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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Brooklyn Nets

December 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nets beat the Timberwolves 123-107 on 2025-12-27 on the road against the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann, Nic Claxton, Noah Clowney, and Egor Dëmin. Cam Thomas (Nets) scored 8 points (3/4) in his matchups, with Jaylen Clark as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 10 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Terance Mann as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 34:42 28 7 2 1 0 3 1 10-22 2-7 6-9 -14
Julius Randle GS 34:00 13 3 11 2 0 3 3 5-14 1-3 2-2 -8
Jaden McDaniels GS 33:14 16 3 4 1 0 2 4 7-11 1-1 1-2 -4
Donte DiVincenzo GS 31:38 11 5 6 2 0 1 3 4-7 3-6 0-0 -22
Rudy Gobert GS 31:26 6 8 0 2 1 0 2 2-6 0-0 2-4 -14
Naz Reid 29:11 13 4 1 0 0 1 4 5-11 3-8 0-0 -12
Jaylen Clark 14:47 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 1-4 0-1 4-5 -2
Bones Hyland 14:24 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-1 1-2 -6
Rob Dillingham 10:47 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1-5 1-3 4-4 -4
Johnny Juzang 1:57 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +2
Joan Beringer 1:57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Leonard Miller 1:57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 107 34 27 8 1 11 20 37-83 13-31 20-28

Did not play: Mike Conley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Noah Clowney GS 33:53 11 5 3 0 0 2 3 4-10 1-7 2-2 -5
Michael Porter Jr. GS 33:04 27 10 4 0 0 3 2 9-16 4-8 5-5 -1
Nic Claxton GS 30:33 14 6 3 1 1 3 2 6-9 0-0 2-3 -5
Egor Dëmin GS 27:13 7 2 3 1 0 2 1 3-11 1-8 0-0 +1
Terance Mann GS 23:48 2 4 4 1 1 1 3 1-2 0-1 0-0 -3
Cam Thomas 19:48 30 3 4 0 0 0 1 9-15 3-8 9-9 +27
Nolan Traore 18:42 4 1 4 1 0 1 2 2-2 0-0 0-0 +17
Drake Powell 17:33 7 1 2 1 0 0 3 3-6 1-3 0-0 +13
Day'Ron Sharpe 17:27 10 4 4 3 0 1 4 5-5 0-0 0-0 +21
Danny Wolf 16:47 11 3 1 0 0 2 1 4-7 1-4 2-2 +18
Jalen Wilson 1:12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -3
Totals 123 39 32 8 2 15 22 46-84 11-40 20-21

Did not play: Tyrese Martin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ziaire Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

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
Anthony Edwards Noah Clowney: 27 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Terance Mann: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Julius Randle Noah Clowney: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Michael Porter Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden McDaniels Michael Porter Jr.: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Egor Dëmin: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Donte DiVincenzo Terance Mann: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Drake Powell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rudy Gobert Nic Claxton: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Day'Ron Sharpe: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Naz Reid Danny Wolf: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Michael Porter Jr.: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jaylen Clark Cam Thomas: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Egor Dëmin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bones Hyland Nolan Traore: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Egor Dëmin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Nolan Traore: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Drake Powell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Juzang Noah Clowney: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Wilson: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Joan Beringer Nic Claxton: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Danny Wolf: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller Terance Mann: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Day'Ron Sharpe: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Noah Clowney Julius Randle: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Naz Reid: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Michael Porter Jr. Jaden McDaniels: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Anthony Edwards: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nic Claxton Rudy Gobert: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Egor Dëmin Donte DiVincenzo: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Clark: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Terance Mann Anthony Edwards: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Thomas Jaylen Clark: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Donte DiVincenzo: 6 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Nolan Traore Bones Hyland: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rob Dillingham: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Day'Ron Sharpe Rudy Gobert: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drake Powell Anthony Edwards: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Danny Wolf Naz Reid: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Julius Randle: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Wilson Johnny Juzang: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)