Minnesota Timberwolves 124, Indiana Pacers 104 — Recap

April 7, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 124, Indiana Pacers 104. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 35-27 IND; Q2 MIN 28-26 IND; Q3 MIN 39-24 IND; Q4 MIN 22-27 IND.

Top performers (box score): Ayo Dosunmu (MIN) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (MIN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-9 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Ethan Thompson (IND) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-8 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Ayo Dosunmu

24 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · MIN

Nah'Shon Hyland

19 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 5-9 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

19 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 5-13 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 31 largest lead Q4 7:21 (MIN 116, IND 85) · 9-0 run, Q1 9:28–Q1 8:30

IND 4 largest lead Q1 9:48 (MIN 3, IND 7) · 9-0 run, Q4 8:13–Q4 7:16

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Mike Conley makes 28-foot three point jumper (Donte DiVincenzo assists) (Q1 8:56, MIN 9, IND 7).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	35	28	39	22		124
IND	27	26	24	27		104

🧮 How They Scored

MININD

54Points in the paint40

13Fast-break points16

12Second-chance points6

34Points off turnovers17

57Bench points53

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.2%Effective FG%54.1%

15.8%Turnover %20.3%

25.6%Offensive rebound %14.7%

0.180Free-throw rate0.425

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ayo Dosunmu G	33	24	5	1	3	0	5	10-17	1-5	3-3	+22
Rudy Gobert C	33	5	12	3	1	2	2	2-5	0-0	1-1	+7
Donte DiVincenzo G	31	11	6	4	1	0	1	4-12	3-10	0-0	+15
Julius Randle F	28	19	2	4	0	0	1	5-13	3-7	6-6	+19
Naz Reid F-C	24	17	2	1	2	0	2	7-10	3-5	0-0	+19
Nah'Shon Hyland G	21	19	4	7	1	0	0	5-9	4-7	5-6	+15
Mike Conley G	21	8	2	3	3	0	3	3-6	2-4	0-0	+15
Jaylen Clark G	18	11	1	0	4	0	0	5-9	1-3	0-0	+3
Kyle Anderson F	16	6	3	4	1	1	0	3-5	0-0	0-0	+10
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Joan Beringer F	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Julian Phillips F	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Enrique Freeman F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Zyon Pullin G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Slawson F	34	14	2	0	1	1	2	6-7	1-2	1-2	0
Ethan Thompson G	30	17	4	1	0	0	2	4-8	1-3	8-10	-28
Jarace Walker F	28	11	6	5	3	0	5	4-12	1-6	2-2	-19
Jay Huff F-C	26	12	4	3	0	0	2	5-9	2-3	0-0	-20
Quenton Jackson G	25	9	1	4	1	0	1	2-7	0-1	5-6	-17
Kam Jones G	23	9	2	4	1	0	1	4-7	1-2	0-0	-3
Obi Toppin F	22	14	3	2	1	0	2	4-13	1-3	5-5	-9
Micah Potter F	22	11	3	2	1	0	3	3-5	1-3	4-6	0
Kobe Brown F	17	2	5	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-10
Taelon Peter G	13	5	4	2	3	0	3	2-3	1-2	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ayo Dosunmu	Starter	33	24	65.5	27.7	+33.2	13.6
Julius Randle	Starter	28	19	60.7	25.0	+31.5	13.5
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	31	11	45.8	17.3	+22.1	7.8
Mike Conley	Starter	21	8	66.7	15.8	+33.3	7.1
Rudy Gobert	Starter	33	5	46.0	8.3	+10.0	9.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	21	19	81.6	25.0	+28.0	25.1
Naz Reid	Bench	24	17	85.0	20.0	+31.8	11.7
Jaylen Clark	Bench	18	11	61.1	19.6	+7.3	11.2
Kyle Anderson	Bench	16	6	60.0	11.6	+19.3	13.5
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	03	2	50.0	37.5	-78.6	9.5
Joan Beringer	Bench	03	2	100.0	37.5	-78.6	14.3
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	03	0	0.0	12.5	-78.6	-28.6
Enrique Freeman	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	-78.6	0.0

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ethan Thompson	Starter	30	17	68.5	20.9	-40.6	9.4
Jay Huff	Starter	26	12	66.7	18.6	-34.2	8.8
Jarace Walker	Starter	28	11	42.7	27.7	-27.5	10.5
Quenton Jackson	Starter	25	9	46.7	20.0	-30.8	3.9
Kobe Brown	Starter	17	2	50.0	8.3	-22.2	5.2
Obi Toppin	Bench	22	14	46.1	30.9	-17.6	7.6
Micah Potter	Bench	22	11	72.0	20.8	+2.3	8.7
Kam Jones	Bench	23	9	64.3	14.0	-5.7	10.3
Taelon Peter	Bench	13	5	83.3	17.6	+19.4	13.8
Ben Sheppard	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0