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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Memphis Grizzlies

December 17, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Grizzlies beat the Timberwolves 116-110 on 2025-12-17 on the road against the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Jaden McDaniels, and Bones Hyland. The Grizzlies started Jaren Jackson Jr., Brandon Clarke, Santi Aldama, Jaylen Wells, and Cedric Coward. Jaren Jackson Jr. (Grizzlies) scored 25 points (11/23) in his matchups, with Julius Randle as his primary defender. Julius Randle (Timberwolves) scored 14 points (6/16) in his matchups, with Jaren Jackson Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Donte DiVincenzo GS 37:17 19 11 4 3 1 1 3 6-16 4-11 3-6 -8
Jaden McDaniels GS 36:44 13 7 6 1 1 1 6 4-11 1-2 4-4 +9
Rudy Gobert GS 35:28 16 16 4 1 4 4 2 6-8 0-0 4-6 +1
Julius Randle GS 35:18 21 5 3 3 0 4 3 9-21 1-6 2-4 -7
Bones Hyland GS 34:08 12 3 5 1 0 2 5 3-11 2-9 4-5 +10
Naz Reid 30:03 16 7 2 1 1 2 4 6-16 3-11 1-1 -5
Rob Dillingham 11:07 5 1 2 0 0 3 1 2-5 0-0 1-1 -13
Terrence Shannon Jr. 10:57 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-6 2-3 0-0 -8
Jaylen Clark 8:58 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1-4 0-2 0-0 -9
Totals 110 52 26 11 8 18 25 39-98 13-44 19-27

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

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Santi Aldama GS 34:19 8 11 3 0 0 3 4 4-8 0-2 0-0 -5
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS 33:27 28 12 3 1 3 4 4 10-18 2-3 6-6 -2
Jaylen Wells GS 31:21 17 4 2 4 0 1 0 5-13 2-6 5-7 +4
Cedric Coward GS 27:15 13 5 3 1 0 3 1 5-12 0-4 3-3 -10
Brandon Clarke GS 16:34 6 3 1 1 0 0 5 2-7 0-0 2-4 -15
Jock Landale 29:55 20 10 3 2 1 0 2 8-15 4-9 0-0 +19
Vince Williams Jr. 25:07 5 5 4 0 0 2 3 1-6 1-3 2-2 +21
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 23:13 12 1 3 1 0 3 3 4-12 2-5 2-2 +13
Olivier-Maxence Prosper 15:17 7 2 1 0 0 2 2 3-4 0-1 1-1 +12
Jahmai Mashack 3:32 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -7
Totals 116 54 23 10 4 18 25 42-96 11-34 21-25

Did not play: Zach Edey (DND - Injury/Illness), John Konchar (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

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
Donte DiVincenzo Cedric Coward: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jaden McDaniels Santi Aldama: 28 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Vince Williams Jr.: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Julius Randle Jaren Jackson Jr.: 36 poss., 11 pts (5/9) · Jock Landale: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Rudy Gobert Jock Landale: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Clarke: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Jaylen Wells: 38 poss., 0 pts (0/6) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Naz Reid Cedric Coward: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Santi Aldama: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Rob Dillingham Jahmai Mashack: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Vince Williams Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr Santi Aldama: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Grizzlies defense

Defender Guarded most
Santi Aldama Naz Reid: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden McDaniels: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaren Jackson Jr. Julius Randle: 37 poss., 10 pts (4/8) · Jaden McDaniels: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jaylen Wells Bones Hyland: 35 poss., 15 pts (5/9) · Jaden McDaniels: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jock Landale Rudy Gobert: 34 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Naz Reid: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cedric Coward Donte DiVincenzo: 29 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jaden McDaniels: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Vince Williams Jr. Jaden McDaniels: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Donte DiVincenzo: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Brandon Clarke Rudy Gobert: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Naz Reid: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper Bones Hyland: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jahmai Mashack Rob Dillingham: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Clark: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)