SPOSTGAME NOTES
SAN ANTONIO SPURS 115 (2-1), MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 108 (1-2)
May 8, 2026
Timberwolves Notes
Player Notes
• Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves tonight with a team-high 32 points, a playoff-career-high-tying 14 rebounds and a team-high six assists, marking his second 30+ point game of this year’s playoffs (17th playoff career). Edwards (24 years, 276 days) became the seventh player in NBA history to record 17 or more 30+ point playoff games before turning 25 years old.
• Tonight also marked Edwards’ first career playoff game with 30+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ assists, joining Kevin Garnett (April 22, 2003 vs. Los Angeles Lakers: 35 points, 20 rebounds and seven assists) as the only players in franchise history to record such a stat line in a playoff game.
• After finishing tonight’s game with 32 points, Edwards has now passed Magic Johnson for seventh on the all-time postseason points list before turning 25 years old:
Player Points
Kobe Bryant, LAL 2,155
LeBron James, CLE 1,761
.Jayson Tatum, BOS 1,693
Tony Parker, SAS 1,547
Kevin Durant, OKC 1,546
Dwyane Wade, MIA 1,272
Anthony Edwards, MIN 1,266
Magic Johnson, LAL 1,237
• In 31:58 minutes off the bench, Naz Reid finished the night with 18 points on 6-of-13, including 4-of-8 from the three-point line, nine rebounds, five assists and two blocks, marking his first career playoff game with 15+ points/5+ rebounds/5+ assists/2+ blocks. Reid became the first player in franchise history to record such a stat line off the bench in a playoff game and just the 12th player in NBA Playoff history to do so.
• Tonight marked Reid’s eighth game of this year’s playoffs with 5+ rebounds off the bench, more than any other player in the NBA this postseason.
Team Notes
• The Wolves finished the night with 54 rebounds, marking their fourth game this postseason with 50+ rebounds, the most of any team in this year’s playoffs. Minnesota leads all playoff teams, averaging 47.3 rebounds per game.
• 15 of Minnesota’s 54 rebounds came on the offensive glass tonight, marking their franchise-record sixth consecutive playoff game with 10+ offensive rebounds.
• With the game being tied 54-54 at halftime Minnesota became the first team in NBA Playoff history to finish the first half tied 4+ times in a single postseason (Games 1 and 2 vs. Denver and Game 1 vs. San Antonio).
• Minnesota finished the night with 30 second chance points, tying the franchise playoff record for most second chance points (May 26, 2025 vs. Oklahoma City). Tonight marked the Wolves’ fourth consecutive playoff game with 20+ second chance points.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
