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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. LA Clippers

December 6, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Clippers 109-106 on 2025-12-06 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 15 points (5/5) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 11 points (4/8) in his matchups, with John Collins as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards GS	37:12	15	6	4	1	2	5	1	3-11	0-1	9-9	-9
Jaden McDaniels GS	37:05	27	1	2	2	1	2	2	10-13	3-3	4-5	+1
Rudy Gobert GS	32:42	4	7	2	0	1	2	6	1-1	0-0	2-4	-9
Julius Randle GS	32:40	24	3	6	0	0	2	4	6-15	1-4	11-12	+11
Donte DiVincenzo GS	24:41	5	4	4	1	0	0	1	2-6	1-4	0-0	-5
Naz Reid	27:53	19	9	3	0	0	2	3	7-11	5-8	0-0	+10
Mike Conley	18:00	5	2	0	1	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	2-2	+14
Jaylen Clark	16:15	8	3	0	1	0	0	3	3-5	0-2	2-2	+4
Rob Dillingham	8:37	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Terrence Shannon Jr.	4:52	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Joe Ingles	0:03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		109	35	23	6	5	13	22	34-68	11-25	30-34

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

LAC

LA Clippers 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	38:57	34	5	6	4	1	4	4	10-18	1-5	13-15	+7
Ivica Zubac GS	38:25	15	13	2	0	1	3	4	7-14	0-0	1-5	+4
Kris Dunn GS	36:17	8	6	4	3	0	1	2	3-11	1-5	1-2	-4
Kawhi Leonard GS	31:22	20	3	2	0	0	0	1	8-17	2-4	2-2	0
John Collins GS	29:40	12	2	0	1	0	0	3	5-7	2-3	0-1	+9
Bogdan Bogdanović	22:51	9	1	2	0	0	0	4	4-7	1-4	0-0	-7
Nicolas Batum	17:25	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	-18
Kobe Sanders	15:31	2	1	0	0	0	1	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Brook Lopez	9:32	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	-5
Totals		106	35	16	8	3	10	28	40-85	9-29	17-25

Did not play: Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), RayJ Dennis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels Starter 13.9 min
Mike Conley · Julius Randle · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Clark 6.1 min
Rudy Gobert · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels 5.8 min
Mike Conley · Julius Randle · Naz Reid · Jaden McDaniels · Jaylen Clark 3.8 min
Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels · Rob Dillingham 2.9 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins Starter 18.7 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Bogdan Bogdanović · Ivica Zubac · Kobe Sanders 4.4 min
James Harden · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins 3.7 min
James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac 3.5 min
Nicolas Batum · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · Kobe Sanders 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Timberwolves defense

Kawhi Leonard 15 pts (5/5) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden McDaniels (34 %, 6 pts) · Donte DiVincenzo (21 %, 3 pts) · Julius Randle (10 %, 3 pts)
James Harden 20 pts (7/12) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden McDaniels (31 %, 9 pts) · Naz Reid (13 %, 3 pts) · Jaylen Clark (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Edwards	Kris Dunn: 26 poss., 2 pts (0/4) · John Collins: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jaden McDaniels	James Harden: 23 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Julius Randle	John Collins: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ivica Zubac: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/5)
Rudy Gobert	Ivica Zubac: 37 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Dunn: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid	Nicolas Batum: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Donte DiVincenzo	Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · John Collins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mike Conley	Bogdan Bogdanović: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Nicolas Batum: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark	James Harden: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Rob Dillingham	Kris Dunn: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr	Kobe Sanders: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ivica Zubac: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Joe Ingles	Nicolas Batum: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Anthony Edwards 11 pts (4/8) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: John Collins (20 %, 0 pts) · Kobe Sanders (16 %, 0 pts) · Kawhi Leonard (14 %, 5 pts)
Julius Randle 17 pts (6/10) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: John Collins (23 %, 6 pts) · Ivica Zubac (21 %, 0 pts) · Brook Lopez (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Jaden McDaniels: 31 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jaylen Clark: 9 poss., 7 pts (1/2)
Ivica Zubac	Rudy Gobert: 37 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Julius Randle: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Dunn	Donte DiVincenzo: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Rob Dillingham: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
John Collins	Julius Randle: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Naz Reid: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kawhi Leonard	Jaden McDaniels: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Julius Randle: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Mike Conley: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Clark: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nicolas Batum	Naz Reid: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Anthony Edwards: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders	Anthony Edwards: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mike Conley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez	Julius Randle: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)