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LA Clippers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

March 11, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Timberwolves 153-128 on 2026-03-11 at home. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and Darius Garland. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 9 points (3/4) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 10 points (4/4) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 153

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 31:31 45 5 5 2 0 1 0 15-20 6-9 9-10 +41
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 28:38 12 4 1 4 1 1 3 4-6 0-1 4-4 +19
Brook Lopez GS 24:07 3 3 0 0 1 1 3 1-2 1-2 0-0 +17
Kris Dunn GS 23:43 5 2 6 4 0 0 4 2-3 1-1 0-0 +17
Darius Garland GS 23:28 21 1 6 2 0 3 1 8-13 5-9 0-0 +5
Jordan Miller 29:22 14 3 7 1 0 1 1 6-13 0-4 2-4 +10
Bennedict Mathurin 25:24 22 2 3 1 0 2 5 5-10 2-4 10-12 +17
Isaiah Jackson 17:53 9 6 3 1 2 1 3 2-3 0-0 5-6 +14
Nicolas Batum 11:54 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-2 2-2 0-0 +9
Cam Christie 6:00 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 -6
Norchad Omier 6:00 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 3-3 0-0 0-0 -6
Sean Pedulla 6:00 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 2-4 2-4 0-0 -6
Kobe Sanders 6:00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -6
Totals 153 29 36 16 4 10 24 52-82 19-37 30-36

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 128

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 34:56 36 2 5 1 0 5 1 11-17 3-8 11-12 -25
Jaden McDaniels GS 31:11 11 2 3 0 0 3 2 5-6 1-1 0-0 -40
Julius Randle GS 27:50 11 6 4 1 0 4 3 3-10 0-1 5-6 -12
Rudy Gobert GS 26:08 9 5 4 0 0 1 3 3-4 0-0 3-3 -38
Donte DiVincenzo GS 24:39 6 4 2 1 0 3 2 2-5 1-2 1-2 -12
Naz Reid 25:42 18 3 0 0 0 1 3 8-15 1-3 1-1 -11
Kyle Anderson 17:32 5 1 3 1 0 1 5 1-1 0-0 3-4 -2
Bones Hyland 15:33 10 0 4 1 0 2 4 4-6 2-4 0-0 -5
Terrence Shannon Jr. 12:29 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 2-4 0-2 0-0 -4
Jaylen Clark 6:00 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 4-5 2-2 1-1 +6
Rocco Zikarsky 6:00 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +6
Joe Ingles 6:00 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +6
Julian Phillips 6:00 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 +6
Totals 128 28 32 5 1 21 24 46-77 11-25 25-29

Did not play: Mike Conley (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
Kawhi Leonard Jaden McDaniels: 30 poss., 13 pts (4/4) · Anthony Edwards: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Derrick Jones Jr. Julius Randle: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jaden McDaniels: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Miller Bones Hyland: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Bennedict Mathurin Anthony Edwards: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kyle Anderson: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Brook Lopez Rudy Gobert: 31 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Darius Garland Donte DiVincenzo: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn Anthony Edwards: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson Julius Randle: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Anderson: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Naz Reid: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Julius Randle: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Norchad Omier Rocco Zikarsky: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Joe Ingles: 3 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kobe Sanders Joe Ingles: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Jaylen Clark: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sean Pedulla Julian Phillips: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Joe Ingles: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Kris Dunn: 31 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jaden McDaniels Kawhi Leonard: 43 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Darius Garland: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julius Randle Derrick Jones Jr.: 25 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Isaiah Jackson: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Rudy Gobert Brook Lopez: 39 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Isaiah Jackson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Nicolas Batum: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donte DiVincenzo Darius Garland: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kyle Anderson Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nicolas Batum: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Jordan Miller: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Darius Garland: 10 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Terrence Shannon Jr Jordan Miller: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaylen Clark Kobe Sanders: 5 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Cam Christie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joe Ingles Sean Pedulla: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Miller: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Julian Phillips Sean Pedulla: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Sanders: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rocco Zikarsky Norchad Omier: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)