POSTGAME NOTES
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 124 (47-32), INDIANA PACERS 104 (18-61)
APRIL 7, 2026
Timberwolves Notes
Player Notes
• Ayo Dosunmu led the way for the Timberwolves tonight with a game-high 24 points on 10-of-17 shooting, five rebounds and three steals, marking his 14th 20+ point game of the season (38th career) and his fourth such game with 5+ rebounds (13th career). Since joining Minnesota on Feb. 4, Dosunmu has recorded three 20+ point games and two 20+ point/5+ rebound games.
• Following tonight’s 24-point output, Dosunmu has totaled 1,007 points this season, the first time reaching the 1,000-point milestone in his career.
• Bones Hyland recorded 20:40 minutes of action off the bench tonight, finishing with 19 points on 5-of-9 shooting, including 4-of-7 from three, four rebounds and a game-high seven assists, marking his 25th 10+ point game off the bench this season (99th career). Tonight marks his third consecutive game with 4+ made threes, the longest such streak of his career.
• Tonight also marked the 14th game this season in which Hyland has recorded 5+ assists (40th career), the most games in a single season in his career.
• In 23:47 minutes of action off the bench, Naz Reid added 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-5 from three and two steals, marking his 53rd 10+ point game off the bench this season (235th career), the third-most 10+ point games off the bench in the NBA this season. Reid’s 235 career 10+ point games off the bench are the most in franchise history, 96 more such games than any other player in franchise history (Sam Mitchell: 139).
• Tonight marked the 16th game this season in which both Hyland and Reid have scored 10+ points off the bench, the third most among duos off the bench in the NBA this season.
Duos Each Scoring 10+ Points Each Off the Bench This Season
Players Team Games
Keldon Johnson & Dylan Harper San Antonio 27
Jaime Jaquez Jr. & Kel’el Ware Miami 17
Naz Reid & Bones Hyland Minnesota 16
• Julius Randle ended the night with 19 points and four assists, marking his 63rd 15+ point game of the season (555th career) and his 115th such game in a Timberwolves uniform.
Team Notes
• Following tonight’s win, the Timberwolves improve to 8-2 (.800) against the Pacers since the 2021-22 season, tied with Miami (8-2; .800) for their best winning percentage against a single opponent during that span.
• After defeating the Pacers in Minnesota on Oct. 26, tonight’s win gives Minnesota their fourth season series sweep over Indiana in the last five seasons.
• Tonight’s 124-104 win marked Minnesota’s 13th 20+ point win of the season, the second most 20+ point wins in a single season in team history (14 in 2023-24).
• Led by Jaylen Clark, who recorded a game-high four steals, the Wolves ended the night with 16 steals, marking the fifth game this season in which they tallied 15+ steals. Minnesota recorded 11 of their steals in the first half of tonight’s game, tying a season-high for steals in a single half of a game this season (Jan. 28 at Dallas; first half).
• At halftime, the Wolves had forced the Pacers into 16 turnovers, marking a season-high for forced turnovers in a single half.
• Minnesota finished the night shooting 51.7% (46-of-89), marking the 29th game this season in which they shot 50.0%+ from the field, moving to 26-3 when doing so. The Wolves’ 29 such games are tied for the seventh most such games in the NBA this season and the fourth most in any single season in franchise history.
• The Wolves finished the night with 34 points off turnovers, the third most this season and fifth time this season scoring 30+ points off turnovers.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
