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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Houston Rockets

March 25, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Rockets 110-108 on 2026-03-25 at home. The Timberwolves started Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and Jaden McDaniels. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 11 points (5/21) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender. Julius Randle (Timberwolves) scored 15 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Jabari Smith Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Julius Randle GS 42:08 24 6 6 2 0 5 3 11-27 0-4 2-4 +7
Jaden McDaniels GS 36:59 25 2 0 2 2 1 3 10-17 3-4 2-3 -6
Donte DiVincenzo GS 36:19 17 3 2 2 0 2 3 6-15 5-12 0-0 +3
Mike Conley GS 28:43 5 5 6 1 1 1 2 2-6 1-5 0-0 +2
Rudy Gobert GS 28:03 14 14 1 1 5 1 6 7-13 0-0 0-0 0
Naz Reid 30:52 14 13 1 2 2 3 5 5-13 2-5 2-2 -8
Kyle Anderson 30:01 3 5 3 1 1 1 1 1-6 0-0 1-1 +4
Bones Hyland 29:35 8 0 8 0 1 1 0 3-11 2-7 0-0 -1
Terrence Shannon Jr. 2:20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +9
Totals 110 49 27 11 12 15 23 45-108 13-37 7-10

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

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS 47:36 16 12 1 1 1 3 2 7-15 2-6 0-0 -3
Amen Thompson GS 45:05 11 9 10 0 2 2 4 4-8 0-0 3-3 -3
Kevin Durant GS 43:07 30 3 8 2 1 6 1 9-22 2-5 10-12 +5
Alperen Sengun GS 42:50 30 6 3 0 4 1 5 12-22 0-2 6-6 -2
Reed Sheppard GS 27:49 10 8 3 2 0 2 0 3-13 2-10 2-2 +5
Tari Eason 20:57 3 8 0 1 0 1 2 1-7 1-2 0-0 +3
Aaron Holiday 12:05 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 1-3 1-2 0-0 -2
Clint Capela 9:51 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Jae'Sean Tate 8:25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 2-2 -5
Dorian Finney-Smith 6:19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Josh Okogie 0:56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 108 54 26 6 10 20 15 38-93 9-29 23-25

Did not play: Isaiah Crawford (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

HOU
Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets

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 Jabari Smith Jr.: 41 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 11 pts (5/10)
Jaden McDaniels Kevin Durant: 37 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Donte DiVincenzo Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Reed Sheppard: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Kyle Anderson Alperen Sengun: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Bones Hyland Aaron Holiday: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Naz Reid Jabari Smith Jr.: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tari Eason: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Mike Conley Amen Thompson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Reed Sheppard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rudy Gobert Alperen Sengun: 27 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Clint Capela: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Terrence Shannon Jr Jabari Smith Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jabari Smith Jr. Julius Randle: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Naz Reid: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Amen Thompson Donte DiVincenzo: 37 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Kyle Anderson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Durant Jaden McDaniels: 47 poss., 10 pts (4/10) · Kyle Anderson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alperen Sengun Julius Randle: 27 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Rudy Gobert: 26 poss., 15 pts (6/10)
Reed Sheppard Mike Conley: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Bones Hyland: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Tari Eason Naz Reid: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Bones Hyland: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday Bones Hyland: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Mike Conley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Clint Capela Rudy Gobert: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julius Randle: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate Mike Conley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Dorian Finney-Smith Naz Reid: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Anderson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie Bones Hyland: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)