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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

March 10, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Timberwolves 120-106 on 2026-03-10 at home. The Lakers started Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 12 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Luka Dončić as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 9 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Austin Reaves GS 38:28 31 7 8 0 0 1 1 10-20 4-10 7-9 +18
Luka Dončić GS 34:56 31 11 11 2 1 4 0 11-24 4-12 5-6 +20
Deandre Ayton GS 34:08 14 12 2 1 0 0 4 7-11 0-0 0-2 +10
Marcus Smart GS 31:20 8 2 1 2 0 0 2 3-7 1-4 1-1 +14
Rui Hachimura GS 24:29 9 1 1 0 0 0 5 4-8 1-4 0-0 +3
Luke Kennard 26:22 10 2 2 0 1 0 4 5-8 0-2 0-0 +2
Jake LaRavia 24:47 8 7 4 2 0 0 1 1-7 0-2 6-8 +13
Jarred Vanderbilt 14:43 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 2-5 0-2 0-0 -1
Drew Timme 2:56 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 -1
Adou Thiero 1:58 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Dalton Knecht 1:58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Bronny James 1:58 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Kobe Bufkin 1:58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 -2
Totals 120 47 31 7 2 6 20 45-93 11-38 19-26

Did not play: Jaxson Hayes (DND - Injury/Illness), Maxi Kleber (DND - Injury/Illness)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Donte DiVincenzo GS 31:32 8 5 2 1 0 1 3 3-9 2-6 0-0 -15
Anthony Edwards GS 30:51 14 2 4 1 1 2 3 2-15 1-10 9-10 -15
Rudy Gobert GS 27:09 3 12 2 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-0 3-6 -11
Jaden McDaniels GS 26:29 6 2 0 1 0 2 3 3-9 0-5 0-0 -10
Julius Randle GS 26:08 14 7 2 0 0 2 2 5-11 1-5 3-3 -11
Naz Reid 25:01 13 6 1 0 2 2 3 6-11 1-5 0-0 -12
Ayo Dosunmu 19:30 13 2 1 0 0 2 5 6-8 0-2 1-2 -12
Bones Hyland 15:37 11 0 3 0 1 0 0 3-5 2-4 3-3 -2
Kyle Anderson 14:32 5 6 3 0 1 0 3 2-2 0-0 1-2 -6
Terrence Shannon Jr. 7:31 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 4-6 2-2 2-2 +4
Julian Phillips 3:55 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +5
Joe Ingles 3:55 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Jaylen Clark 3:55 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 1-1 0-0 +5
Joan Beringer 3:55 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Totals 106 43 22 4 5 11 24 37-80 10-40 22-28

Did not play: Mike Conley (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

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.

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luka Dončić Jaden McDaniels: 26 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Anthony Edwards: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Austin Reaves Donte DiVincenzo: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Ayo Dosunmu: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Deandre Ayton Rudy Gobert: 34 poss., 8 pts (4/4) · Anthony Edwards: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Smart Anthony Edwards: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Donte DiVincenzo: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard Bones Hyland: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jake LaRavia Naz Reid: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura Julius Randle: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anthony Edwards: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt Naz Reid: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Donte DiVincenzo: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Drew Timme Naz Reid: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joan Beringer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Bufkin Terrence Shannon Jr: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Joan Beringer: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bronny James Julian Phillips: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joan Beringer: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht Joe Ingles: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Clark: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero Jaylen Clark: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Marcus Smart: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Donte DiVincenzo Austin Reaves: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Luke Kennard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden McDaniels Luka Dončić: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Marcus Smart: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julius Randle Rui Hachimura: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Rudy Gobert Deandre Ayton: 30 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naz Reid Jake LaRavia: 19 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ayo Dosunmu Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luke Kennard: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kyle Anderson Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Jarred Vanderbilt: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr Marcus Smart: 3 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Kobe Bufkin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Clark Rui Hachimura: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalton Knecht: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joe Ingles Dalton Knecht: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deandre Ayton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Drew Timme: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Adou Thiero: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips Bronny James: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kennard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)