minnesota	Regular Season	US Airways Arena
Jan 4, 1991	Washington	Minnesota	111 - 100	Washington	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 27, 1990	Washington	Minnesota	88 - 104	Minnesota	Regular Season	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Dec 19, 1989	Minnesota	Washington	99 - 112	Washington	Regular Season	US Airways Arena

2020-2021 Washington Wizards Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Westbrook	B. Beal	D. Avdija	R. Hachimura	T. Bryant
Rotation	I. Smith	J. Robinson	T. Brown, Jr.	D. Bertans	R. Lopez
Rotation	R. Neto	G. Mathews	I. Bonga		M. Wagner
Lim PT	C. Winston			A. Gill

2020-2021 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	D. Russell	M. Beasley	J. Okogie	J. Culver	J. Hernangomez
Rotation	R. Rubio		A. Edwards	J. Layman	K. Towns
Rotation	J. McLaughlin				N. Reid
Rotation					J. Vanderbilt
Rotation					E. Davis
Lim PT	A. Hagans	J. Nowell		J. McDaniels

Washington Wizards Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
9	Deni Avdija	SG	11	23.2	2.5	5.6	.452	1.5	3.2	.457	0.5	0.7	.625	0.6	2.6	0.4	3.6	4.0	2.2	1.0	0.3	7.0
3	Bradley Beal	SG	10	35.9	12.1	24.5	.494	2.4	6.4	.375	8.3	9.5	.874	3.3	2.5	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.0	1.4	0.7	34.9
42	Davis Bertans	SF	11	24.0	3.5	9.3	.373	2.8	7.8	.360	2.1	2.5	.821	0.5	2.1	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.4	0.5	0.3	11.8
17	Isaac Bonga	SG	8	11.8	1.1	1.8	.643	0.8	1.2	.600	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	3.0
6	Troy Brown, Jr.	SF	7	17.6	1.9	4.3	.433	0.9	2.6	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.7	2.0	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.1	4.6
13	Thomas Bryant	C	10	27.1	5.9	9.1	.648	0.9	2.1	.429	1.6	2.4	.667	1.1	3.1	1.8	4.3	6.1	1.5	0.4	0.8	14.3
16	Anthony Gill	PF	4	3.5	0.5	0.8	.667	0.2	0.5	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.8
8	Rui Hachimura	F	7	27.7	5.0	10.0	.500	0.6	1.9	.308	3.0	4.0	.750	0.7	2.4	0.9	3.7	4.6	2.3	0.6	0.1	13.6
15	Robin Lopez	FC	11	16.2	2.5	4.1	.622	0.2	0.5	.400	1.2	2.3	.520	0.6	2.1	1.8	2.4	4.2	0.5	0.1	0.5	6.5
24	Garrison Mathews	SG	5	12.9	2.4	5.4	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	1.6	1.8	.889	0.2	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	0.2	8.0
19	Raulzinho Neto	PG	11	16.9	3.5	6.7	.527	1.3	3.0	.424	0.5	0.8	.667	0.8	1.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.6	1.0	0.0	8.9
18	Anzejs Pasecniks	C	1	6.3	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	Jerome Robinson	SG	6	14.9	1.5	3.8	.391	0.7	1.7	.400	0.8	0.8	1.000	0.7	2.2	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.0	4.5
14	Ish Smith	PG	11	19.2	2.5	6.5	.394	0.4	1.1	.333	0.5	1.2	.385	1.0	1.1	0.5	2.8	3.4	4.0	0.6	0.3	5.9
21	Moe Wagner	PF	5	13.5	2.2	3.4	.647	0.8	1.4	.571	1.2	1.6	.750	0.2	3.6	0.4	3.6	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.0	6.4
4	Russell Westbrook	G	7	37.1	7.3	19.3	.378	1.4	4.7	.303	3.3	5.0	.657	5.3	3.3	1.0	8.7	9.7	11.3	1.3	0.3	19.3
5	Cassius Winston	PG	1	2.2	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
5	Malik Beasley	SG	12	32.5	7.2	16.3	.444	2.8	7.1	.388	2.5	2.8	.882	1.3	1.4	0.7	4.1	4.8	2.1	0.6	0.3	19.8
23	Jarrett Culver	SG	12	22.2	3.0	6.8	.444	0.4	1.8	.227	0.9	1.8	.524	1.6	2.3	1.9	3.8	5.8	1.0	0.8	0.3	7.3
17	Ed Davis	PF	9	13.9	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.7	.833	0.2	2.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	0.7	0.6	0.4	2.6
1	Anthony Edwards	SF	12	25.2	4.8	13.0	.372	1.5	5.4	.277	1.3	1.8	.762	1.8	1.8	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.9	0.5	0.2	12.5
22	Ashton Hagans	PG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41	Juancho Hernangomez	F	11	20.3	2.5	6.2	.397	1.1	3.5	.308	0.6	0.9	.700	0.4	0.9	0.9	4.4	5.3	0.5	0.5	0.2	6.6
10	Jake Layman	SF	9	14.2	1.6	3.6	.438	0.2	1.3	.167	1.4	1.7	.867	0.4	1.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.4	4.8
3	Jaden McDaniels	F	6	8.3	1.2	2.5	.467	0.8	1.8	.455	0.2	0.3	.500	0.7	1.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.2	3.3
6	Jordan McLaughlin	G	5	16.6	1.8	4.8	.375	0.4	2.0	.200	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.6	0.6	0.2	4.0
4	Jaylen Nowell	SG	1	7.8	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
20	Josh Okogie	SG	6	24.1	2.5	5.2	.484	0.2	1.5	.111	1.0	1.3	.750	0.8	2.5	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.8	0.0	1.0	6.2
11	Naz Reid	C	12	20.3	4.0	7.5	.533	1.0	2.6	.387	1.7	2.3	.714	1.4	2.9	0.9	3.2	4.1	1.2	0.5	1.0	10.7
9	Ricky Rubio	G	11	24.4	2.2	5.7	.381	0.5	1.9	.238	1.5	1.5	.941	1.6	2.2	0.4	2.5	2.8	5.4	1.4	0.0	6.3
0	D'Angelo Russell	SG	12	31.5	8.0	18.1	.442	3.1	7.8	.398	2.5	3.7	.682	3.4	2.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.6	1.5	0.4	21.6
32	Karl-Anthony Towns	C	4	32.9	7.2	15.8	.460	1.5	4.0	.375	6.0	6.2	.960	2.5	2.8	4.0	8.5	12.5	4.2	0.5	2.8	22.0
3	Jarred Vanderbilt	PF	10	16.3	2.2	3.3	.667	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	2.3	.478	0.9	1.8	1.3	4.1	5.4	1.5	1.3	0.5	5.5

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