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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Phoenix Suns

March 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Suns 116-104 on 2026-03-17 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Jaden McDaniels, and Ayo Dosunmu. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Jalen Green, Collin Gillespie, and Oso Ighodaro. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 14 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Donte DiVincenzo as his primary defender. Julius Randle (Timberwolves) scored 28 points (10/21) 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 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 37:04 16 7 4 3 1 0 5 6-12 1-3 3-4 -4
Rudy Gobert GS 36:51 9 19 1 0 4 2 1 4-7 0-0 1-3 +2
Ayo Dosunmu GS 33:46 19 5 2 0 0 2 3 9-17 1-4 0-0 +11
Julius Randle GS 33:07 32 7 2 3 0 6 5 10-17 2-3 10-13 +8
Donte DiVincenzo GS 27:50 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0-8 0-6 0-0 +3
Bones Hyland 28:53 22 2 5 1 0 3 4 8-14 4-8 2-3 +18
Kyle Anderson 24:32 7 5 6 0 1 1 0 3-4 0-1 1-2 +12
Naz Reid 17:59 11 3 5 0 4 1 1 3-5 1-3 4-4 +10
Totals 116 49 28 8 11 16 20 43-84 9-28 21-29

Did not play: Jaylen Clark (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mike Conley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Terrence Shannon Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rocco Zikarsky (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 104

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Collin Gillespie GS 36:44 12 4 7 1 0 0 1 4-13 3-9 1-1 -10
Devin Booker GS 34:58 34 6 3 0 0 2 4 11-27 1-7 11-14 -3
Oso Ighodaro GS 33:42 16 10 4 3 0 4 4 7-12 0-0 2-2 -6
Royce O'Neale GS 29:17 9 2 2 3 0 3 4 3-6 3-6 0-0 +4
Jalen Green GS 26:37 9 1 5 2 1 1 0 3-17 2-6 1-2 -3
Jordan Goodwin 23:47 3 8 2 2 0 0 3 1-6 0-2 1-2 -11
Ryan Dunn 17:02 7 4 1 0 1 0 2 3-3 1-1 0-0 -10
Rasheer Fleming 15:17 9 1 0 1 0 1 3 3-7 2-4 1-2 -11
Khaman Maluach 11:34 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1-3 0-0 0-0 -2
Haywood Highsmith 8:55 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 -8
Isaiah Livers 1:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Jamaree Bouyea 1:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 104 40 25 13 2 11 23 37-97 13-37 17-23

Did not play: Amir Coffey (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
Rudy Gobert Oso Ighodaro: 33 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Khaman Maluach: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden McDaniels Devin Booker: 31 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Royce O'Neale: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julius Randle Royce O'Neale: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Oso Ighodaro: 13 poss., 7 pts (1/4)
Ayo Dosunmu Collin Gillespie: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jalen Green: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bones Hyland Collin Gillespie: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Goodwin: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Donte DiVincenzo Collin Gillespie: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Green: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Anderson Jordan Goodwin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rasheer Fleming: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Naz Reid Ryan Dunn: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rasheer Fleming: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Jaden McDaniels: 36 poss., 10 pts (1/9) · Ayo Dosunmu: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Collin Gillespie Donte DiVincenzo: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Bones Hyland: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oso Ighodaro Rudy Gobert: 32 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Julius Randle: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Royce O'Neale Julius Randle: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaden McDaniels: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Green Ayo Dosunmu: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Donte DiVincenzo: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jordan Goodwin Bones Hyland: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Anderson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Dunn Kyle Anderson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming Naz Reid: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Anderson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Khaman Maluach Rudy Gobert: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Haywood Highsmith Ayo Dosunmu: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jamaree Bouyea Bones Hyland: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Livers Ayo Dosunmu: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rudy Gobert: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)