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Golden State Warriors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

December 12, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Warriors 127-120 on 2025-12-12 on the road against the Warriors. The Warriors started Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, Buddy Hield, Pat Spencer, and Quinten Post. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Jaden McDaniels, and Bones Hyland. Julius Randle (Timberwolves) scored 14 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Jimmy Butler III as his primary defender. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 16 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender.

Box score

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

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jimmy Butler III GS 36:52 15 8 5 1 0 1 2 6-11 0-2 3-4 -5
Quinten Post GS 33:11 16 6 3 0 0 1 3 5-15 4-11 2-2 -5
Stephen Curry GS 32:13 39 5 5 0 0 2 3 14-28 6-15 5-7 -3
Pat Spencer GS 28:16 12 5 4 2 0 2 2 5-13 2-6 0-0 -15
Buddy Hield GS 18:57 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 2-4 2-4 0-0 +3
Brandin Podziemski 22:51 2 2 4 0 0 2 2 1-4 0-2 0-0 -11
Moses Moody 22:37 11 4 2 3 0 0 5 5-10 1-4 0-1 +1
De'Anthony Melton 20:12 9 2 1 1 0 1 3 2-6 0-2 5-6 +4
Trayce Jackson-Davis 14:41 8 7 1 0 2 0 1 3-4 0-0 2-2 0
Gui Santos 6:28 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -2
Gary Payton II 3:42 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 120 42 27 7 2 13 23 44-96 15-46 17-22

Did not play: Seth Curry (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonathan Kuminga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Will Richard (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 127

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Donte DiVincenzo GS 35:14 21 6 4 0 1 0 4 7-15 4-10 3-4 +16
Rudy Gobert GS 35:11 24 14 1 2 1 0 4 11-13 0-0 2-3 +8
Jaden McDaniels GS 34:46 17 5 5 1 0 3 3 8-15 1-5 0-1 0
Julius Randle GS 34:05 27 9 6 0 0 3 2 7-14 2-6 11-12 0
Bones Hyland GS 4:39 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 +2
Terrence Shannon Jr. 30:29 9 4 3 2 1 2 3 3-7 0-0 3-4 +12
Naz Reid 30:21 18 4 7 1 0 0 1 7-14 3-7 1-2 +7
Jaylen Clark 18:41 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 1-3 0-1 0-2 -10
Rob Dillingham 16:34 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 3-7 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 127 44 30 8 3 10 22 48-89 11-31 20-28

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

Lineups

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

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.

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Jimmy Butler III Julius Randle: 34 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Stephen Curry Jaden McDaniels: 40 poss., 20 pts (8/15) · Donte DiVincenzo: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Quinten Post Rudy Gobert: 39 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Naz Reid: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Pat Spencer Terrence Shannon Jr: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Rob Dillingham: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Moses Moody Naz Reid: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 7 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Brandin Podziemski Jaylen Clark: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rob Dillingham: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Buddy Hield Donte DiVincenzo: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bones Hyland: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trayce Jackson-Davis Rudy Gobert: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gui Santos Naz Reid: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Julius Randle: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Payton II Naz Reid: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Julius Randle Jimmy Butler III: 32 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Quinten Post: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jaden McDaniels Stephen Curry: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · De'Anthony Melton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rudy Gobert Quinten Post: 34 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Trayce Jackson-Davis: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Donte DiVincenzo Stephen Curry: 20 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Buddy Hield: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Terrence Shannon Jr Pat Spencer: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid Jimmy Butler III: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moses Moody: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jaylen Clark Jimmy Butler III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moses Moody: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Brandin Podziemski: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pat Spencer: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Buddy Hield: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Pat Spencer: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)