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Washington Wizards vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

January 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Wizards 141-115 on 2026-01-04 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, CJ McCollum, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, and Tre Johnson. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 12 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Bilal Coulibaly as his primary defender. Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards) scored 16 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Leonard Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bilal Coulibaly GS 27:34 6 4 1 0 2 0 3 3-6 0-2 0-0 -24
Tre Johnson GS 26:58 13 3 3 1 0 2 3 3-11 1-5 6-6 -6
Alex Sarr GS 25:58 7 3 4 1 0 2 3 3-10 1-2 0-0 -16
CJ McCollum GS 22:10 20 3 2 1 0 3 2 8-12 3-4 1-1 -8
Khris Middleton GS 17:51 10 2 1 1 0 0 3 4-6 2-4 0-0 -6
Corey Kispert 18:19 13 1 0 0 0 3 0 4-8 2-5 3-3 -26
Justin Champagnie 18:09 6 6 0 0 2 0 1 3-6 0-2 0-1 -23
Bub Carrington 17:23 7 0 4 2 0 1 0 2-9 1-6 2-2 -25
Marvin Bagley III 13:45 6 3 0 0 0 3 4 3-3 0-0 0-0 -23
Will Riley 13:30 6 3 1 1 0 3 0 2-3 0-0 2-2 -2
Tristan Vukcevic 13:15 8 2 2 0 1 1 0 3-5 0-2 2-2 +5
AJ Johnson 12:52 5 2 3 1 0 1 1 2-5 1-2 0-0 +6
Malaki Branham 7:02 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 1-2 +11
Anthony Gill 5:14 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 0-0 +7
Totals 115 35 21 9 5 19 20 43-88 12-36 17-19

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 141

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Anthony Edwards GS 30:10 35 6 3 4 0 4 2 14-21 6-10 1-4 +29
Rudy Gobert GS 29:19 18 14 0 0 4 1 0 8-10 0-0 2-2 +32
Julius Randle GS 25:18 22 3 4 0 0 0 3 9-15 1-3 3-5 +16
Donte DiVincenzo GS 22:35 5 4 3 3 0 1 0 2-10 1-9 0-0 +28
Jaden McDaniels GS 21:53 12 5 5 3 0 1 4 3-4 0-0 6-6 +14
Jaylen Clark 27:39 12 2 3 3 1 0 0 4-6 0-1 4-5 +19
Naz Reid 20:07 9 7 3 0 1 1 0 4-8 0-2 1-2 +19
Bones Hyland 15:27 7 2 5 0 0 1 3 2-5 1-3 2-2 +1
Mike Conley 12:56 7 2 3 0 0 1 0 2-4 2-4 1-1 +10
Leonard Miller 10:32 6 3 0 1 0 1 2 3-7 0-3 0-0 -11
Johnny Juzang 8:35 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3-5 0-2 0-0 -9
Joe Ingles 8:27 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -7
Rob Dillingham 7:02 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0-2 0-0 0-0 -11
Totals 141 51 29 14 6 14 17 55-98 11-37 20-27

Lineups

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

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.

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
Tre Johnson Donte DiVincenzo: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bones Hyland: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Bilal Coulibaly Anthony Edwards: 30 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Donte DiVincenzo: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Sarr Rudy Gobert: 33 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Julius Randle: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
CJ McCollum Jaden McDaniels: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jaylen Clark: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Justin Champagnie Anthony Edwards: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Naz Reid: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Corey Kispert Mike Conley: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jaylen Clark: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton Julius Randle: 25 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Jaden McDaniels: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bub Carrington Jaylen Clark: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tristan Vukcevic Leonard Miller: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Naz Reid: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Will Riley Naz Reid: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
AJ Johnson Jaylen Clark: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Johnny Juzang: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marvin Bagley III Rudy Gobert: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julius Randle: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Malaki Branham Johnny Juzang: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Anthony Gill Joe Ingles: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Leonard Miller: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Bilal Coulibaly: 33 poss., 18 pts (7/11) · Justin Champagnie: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Rudy Gobert Alex Sarr: 30 poss., 14 pts (5/6) · Marvin Bagley III: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark AJ Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · CJ McCollum: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Julius Randle Khris Middleton: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Marvin Bagley III: 7 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Donte DiVincenzo Tre Johnson: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · CJ McCollum: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaden McDaniels CJ McCollum: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tre Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Naz Reid Justin Champagnie: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Marvin Bagley III: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Bones Hyland Tre Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bub Carrington: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller Tristan Vukcevic: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Alex Sarr: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mike Conley Corey Kispert: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bub Carrington: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Johnny Juzang Malaki Branham: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · AJ Johnson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Joe Ingles Anthony Gill: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tristan Vukcevic: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Will Riley: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Johnson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)