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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Milwaukee Bucks

November 2, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Timberwolves beat the Bucks 112-100 on 2026-11-02 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels, Jonathan Kuminga, and Ayo Dosunmu. The Bucks started Myles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., and Brayden Burries. Tyler Herro (Bucks) scored 14 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Jaylen Clark as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Timberwolves) scored 8 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Brayden Burries as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ayo Dosunmu GS 37:10 19 12 8 1 1 2 2 8-18 1-6 2-2 +15
LaMelo Ball GS 32:52 34 6 3 1 0 3 4 12-21 6-13 4-5 +17
Jonathan Kuminga GS 32:44 8 10 3 0 4 4 2 3-8 2-4 0-0 +15
Rudy Gobert GS 31:12 10 10 1 0 1 0 0 3-6 0-1 4-12 0
Jaden McDaniels GS 29:15 13 6 3 0 0 2 4 5-14 2-4 1-3 +17
Trey Lyles 21:17 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 4-9 2-7 2-2 +4
Jaylen Clark 20:54 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 1-6 1-5 1-2 +3
Bones Hyland 14:12 10 1 3 2 1 0 1 4-9 2-5 0-0 -6
Joan Beringer 13:47 2 7 2 1 2 0 0 1-4 0-0 0-0 +10
Cody Williams 6:37 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -15
Totals 112 59 23 7 9 11 15 41-96 16-45 14-26

Did not play: Isaiah Evans (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zyon Pullin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rocco Zikarsky (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 100

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Myles Turner GS 30:59 13 5 2 0 5 1 2 5-10 3-6 0-0 -14
Tyler Herro GS 30:40 21 6 3 3 0 2 0 8-18 4-11 1-2 -10
Jaime Jaquez Jr. GS 28:07 19 8 2 1 0 3 4 8-17 2-4 1-1 -14
Brayden Burries GS 25:58 9 9 1 0 0 1 1 4-15 1-7 0-0 -4
Kyle Kuzma GS 22:07 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 1-6 0-4 0-0 -22
AJ Green 23:32 13 3 3 0 0 0 4 4-8 4-8 1-1 +12
Kasparas Jakučionis 22:02 7 5 7 0 0 4 3 2-7 0-3 3-4 -8
Ryan Rollins 17:20 10 3 2 0 1 3 1 4-11 1-5 1-2 -2
Kel'el Ware 17:01 2 9 0 0 2 1 3 1-6 0-1 0-0 +2
Jericho Sims 14:38 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Nate Ament 7:36 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 2-2 -2
Totals 100 53 24 5 8 16 21 38-99 15-49 9-12

Did not play: Ousmane Dieng (DNP - Coach's Decision), Caris LeVert (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bogoljub Marković (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gary Trent Jr. (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
Ayo Dosunmu Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Tyler Herro: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
LaMelo Ball Brayden Burries: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Tyler Herro: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Rudy Gobert Myles Turner: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Kel'el Ware: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Kuminga Kyle Kuzma: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Myles Turner: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jaden McDaniels Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Tyler Herro: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Trey Lyles Jericho Sims: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nate Ament: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark Tyler Herro: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · AJ Green: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland AJ Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Rollins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Joan Beringer Kel'el Ware: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Myles Turner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cody Williams AJ Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brayden Burries: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
Tyler Herro Jaden McDaniels: 18 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Jaylen Clark: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Ayo Dosunmu: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaden McDaniels: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Myles Turner Rudy Gobert: 26 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Joan Beringer: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brayden Burries LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jonathan Kuminga: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
AJ Green Ayo Dosunmu: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kyle Kuzma Jonathan Kuminga: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Ayo Dosunmu: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kel'el Ware Trey Lyles: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Rudy Gobert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis Jonathan Kuminga: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Rollins Jaylen Clark: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bones Hyland: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jericho Sims Rudy Gobert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joan Beringer: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nate Ament Trey Lyles: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonathan Kuminga: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)