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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

January 29, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Thunder 123-111 on 2026-01-29 at home. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, Chet Holmgren, and Jaylin Williams. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 18 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 2 points (1/7) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 34:37 26 5 5 2 1 3 1 9-17 4-10 4-5 +24
Rudy Gobert GS 34:11 14 11 3 1 0 0 1 5-6 0-0 4-8 +20
Donte DiVincenzo GS 31:30 11 5 5 2 1 1 4 4-13 3-9 0-0 +12
Jaden McDaniels GS 30:47 21 4 4 0 2 2 3 8-11 5-5 0-0 +18
Julius Randle GS 24:42 13 5 5 4 1 2 3 5-14 2-6 1-1 +13
Naz Reid 28:43 18 7 2 0 1 2 3 6-10 4-8 2-4 +11
Bones Hyland 23:28 9 4 1 2 0 5 3 3-9 3-6 0-0 +12
Jaylen Clark 14:43 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 3-4 1-2 0-0 0
Joe Ingles 3:28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -10
Johnny Juzang 3:28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 -10
Leonard Miller 3:28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -10
Joan Beringer 3:28 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -10
Rob Dillingham 3:28 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -10
Totals 123 46 26 12 7 19 21 45-89 22-47 11-18

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 31:25 30 6 8 1 0 5 3 12-18 1-2 5-5 -22
Chet Holmgren GS 30:01 15 5 2 1 3 1 0 6-10 1-2 2-2 -5
Luguentz Dort GS 27:17 5 4 2 0 0 0 3 2-7 1-2 0-0 -17
Jaylin Williams GS 27:00 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 2-6 1-3 0-0 -8
Aaron Wiggins GS 24:46 10 4 5 2 0 3 1 3-8 2-4 2-2 -15
Cason Wallace 25:30 13 1 0 1 1 0 2 5-11 1-5 2-2 -9
Isaiah Joe 25:10 6 3 3 3 1 1 1 2-7 2-6 0-0 -2
Isaiah Hartenstein 18:20 11 5 2 0 0 2 4 3-6 0-0 5-6 -7
Kenrich Williams 18:05 7 3 1 1 0 2 1 3-6 1-2 0-0 +1
Brooks Barnhizer 4:09 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +8
Ousmane Dieng 4:09 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 +8
Chris Youngblood 4:09 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-4 1-4 2-3 +8
Totals 111 36 27 11 5 15 15 41-86 11-31 18-20

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: 31 poss., 12 pts (4/5) · Cason Wallace: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rudy Gobert Isaiah Hartenstein: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Chet Holmgren: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Donte DiVincenzo Aaron Wiggins: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Isaiah Joe: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden McDaniels Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 27 poss., 12 pts (4/5) · Isaiah Joe: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Naz Reid Kenrich Williams: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cason Wallace: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Julius Randle Jaylin Williams: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Chet Holmgren: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Bones Hyland Isaiah Joe: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cason Wallace: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylen Clark Isaiah Joe: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chet Holmgren: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Joan Beringer Jaylin Williams: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ousmane Dieng: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller Kenrich Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brooks Barnhizer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joe Ingles Ousmane Dieng: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brooks Barnhizer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Johnny Juzang Chris Youngblood: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylin Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rob Dillingham Chris Youngblood: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kenrich Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Jaden McDaniels: 31 poss., 15 pts (5/8) · Anthony Edwards: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Chet Holmgren Julius Randle: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Naz Reid: 9 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Jaylin Williams Rudy Gobert: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luguentz Dort Anthony Edwards: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Wiggins Donte DiVincenzo: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julius Randle: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Cason Wallace Bones Hyland: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Jaylen Clark: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe Bones Hyland: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kenrich Williams Naz Reid: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bones Hyland: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Hartenstein Rudy Gobert: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Naz Reid: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ousmane Dieng Leonard Miller: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Joan Beringer: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Chris Youngblood Rob Dillingham: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Joe Ingles: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer Joe Ingles: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)