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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thunder | 33 | 18 | 34 | 22 | 107 |
 Timberwolves | 23 | 25 | 35 | 29 | 112 |
OKCTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 34-9237.0% | 11-3928.2% | 28-3093.3% | 52 | 16 | 11 |
| MIN | 33-8837.5% | 13-3735.1% | 33-4770.2% | 57 | 20 | 13 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves112| 41 | 26 | 9-20 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 0 | +5.2 | ||||||||
| 37 | 13 | 4-13 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −7.0 | ||||||
| 33 | 15 | 5-12 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −2.9 | ||||||
| 33 | 9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 19 | 3-15 | 1-4 | 12-16 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −1.3 | ||||||
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| 31 | 15 | 5-10 | 0-4 | 5-7 | 0 | +3.6 | ||||||||
| 16 | 13 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 1-2 | −1 | +7.2 | ||||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 112 | 33-8837.5% | 13-3735.1% | 57 | 20 | 13 | 24 | 33-4770.2% | 18 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 30 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Joe Ingles, Johnny Juzang and Leonard Miller (coach’s decision).
Oklahoma City Thunder107| 37 | 35 | 12-26 | 3-7 | 8-8 | 0 | +5 | +7.2 | |||||||
| 32 | 17 | 6-16 | 2-4 | 3-4 | −9 | −4.3 | ||||||||
| 29 | 11 | 3-12 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.4 | ||||||
| 28 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +9 | −6.2 | ||||||
| 25 | 14 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | −8 | +0.7 | |||||
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| 27 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | −5.5 | ||||||
| 23 | 14 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.7 | |||||
| 23 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −7 | +1.1 | ||||||
| 13 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | +3.2 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.4 | ||||
| Team | 107 | 34-9237.0% | 11-3928.2% | 52 | 16 | 11 | 30 | 28-3093.3% | 13 | 7 | 10 | |||
Bench 29 points on 9 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Ousmane Dieng and Branden Carlson (coach’s decision); Aaron Wiggins (injury/illness).
Timberwolves112Thunder107ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Anthony Edwards had 26 points and 12 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107.
The Timberwolves trailed 107-104 with 1:09 left and scored the last 8 points, going ahead for good on Edwards’ step-back 3-pointer with 38 seconds left.
The Thunder had the ball down 3 with 11 seconds left, but Edwards stole the ball from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 12. Gilgeous-Alexander (Clutch Player of the Year, 2025-26) scored 9 of the Thunder’s 12 on 3 for 5 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Edwards had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to his driving layup that tied the game at 85, and the Timberwolves scored 4 points off them.
Bones Hyland scored 13 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) off the bench.
For the Thunder, Gilgeous-Alexander had 35 points and 7 assists.
The Timberwolves grabbed 18 offensive rebounds to the Thunder’s 13. The Thunder forced 13 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Timberwolves scored the last 8 points of the game.
Minnesota TimberwolvesOklahoma City ThunderPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Timberwolves’ chance bottomed out at 10% (2nd quarter, 10:48 left).
79 points from the field on 88 shots: 19.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-31 | 41.9% | 67% |
| In the paint | 4-12 | 33.3% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 3-8 | 37.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-8 | 37.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-29 | 34.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luguentz Dort | 26 | 5 | 2-5 | −5 |
| Cason Wallace | 21 | 6 | 2-5 | −2 |
| Jalen Williams | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 9 | 4 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 9 | 3-6 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Williams | 18 | 6 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Chet Holmgren | 11 | 1 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Luguentz Dort | 11 | 3 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Alex Caruso | 7 | 1 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 8 | 2-9 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 10 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Ajay Mitchell | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Alex Caruso | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Cason Wallace | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 27 | 13 | 4-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
Score margin over time — positive = MIN leads, negative = OKC leads
MIN Largest Lead
7
Q3 5:24
OKC Largest Lead
12
Q1 5:09
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
OKC 9-0 run
Q1 10:24 – Q1 8:45
+4 → -5
OKC 11-0 run
Q1 6:56 – Q1 5:09
-1 → -12
MIN 8-0 run
Q2 4:39 – Q2 3:36
-8 → 0
MIN 8-0 run
Q3 7:05 – Q3 5:24
-1 → +7
