New York Knicks 104, Minnesota Timberwolves 115 — Recap

December 23, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 104, Minnesota Timberwolves 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 28-31 MIN; Q2 NYK 24-27 MIN; Q3 NYK 27-27 MIN; Q4 NYK 25-30 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 40 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 14-of-24 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 38 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 15-of-27 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists on 10-of-20 shooting; Tyler Kolek (NYK) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

40 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 14-24 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

38 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 15-27 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

25 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 10-20 FG

Season highs

Karl-Anthony Towns · Season-high 40 pointsTyler Kolek · Season-high 20 pointsTyler Kolek · Season-high 11 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

NYK 4 largest lead Q1 3:26 (NYK 24, MIN 20) · 10-0 run, Q2 5:00–Q2 3:25

MIN 17 largest lead Q4 4:12 (NYK 92, MIN 109) · 13-0 run, Q2 10:37–Q2 7:43

Swings 10 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Anthony Edwards makes 16-foot step back jumpshot (Q3 4:07, NYK 71, MIN 73).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	28	24	27	25		104
MIN	31	27	27	30		115

🧮 How They Scored

NYKMIN

54Points in the paint42

16Fast-break points20

25Second-chance points17

20Points off turnovers24

15Bench points22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.0%Effective FG%53.2%

15.2%Turnover %9.6%

36.0%Offensive rebound %21.3%

0.152Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	42	12	15	8	2	0	6	5-14	1-3	1-1	-5
Mikal Bridges F	38	15	3	0	0	0	1	7-16	1-6	0-1	+3
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	40	13	1	1	0	5	14-24	3-6	9-11	+6
Tyler Kolek G	31	20	11	8	3	0	2	9-22	2-6	0-0	-8
Jordan Clarkson G	30	10	1	1	0	0	1	3-11	3-5	1-2	-9
Mitchell Robinson C	26	2	7	1	1	2	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	-15
Ariel Hukporti C	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-1
Pacome Dadiet F	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0
Mohamed Diawara F	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-15
Kevin McCullar Jr. G	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Rudy Gobert C	38	11	16	2	2	3	1	4-6	0-0	3-4	+10
Anthony Edwards G	37	38	2	2	4	1	1	15-27	4-10	4-6	-2
Julius Randle F	33	25	6	3	1	0	3	10-20	0-4	5-5	+1
Donte DiVincenzo G	32	11	2	8	2	0	1	3-9	3-7	2-4	-11
Mike Conley G	30	8	1	2	2	1	0	2-6	2-6	2-2	+4
Nah'Shon Hyland G	25	9	3	4	1	2	1	3-10	3-9	0-0	+24
Naz Reid F-C	25	8	11	1	0	2	1	3-12	2-9	0-0	+11
Jaylen Clark G	14	5	1	3	0	0	2	2-2	1-1	0-2	+11
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+7

🔬 Advanced Stats

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	34	40	69.3	34.7	+9.2	23.0
Tyler Kolek	Starter	31	20	45.5	28.6	-11.6	18.7
Mikal Bridges	Starter	38	15	45.6	17.0	+5.0	5.1
Josh Hart	Starter	42	12	41.6	17.9	-3.0	9.7
Mitchell Robinson	Starter	26	2	25.0	8.7	-25.0	0.9
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	30	10	42.1	16.5	-12.0	0.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	10	3	50.0	13.6	-60.2	4.9
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	12	2	33.3	13.3	+3.4	-6.3
Trey Jemison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	11	0	0.0	7.4	0.0	-3.1
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Bench	05	0	0.0	12.5	-137.5	-7.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Starter	37	38	64.1	34.1	-3.8	19.1
Julius Randle	Starter	33	25	56.3	31.3	+1.4	13.3
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	32	11	51.1	15.6	-14.2	9.3
Rudy Gobert	Starter	38	11	70.9	8.7	+11.2	15.3
Mike Conley	Starter	30	8	58.1	10.4	+6.7	6.2
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	25	9	45.0	16.7	+42.9	8.2
Naz Reid	Bench	25	8	33.3	20.0	+16.8	11.9
Jaylen Clark	Bench	14	5	86.8	14.7	+37.9	8.8
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
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	06	0	0.0	11.8	+39.3	-7.4
Joan Beringer	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0