Minnesota Timberwolves 120, Orlando Magic 132 — Recap

April 8, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 120, Orlando Magic 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 32-34 ORL; Q2 MIN 21-29 ORL; Q3 MIN 30-38 ORL; Q4 MIN 37-31 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Terrence Shannon Jr. (MIN) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-14 shooting; Paolo Banchero (ORL) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Desmond Bane (ORL) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Franz Wagner (ORL) 17 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Terrence Shannon Jr.

33 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 11-14 FG

Scoring · ORL

Paolo Banchero

20 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 8-11 FG

Scoring · ORL

Desmond Bane

18 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Terrence Shannon Jr. · Season-high 33 pointsGoga Bitadze · Season-high 15 reboundsTerrence Shannon Jr. · Season-high 5 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 6 largest lead Q1 1:27 (MIN 32, ORL 26) · 8-0 run, Q3 0:21–Q4 11:34

ORL 24 largest lead Q3 0:34 (MIN 77, ORL 101) · 14-0 run, Q1 1:05–Q2 10:34

Swings 7 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Tristan da Silva makes driving layup (Q2 5:20, MIN 47, ORL 49).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	32	21	30	37		120
ORL	34	29	38	31		132

🧮 How They Scored

MINORL

50Points in the paint62

16Fast-break points8

14Second-chance points26

19Points off turnovers26

60Bench points62

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.0%Effective FG%60.0%

14.3%Turnover %13.2%

23.7%Offensive rebound %44.2%

0.156Free-throw rate0.242

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Clark G	33	3	2	4	2	0	0	1-6	1-4	0-0	+4
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	31	33	2	5	0	0	2	11-14	5-7	6-6	-2
Naz Reid F-C	24	15	5	2	3	2	1	6-11	1-5	2-3	+4
Kyle Anderson F	24	8	7	2	2	2	1	3-5	0-1	2-2	-25
Julian Phillips F	24	6	2	0	0	0	1	2-9	2-6	0-0	-2
Joan Beringer F	23	9	8	1	0	2	1	4-10	0-0	1-1	-5
Nah'Shon Hyland G	23	9	1	0	1	1	5	3-8	3-7	0-0	-6
Donte DiVincenzo G	21	12	0	2	0	0	1	4-7	4-7	0-0	-15
Jaden McDaniels F	19	18	2	2	1	0	2	8-16	1-5	1-2	-13
Joe Ingles F	18	7	4	4	1	0	2	3-4	1-2	0-0	0

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane G	30	18	4	6	1	0	4	7-13	1-4	3-3	+22
Paolo Banchero F	29	20	8	6	1	0	2	8-11	1-1	3-5	+12
Jalen Suggs G	25	11	0	4	2	0	2	4-6	3-5	0-0	+13
Franz Wagner F	22	17	0	2	0	1	2	7-13	1-2	2-2	+20
Goga Bitadze C	22	14	15	6	1	0	1	6-11	0-0	2-2	+21
Tristan Da Silva F	20	12	2	2	0	1	0	5-9	2-5	0-0	0
Wendell Carter Jr. F	20	4	7	1	0	1	1	2-5	0-1	0-2	+1
Jamal Cain F	16	8	2	1	0	0	0	3-8	1-3	1-1	0
Anthony Black G	16	7	5	2	0	2	3	1-4	0-2	5-6	+7
Jevon Carter G	15	11	0	2	0	0	0	4-4	3-3	0-0	+7
Moritz Wagner C	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	2-6	0-2	0-0	-10
Noah Penda G-F	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Alex Morales G	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	2-2	-10
Jase Richardson G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
Colin Castleton C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	19	18	53.3	39.6	-27.8	11.1
Naz Reid	Starter	24	15	60.9	22.8	+5.4	14.8
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	21	12	85.7	16.3	-30.3	6.8
Kyle Anderson	Starter	24	8	68.0	11.7	-49.0	11.2
Joe Ingles	Starter	18	7	87.5	14.3	+6.3	14.6
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	31	33	99.2	26.0	-3.1	23.7
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	23	9	56.3	22.8	-7.3	0.5
Joan Beringer	Bench	23	9	43.1	20.8	-7.9	4.6
Julian Phillips	Bench	24	6	33.3	18.5	-1.5	-1.8
Jaylen Clark	Bench	33	3	25.0	7.6	+2.1	1.9
Enrique Freeman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rocco Zikarsky	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Paolo Banchero	Starter	29	20	75.8	20.5	+16.8	20.1
Desmond Bane	Starter	30	18	62.8	21.5	+29.6	10.3
Franz Wagner	Starter	22	17	61.2	26.7	+37.3	9.1
Jalen Suggs	Starter	25	11	91.7	13.3	+24.1	10.9
Wendell Carter Jr.	Starter	20	4	34.0	15.2	+2.4	3.0
Goga Bitadze	Bench	22	14	58.9	20.0	+45.7	24.0
Tristan Da Silva	Bench	20	12	66.7	18.8	+2.9	14.2
Jevon Carter	Bench	15	11	137.5	9.5	+22.6	17.2
Jamal Cain	Bench	16	8	47.4	19.5	-3.4	6.4
Anthony Black	Bench	16	7	52.7	21.7	+20.0	3.2
Moritz Wagner	Bench	7	4	33.3	37.5	-69.2	10.3
Colin Castleton	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	-116.7	3.7
Jase Richardson	Bench	04	0	0.0	9.1	-100.0	-5.4
Noah Penda	Bench	07	0	0.0	5.9	-61.5	-6.3