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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Miami Heat

January 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Heat 122-94 on 2026-01-06 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, and Kel'el Ware. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 9 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Donte DiVincenzo as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 12 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Davion Mitchell as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 122

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 33:39 19 3 2 2 1 1 3 7-15 1-4 4-5 +18
Rudy Gobert GS 32:38 13 16 1 0 2 3 2 5-5 0-0 3-3 +20
Donte DiVincenzo GS 30:31 12 5 2 0 1 0 2 4-9 4-9 0-0 +18
Anthony Edwards GS 29:10 26 5 3 1 2 3 4 8-18 5-8 5-6 +16
Julius Randle GS 26:44 15 11 5 0 1 2 1 6-12 1-2 2-3 +14
Naz Reid 24:31 14 6 2 1 1 0 3 6-12 2-5 0-0 +21
Mike Conley 15:19 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 1-4 0-3 1-2 +9
Bones Hyland 12:13 6 3 5 0 0 1 4 2-8 1-5 1-2 +16
Jaylen Clark 11:55 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 2-2 +8
Rob Dillingham 4:40 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0-3 0-0 0-0 0
Leonard Miller 4:40 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 3-3 0-0 0-0 0
Joan Beringer 4:40 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-4 0-0 0-0 0
Johnny Juzang 4:40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 0
Joe Ingles 4:40 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 122 63 27 7 8 12 23 45-98 14-39 18-23

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 94

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Norman Powell GS 30:56 21 3 4 0 0 3 2 9-17 3-6 0-1 -19
Bam Adebayo GS 28:28 7 11 3 0 0 1 0 3-11 1-2 0-0 -6
Kel'el Ware GS 28:07 7 11 2 0 1 1 2 3-10 1-5 0-0 -17
Davion Mitchell GS 27:53 4 1 9 1 0 0 2 2-11 0-4 0-1 -5
Andrew Wiggins GS 25:31 10 4 2 1 2 1 3 3-10 2-3 2-2 -12
Tyler Herro 28:37 17 9 3 0 0 2 2 7-15 1-4 2-2 -25
Nikola Jović 26:11 9 4 3 2 1 3 3 2-8 1-4 4-6 -26
Pelle Larsson 19:49 7 2 1 0 0 2 3 3-9 1-4 0-0 -22
Dru Smith 5:48 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1-2 1-1 0-0 -8
Keshad Johnson 4:40 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Simone Fontecchio 4:40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Myron Gardner 4:40 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 2-2 0
Kasparas Jakučionis 4:40 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 1-2 2-2 0
Totals 94 50 28 5 4 17 20 35-98 12-37 12-16

Did not play: Jaime Jaquez Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

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
Jaden McDaniels Norman Powell: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Andrew Wiggins: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Rudy Gobert Kel'el Ware: 30 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Bam Adebayo: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donte DiVincenzo Norman Powell: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Herro: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Anthony Edwards Davion Mitchell: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Pelle Larsson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Julius Randle Bam Adebayo: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Naz Reid Nikola Jović: 29 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Tyler Herro: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Mike Conley Tyler Herro: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Davion Mitchell: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Clark Tyler Herro: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Norman Powell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Norman Powell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Herro: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Leonard Miller Keshad Johnson: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Kel'el Ware: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Myron Gardner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Kasparas Jakučionis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Myron Gardner: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Johnny Juzang Myron Gardner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Simone Fontecchio: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joe Ingles Simone Fontecchio: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Norman Powell Donte DiVincenzo: 27 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Bam Adebayo Rudy Gobert: 34 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Julius Randle: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Herro Jaden McDaniels: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jaylen Clark: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kel'el Ware Rudy Gobert: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Julius Randle: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Davion Mitchell Anthony Edwards: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Mike Conley: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nikola Jović Naz Reid: 36 poss., 3 pts (0/3) · Julius Randle: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andrew Wiggins Jaden McDaniels: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Julius Randle: 14 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Pelle Larsson Bones Hyland: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Keshad Johnson Leonard Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myron Gardner Joe Ingles: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Leonard Miller: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Simone Fontecchio Johnny Juzang: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Joe Ingles: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kasparas Jakučionis Rob Dillingham: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Leonard Miller: 3 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Dru Smith Mike Conley: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bones Hyland: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)