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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Phoenix Suns

December 8, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Timberwolves 108-105 on 2025-12-08 on the road against the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Suns started Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Dillon Brooks (Suns) scored 16 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Julius Randle as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 10 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 39:53 4 6 3 0 1 1 3 1-7 0-5 2-3 0
Anthony Edwards GS 38:03 40 9 2 1 0 1 2 15-21 3-7 7-9 +4
Julius Randle GS 37:17 21 3 8 0 0 3 4 7-11 2-4 5-7 -4
Donte DiVincenzo GS 27:22 2 4 4 1 0 3 3 1-7 0-6 0-0 -9
Rudy Gobert GS 20:59 15 8 1 1 0 0 2 7-9 0-0 1-2 0
Naz Reid 30:07 6 9 0 1 0 1 0 2-12 2-10 0-0 -3
Bones Hyland 15:47 14 1 3 1 0 3 1 5-8 4-6 0-0 +7
Mike Conley 15:18 0 2 4 0 0 1 2 0-5 0-3 0-0 -7
Jaylen Clark 11:31 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 1-2 +1
Terrence Shannon Jr. 3:38 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
Joe Ingles 0:06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 105 46 26 5 1 13 20 39-83 11-42 16-23

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rob Dillingham (DNP - Coach's Decision), Johnny Juzang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Collin Gillespie GS 33:09 19 6 4 0 1 1 1 6-15 3-7 4-4 +9
Royce O'Neale GS 32:54 11 8 5 2 1 2 1 4-6 3-5 0-0 +1
Grayson Allen GS 32:43 12 3 4 2 0 2 5 5-16 1-8 1-3 -6
Dillon Brooks GS 30:45 18 2 2 0 0 2 0 7-20 2-8 2-4 -9
Mark Williams GS 28:35 22 7 3 2 0 0 4 7-9 1-1 7-9 -8
Jordan Goodwin 25:54 9 3 1 1 0 1 0 4-8 1-2 0-0 +7
Ryan Dunn 24:19 2 8 4 0 0 0 5 1-8 0-1 0-0 +1
Oso Ighodaro 19:16 10 5 2 1 0 1 2 5-6 0-0 0-0 +9
Jamaree Bouyea 12:25 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 2-2 1-1 0-0 +11
Totals 108 43 26 8 2 9 20 41-90 12-33 14-20

Did not play: Rasheer Fleming (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

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 Jordan Goodwin: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Grayson Allen: 15 poss., 10 pts (3/4)
Jaden McDaniels Royce O'Neale: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ryan Dunn: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Julius Randle Dillon Brooks: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Oso Ighodaro: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Naz Reid Ryan Dunn: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Dillon Brooks: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donte DiVincenzo Collin Gillespie: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Grayson Allen: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rudy Gobert Mark Williams: 23 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Grayson Allen: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bones Hyland Grayson Allen: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jordan Goodwin: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mike Conley Jamaree Bouyea: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Gillespie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylen Clark Oso Ighodaro: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr Grayson Allen: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Collin Gillespie Donte DiVincenzo: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaden McDaniels: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/5)
Royce O'Neale Jaden McDaniels: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dillon Brooks Julius Randle: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Jaden McDaniels: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Grayson Allen Anthony Edwards: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden McDaniels: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Mark Williams Rudy Gobert: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Julius Randle: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin Anthony Edwards: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bones Hyland: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ryan Dunn Naz Reid: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Anthony Edwards: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oso Ighodaro Julius Randle: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Jamaree Bouyea Mike Conley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bones Hyland: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)