POSTGAME NOTES
SAN ANTONIO SPURS 133 (1-1), MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 95 (1-1)
May 6, 2026
Timberwolves Notes
Player Notes
• Jaden McDaniels led the Timberwolves tonight with a team-high-tying 12 points on 6-of-10 shooting, three rebounds and four assists, marking his playoff-career-best eight consecutive 10+ point game of this year’s playoffs (30th playoff career). McDaniels joins Kevin Garnett and Anthony Edwards as the only players in franchise history to score 10+ points in 30+ playoff games.
• McDaniels’ 12 points in tonight’s game gave him 606 career points in the playoffs, moving him past Karl-Anthony Towns (603) for the third-most points in franchise playoff history.
• Rudy Gobert ended the night with five points and 10 rebounds, marking his sixth 10+ point rebound game of this year’s playoffs and the 56th such playoff game of his career, the sixth most 10+ rebound playoff games among all active NBA players.
• With McDaniels recording one offensive rebound and Gobert recording four offensive rebounds, each player continued their streaks of consecutive playoff games with at least one offensive rebound. McDaniels has now recorded one offensive board in 15 consecutive playoff games, the third longest streak in franchise history and Gobert has recorded at least one offensive rebound in 13 consecutive playoff games, tied for the fifth longest streak in franchise history.
Timberwolves, Most Consecutive Games with 1+ Offensive Rebounds – All-Time (Postseason Only – Spans Seasons)
Player Streak Span
Rudy Gobert 18 April 16, 2023 – May 26, 2024
Karl-Anthony Towns 17 April 15, 2018 – April 20, 2024
Jaden McDaniels 15 May 12, 2025 – **ACTIVE** (Includes tonight)
Kevin Garnett 14 April 24, 1997 – April 26, 2000
Kevin Garnett 13 April 30, 2001 – April 24, 2004
Rudy Gobert 13 May 20, 2025 – **ACTIVE (Includes tonight)
• Playing in his franchise record 48th career playoff game, Edwards added a team-high-tying 12 points. In knocking down one shot from deep, Edwards has now made a three-pointer in 16 straight postseason games, the longest such streak in franchise playoff history and the 11th longest active streak in the NBA.
• In 21:27 minutes of action off the bench, Naz Reid finished with 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 3-of- 4 from deep and seven rebounds, marking his fifth consecutive and sixth overall 10+ point/5+ rebound game off the bench of this year’s playoffs (17th playoff career). Reid’s five consecutive 10+ point/5+ rebound playoff games off the bench mark the longest such streak in franchise history.
• Following tonight’s performance, Reid has now made 65 threes off the bench in his postseason career, passing Sasha Vucajcic for the 35th most in NBA Playoff history. Tonight also marked Reid’s 17th career playoff game with multiple three-point makes off the bench, tied for the eighth-most among all active NBA players.
• Reid recorded his 200th career playoff rebound off the bench (now at 202), becoming the 10th active NBA player with 200+ postseason rebounds off the bench.
Team Notes
• Minnesota turned 12 offensive rebounds into 21 second chance points in tonight’s game, marking the third consecutive playoff game with 20+ second chance points, the longest such streak in franchise playoff history and the 17th time doing so since the 1996-97 season.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
