NBA10/22
Ref×team split · N=19
Minnesota Timberwolves
How the Timberwolves play under each referee
Every Timberwolves game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Timberwolves are 398-422 (48.5%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.
398-422 (48.5%)
vs. opp avg .498 · baseline 206-204 · +36.3 above avg
Splits
- Top 10 opponents57-82 (41.0%) · 139 gp
- 11–20 opponents77-53 (59.2%) · 130 gp
- Bottom 10 opponents108-33 (76.6%) · 141 gp
Opponent tiers ranked by season-end win% within each season. Schedule context uses the same Timberwolves sample as the record above.
Standout team-official split
The strongest verified team-official win-rate pattern for the Timberwolves in the current sample.
Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (2460) exceed 820 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.
Tight-game proxy
How Minnesota Timberwolves compares in tight final-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores, not last-two-minute reports.
Close games (≤5 pt margin)
594 of 820 games match this window
Avg combined points
- Tight-game avg
- 224.1
- Season avg
- 222.6
- Pressure impact
- +1.5
Avg fouls
- Tight-game avg
- 41.2
- Season avg
- 41
- Pressure impact
- +0.2
Over rate
- Tight-game avg
- 57.6%
- Season avg
- 52.0%
- Pressure impact
- +5.6 pp
Over benchmark: 222.6 combined points · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 820 total games in sample
What am I looking at?
- Individual refs: stats for one official across all Timberwolves games they worked, even with different partners.
- Team baseline: the Timberwolves went 398-422 (48.5%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
- Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than the Timberwolves.
Ref×team W-L from Basketball-Reference (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26). Foul and scoring from NBA Stats API game logs.