Feb 23, 2021 - Minnesota Timberwolves at Milwaukee Bucks

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2/23/2021 Milwaukee v. Minnesota Game Preview

	Minnesota Timberwolves	(3-8, 1-4 away)
	Milwaukee Bucks	(9-4, 6-1 home)

February 23, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Fiserv Forum
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Discuss this game at the Timberwolves or Bucks forums.

Season Series

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 23, 2021	Minnesota	Milwaukee	-	-	Regular Season	Fiserv Forum

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Minnesota	11	48.5	40.5	91.4	.444	11.3	34.4	.328	16.3	21.6	.752	14.7	20.6	11.6	33.5	45.2	23.8	7.5	5.0	108.6
Milwaukee	13	48.0	44.5	91.0	.489	16.3	39.7	.411	14.8	20.5	.726	14.8	19.1	11.0	37.2	48.2	26.2	9.1	5.0	120.2
MIN Opponents	11	48.5	44.7	92.4	.484	12.5	33.3	.374	16.8	22.3	.755	13.5	19.9	10.1	35.8	45.9	27.3	7.2	5.3	118.7
MIL Opponents	13	48.0	40.7	91.7	.444	13.5	36.6	.370	14.5	19.2	.759	14.2	19.0	10.1	33.5	43.6	22.7	6.7	5.1	109.5

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 1, 2020	Minnesota	Milwaukee	104 - 106	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Fiserv Forum
Nov 4, 2019	Milwaukee	Minnesota	134 - 106	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 23, 2019	Minnesota	Milwaukee	128 - 140	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Fiserv Forum
Oct 26, 2018	Milwaukee	Minnesota	125 - 95	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 1, 2018	Milwaukee	Minnesota	89 - 108	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 28, 2017	Minnesota	Milwaukee	96 - 102	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Mar 11, 2017	Minnesota	Milwaukee	95 - 102	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Dec 30, 2016	Milwaukee	Minnesota	99 - 116	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 4, 2016	Minnesota	Milwaukee	101 - 116	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Jan 2, 2016	Milwaukee	Minnesota	95 - 85	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 9, 2015	Minnesota	Milwaukee	84 - 98	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Nov 26, 2014	Milwaukee	Minnesota	103 - 86	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 11, 2014	Milwaukee	Minnesota	101 - 112	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 28, 2013	Minnesota	Milwaukee	117 - 95	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Apr 3, 2013	Minnesota	Milwaukee	107 - 98	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Nov 30, 2012	Milwaukee	Minnesota	85 - 95	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 27, 2011	Minnesota	Milwaukee	95 - 98	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Feb 22, 2011	Minnesota	Milwaukee	88 - 94	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Oct 29, 2010	Milwaukee	Minnesota	85 - 96	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 23, 2010	Minnesota	Milwaukee	94 - 127	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Nov 6, 2009	Milwaukee	Minnesota	87 - 72	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 26, 2009	Minnesota	Milwaukee	90 - 83	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Jan 10, 2009	Milwaukee	Minnesota	104 - 106	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 16, 2008	Milwaukee	Minnesota	101 - 110	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 15, 2007	Minnesota	Milwaukee	92 - 95	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Dec 22, 2006	Milwaukee	Minnesota	113 - 107	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 16, 2006	Minnesota	Milwaukee	104 - 108	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Jan 10, 2006	Minnesota	Milwaukee	92 - 95	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Nov 25, 2005	Milwaukee	Minnesota	91 - 99	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 4, 2005	Milwaukee	Minnesota	97 - 103	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 1, 2005	Minnesota	Milwaukee	86 - 91	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Feb 24, 2004	Minnesota	Milwaukee	108 - 102	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Oct 29, 2003	Milwaukee	Minnesota	89 - 95	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 24, 2003	Minnesota	Milwaukee	117 - 114	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Nov 7, 2002	Milwaukee	Minnesota	110 - 114	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 2, 2002	Milwaukee	Minnesota	77 - 95	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 10, 2001	Minnesota	Milwaukee	98 - 82	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Jan 29, 2001	Milwaukee	Minnesota	96 - 99	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 11, 2000	Minnesota	Milwaukee	103 - 92	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Mar 19, 2000	Milwaukee	Minnesota	82 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 4, 2000	Minnesota	Milwaukee	91 - 84	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Mar 28, 1999	Milwaukee	Minnesota	94 - 85	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 18, 1998	Minnesota	Milwaukee	111 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Feb 1, 1998	Milwaukee	Minnesota	118 - 110	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 18, 1997	Milwaukee	Minnesota	112 - 122	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 4, 1997	Minnesota	Milwaukee	97 - 91	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Dec 27, 1995	Milwaukee	Minnesota	99 - 93	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 26, 1995	Minnesota	Milwaukee	105 - 102	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Apr 14, 1995	Milwaukee	Minnesota	100 - 104	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 8, 1995	Minnesota	Milwaukee	93 - 100	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Feb 15, 1994	Milwaukee	Minnesota	90 - 97	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 16, 1993	Minnesota	Milwaukee	102 - 98	Minnesota	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Jan 30, 1993	Milwaukee	Minnesota	82 - 91	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 5, 1993	Minnesota	Milwaukee	100 - 114	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Jan 2, 1992	Milwaukee	Minnesota	92 - 91	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 14, 1991	Minnesota	Milwaukee	92 - 103	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Apr 19, 1991	Milwaukee	Minnesota	91 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 3, 1990	Minnesota	Milwaukee	93 - 111	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Dec 30, 1989	Minnesota	Milwaukee	99 - 109	Milwaukee	Regular Season	BMO Harris Bradley Center
Dec 23, 1989	Milwaukee	Minnesota	94 - 90	Milwaukee	Regular Season	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

