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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Sacramento Kings

December 14, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Kings 117-103 on 2025-12-14 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Jaden McDaniels, and Bones Hyland. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Keegan Murray, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 13 points (5/7) in his matchups, with Bones Hyland as his primary defender. Julius Randle (Timberwolves) scored 20 points (7/15) in his matchups, with DeMar DeRozan as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 37:57 21 4 2 2 0 2 4 7-19 1-7 6-6 +18
Julius Randle GS 36:25 24 10 3 3 0 1 4 9-21 2-6 4-6 +13
Bones Hyland GS 35:41 18 3 5 0 1 2 5 6-10 1-4 5-5 +10
Donte DiVincenzo GS 33:40 18 6 6 4 2 1 3 7-18 3-9 1-2 +15
Rudy Gobert GS 20:04 7 12 3 0 1 1 1 3-4 0-0 1-6 +9
Naz Reid 34:35 20 11 3 2 1 2 4 7-12 4-7 2-2 +5
Jaylen Clark 16:30 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1-3 0-1 0-0 +5
Terrence Shannon Jr. 13:14 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-2 0-0 -11
Rob Dillingham 11:54 5 1 3 1 0 0 3 2-4 1-1 0-0 +6
Totals 117 48 25 12 5 11 26 43-94 12-37 19-27

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

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
DeMar DeRozan GS 39:07 17 4 3 1 1 0 2 8-15 1-1 0-0 -10
Keegan Murray GS 38:58 10 8 1 0 5 4 2 3-11 1-3 3-4 -8
Russell Westbrook GS 28:09 8 7 10 3 0 4 3 4-13 0-3 0-0 -13
Maxime Raynaud GS 26:26 8 6 0 0 1 2 4 3-6 0-0 2-4 -19
Zach LaVine GS 15:40 10 1 1 0 0 2 1 4-8 1-4 1-1 +6
Malik Monk 26:45 16 3 3 0 1 0 3 3-9 3-5 7-7 -4
Precious Achiuwa 26:32 17 6 0 0 1 0 2 7-7 1-1 2-4 -3
Dennis Schröder 25:04 17 1 3 0 0 2 3 5-11 3-5 4-5 -5
Nique Clifford 13:19 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -14
Totals 103 36 21 5 9 15 21 37-81 10-23 19-25

Did not play: Dylan Cardwell (DNP - Coach's Decision), Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keon Ellis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

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 Keegan Murray: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Precious Achiuwa: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Jaden McDaniels DeMar DeRozan: 31 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Russell Westbrook: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Donte DiVincenzo Zach LaVine: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Russell Westbrook: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bones Hyland Russell Westbrook: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Naz Reid Precious Achiuwa: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Keegan Murray: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Rudy Gobert Maxime Raynaud: 30 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark Malik Monk: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Dennis Schröder: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nique Clifford: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Terrence Shannon Jr DeMar DeRozan: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malik Monk: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
DeMar DeRozan Julius Randle: 31 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Keegan Murray Jaden McDaniels: 29 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Russell Westbrook Bones Hyland: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Donte DiVincenzo: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Maxime Raynaud Rudy Gobert: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Naz Reid: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Precious Achiuwa Naz Reid: 24 poss., 9 pts (4/4) · Julius Randle: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Malik Monk Jaylen Clark: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Dennis Schröder Rob Dillingham: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Zach LaVine Donte DiVincenzo: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Nique Clifford Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bones Hyland: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)