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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

December 19, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Thunder 112-107 on 2025-12-19 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 11 points (3/15) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 12 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Jalen Williams as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 40:46 26 12 3 3 2 3 2 9-20 3-6 5-6 0
Jaden McDaniels GS 37:02 13 4 2 0 0 2 2 4-13 1-6 4-4 -5
Donte DiVincenzo GS 33:23 15 4 1 0 0 1 3 5-12 4-10 1-3 +12
Rudy Gobert GS 33:07 9 14 1 0 0 2 3 3-7 0-0 3-7 0
Julius Randle GS 32:09 19 8 5 0 0 2 4 3-15 1-4 12-16 +10
Naz Reid 30:39 15 6 2 3 2 1 3 5-10 0-4 5-7 0
Bones Hyland 15:41 13 3 3 2 1 1 3 4-7 4-6 1-2 -1
Rob Dillingham 12:01 0 6 3 0 1 1 4 0-4 0-1 0-0 +10
Terrence Shannon Jr. 5:12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 2-2 -1
Totals 112 57 20 8 6 13 24 33-88 13-37 33-47

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 37:02 35 5 7 2 2 3 3 12-26 3-7 8-8 +5
Jalen Williams GS 31:31 17 7 2 2 1 4 5 6-16 2-4 3-4 -9
Luguentz Dort GS 28:46 11 4 2 0 1 1 5 3-12 3-10 2-2 -7
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 27:31 1 10 0 0 1 2 3 0-2 0-0 1-2 +9
Chet Holmgren GS 24:51 14 5 0 0 2 0 3 4-9 0-2 6-6 -8
Cason Wallace 26:48 2 2 0 3 0 1 3 0-3 0-1 2-2 -2
Ajay Mitchell 22:54 14 2 2 0 0 0 5 5-10 0-2 4-4 -5
Alex Caruso 22:30 7 12 1 0 2 0 2 2-7 1-6 2-2 -7
Isaiah Joe 12:55 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 2-5 2-5 0-0 +3
Kenrich Williams 5:12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 -4
Totals 107 52 16 7 10 11 30 34-92 11-39 28-30

Did not play: Branden Carlson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ousmane Dieng (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Wiggins (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

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 Luguentz Dort: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Cason Wallace: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Jaden McDaniels Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 36 poss., 4 pts (1/6) · Chet Holmgren: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rudy Gobert Isaiah Hartenstein: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Chet Holmgren: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Julius Randle Jalen Williams: 18 poss., 6 pts (1/1) · Chet Holmgren: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Donte DiVincenzo Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ajay Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Naz Reid Alex Caruso: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jalen Williams: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Bones Hyland Ajay Mitchell: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Ajay Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kenrich Williams: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr Ajay Mitchell: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Jaden McDaniels: 40 poss., 15 pts (6/9) · Anthony Edwards: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Jalen Williams Anthony Edwards: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Julius Randle: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Luguentz Dort Julius Randle: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Donte DiVincenzo: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Isaiah Hartenstein Rudy Gobert: 31 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jaden McDaniels: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cason Wallace Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chet Holmgren Naz Reid: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Rudy Gobert: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ajay Mitchell Donte DiVincenzo: 15 poss., 6 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Caruso Naz Reid: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julius Randle: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Isaiah Joe Bones Hyland: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Donte DiVincenzo: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams Rudy Gobert: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)