Minnesota Timberwolves 141, Washington Wizards 115 — Recap

January 4, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 141, Washington Wizards 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 38-28 WAS; Q2 MIN 35-30 WAS; Q3 MIN 35-21 WAS; Q4 MIN 33-36 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 35 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 14-of-21 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; CJ McCollum (WAS) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 18 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists on 8-of-10 shooting; Tre Johnson (WAS) 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 3-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

35 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 14-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

22 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · WAS

CJ McCollum

20 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 37 largest lead Q4 10:32 (MIN 118, WAS 81) · 10-0 run, Q3 2:43–Q3 1:10

WAS 3 largest lead Q1 10:34 (MIN 2, WAS 5) · 9-0 run, Q4 1:45–Q4 0:43

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Jaden McDaniels makes 3-foot layup (Anthony Edwards assists) (Q1 7:28, MIN 14, WAS 12).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	38	35	35	33		141
WAS	28	30	21	36		115

🧮 How They Scored

MINWAS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

49Bench points59

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.7%Effective FG%55.7%

11.3%Turnover %16.5%

39.5%Offensive rebound %20.9%

0.276Free-throw rate0.216

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	30	35	6	3	4	0	4	14-21	6-10	1-4	+29
Rudy Gobert C	29	18	14	0	0	4	1	8-10	0-0	2-2	+32
Jaylen Clark G	28	12	2	3	3	1	0	4-6	0-1	4-5	+19
Julius Randle F	25	22	3	4	0	0	0	9-15	1-3	3-5	+16
Donte DiVincenzo G	23	5	4	3	3	0	1	2-10	1-9	0-0	+28
Jaden McDaniels F	22	12	5	5	3	0	1	3-4	0-0	6-6	+14
Naz Reid F-C	20	9	7	3	0	1	1	4-8	0-2	1-2	+19
Nah'Shon Hyland G	15	7	2	5	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	2-2	+1
Mike Conley G	13	7	2	3	0	0	1	2-4	2-4	1-1	+10
Leonard Miller F	11	6	3	0	1	0	1	3-7	0-3	0-0	-11
Johnny Juzang G	9	6	1	0	0	0	1	3-5	0-2	0-0	-9
Joe Ingles F	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Rob Dillingham G	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	-11

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bilal Coulibaly G	28	6	4	1	0	2	0	3-6	0-2	0-0	-24
Tre Johnson G	27	13	3	3	1	0	2	3-11	1-5	6-6	-6
Alexandre Sarr C	26	7	3	4	1	0	2	3-10	1-2	0-0	-16
CJ McCollum G	22	20	3	2	1	0	3	8-12	3-4	1-1	-8
Corey Kispert F	18	13	1	0	0	0	3	4-8	2-5	3-3	-26
Khris Middleton F	18	10	2	1	1	0	0	4-6	2-4	0-0	-6
Justin Champagnie F	18	6	6	0	0	2	0	3-6	0-2	0-1	-23
Carlton Carrington G	17	7	0	4	2	0	1	2-9	1-6	2-2	-25
Marvin Bagley III F	14	6	3	0	0	0	3	3-3	0-0	0-0	-23
Will Riley F	14	6	3	1	1	0	3	2-3	0-0	2-2	-2
Tristan Vukcevic F	13	8	2	2	0	1	1	3-5	0-2	2-2	+5
AJ Johnson G	13	5	2	3	1	0	1	2-5	1-2	0-0	+6
Malaki Branham F	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	1-2	+11
Anthony Gill F	5	4	2	0	1	0	0	2-2	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
Anthony Edwards	Starter	30	35	76.9	33.3	+46.9	20.4
Julius Randle	Starter	25	22	64.0	27.4	+29.6	12.1
Rudy Gobert	Starter	29	18	82.7	14.8	+48.6	20.7
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	22	12	90.4	13.6	+29.2	18.1
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	23	5	25.0	16.9	+50.5	5.2
Jaylen Clark	Bench	28	12	73.2	11.1	+28.8	11.3
Naz Reid	Bench	20	9	50.7	17.9	+45.3	13.0
Mike Conley	Bench	13	7	78.8	15.6	+40.9	12.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	15	7	59.5	17.9	+11.2	9.3
Johnny Juzang	Bench	09	6	60.0	28.6	-42.9	8.7
Leonard Miller	Bench	11	6	42.9	29.6	-44.0	4.8
Joe Ingles	Bench	08	2	100.0	4.8	-39.8	6.7
Rob Dillingham	Bench	07	0	0.0	23.5	-64.7	-16.4

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Starter	22	20	80.4	27.8	-16.7	15.9
Tre Johnson	Starter	27	13	47.7	24.6	-8.1	5.4
Khris Middleton	Starter	18	10	83.3	14.0	-15.8	10.1
Alexandre Sarr	Starter	26	7	35.0	19.4	-23.9	2.0
Bilal Coulibaly	Starter	28	6	50.0	9.1	-40.0	3.9
Corey Kispert	Bench	18	13	69.7	26.7	-65.0	8.1
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	13	8	68.0	20.0	+19.7	12.5
Carlton Carrington	Bench	17	7	35.4	27.5	-59.4	5.5
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	14	6	100.0	18.8	-73.7	2.1
Justin Champagnie	Bench	18	6	46.6	14.0	-55.3	8.1
Will Riley	Bench	14	6	77.3	21.2	-2.6	9.4
AJ Johnson	Bench	13	5	50.0	17.1	+24.6	8.4
Anthony Gill	Bench	05	4	100.0	14.3	+64.7	23.6
Malaki Branham	Bench	07	4	69.4	15.8	+64.7	8.2