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Minnesota Timberwolves 97, San Antonio Spurs 126 — Recap

May 12, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Minnesota Timberwolves 97, San Antonio Spurs 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 30-34 SAS; Q2 MIN 17-25 SAS; Q3 MIN 26-32 SAS; Q4 MIN 24-35 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Victor Wembanyama (SAS) 27 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Keldon Johnson (SAS) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; De'Aaron Fox (SAS) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAS

Victor Wembanyama

27 PTS, 17 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · SAS

Keldon Johnson

21 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 8-11 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

20 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 6-13 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 2 largest lead Q1 10:19 (MIN 5, SAS 3) · 10-0 run, Q1 3:21–Q1 2:07

SAS 30 largest lead Q4 1:19 (MIN 93, SAS 123) · 11-0 run, Q4 3:39–Q4 1:19

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Julian Champagnie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Victor Wembanyama assists) (Q3 7:10, MIN 61, SAS 64).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	30	17	26	24		97
SAS	34	25	32	35		126

🧮 How They Scored

MINSAS

36Points in the paint68

15Fast-break points19

12Second-chance points13

18Points off turnovers19

23Bench points44

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.0%Effective FG%59.0%

11.9%Turnover %12.9%

20.4%Offensive rebound %25.6%

0.361Free-throw rate0.303

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	39	20	2	2	0	0	4	6-13	1-3	7-7	-9
Julius Randle F	36	17	10	1	0	0	0	6-17	0-4	5-7	-22
Ayo Dosunmu G	33	16	9	4	3	2	2	7-14	1-4	1-2	-20
Naz Reid F-C	31	12	5	2	1	0	0	4-10	3-7	1-2	-21
Jaden McDaniels F	30	17	6	2	1	0	2	6-13	3-7	2-2	-12
Rudy Gobert C	23	4	5	0	2	1	1	1-4	0-0	2-2	-15
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	18	2	0	4	0	0	2	0-5	0-4	2-2	-5
Mike Conley G	15	5	1	2	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-6
Joan Beringer F	3	3	3	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-0	3-4	-7
Kyle Anderson F	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	1-2	-7
Nah'Shon Hyland G	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7
Jaylen Clark G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Julian Phillips F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
De'Aaron Fox G	35	18	4	5	0	0	1	6-15	1-4	5-5	+24
Victor Wembanyama F-C	33	27	17	5	0	3	4	9-16	2-5	7-9	+24
Devin Vassell G-F	32	12	3	2	0	1	1	4-10	2-7	2-3	+22
Julian Champagnie F	29	8	4	0	2	0	0	3-9	2-8	0-0	+15
Stephon Castle G	27	17	4	6	2	1	4	8-11	0-1	1-3	+4
Dylan Harper G	25	12	10	2	1	1	2	5-10	0-1	2-2	+13
Keldon Johnson F	22	21	2	0	2	1	2	8-11	1-3	4-5	+17
Carter Bryant F	13	3	4	2	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+9
Luke Kornet F-C	11	0	0	0	2	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Harrison Barnes F	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Jordan McLaughlin G	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7
Lindy Waters III F	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	+4
Kelly Olynyk F	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+4
Bismack Biyombo C	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 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	39	20	62.2	21.1	-13.1	9.1
Julius Randle	Starter	36	17	42.3	22.7	-29.7	7.5
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	30	17	61.2	22.2	-18.2	10.1
Ayo Dosunmu	Starter	33	16	53.8	22.4	-29.0	15.6
Rudy Gobert	Starter	23	4	41.0	11.8	-35.4	3.7
Naz Reid	Bench	31	12	55.1	14.9	-31.3	7.4
Mike Conley	Bench	15	5	83.3	8.8	-18.8	9.2
Joan Beringer	Bench	03	3	54.3	44.4	-87.5	20.0
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	18	2	17.0	18.2	-9.6	-6.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	03	1	26.6	22.2	-87.5	-6.7
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	03	0	0.0	22.2	-87.5	-6.7
Jaylen Clark	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	-87.5	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	03	0	0.0	11.1	-87.5	-6.7

San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Victor Wembanyama	Starter	33	27	67.6	28.6	+36.7	27.8
De'Aaron Fox	Starter	35	18	52.3	21.7	+31.6	11.2
Stephon Castle	Starter	27	17	69.0	25.4	+4.9	15.8
Devin Vassell	Starter	32	12	53.0	15.6	+31.0	5.0
Julian Champagnie	Starter	29	8	44.4	13.0	+26.2	2.6
Keldon Johnson	Bench	22	21	79.5	27.8	+38.2	17.1
Dylan Harper	Bench	25	12	55.1	20.0	+23.6	14.9
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	02	3	150.0	16.7	+53.3	25.0
Lindy Waters III	Bench	02	3	75.0	33.3	+53.3	16.7
Carter Bryant	Bench	13	3	150.0	6.3	+32.4	16.7
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	02	2	50.0	33.3	+53.3	0.0
Harrison Barnes	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.5
Luke Kornet	Bench	11	0	0.0	3.6	-4.0	1.4
Mason Plumlee	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+87.5	13.3

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series MIN 4 – 4 SAS

Last 26 meetings · since 2020-21 MIN 16 – 10 SAS

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Minnesota Timberwolves Next game recap: vs SAS · Fri, May 15

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