Minnesota Timberwolves 106, Los Angeles Lakers 120 — Recap

March 10, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 106, Los Angeles Lakers 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 21-16 LAL; Q2 MIN 24-29 LAL; Q3 MIN 23-39 LAL; Q4 MIN 38-36 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 31 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-24 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 31 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Deandre Ayton (LAL) 14 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-11 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-11 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 14 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 2-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

31 PTS, 11 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 11-24 FG

Scoring · LAL

Austin Reaves

31 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · LAL

Deandre Ayton

14 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST · 7-11 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 8 largest lead Q1 2:57 (MIN 15, LAL 7) · 9-0 run, Q1 5:16–Q1 2:57

LAL 23 largest lead Q4 10:11 (MIN 72, LAL 95) · 6-0 run, Q4 6:51–Q4 6:30

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Luka Doncic makes driving layup (Q3 11:29, MIN 45, LAL 47).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	21	24	23	38		106
LAL	16	29	39	36		120

🧮 How They Scored

MINLAL

42Points in the paint56

8Fast-break points9

11Second-chance points18

4Points off turnovers20

61Bench points27

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.5%Effective FG%54.3%

10.6%Turnover %5.4%

19.5%Offensive rebound %28.6%

0.350Free-throw rate0.280

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donte DiVincenzo G	32	8	5	2	1	0	1	3-9	2-6	0-0	-15
Anthony Edwards G	31	14	2	4	1	1	2	2-15	1-10	9-10	-15
Rudy Gobert C	27	3	12	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	3-6	-11
Julius Randle F	26	14	7	2	0	0	2	5-11	1-5	3-3	-11
Jaden McDaniels F	26	6	2	0	1	0	2	3-9	0-5	0-0	-10
Naz Reid F-C	25	13	6	1	0	2	2	6-11	1-5	0-0	-12
Ayo Dosunmu G	19	13	2	1	0	0	2	6-8	0-2	1-2	-12
Nah'Shon Hyland G	16	11	0	3	0	1	0	3-5	2-4	3-3	-2
Kyle Anderson F	15	5	6	3	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	1-2	-6
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	7	12	0	1	0	0	0	4-6	2-2	2-2	+4
Jaylen Clark G	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+5
Julian Phillips F	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Joe Ingles F	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Joan Beringer F	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves G	38	31	7	8	0	0	1	10-20	4-10	7-9	+18
Luka Doncic F-G	35	31	11	11	2	1	4	11-24	4-12	5-6	+20
Deandre Ayton C	34	14	12	2	1	0	0	7-11	0-0	0-2	+10
Marcus Smart G	31	8	2	1	2	0	0	3-7	1-4	1-1	+14
Luke Kennard G	26	10	2	2	0	1	0	5-8	0-2	0-0	+2
Rui Hachimura F	25	9	1	1	0	0	0	4-8	1-4	0-0	+3
Jake LaRavia F	25	8	7	4	2	0	0	1-7	0-2	6-8	+13
Jarred Vanderbilt F	15	4	4	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	-1
Drew Timme F	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1
Kobe Bufkin G	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Bronny James G	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Dalton Knecht F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Adou Thiero G	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	26	14	56.8	23.0	-21.2	13.8
Anthony Edwards	Starter	31	14	36.1	30.6	-25.7	2.3
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	32	8	44.4	13.9	-24.2	4.6
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	26	6	33.3	18.0	-18.9	-2.4
Rudy Gobert	Starter	27	3	41.2	6.3	-21.2	9.0
Naz Reid	Bench	25	13	59.1	24.1	-20.5	9.3
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	19	13	73.2	26.2	-27.2	6.8
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	07	12	87.2	38.9	+25.0	21.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	16	11	87.0	17.1	-10.9	16.4
Kyle Anderson	Bench	15	5	86.8	9.1	-19.4	13.6
Jaylen Clark	Bench	04	5	125.0	22.2	+40.3	16.1
Julian Phillips	Bench	04	2	100.0	11.1	+40.3	16.1
Mike Conley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	+40.3	3.2
Joan Beringer	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	+40.3	3.2

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Starter	35	31	58.2	37.0	+26.9	28.7
Austin Reaves	Starter	38	31	64.7	27.0	+25.8	19.1
Deandre Ayton	Starter	34	14	58.9	15.4	+18.6	12.7
Rui Hachimura	Starter	25	9	56.3	15.4	+8.7	2.2
Marcus Smart	Starter	31	8	53.8	9.9	+21.9	5.1
Luke Kennard	Bench	26	10	62.5	12.1	+1.3	5.5
Jake LaRavia	Bench	25	8	38.0	16.7	+20.5	8.4
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	15	4	40.0	12.5	-7.4	4.4
Drew Timme	Bench	03	3	150.0	14.3	-14.3	13.3
Kobe Bufkin	Bench	02	2	50.0	40.0	-40.0	7.1
Maxi Kleber	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalton Knecht	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-40.0	0.0
Bronny James	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-40.0	7.1
Adou Thiero	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	-40.0	0.0