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LA Clippers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

February 26, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Clippers 94-88 on 2026-02-26 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Nicolas Batum, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and Bennedict Mathurin. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 17 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. Bennedict Mathurin (Clippers) scored 13 points (5/14) in his matchups, with Donte DiVincenzo as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 88

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bennedict Mathurin GS 33:42 14 6 2 1 0 6 5 4-14 0-4 6-8 +1
Brook Lopez GS 32:20 8 6 2 2 0 3 2 2-12 2-7 2-2 0
Kris Dunn GS 32:08 11 6 7 1 0 1 1 4-9 0-1 3-4 -1
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 31:35 18 1 1 1 2 1 3 7-11 1-2 3-5 +2
Nicolas Batum GS 25:52 0 6 3 1 0 1 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 +7
Jordan Miller 24:22 10 3 1 0 0 2 0 5-7 0-0 0-0 -13
Kobe Sanders 19:25 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 4-7 1-2 0-0 -11
Bogdan Bogdanović 17:09 8 6 4 2 0 2 1 2-7 1-4 3-4 -5
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 15:40 10 4 0 0 0 1 4 2-5 0-0 6-6 -6
Cam Christie 7:47 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
Totals 88 40 21 8 2 18 17 30-74 5-22 23-29

Did not play: Isaiah Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision), TyTy Washington Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 94

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 36:02 31 3 5 1 0 3 2 12-24 2-6 5-6 -2
Rudy Gobert GS 34:37 3 13 1 0 3 2 3 1-1 0-0 1-4 -2
Jaden McDaniels GS 31:53 12 7 2 3 0 1 4 5-10 0-1 2-2 -1
Julius Randle GS 31:40 4 3 6 0 0 2 3 1-10 0-3 2-2 +5
Donte DiVincenzo GS 31:27 18 3 4 2 0 1 2 6-13 4-9 2-2 +8
Naz Reid 29:00 11 7 0 1 2 1 2 5-10 0-2 1-2 +7
Ayo Dosunmu 23:13 12 2 1 1 0 1 0 5-9 1-1 1-1 +9
Bones Hyland 14:39 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 1-5 1-3 0-0 +10
Terrence Shannon Jr. 4:03 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Mike Conley 3:26 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
Totals 94 41 23 8 5 12 19 36-83 8-26 14-19

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jaylen Clark (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin Jaden McDaniels: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Anthony Edwards: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Derrick Jones Jr. Julius Randle: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Anthony Edwards: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Brook Lopez Rudy Gobert: 44 poss., 8 pts (2/7) · Jaden McDaniels: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn Anthony Edwards: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Donte DiVincenzo: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nicolas Batum Julius Randle: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Anthony Edwards: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders Ayo Dosunmu: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Naz Reid: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bogdan Bogdanović Donte DiVincenzo: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bones Hyland: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Julius Randle: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Naz Reid: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cam Christie Bones Hyland: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Kris Dunn: 27 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Rudy Gobert Brook Lopez: 43 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden McDaniels Bennedict Mathurin: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Julius Randle Nicolas Batum: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Donte DiVincenzo Bennedict Mathurin: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Kris Dunn: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Naz Reid Jordan Miller: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nicolas Batum: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Ayo Dosunmu Kobe Sanders: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Bones Hyland Cam Christie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr Derrick Jones Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Dunn: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mike Conley Bennedict Mathurin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)