Miami Heat 94, Minnesota Timberwolves 122 — Recap

January 6, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 94, Minnesota Timberwolves 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 29-27 MIN; Q2 MIA 25-34 MIN; Q3 MIA 23-32 MIN; Q4 MIA 17-29 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Tyler Herro (MIA) 17 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 15 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

26 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · MIA

Norman Powell

21 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · MIN

Jaden McDaniels

19 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 7-15 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

MIA 9 largest lead Q1 7:19 (MIA 17, MIN 8) · 7-0 run, Q1 10:06–Q1 9:36

MIN 31 largest lead Q4 0:24 (MIA 91, MIN 122) · 12-0 run, Q1 1:32–Q2 10:44

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Naz Reid makes 1-foot running dunk (Q2 7:07, MIA 39, MIN 41).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	29	25	23	17		94
MIN	27	34	32	29		122

🧮 How They Scored

MIAMIN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

45Bench points37

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

41.8%Effective FG%53.1%

13.9%Turnover %10.0%

17.5%Offensive rebound %22.0%

0.163Free-throw rate0.235

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell F-G	31	21	3	4	0	0	3	9-17	3-6	0-1	-19
Tyler Herro G	28	17	9	3	0	0	2	7-15	1-4	2-2	-25
Bam Adebayo C-F	28	7	11	3	0	0	1	3-11	1-2	0-0	-6
Kel'el Ware C	28	7	11	2	0	1	1	3-10	1-5	0-0	-17
Davion Mitchell G	28	4	1	9	1	0	0	2-11	0-4	0-1	-5
Nikola Jovic F	26	9	4	3	2	1	3	2-8	1-4	4-6	-26
Andrew Wiggins F-G	25	10	4	2	1	2	1	3-10	2-3	2-2	-12
Pelle Larsson G	20	7	2	1	0	0	2	3-9	1-4	0-0	-22
Dru Smith G	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-8
Kasparas Jakučionis G	5	5	2	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	2-2	0
Myron Gardner F	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	2-2	0
Simone Fontecchio F	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Keshad Johnson F	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels F	34	19	3	2	2	1	1	7-15	1-4	4-5	+18
Rudy Gobert C	33	13	16	1	0	2	3	5-5	0-0	3-3	+20
Donte DiVincenzo G	30	12	5	2	0	1	0	4-9	4-9	0-0	+18
Anthony Edwards G	29	26	5	3	1	2	3	8-18	5-8	5-6	+16
Julius Randle F	27	15	11	5	0	1	2	6-12	1-2	2-3	+14
Naz Reid F-C	24	14	6	2	1	1	0	6-12	2-5	0-0	+21
Mike Conley G	15	3	2	3	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	1-2	+9
Nah'Shon Hyland G	12	6	3	5	0	0	1	2-8	1-5	1-2	+16
Jaylen Clark G	12	2	4	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	+8
Leonard Miller F	5	6	3	0	0	0	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	0
Joan Beringer F	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	0
Johnny Juzang G	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0
Rob Dillingham G	5	0	1	3	1	0	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	0
Joe Ingles F	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Norman Powell	Starter	31	21	60.2	25.0	-28.7	13.5
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	25	10	46.0	17.4	-20.7	4.3
Bam Adebayo	Starter	28	7	31.8	15.4	-10.7	9.2
Kel'el Ware	Starter	28	7	35.0	15.3	-24.1	7.3
Davion Mitchell	Starter	28	4	17.5	14.9	-7.8	2.9
Tyler Herro	Bench	28	17	53.5	23.0	-37.3	18.5
Nikola Jovic	Bench	26	9	42.3	20.6	-45.1	5.8
Pelle Larsson	Bench	20	7	38.9	20.8	-44.1	-2.1
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	5	5	86.8	28.6	0.0	19.1
Myron Gardner	Bench	5	4	69.4	21.4	0.0	21.3
Dru Smith	Bench	06	3	75.0	11.8	-79.8	0.0
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	05	0	0.0	7.1	0.0	0.0
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keshad Johnson	Bench	05	0	0.0	21.4	0.0	-8.5

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Starter	29	26	63.0	34.8	+27.1	16.7
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	34	19	55.2	21.7	+22.5	10.0
Julius Randle	Starter	27	15	56.3	22.4	+23.3	15.8
Rudy Gobert	Starter	33	13	102.8	11.3	+27.0	19.8
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	30	12	66.7	11.8	+24.4	8.5
Naz Reid	Bench	24	14	58.3	20.0	+40.4	18.9
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	12	6	33.8	31.3	+57.1	6.3
Leonard Miller	Bench	05	6	100.0	17.6	0.0	29.8
Joan Beringer	Bench	05	6	75.0	23.5	0.0	25.5
Mike Conley	Bench	15	3	30.7	12.5	+27.2	5.4
Jaylen Clark	Bench	12	2	53.2	6.7	+27.6	7.9
Joe Ingles	Bench	05	0	0.0	11.8	0.0	4.3
Johnny Juzang	Bench	05	0	0.0	17.6	0.0	-8.5
Rob Dillingham	Bench	05	0	0.0	23.5	0.0	4.3