POSTGAME NOTES
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 116 (42-27), PHOENIX SUNS 104 (39-30)
MARCH 17, 2026
Timberwolves Notes
Player Notes
• Julius Randle led the way for the Timberwolves tonight, finishing with 32 points on 10-of-17 shooting, including 2-of-3 from deep and seven rebounds, marking his second consecutive and his 12th 30+ point game this season (97th career). This is the second time this season Randle has strung together back-to-back 30+ point performances (16th career) and the first time doing so since scoring 33 points vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 29 and 30 points in Charlotte on Nov. 1.
• Bones Hyland came off the bench to log 28:53 minutes of action, finishing with 22 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including 4-of-8 from three and five assists, marking his fourth 20+ point game of the season (22nd career).
• Tonight marked Hyland’s second game this season coming off the bench to record 20+ points and 5+ assists with 4+ made threes, becoming just the ninth player in the NBA this season to record multiple such games.
• Rudy Gobert added nine points, a game-high 19 rebounds and a game-high-tying four blocks, marking his 14th 15+ rebound game of the season (244th career) and his 11th such game this season with multiple blocks (169th career). Gobert ranks third in the NBA with 14 15+ rebound games, trailing only Donovan Clingan (18) and Nikola Jokić (15).
• Tonight marked Gobert’s second game this season with at least 15+ rebounds and four or more blocks and the 55th such game of his career. Gobert is one of 11 players in NBA history to record 55 or more games with 15+ rebounds and 4+ blocks.
• Naz Reid added 11 points on 3-of-5 shooting, five assists and a game-high-tying and season-high four blocks, marking the third game of his career off the bench with 10+ points/5+ assists/2+ blocks, all of which have come this season. Reid’s three games with 10+ points/5+ assists/2+ blocks off the bench are the most in the NBA this season.
• With Gobert and Reid each recording four blocks in tonight’s win, the Timberwolves became just the fourth team in the NBA this season to have two players record 4+ blocks in the same game. It was the 16th time in franchise history two players had 4+ blocks and the first time since Oct. 25, 2023 (Gobert: four blocks and Karl-Anthony Towns: four blocks).
• Making his first start of his Timberwolves career (11th of the season and 165th career), Ayo Dosunmu finished the night with 19 points and five rebounds, marking his 29th 15+ point game of the season (90th career) and his third such game with 5+ assists (22nd career).
• In 24:32 minutes off the bench, Kyle Anderson finished with seven points on 3-of-4 shooting, five rebounds and a team-high six assists, marking his fourth 5+ point/5+ rebound/5+ assist game off the bench this season and his first such game in a Timberwolves jersey (23rd career). This marked Anderson’s 11th 5+ point/5+ rebound/5+ assist game off the bench in his two stints with the Wolves, no other player in franchise history has recorded more than six such games.
Team Notes
• Following tonight’s win, the Timberwolves improve to 6-3 at Target Center on St. Patrick’s Day.
• The Timberwolves ended the night shooting 51.2% (43-of-84) from the field, marking the third time in their last four outings and the 26th time overall this season in which Minnesota shot 50.0%+ from the field, improving to 23-3 when doing so. Minnesota has shot 50.0%+ from the field five times during the month of March, tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for the most such games in the NBA. The Wolves are currently averaging 48.5% from the field this season, the third-best mark in the NBA.
• Minnesota secured the victory against the Suns tonight after Phoenix played the Celtics in Boston last night. The Timberwolves are now 7-1 (.875) at home when facing an opponent in the second leg of a back-to-back this season, the best mark in the NBA.
• After trailing by 11 points (18-7) at the 7:33 mark of the first quarter, the Wolves outscored the Suns the rest of the way to pull off their 12th double-digit comeback of the season. The Wolves’ 12 double-digit comeback wins are tied for the most such wins by a Western Conference team this season.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
