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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Golden State Warriors

October 28, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Warriors beat the Timberwolves 119-114 on 2026-10-28 on the road against the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels, Jonathan Kuminga, and Ayo Dosunmu. The Warriors started Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Georges Niang, Brandin Podziemski, and Yaxel Lendeborg. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 12 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Timberwolves) scored 17 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Georges Niang as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 35:01 19 7 4 0 0 2 5 8-18 1-8 2-3 -11
Jonathan Kuminga GS 32:27 20 3 5 2 0 0 2 7-15 3-6 3-5 -9
Ayo Dosunmu GS 31:54 17 3 4 4 0 0 5 6-12 3-7 2-2 -9
LaMelo Ball GS 28:10 8 3 8 1 0 6 5 3-11 2-8 0-0 -2
Rudy Gobert GS 20:19 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 0-4 0-0 1-2 -11
Terrence Shannon Jr 27:24 19 6 2 1 0 3 2 5-13 1-5 8-10 +7
Trey Lyles 21:36 7 3 1 1 1 0 1 3-5 1-3 0-0 +7
Joan Beringer 19:31 7 10 2 0 1 1 2 3-3 0-0 1-3 -5
Bones Hyland 16:22 13 1 3 0 0 2 2 4-7 3-6 2-2 0
Jaylen Clark 7:16 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1-2 1-2 0-0 +8
Totals 114 42 31 10 2 15 29 40-90 15-45 19-27

Did not play: Isaiah Evans (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cody Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Yaxel Lendeborg GS 34:36 26 9 1 1 1 7 3 11-20 2-5 2-4 +2
Draymond Green GS 31:49 3 9 6 0 2 3 5 1-3 0-0 1-2 +3
Brandin Podziemski GS 31:40 8 5 6 0 0 2 5 2-5 0-1 4-7 +3
Stephen Curry GS 31:36 44 8 6 2 0 2 0 11-27 6-16 16-16 +10
Georges Niang GS 22:32 7 3 2 2 0 1 2 3-6 1-3 0-0 +5
Will Richard 23:20 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 2-5 0-2 2-2 -5
De'Anthony Melton 20:24 8 6 0 1 1 1 2 2-7 2-4 2-2 +2
Al Horford 18:03 4 5 2 1 1 1 1 2-3 0-0 0-0 -2
Brandon Williams 13:56 11 3 1 0 0 0 2 4-11 0-4 3-4 -2
Gary Payton II 10:16 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 +6
Charles Bassey 1:49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Totals 119 53 25 7 5 17 24 39-89 11-35 30-37

Did not play: LJ Cryer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Graham Ike (DNP - Coach's Decision), Malevy Leons (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gui Santos (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

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
Jaden McDaniels Stephen Curry: 22 poss., 9 pts (4/4) · Yaxel Lendeborg: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Ayo Dosunmu Stephen Curry: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Brandin Podziemski: 10 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
LaMelo Ball De'Anthony Melton: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr Will Richard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Brandon Williams: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Trey Lyles Yaxel Lendeborg: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Al Horford: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rudy Gobert Draymond Green: 20 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Georges Niang: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Joan Beringer Al Horford: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Draymond Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Kuminga Yaxel Lendeborg: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Georges Niang: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Bones Hyland Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Gary Payton II: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark Stephen Curry: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandin Podziemski: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Stephen Curry Jaden McDaniels: 28 poss., 25 pts (7/14) · Ayo Dosunmu: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Draymond Green Rudy Gobert: 29 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Joan Beringer: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yaxel Lendeborg Jonathan Kuminga: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trey Lyles: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Brandin Podziemski Ayo Dosunmu: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bones Hyland: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Will Richard Terrence Shannon Jr: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Georges Niang LaMelo Ball: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Al Horford Joan Beringer: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Lyles: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brandon Williams Terrence Shannon Jr: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Gary Payton II Terrence Shannon Jr: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonathan Kuminga: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Charles Bassey Trey Lyles: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonathan Kuminga: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)