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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Utah Jazz

November 8, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Timberwolves beat the Jazz 115-100 on 2026-11-08 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels, Jonathan Kuminga, and Ayo Dosunmu. The Jazz started Jaxson Hayes, Josh Green, Keyonte George, Ace Bailey, and Darryn Peterson. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 8 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Timberwolves) scored 15 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Josh Green as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 32:41 16 6 3 1 1 4 5 5-9 2-3 4-4 +17
Rudy Gobert GS 30:33 10 15 2 0 0 3 2 4-4 0-0 2-4 +7
Ayo Dosunmu GS 29:52 26 4 1 2 0 5 5 7-13 4-5 8-8 0
LaMelo Ball GS 29:41 24 3 5 2 0 5 3 10-20 4-10 0-0 -3
Jonathan Kuminga GS 25:27 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 2-5 0-2 0-0 -10
Trey Lyles 20:44 9 6 2 1 0 0 1 3-6 1-3 2-3 +29
Jaylen Clark 18:53 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0-2 0-1 3-3 +11
Terrence Shannon Jr 18:09 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 1-7 0-3 3-4 +9
Joan Beringer 15:43 4 3 0 0 1 1 2 2-3 0-0 0-0 +12
Bones Hyland 13:05 14 2 2 0 1 0 1 4-8 1-5 5-6 +15
Isaiah Evans 1:44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Cody Williams 1:44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Rocco Zikarsky 1:44 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 115 45 18 8 3 22 26 38-77 12-32 27-32

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz 100

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Darryn Peterson GS 35:14 26 6 4 1 0 3 4 11-21 4-8 0-0 +3
Ace Bailey GS 31:40 7 2 3 4 0 2 4 3-9 1-4 0-0 -8
Keyonte George GS 29:35 19 5 8 2 0 2 2 5-13 0-3 9-10 -12
Jaxson Hayes GS 29:11 18 6 1 0 1 2 2 6-6 0-0 6-7 -2
Josh Green GS 28:16 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 3-6 1-3 3-5 +1
Josh Okogie 17:08 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0-3 0-1 0-0 -19
Mo Bamba 17:05 3 3 1 1 2 0 1 1-1 0-0 1-2 -17
Isaiah Collier 16:28 6 4 2 0 0 2 2 3-6 0-0 0-0 -14
Kyle Filipowski 14:57 9 6 1 0 0 1 3 4-10 1-2 0-0 -7
Brice Sensabaugh 12:32 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1-10 0-3 0-0 -4
Svi Mykhailiuk 6:10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0
Tony Bradley 1:44 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +4
Totals 100 37 21 10 3 13 20 37-87 7-24 19-24

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz

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
Rudy Gobert Jaxson Hayes: 35 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Darryn Peterson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden McDaniels Josh Green: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Keyonte George: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ayo Dosunmu Darryn Peterson: 23 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Brice Sensabaugh: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
LaMelo Ball Josh Green: 23 poss., 13 pts (5/8) · Keyonte George: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/6)
Jonathan Kuminga Ace Bailey: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Darryn Peterson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Lyles Kyle Filipowski: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Ace Bailey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Terrence Shannon Jr Isaiah Collier: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Darryn Peterson: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark Darryn Peterson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Collier: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Mo Bamba: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kyle Filipowski: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bones Hyland Josh Okogie: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ace Bailey: 4 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Isaiah Evans Svi Mykhailiuk: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Collier: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rocco Zikarsky Tony Bradley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Filipowski: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cody Williams Tony Bradley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brice Sensabaugh: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Jazz defense

Defender Guarded most
Darryn Peterson Jaden McDaniels: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Ayo Dosunmu: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Ace Bailey Jonathan Kuminga: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Trey Lyles: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaxson Hayes Rudy Gobert: 41 poss., 11 pts (4/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 3 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Keyonte George Jaden McDaniels: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Josh Green LaMelo Ball: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaden McDaniels: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mo Bamba Joan Beringer: 21 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Rudy Gobert: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie Bones Hyland: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Collier Terrence Shannon Jr: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Clark: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyle Filipowski Trey Lyles: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jonathan Kuminga: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brice Sensabaugh Ayo Dosunmu: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Jonathan Kuminga: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Svi Mykhailiuk Jaylen Clark: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tony Bradley Cody Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rocco Zikarsky: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)