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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. LA Clippers

February 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Timberwolves 115-96 on 2026-02-08 on the road against the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 4 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 14 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Derrick Jones Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 96

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 34:52 23 4 2 2 0 5 1 7-18 1-8 8-10 -23
Julius Randle GS 33:26 17 8 2 0 0 1 3 6-14 1-5 4-6 -14
Rudy Gobert GS 29:49 10 7 2 0 1 5 0 5-7 0-0 0-1 -16
Jaden McDaniels GS 28:14 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1-4 0-0 0-0 -12
Donte DiVincenzo GS 23:53 1 4 2 1 0 2 6 0-3 0-3 1-2 -3
Ayo Dosunmu 25:27 11 1 1 2 0 1 3 4-11 3-7 0-0 -33
Naz Reid 23:55 8 9 3 1 0 1 4 4-9 0-3 0-0 -17
Bones Hyland 19:19 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 4-8 2-5 0-0 -7
Julian Phillips 4:13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 +6
Joe Ingles 4:13 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +6
Joan Beringer 4:13 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 2-3 0-0 0-0 +6
Jaylen Clark 4:13 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 3-4 1-1 1-3 +6
Enrique Freeman 4:13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +6
Totals 96 41 17 8 2 20 22 37-83 8-33 14-22

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 33:32 41 8 2 4 0 2 0 14-30 5-11 8-10 +20
John Collins GS 29:18 15 4 0 1 1 3 4 6-9 3-3 0-0 +25
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 28:24 5 4 4 3 1 1 3 2-3 1-1 0-0 +22
Kris Dunn GS 28:24 9 5 6 1 0 1 2 3-6 1-1 2-2 +29
Brook Lopez GS 26:24 5 2 2 0 2 1 1 2-5 1-3 0-0 +18
Kobe Sanders 23:30 10 4 2 0 0 1 1 3-5 2-4 2-3 +7
Jordan Miller 22:41 8 1 4 0 0 1 2 1-6 0-2 6-6 -4
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 17:23 15 6 2 0 1 1 6 5-5 0-0 5-7 +7
Nicolas Batum 11:32 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 -5
Cam Christie 10:26 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1-4 0-1 0-0 -12
TyTy Washington Jr. 4:13 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -6
Dalano Banton 4:13 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -6
Totals 115 37 25 11 6 13 21 39-76 14-27 23-28

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

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
Julius Randle John Collins: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 12 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Anthony Edwards Kris Dunn: 21 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Rudy Gobert Brook Lopez: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaden McDaniels Kawhi Leonard: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kris Dunn: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ayo Dosunmu Kawhi Leonard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kobe Sanders: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Naz Reid John Collins: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nicolas Batum: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Donte DiVincenzo Derrick Jones Jr.: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Miller: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Bones Hyland Kobe Sanders: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Joan Beringer Jordan Miller: 4 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · TyTy Washington Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Phillips TyTy Washington Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark Jordan Miller: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Sanders: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joe Ingles Cam Christie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dalano Banton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Enrique Freeman Dalano Banton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Sanders: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard Jaden McDaniels: 29 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Julius Randle: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/6)
John Collins Julius Randle: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Kris Dunn Donte DiVincenzo: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Jaden McDaniels: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Derrick Jones Jr. Anthony Edwards: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez Rudy Gobert: 30 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Julius Randle: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kobe Sanders Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 4 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Julius Randle: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nicolas Batum Naz Reid: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cam Christie Bones Hyland: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joe Ingles: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
TyTy Washington Jr. Jaylen Clark: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Phillips: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalano Banton Enrique Freeman: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Clark: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)