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Sacramento Kings vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

November 9, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Kings 144-117 on 2025-11-09 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started DeMar DeRozan, Dennis Schröder, Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis, and Precious Achiuwa. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 18 points (7/9) in his matchups, with DeMar DeRozan as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 15 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Anthony Edwards as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Domantas Sabonis GS 29:50 20 13 3 1 0 3 4 5-17 0-2 10-12 -19
Zach LaVine GS 29:36 26 4 2 1 0 1 2 10-17 6-9 0-0 -21
Precious Achiuwa GS 29:13 12 10 0 0 1 1 3 5-7 0-1 2-3 -10
DeMar DeRozan GS 28:57 22 3 2 1 0 2 3 7-11 3-3 5-5 -19
Dennis Schröder GS 28:29 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 1-6 0-2 1-2 -15
Nique Clifford 22:39 10 5 5 1 0 3 0 4-7 1-2 1-2 -12
Malik Monk 19:36 2 0 5 0 0 0 3 1-7 0-3 0-0 -10
Russell Westbrook 15:54 6 0 1 1 1 2 1 2-7 2-5 0-0 -19
Drew Eubanks 13:23 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 2-4 0-0 2-3 -6
Keon Ellis 12:00 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1-4 1-2 2-2 0
Devin Carter 5:36 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Maxime Raynaud 4:47 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 1-2 -2
Totals 117 43 25 8 3 16 20 40-90 13-29 24-31

Did not play: Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 144

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Rudy Gobert GS 33:46 19 12 1 1 5 1 1 9-10 0-0 1-2 +21
Anthony Edwards GS 29:39 26 4 5 2 0 2 2 7-16 5-11 7-8 +25
Donte DiVincenzo GS 28:21 8 4 4 2 1 0 3 2-7 1-6 3-3 +15
Julius Randle GS 26:28 19 6 4 1 0 1 3 8-16 1-4 2-2 +19
Jaden McDaniels GS 26:10 21 5 3 0 2 2 4 8-10 2-3 3-3 +15
Naz Reid 25:14 13 4 2 2 1 1 3 5-14 3-9 0-0 +10
Mike Conley 17:33 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 2-3 2-3 0-0 +17
Rob Dillingham 15:36 11 0 3 0 0 2 1 3-8 1-2 4-4 -1
Jaylen Clark 15:27 11 2 1 0 0 1 1 3-4 3-4 2-2 +7
Bones Hyland 6:18 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 2-3 0-1 0-0 +1
Joan Beringer 5:36 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 +2
Leonard Miller 4:56 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 +2
Johnny Juzang 4:56 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-2 0-0 +2
Totals 144 44 28 11 9 10 23 52-97 18-46 22-24

Did not play: Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

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.

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Domantas Sabonis Rudy Gobert: 39 poss., 6 pts (2/11) · Julius Randle: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Zach LaVine Jaden McDaniels: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Anthony Edwards: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Precious Achiuwa Julius Randle: 22 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Naz Reid: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
DeMar DeRozan Jaden McDaniels: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Anthony Edwards: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Dennis Schröder Donte DiVincenzo: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Rob Dillingham: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford Naz Reid: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Rob Dillingham: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Malik Monk Jaylen Clark: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mike Conley: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Russell Westbrook Mike Conley: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Anthony Edwards: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Drew Eubanks Julius Randle: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rudy Gobert: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Keon Ellis Johnny Juzang: 5 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Devin Carter Bones Hyland: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rob Dillingham: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Maxime Raynaud Joan Beringer: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Rob Dillingham: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Rudy Gobert Domantas Sabonis: 36 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Drew Eubanks: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Anthony Edwards Zach LaVine: 21 poss., 10 pts (3/3) · Russell Westbrook: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Donte DiVincenzo Dennis Schröder: 23 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Malik Monk: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julius Randle Precious Achiuwa: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Jaden McDaniels DeMar DeRozan: 27 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Zach LaVine: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Naz Reid Precious Achiuwa: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nique Clifford: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Mike Conley Malik Monk: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Russell Westbrook: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Rob Dillingham Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/2)
Jaylen Clark Zach LaVine: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malik Monk: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bones Hyland Devin Carter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Joan Beringer Maxime Raynaud: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Precious Achiuwa: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Juzang Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Precious Achiuwa: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Leonard Miller Precious Achiuwa: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Maxime Raynaud: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)