2020-2021 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

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

2020-2021 Milwaukee Bucks Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	J. Holiday	D. DiVincenzo	K. Middleton	G. Antetokounmpo	B. Lopez
Rotation	D. Augustin	B. Forbes	P. Connaughton	T. Antetokounmpo	B. Portis
Rotation					D. Wilson
Lim PT	S. Merrill		T. Craig	J. Nwora
Lim PT	J. Adams			M. Diakite

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	11	32.4	7.5	16.3	.458	2.6	6.8	.387	2.6	3.0	.879	1.2	1.3	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.0	0.5	0.3	20.2
23	Jarrett Culver	SG	11	22.4	3.0	6.8	.440	0.5	2.0	.227	0.9	1.7	.526	1.5	2.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	1.1	0.5	0.3	7.4
17	Ed Davis	PF	8	13.9	1.0	2.6	.381	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.5	.750	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.1	5.5	0.8	0.4	0.5	2.4
1	Anthony Edwards	SF	11	24.7	4.8	12.7	.379	1.5	5.5	.267	1.5	1.9	.762	1.8	1.7	1.1	1.8	2.9	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	5	7.4	1.2	2.2	.545	0.8	1.6	.500	0.2	0.4	.500	0.6	1.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	3.4
6	Jordan McLaughlin	G	4	16.1	1.8	4.2	.412	0.5	1.8	.286	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	0.2	0.2	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.5	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	5	24.4	2.8	5.6	.500	0.2	1.6	.125	0.8	1.2	.667	0.8	2.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.8	0.0	1.0	6.6
11	Naz Reid	C	11	19.6	4.0	7.4	.543	1.0	2.6	.379	1.8	2.5	.714	1.4	3.0	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.2	0.4	1.0	10.8
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	11	31.4	7.7	17.7	.436	2.8	7.3	.388	2.5	3.5	.692	3.5	2.3	0.5	2.6	3.2	5.5	1.3	0.4	20.7
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	9	14.9	2.1	3.2	.655	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.1	.474	0.7	1.7	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.3	1.1	0.4	5.2

Milwaukee Bucks Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
10	Jaylen Adams	PG	1	0.9	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Giannis Antetokounmpo	F	12	31.1	9.7	18.1	.535	1.5	4.9	.305	5.8	10.0	.575	3.7	3.4	1.8	8.2	10.0	5.2	1.2	1.2	26.6
43	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	SF	12	10.2	1.2	1.8	.636	0.2	0.6	.286	0.2	0.2	.667	1.1	1.8	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.2	0.1	2.7
12	D.J. Augustin	G	12	18.5	1.8	5.0	.367	1.2	3.2	.385	1.2	1.2	1.000	1.1	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.3	2.8	0.4	0.0	6.1
24	Pat Connaughton	SF	10	16.9	2.1	4.7	.447	1.6	3.3	.485	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.1	1.2	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	6.0
3	Torrey Craig	GF	2	6.2	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
25	Mamadi Diakite	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0	Donte DiVincenzo	SG	13	25.1	3.8	8.5	.450	2.2	4.8	.444	0.5	0.6	.750	1.2	1.2	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.5	1.5	0.2	10.3
7	Bryn Forbes	G	13	17.1	2.8	6.3	.451	1.6	3.8	.429	0.5	0.8	.600	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	7.8
21	Jrue Holiday	G	13	31.8	5.9	12.2	.487	1.7	4.5	.379	1.7	2.0	.846	1.5	2.1	0.9	3.3	4.2	5.0	2.2	0.7	15.2
11	Brook Lopez	C	13	26.6	3.3	8.1	.410	1.8	5.1	.364	0.8	1.0	.846	0.7	2.0	1.5	3.8	5.3	0.9	0.6	1.6	9.3
15	Sam Merrill	G	7	6.2	0.6	1.1	.500	0.6	0.9	.667	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.4	0.1	0.0	2.0
22	Khris Middleton	SF	13	32.3	8.2	15.4	.530	2.8	5.9	.468	2.8	2.9	.947	2.5	2.5	1.0	5.5	6.5	5.7	0.8	0.2	21.8
13	Jordan Nwora	F	8	8.8	2.0	4.0	.500	0.9	1.8	.500	1.1	1.2	.900	1.0	1.1	0.1	1.8	1.9	0.0	0.5	0.1	6.0
1	Bobby Portis	PF	13	23.6	4.8	8.7	.549	0.9	2.2	.429	1.0	1.4	.722	1.2	2.1	2.3	5.8	8.2	1.2	0.9	0.5	11.5
5	D.J. Wilson	F	7	10.2	1.6	3.7	.423	1.0	2.3	.438	0.1	0.3	.500	0.6	1.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	4.3

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