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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Atlanta Hawks

February 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Hawks 138-116 on 2026-02-09 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Hawks started CJ McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Zaccharie Risacher, and Asa Newell. CJ McCollum (Hawks) scored 17 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Donte DiVincenzo as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 11 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 138

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Julius Randle GS 38:36 18 12 10 2 1 4 3 8-14 2-5 0-0 +25
Anthony Edwards GS 38:05 30 6 6 2 1 4 3 11-21 4-11 4-5 +22
Jaden McDaniels GS 33:51 18 5 3 1 4 0 2 7-11 2-3 2-4 +25
Rudy Gobert GS 32:31 18 6 1 0 1 2 4 7-7 0-0 4-9 +12
Donte DiVincenzo GS 25:55 10 4 6 2 0 2 0 4-10 2-8 0-0 +9
Ayo Dosunmu 29:50 21 1 3 1 1 1 4 9-13 2-4 1-1 +7
Naz Reid 21:25 7 6 2 2 1 1 2 3-8 0-5 1-2 +6
Bones Hyland 14:52 13 1 5 0 0 1 1 5-7 3-5 0-0 -2
Jaylen Clark 4:55 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +6
Totals 138 41 36 10 9 15 19 55-92 16-42 12-21

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Enrique Freeman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS 35:15 23 12 5 2 0 6 5 9-19 4-9 1-1 -18
Onyeka Okongwu GS 33:11 14 5 3 1 0 2 4 4-9 2-4 4-7 -27
CJ McCollum GS 32:51 38 1 2 4 0 3 1 12-25 5-9 9-11 -25
Asa Newell GS 24:50 2 4 1 0 0 2 2 1-5 0-2 0-0 -16
Zaccharie Risacher GS 20:46 3 4 1 2 0 2 2 1-9 0-6 1-1 -19
Corey Kispert 31:19 12 7 4 0 1 1 2 4-12 1-7 3-3 -11
Mouhamed Gueye 19:30 10 7 0 0 0 0 1 4-8 1-2 1-1 +1
Gabe Vincent 19:14 2 1 4 3 0 0 1 1-6 0-4 0-0 +11
Jock Landale 18:29 12 6 0 0 0 1 1 4-5 1-1 3-4 -2
Buddy Hield 4:35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
Totals 116 47 20 12 1 18 19 40-99 14-45 22-28

Did not play: Dyson Daniels (DND - Injury/Illness), Keaton Wallace (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

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 Asa Newell: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jock Landale: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Anthony Edwards Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 37 poss., 13 pts (5/8) · Zaccharie Risacher: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden McDaniels Zaccharie Risacher: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · CJ McCollum: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Rudy Gobert Onyeka Okongwu: 32 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Asa Newell: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ayo Dosunmu Corey Kispert: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · CJ McCollum: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Donte DiVincenzo CJ McCollum: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Corey Kispert: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Naz Reid Mouhamed Gueye: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Corey Kispert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Corey Kispert: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Gabe Vincent: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark Corey Kispert: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · CJ McCollum: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hawks defense

Defender Guarded most
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Anthony Edwards: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaden McDaniels: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
CJ McCollum Jaden McDaniels: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 11 pts (4/4)
Onyeka Okongwu Rudy Gobert: 35 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Julius Randle: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Corey Kispert Ayo Dosunmu: 24 poss., 6 pts (1/3) · Bones Hyland: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Asa Newell Julius Randle: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rudy Gobert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Zaccharie Risacher Anthony Edwards: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Jock Landale Naz Reid: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Julius Randle: 11 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Gabe Vincent Ayo Dosunmu: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anthony Edwards: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mouhamed Gueye Naz Reid: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Julius Randle: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Buddy Hield Donte DiVincenzo: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bones Hyland: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)