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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

March 15, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Timberwolves 116-103 on 2026-03-15 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Ajay Mitchell. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 24 points (8/18) in his matchups, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 7 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Ayo Dosunmu as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 33:14 20 3 10 2 1 1 3 7-22 2-4 4-5 +3
Chet Holmgren GS 32:13 21 9 2 3 1 0 2 9-13 1-4 2-2 +23
Ajay Mitchell GS 26:46 11 5 3 2 0 2 1 4-13 1-4 2-2 +1
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 20:35 0 12 3 0 2 1 3 0-3 0-0 0-0 +13
Luguentz Dort GS 17:39 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-4 0-2 3-4 -6
Cason Wallace 25:15 4 6 7 3 2 0 1 1-4 0-0 2-2 +11
Alex Caruso 21:46 17 2 1 3 0 0 0 6-10 1-3 4-4 -3
Isaiah Joe 21:11 20 4 0 0 0 1 2 8-14 4-8 0-0 +23
Jaylin Williams 18:35 5 3 2 1 0 2 2 2-7 1-5 0-0 -2
Jared McCain 17:14 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 5-10 5-9 0-0 +13
Aaron Wiggins 5:32 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 -11
Totals 116 44 28 16 6 7 16 42-101 15-40 17-19

Did not play: Payton Sandfort (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kenrich Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 37:19 19 6 5 1 1 6 5 6-17 2-5 5-10 -7
Julius Randle GS 35:21 32 7 6 0 1 1 4 11-18 3-5 7-8 -5
Donte DiVincenzo GS 29:39 16 9 1 0 0 1 1 6-9 4-7 0-0 -7
Rudy Gobert GS 28:32 2 7 2 1 0 4 1 1-4 0-0 0-0 -23
Jaden McDaniels GS 16:08 2 1 1 0 0 2 4 1-3 0-2 0-0 -17
Ayo Dosunmu 32:30 18 4 0 0 0 2 1 7-9 4-5 0-0 -3
Naz Reid 28:07 6 4 0 2 0 4 3 1-5 0-3 4-4 -4
Bones Hyland 13:11 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1-5 1-4 0-0 -9
Kyle Anderson 12:09 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Terrence Shannon Jr. 1:46 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 +3
Rocco Zikarsky 1:46 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 +3
Joe Ingles 1:46 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Jaylen Clark 1:46 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +3
Totals 103 46 18 5 5 22 19 36-77 15-33 16-22

Did not play: Mike Conley (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 Anthony Edwards: 30 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/6)
Chet Holmgren Julius Randle: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Naz Reid: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Cason Wallace Anthony Edwards: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ajay Mitchell Donte DiVincenzo: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Alex Caruso Naz Reid: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Julius Randle: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Joe Bones Hyland: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Hartenstein Rudy Gobert: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julius Randle: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort Anthony Edwards: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams Julius Randle: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rudy Gobert: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jared McCain Bones Hyland: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Aaron Wiggins Ayo Dosunmu: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Luguentz Dort: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cason Wallace: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Julius Randle Isaiah Hartenstein: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Jaylin Williams: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Ayo Dosunmu Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jared McCain: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Donte DiVincenzo Ajay Mitchell: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Rudy Gobert Chet Holmgren: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naz Reid Alex Caruso: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Chet Holmgren: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaden McDaniels Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ajay Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyle Anderson Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Isaiah Joe: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jared McCain: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Terrence Shannon Jr Jared McCain: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cason Wallace: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Rocco Zikarsky Jaylin Williams: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cason Wallace: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joe Ingles Aaron Wiggins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark Cason Wallace: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jared McCain: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)