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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Milwaukee Bucks

December 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Bucks 103-100 on 2025-12-21 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Bucks started Myles Turner, Bobby Portis Jr., Kyle Kuzma, Kevin Porter Jr., and AJ Green. Kevin Porter Jr. (Bucks) scored 12 points (4/14) in his matchups, with Anthony Edwards as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 8 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Kyle Kuzma as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Rudy Gobert GS 39:18 11 18 3 1 1 0 2 5-7 0-0 1-4 -4
Anthony Edwards GS 36:40 24 4 6 0 1 1 1 7-24 2-11 8-12 0
Donte DiVincenzo GS 33:09 18 5 4 2 0 3 2 7-11 4-8 0-0 0
Julius Randle GS 32:21 12 7 2 2 0 2 3 4-9 0-2 4-5 -6
Jaden McDaniels GS 8:50 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0-4 0-1 0-0 -12
Naz Reid 28:55 12 6 2 1 0 4 2 5-12 2-8 0-0 +17
Mike Conley 23:54 6 5 6 1 2 0 0 2-6 2-5 0-0 +16
Bones Hyland 18:33 9 0 4 1 0 0 3 3-7 1-5 2-2 +1
Terrence Shannon Jr. 12:12 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 4-7 3-5 0-0 +4
Jaylen Clark 6:08 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1
Totals 103 46 28 10 4 10 18 37-88 14-46 15-23

Did not play: Rob Dillingham (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Johnny Juzang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 100

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bobby Portis GS 39:04 16 11 1 1 0 3 3 7-17 2-6 0-0 +6
Myles Turner GS 37:39 13 5 4 0 0 0 2 4-11 3-8 2-2 -12
Kevin Porter Jr. GS 37:16 24 10 9 4 1 6 2 8-17 3-9 5-6 -5
Kyle Kuzma GS 32:10 12 10 4 0 0 4 3 3-5 0-1 6-8 -9
AJ Green GS 23:26 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 1-8 1-8 1-1 -9
Ryan Rollins 22:44 16 4 5 0 1 0 1 6-14 2-6 2-2 +5
Jericho Sims 19:12 9 6 2 1 0 1 2 4-4 0-0 1-1 0
Gary Trent Jr. 17:47 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-11 2-7 0-0 +3
Gary Harris 10:42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +6
Totals 100 51 27 6 2 16 15 35-87 13-45 17-20

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cole Anthony (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amir Coffey (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andre Jackson Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pete Nance (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

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.

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Rudy Gobert Myles Turner: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Edwards Kyle Kuzma: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Julius Randle Bobby Portis Jr.: 29 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Myles Turner: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Donte DiVincenzo AJ Green: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Naz Reid Bobby Portis Jr.: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jericho Sims: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mike Conley Ryan Rollins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Green: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bones Hyland Kevin Porter Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ryan Rollins: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Terrence Shannon Jr Gary Trent Jr.: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Gary Harris: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jaden McDaniels Kevin Porter Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Gary Trent Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark Kyle Kuzma: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Green: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
Bobby Portis Jr. Julius Randle: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Naz Reid: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Myles Turner Rudy Gobert: 35 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Julius Randle: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Porter Jr. Donte DiVincenzo: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Anthony Edwards: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Kuzma Anthony Edwards: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Green Donte DiVincenzo: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mike Conley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jericho Sims Rudy Gobert: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ryan Rollins Bones Hyland: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Mike Conley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Gary Trent Jr. Terrence Shannon Jr: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bones Hyland: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Gary Harris Mike Conley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)