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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

November 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Timberwolves 113-105 on 2025-11-26 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Cason Wallace. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 14 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 22 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Donte DiVincenzo as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 36:43 40 6 6 3 0 1 3 12-19 1-2 15-17 +12
Luguentz Dort GS 31:41 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 2-9 1-7 0-0 0
Cason Wallace GS 31:39 9 3 2 2 0 1 5 4-7 1-4 0-0 -1
Chet Holmgren GS 29:02 12 9 2 1 1 1 3 4-12 2-4 2-2 -16
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 28:03 15 7 2 1 1 0 1 6-10 0-0 3-6 -1
Ajay Mitchell 23:38 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 5-9 0-1 3-6 +15
Alex Caruso 21:53 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 1-5 1-4 2-2 +15
Kenrich Williams 12:46 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 +11
Jaylin Williams 12:24 9 5 2 0 0 1 2 2-4 1-2 4-4 +9
Isaiah Joe 12:11 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 2-4 0-2 1-1 -4
Totals 113 39 19 8 3 7 25 38-80 7-26 30-38

Did not play: Ousmane Dieng (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 40:06 31 8 5 0 0 3 4 9-19 5-10 8-12 -8
Julius Randle GS 33:00 10 8 4 3 1 3 3 2-13 2-7 4-7 +2
Rudy Gobert GS 32:13 5 12 3 0 3 1 4 1-3 0-0 3-8 0
Donte DiVincenzo GS 31:18 11 5 2 1 0 2 2 4-9 2-6 1-2 +6
Jaden McDaniels GS 30:09 10 6 3 0 0 3 4 3-6 2-2 2-2 0
Naz Reid 24:05 12 2 3 0 1 1 3 4-11 2-5 2-2 -16
Terrence Shannon Jr. 17:08 18 2 1 0 0 0 3 7-7 3-3 1-2 +4
Mike Conley 12:32 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-4 0-2 0-0 -17
Rob Dillingham 12:13 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 2-7 1-1 1-2 +3
Jaylen Clark 7:18 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -14
Totals 105 44 25 4 5 14 25 33-80 17-37 22-37

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bones Hyland (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Johnny Juzang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

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.

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Jaden McDaniels: 27 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 20 poss., 9 pts (2/2)
Luguentz Dort Anthony Edwards: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cason Wallace Donte DiVincenzo: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Anthony Edwards: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Isaiah Hartenstein Rudy Gobert: 24 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Chet Holmgren Julius Randle: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Rudy Gobert: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Ajay Mitchell Mike Conley: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 7 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Alex Caruso Anthony Edwards: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams Rudy Gobert: 7 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Julius Randle: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams Naz Reid: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe Donte DiVincenzo: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rob Dillingham: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Cason Wallace: 32 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Luguentz Dort: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Julius Randle Luguentz Dort: 22 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Jaylin Williams: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Jaden McDaniels Chet Holmgren: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rudy Gobert Isaiah Hartenstein: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Chet Holmgren: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donte DiVincenzo Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Isaiah Joe: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid Kenrich Williams: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Alex Caruso: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Terrence Shannon Jr Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mike Conley Ajay Mitchell: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Cason Wallace: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)