POSTGAME NOTES
ORLANDO MAGIC 132 (44-36), MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 120 (47-33)
APRIL 8, 2026
Timberwolves Notes
Player Notes
• In 31:10 minutes of action, Terrence Shannon Jr came off the bench to lead the Timberwolves tonight with a game-high and career-high 33 points on 11-of-14 shooting, including a career-high 5-of-7 from three and five assists, marking his first 30+ point game of his season. Shannon Jr is the third player in franchise history to come off the bench and record 30+ points and 5+ assists and the first to do so since Dec. 11, 2019.
Timberwolves Reserve Players to Record 30+ Points and 5+ Assists
Terrence Shannon Jr April 8, 2026 at Orlando 33 points and five assists
Jeff Teague Dec. 11, 2019 vs. Utah 32 points and six assists
Wally Szczerbiak Jan. 21, 2005 at Seattle 34 points and eight assists
• Additionally, Shannon Jr is just the seventh player in NBA history to come off the bench and record 30+ points and five assists while shooting 75.0%+ from the field and knocking down 5+ threes and the first player in franchise history to do so.
• Shannon Jr scored 20 points in the fourth quarter of tonight’s game, marking a career-high for points in a quarter. He joins James Robinson (Dec. 30, 1996 – 23 points; fourth quarter) as the only players in franchise history to come off the bench and score 20+ points in a quarter.
• Making his third start this season (77th career), Naz Reid finished the night with 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting, five rebounds, a game-high and season-high-tying three steals and two blocks, marking his 33rd 15+ point game this (148th career) and his 26th 15+ point/5+ rebound game this season (109th career).
• Reid’s two blocks on the night gave him 78 blocks on the season and his lone three-point make moved his season total to 162 made threes. He becomes the only player in franchise history to record 75+ blocks and 160+ threes in a single season and just one of 13 players in NBA history to do so since the 1971-72 season.
• After missing the last six games due to injury, Jaden McDaniels returned to the starting lineup tonight, finishing with 18 points on 8-of-16 shooting, marking his 39th 15+ point game of the season (118th career) and his 30th such game this season shooting 50.0%+ (95th career).
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
