POSTGAME NOTES
LOS ANGELES LAKERS 116 (3-2), MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 115 (2-3)
October 29, 2025
Timberwolves Notes
Player Notes
• Julius Randle led the way for the Timberwolves tonight with a game-high 33 points on 10-of-20 shooting, including 4-of-7 from deep, five rebounds, a team-high-tying six assists and a steal, for his second 30+ point game this season (87th career) and his first 30+ point/5+ rebound/5+ assist performance of the season (39th career).
• Randle scored 22 of his 33 points in the first half of tonight’s contest, marking his second 20+ point half of the season (65th career). Randle has now scored 133 points through the first five games of the 2025-26 season, his most points to begin a regular season campaign in his career.
Randle’s Most Points Scored Through the First Five Games
1. 133 points, Oct. 22 – 29, 2025
2. 116 points, Oct. 22 – Nov. 1, 2024
3. 110 points, Oct. 20 – 28, 2021 and Dec. 21 – 31, 2020
• Randle is just the fifth player in Timberwolves history to record 120+ points on 50.0 FG% or better through the first five games of a season.
Players with 120+ points on 50.0+% FG% Through the First Five Games (Franchise History)
1. Karl-Anthony Towns, Oct. 23 – Nov. 6, 2019: 134 points, 51.7 FG%
2. Julius Randle, Oct. 22 – 29, 2025: 133 points, 54.9 FG%
3. Anthony Edwards, Oct. 25 – Nov. 4, 2023: 131, 50.0 FG%
4. Karl-Anthony Towns, Oct. 20 – Oct. 30, 2021: 126 points, 53.0 FG%
5. Kevin Garnett, Nov. 3 – 11, 2004: 124 points, 50.5 FG%
• Jaden McDaniels finished the night with a career-high-tying 30 points on 11-of-19 shooting, including 3-of-4 from three, and a team-high seven rebounds, marking his first 30+ point game this season (second career). Tonight’s outing also marked McDaniels’ first 30+ point/5+ rebound game this season (second career).
• With Randle scoring 33 points and McDaniels adding 30 points in tonight’s game, it marked the 40th time in franchise history two players scored 30+ points in the same game. Tonight marked the fifth instance of a pair of Timberwolves players finishing with 30+ points/5+ rebounds on 50.0+% from the field since 2018.
• Mike Conley closed the contest with eight points on 3-of-6 shooting, including 2-of-4 from beyond the arc, four rebounds, a team-high-tying six assists, a game-high three steals and a game-high-tying two blocks. Conley becomes just the seventh player in NBA history to record 5+ points/5+ assists/3+ steals/2+blocks aged 38 or older.
5+ Points/5+ Assists/3+ Steals/2+ Blocks, Aged 38 or Older (NBA History)
Karl Malone – Five Games
John Stockton – One Game
Hakeem Olajuwon – One Game
Clifford Robinson – One Game
Jason Kidd – One Game
Tim Duncan – One Game
Mike Conley – One Game
Team Notes
• Led by Conley, Donte DiVincenzo and Randle, who each had six assists, the Timberwolves finished the game with a season-high 30 assists. Last season, the Wolves dished out 30+ assists 17 times and were 13-4 when doing so. Tonight marks the 90th game in which Minnesota has collected 30+ assists in the Chris Finch era (Feb. 22, 2021).
• The Timberwolves finished with 115 points tonight, marking the first time in franchise history that Minnesota has scored at least 110 games in each of the first five games of a season.
• Minnesota finished the night shooting a season-high 50.0% from the field (41-of-82) and a season-high-tying 50.0% from three (15-of-30). Tonight marks the first time this season the Wolves shot both 50.0%+ from the field and from three and the fifth time doing so since the start of last season.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
