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Miami Heat vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

October 21, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Timberwolves beat the Heat 131-106 on 2026-10-21 on the road against the Heat. The Heat started Klay Thompson, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo, and Davion Mitchell. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels, and Jonathan Kuminga. LaMelo Ball (Timberwolves) scored 13 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Klay Thompson as his primary defender. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Heat) scored 24 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Jonathan Kuminga as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Davion Mitchell GS 32:50 11 0 11 0 1 5 4 4-8 1-2 2-2 -27
Bam Adebayo GS 30:31 15 7 4 3 0 2 2 6-12 1-5 2-3 -28
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS 29:47 35 6 1 1 0 3 5 13-19 0-2 9-14 -11
Andrew Wiggins GS 27:19 11 2 1 0 0 2 1 5-11 1-4 0-0 -25
Klay Thompson GS 16:15 10 1 0 0 0 2 4 3-6 3-6 1-1 -23
Bobby Portis Jr. 24:35 7 4 1 1 1 2 2 3-5 1-2 0-0 -5
Nikola Jović 24:02 4 4 2 0 1 2 3 2-8 0-3 0-0 -5
Pelle Larsson 23:52 2 3 4 1 1 0 3 0-2 0-1 2-2 -12
Tim Hardaway Jr. 17:53 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1-7 1-7 0-0 -5
Simone Fontecchio 3:14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +4
Nick Richards 3:14 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 0-0 +4
Ryan Conwell 3:14 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 +4
Myron Gardner 3:14 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 4-4 +4
Totals 106 34 27 7 5 18 28 39-81 8-33 20-26

Did not play: Tre Donaldson (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Vladislav Goldin (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Dru Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 131

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Rudy Gobert GS 33:29 5 15 1 0 0 3 4 0-2 0-0 5-8 +29
Anthony Edwards GS 32:36 45 10 3 2 1 4 1 16-29 9-17 4-5 +25
Jonathan Kuminga GS 29:30 12 1 3 4 1 1 4 5-10 2-4 0-0 +20
Jaden McDaniels GS 28:43 17 8 1 3 0 2 4 8-11 1-3 0-0 +25
LaMelo Ball GS 28:35 21 2 6 2 0 1 4 7-17 5-13 2-3 +18
Ayo Dosunmu 28:59 16 5 3 0 0 1 3 6-13 1-3 3-3 +21
Terrence Shannon Jr 19:43 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 3-9 2-7 2-4 +9
Joan Beringer 13:32 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 -7
Trey Lyles 12:26 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0-1 0-0 1-2 -3
Bones Hyland 3:51 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 -2
Jaylen Clark 3:14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 1-4 -4
Cody Williams 3:03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
Isaiah Evans 2:19 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 131 52 20 11 2 14 26 46-98 21-50 18-29

Did not play: Donte DiVincenzo (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Zyon Pullin (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), Rocco Zikarsky (Inactive - G League - Two-Way)

Lineups

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

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.

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Davion Mitchell Anthony Edwards: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bam Adebayo Rudy Gobert: 30 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Joan Beringer: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Giannis Antetokounmpo Jonathan Kuminga: 20 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Rudy Gobert: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/6)
Andrew Wiggins Anthony Edwards: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaden McDaniels: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pelle Larsson Ayo Dosunmu: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Jović Terrence Shannon Jr: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jonathan Kuminga: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bobby Portis Jr. Trey Lyles: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jonathan Kuminga: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Klay Thompson LaMelo Ball: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Ayo Dosunmu: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nick Richards Joan Beringer: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Evans: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Conwell Bones Hyland: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Clark: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Simone Fontecchio Jaylen Clark: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joan Beringer: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myron Gardner Isaiah Evans: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Andrew Wiggins: 30 poss., 12 pts (4/10) · Davion Mitchell: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Ayo Dosunmu Pelle Larsson: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rudy Gobert Bam Adebayo: 29 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jonathan Kuminga Giannis Antetokounmpo: 25 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaden McDaniels Klay Thompson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
LaMelo Ball Davion Mitchell: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Pelle Larsson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Terrence Shannon Jr Nikola Jović: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Pelle Larsson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Bam Adebayo: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nick Richards: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Lyles Bobby Portis Jr.: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Ryan Conwell: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Myron Gardner: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark Myron Gardner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cody Williams Nikola Jović: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Conwell: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Evans Simone Fontecchio: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Myron Gardner: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)