Minnesota Timberwolves 128, LA Clippers 153 — Recap

March 11, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 128, LA Clippers 153. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 27-38 LAC; Q2 MIN 38-36 LAC; Q3 MIN 33-35 LAC; Q4 MIN 30-44 LAC.

Top performers (box score): Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 45 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 15-of-20 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 36 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Bennedict Mathurin (LAC) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-10 shooting; Darius Garland (LAC) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

45 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 15-20 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

36 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 11-17 FG

Scoring · LAC

Bennedict Mathurin

22 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 5-10 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 2 largest lead Q1 11:24 (MIN 2, LAC 0) · 9-0 run, Q3 6:54–Q3 4:29

LAC 31 largest lead Q4 6:00 (MIN 106, LAC 137) · 12-0 run, Q1 11:00–Q1 9:15

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Darius Garland makes 26-foot three point jumper (Derrick Jones Jr. assists) (Q1 10:35, MIN 2, LAC 5).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	27	38	33	30		128
LAC	38	36	35	44		153

🧮 How They Scored

MINLAC

68Points in the paint52

10Fast-break points16

5Second-chance points10

14Points off turnovers28

55Bench points67

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

66.9%Effective FG%75.0%

19.0%Turnover %9.3%

24.1%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.377Free-throw rate0.439

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	35	36	2	5	1	0	5	11-17	3-8	11-12	-25
Jaden McDaniels F	31	11	2	3	0	0	3	5-6	1-1	0-0	-40
Julius Randle F	28	11	6	4	1	0	4	3-10	0-1	5-6	-12
Naz Reid F-C	26	18	3	0	0	0	1	8-15	1-3	1-1	-11
Rudy Gobert C	26	9	5	4	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	3-3	-38
Donte DiVincenzo G	25	6	4	2	1	0	3	2-5	1-2	1-2	-12
Kyle Anderson F	17	5	1	3	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	3-4	-2
Nah'Shon Hyland G	16	10	0	4	1	0	2	4-6	2-4	0-0	-5
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	12	4	1	3	0	0	0	2-4	0-2	0-0	-4
Jaylen Clark G	6	11	0	1	0	0	0	4-5	2-2	1-1	+6
Julian Phillips F	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Joe Ingles F	6	2	0	3	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Rocco Zikarsky C	6	2	3	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+6

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard F	32	45	5	5	2	0	1	15-20	6-9	9-10	+41
Jordan Miller G	29	14	3	7	1	0	1	6-13	0-4	2-4	+10
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	29	12	4	1	4	1	1	4-6	0-1	4-4	+19
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	25	22	2	3	1	0	2	5-10	2-4	10-12	+17
Kris Dunn G	24	5	2	6	4	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	+17
Brook Lopez C	24	3	3	0	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+17
Darius Garland G	23	21	1	6	2	0	3	8-13	5-9	0-0	+5
Isaiah Jackson F	18	9	6	3	1	2	1	2-3	0-0	5-6	+14
Nicolas Batum F-G	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	+9
Norchad Omier F	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	-6
Sean Pedulla G	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	-6
Cam Christie G	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-6
Kobe Sanders G	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	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
Anthony Edwards	Starter	35	36	80.8	33.3	-33.8	16.7
Julius Randle	Starter	28	11	43.5	25.0	-17.4	3.3
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	31	11	91.7	13.2	-55.9	6.2
Rudy Gobert	Starter	26	9	84.6	10.3	-61.9	8.4
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	25	6	51.0	15.0	-22.2	2.6
Naz Reid	Bench	26	18	58.3	25.8	-17.3	6.9
Jaylen Clark	Bench	06	11	101.1	38.5	+50.0	22.7
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	16	10	83.3	20.5	-11.0	8.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	17	5	90.6	10.3	-2.0	3.8
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	12	4	50.0	13.8	-9.4	5.8
Julian Phillips	Bench	06	3	75.0	15.4	+50.0	6.2
Joe Ingles	Bench	06	2	100.0	15.4	+50.0	8.2
Rocco Zikarsky	Bench	06	2	100.0	7.7	+50.0	10.3
Mike Conley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	32	45	92.2	33.3	+56.3	28.0
Darius Garland	Starter	23	21	80.8	29.6	+7.3	16.7
Derrick Jones Jr.	Starter	29	12	77.3	13.0	+26.5	10.0
Kris Dunn	Starter	24	5	83.3	5.7	+35.4	9.3
Brook Lopez	Starter	24	3	75.0	5.4	+32.1	1.2
Bennedict Mathurin	Bench	25	22	72.0	29.0	+28.2	10.8
Jordan Miller	Bench	29	14	47.4	21.9	+11.4	7.6
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	18	9	79.8	15.9	+29.2	14.8
Nicolas Batum	Bench	12	6	150.0	6.9	+29.5	6.1
Cam Christie	Bench	06	2	50.0	13.3	-50.0	6.2
Kobe Sanders	Bench	06	2	100.0	6.7	-50.0	4.1
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0