Minnesota Timberwolves 125, Miami Heat 115 — Recap

January 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 125, Miami Heat 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 27-25 MIA; Q2 MIN 29-25 MIA; Q3 MIN 34-36 MIA; Q4 MIN 35-29 MIA.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 33 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 29 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Davion Mitchell (MIA) 14 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

33 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

Naz Reid

29 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 10-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

23 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 10-17 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 21 largest lead Q4 6:26 (MIN 113, MIA 92) · 12-0 run, Q1 9:28–Q1 6:39

MIA 3 largest lead Q1 10:16 (MIN 2, MIA 5) · 8-0 run, Q2 3:46–Q2 2:43

Swings 6 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q3 3:17, MIN 77, MIA 76).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	27	29	34	35		125
MIA	25	25	36	29		115

🧮 How They Scored

MINMIA

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

40Bench points45

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.6%Effective FG%55.2%

12.7%Turnover %15.7%

27.8%Offensive rebound %26.8%

0.294Free-throw rate0.253

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	39	23	10	4	1	0	3	10-17	2-6	1-1	+5
Anthony Edwards G	38	33	3	5	1	0	2	10-19	2-8	11-14	-2
Jaden McDaniels F	34	5	2	3	2	2	2	2-4	1-2	0-0	+1
Rudy Gobert C	32	13	12	1	1	0	2	5-7	0-1	3-3	+4
Donte DiVincenzo G	31	11	8	4	2	1	2	5-13	1-8	0-0	+24
Naz Reid F-C	25	29	4	3	0	2	2	10-15	4-7	5-5	+11
Nah'Shon Hyland G	21	4	0	3	1	0	0	2-6	0-4	0-0	+16
Mike Conley G	15	5	1	3	1	0	1	1-2	1-2	2-2	-3
Jaylen Clark G	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-6

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Davion Mitchell G	34	14	3	6	0	0	4	6-10	2-4	0-0	-7
Bam Adebayo C-F	34	12	9	4	0	1	4	5-13	1-3	1-2	-9
Kel'el Ware C	29	11	8	1	0	1	1	4-7	1-3	2-2	0
Nikola Jovic F	28	14	3	4	1	0	3	4-7	1-3	5-5	-19
Andrew Wiggins F-G	28	12	2	3	2	0	1	4-12	2-7	2-2	-7
Norman Powell F-G	25	21	1	1	1	0	2	6-13	2-6	7-8	-6
Kasparas Jakučionis G	17	3	4	3	0	0	1	1-3	1-1	0-0	+5
Simone Fontecchio F	16	9	3	1	2	0	1	3-8	3-8	0-1	-20
Dru Smith G	14	6	0	1	0	0	0	2-6	0-1	2-2	-3
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	10	6	3	1	1	0	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+8
Myron Gardner F	5	7	1	2	0	0	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	+8

🔬 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	38	33	65.6	29.3	-1.0	16.8
Julius Randle	Starter	39	23	65.9	22.0	+4.7	14.1
Rudy Gobert	Starter	32	13	78.1	12.7	+7.2	11.5
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	31	11	42.3	20.3	+33.3	7.0
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	34	5	62.5	7.3	+1.4	3.9
Naz Reid	Bench	25	29	84.3	35.8	+22.4	25.1
Mike Conley	Bench	15	5	86.8	11.8	-6.0	8.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	21	4	33.3	13.6	+39.0	2.7
Jaylen Clark	Bench	05	2	50.0	18.2	-60.0	6.9
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Juzang	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rob Dillingham	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Norman Powell	Starter	25	21	63.6	31.6	-13.9	13.8
Davion Mitchell	Starter	34	14	70.0	16.9	-9.5	8.1
Bam Adebayo	Starter	34	12	43.2	21.0	-12.9	6.5
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	28	12	46.6	20.0	-12.3	2.8
Kel'el Ware	Starter	29	11	69.8	12.0	+1.8	8.7
Nikola Jovic	Bench	28	14	76.1	18.5	-36.5	10.5
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	16	9	53.3	22.5	-51.1	6.4
Myron Gardner	Bench	05	7	116.7	23.1	+89.1	38.0
Dru Smith	Bench	14	6	43.6	20.6	-11.5	4.7
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	10	6	60.0	22.2	+29.1	22.0
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	17	3	50.0	9.3	+6.9	5.4
Tyler Herro	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pelle Larsson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0