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San Antonio Spurs vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

January 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Timberwolves 126-123 on 2026-01-17 at home. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. The Timberwolves started Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Naz Reid, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 21 points (7/11) in his matchups, with De'Aaron Fox as his primary defender. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 10 points (4/15) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 126

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
De'Aaron Fox GS 36:45 25 3 12 0 1 2 4 10-17 2-5 3-4 -8
Julian Champagnie GS 31:39 7 5 2 1 0 3 2 3-7 1-5 0-2 +2
Victor Wembanyama GS 30:31 39 9 3 0 2 2 2 12-23 4-9 11-14 +5
Harrison Barnes GS 28:56 8 8 0 0 0 1 2 3-7 2-6 0-0 -1
Stephon Castle GS 27:53 8 6 9 3 0 2 6 2-8 2-4 2-6 +6
Keldon Johnson 31:19 20 1 2 1 0 1 1 8-14 3-5 1-2 +7
Dylan Harper 21:17 9 3 3 0 0 0 2 4-9 1-4 0-0 +5
Luke Kornet 19:18 8 6 2 1 2 0 1 4-8 0-0 0-0 -1
Carter Bryant 6:23 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Lindy Waters III 5:59 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 126 43 35 6 5 11 20 47-94 15-38 17-28

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Harrison Ingram (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Julius Randle GS 40:57 17 10 1 3 2 2 3 4-13 0-2 9-9 -4
Jaden McDaniels GS 40:55 23 5 5 1 1 1 3 7-14 1-2 8-9 -6
Anthony Edwards GS 40:06 55 4 3 0 0 2 4 19-33 9-16 8-10 +8
Donte DiVincenzo GS 36:21 11 5 3 2 1 3 3 4-14 3-10 0-0 +7
Naz Reid GS 5:02 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Joan Beringer 23:02 10 8 3 0 2 1 5 5-6 0-0 0-0 +9
Mike Conley 21:09 0 2 3 0 0 1 3 0-4 0-2 0-0 -1
Bones Hyland 12:33 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 3-3 1-1 0-0 -10
Jaylen Clark 9:35 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -10
Leonard Miller 5:59 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Johnny Juzang 4:21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -9
Totals 123 41 22 7 7 11 22 42-90 14-34 25-28

Did not play: Rob Dillingham (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rudy Gobert (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

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.

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
De'Aaron Fox Jaden McDaniels: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Anthony Edwards: 16 poss., 9 pts (4/6)
Victor Wembanyama Jaden McDaniels: 16 poss., 15 pts (6/11) · Julius Randle: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Keldon Johnson Julius Randle: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Julian Champagnie Donte DiVincenzo: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Anthony Edwards: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Harrison Barnes Julius Randle: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Anthony Edwards: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Stephon Castle Donte DiVincenzo: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anthony Edwards: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dylan Harper Mike Conley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Luke Kornet Jaden McDaniels: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joan Beringer: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Lindy Waters III Bones Hyland: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Leonard Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant Jaylen Clark: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards De'Aaron Fox: 30 poss., 28 pts (9/10) · Stephon Castle: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Jaden McDaniels Victor Wembanyama: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Keldon Johnson: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Julius Randle Keldon Johnson: 22 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Harrison Barnes: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Donte DiVincenzo Julian Champagnie: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Harrison Barnes: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Mike Conley De'Aaron Fox: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dylan Harper: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Joan Beringer Victor Wembanyama: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luke Kornet: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Bones Hyland Dylan Harper: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Julian Champagnie: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark Carter Bryant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Aaron Fox: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller Victor Wembanyama: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kornet: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid Harrison Barnes: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Aaron Fox: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Johnny Juzang Keldon Johnson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Harrison Barnes: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)