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New York Knicks vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

November 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Timberwolves 137-114 on 2025-11-05 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Mitchell Robinson. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 6 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 21 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Donte DiVincenzo as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 137

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Mikal Bridges GS 33:07 13 1 5 1 2 1 3 5-12 3-8 0-0 +13
Jalen Brunson GS 32:37 23 7 10 1 0 4 4 9-20 3-7 2-2 +16
OG Anunoby GS 31:30 25 8 1 2 1 1 1 10-17 3-5 2-2 +14
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 31:16 15 10 4 0 2 4 5 5-11 1-5 4-4 +15
Mitchell Robinson GS 16:12 8 10 1 1 3 1 1 4-5 0-0 0-1 +7
Josh Hart 27:29 18 5 4 0 0 1 1 7-12 4-5 0-0 +12
Miles McBride 21:20 14 3 4 1 0 0 1 6-10 2-5 0-0 +26
Jordan Clarkson 15:43 7 0 0 1 0 1 2 3-6 1-3 0-0 +2
Landry Shamet 11:33 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +5
Guerschon Yabusele 8:37 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2-3 1-2 0-0 +1
Tyler Kolek 3:18 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 +1
Mohamed Diawara 2:26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +1
Pacôme Dadiet 2:26 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Ariel Hukporti 2:26 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 137 50 32 7 8 14 21 55-102 19-42 8-9

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Julius Randle GS 38:02 32 5 4 0 1 3 3 12-21 3-6 5-5 -16
Donte DiVincenzo GS 36:02 21 3 4 1 0 2 1 7-15 5-11 2-2 -14
Jaden McDaniels GS 31:38 13 4 3 0 0 3 4 4-10 3-5 2-2 -7
Anthony Edwards GS 28:45 15 2 5 2 0 3 0 5-13 3-7 2-3 -25
Rudy Gobert GS 28:12 7 9 0 0 0 2 2 3-3 0-0 1-2 -8
Naz Reid 21:11 5 6 1 0 1 2 2 2-7 1-5 0-0 -19
Mike Conley 18:19 8 0 6 0 0 1 0 2-2 2-2 2-2 -4
Jaylen Clark 12:47 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1-2 1-1 0-0 -12
Rob Dillingham 11:52 6 0 4 1 0 1 1 2-7 1-3 1-1 -6
Joan Beringer 3:18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Bones Hyland 3:18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Leonard Miller 3:18 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -1
Joe Ingles 3:18 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 114 31 30 6 2 17 14 40-83 19-40 15-17

Did not play: Johnny Juzang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Terrence Shannon Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

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.

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Brunson Jaden McDaniels: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Anthony Edwards: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Mikal Bridges Donte DiVincenzo: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Anthony Edwards: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
OG Anunoby Donte DiVincenzo: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Julius Randle: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns Julius Randle: 21 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Naz Reid: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Hart Julius Randle: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride Anthony Edwards: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mike Conley: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Mitchell Robinson Rudy Gobert: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Julius Randle: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Clarkson Anthony Edwards: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mike Conley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Landry Shamet Mike Conley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele Naz Reid: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Leonard Miller: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tyler Kolek Rob Dillingham: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bones Hyland: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet Joe Ingles: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti Joan Beringer: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mohamed Diawara Leonard Miller: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bones Hyland: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Julius Randle OG Anunoby: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 poss., 8 pts (2/4)
Donte DiVincenzo Jalen Brunson: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Mikal Bridges: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/4)
Jaden McDaniels Karl-Anthony Towns: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Anthony Edwards Mikal Bridges: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Miles McBride: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Rudy Gobert Karl-Anthony Towns: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mitchell Robinson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid Josh Hart: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mike Conley Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 7 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Rob Dillingham Jordan Clarkson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Clark Jalen Brunson: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Miles McBride: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Tyler Kolek: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pacôme Dadiet: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Ariel Hukporti: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Guerschon Yabusele: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joe Ingles Ariel Hukporti: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pacôme Dadiet: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller Guerschon Yabusele: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mohamed Diawara: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)