POSTGAME NOTES
Minnesota Timberwolves 103 (19-10), Milwaukee Bucks 100 (11-18)
December 21, 2025
Timberwolves Notes
Player Notes
• Anthony Edwards led Minnesota to win over Milwaukee tonight with a game-high-tying 24 points, four rebounds, and six assists, marking his 16th 20+ point game of the season (271st career) and his 11th 20+ point/5+ assist performance this year (181st career).
• Edwards attempted 12 shots from the line tonight, his sixth game this season with at least 10 free throw attempts (58th career).
• Rudy Gobert closed tonight’s victory with 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting, a season-high-tying and game-high 18 rebounds, marking his fourth 15+ rebound double-double game of the season (200th career), his 11th double-double this year (488th career) and his fifth 15+ rebound game of the season (235th career). Gobert has the second most 10+ point/15+ rebound performances in the NBA since entering the league in the 2013 NBA Draft (Andre Drummond: 289).
• Gobert has now hauled in 10+ rebounds in five straight games, the 40th time in his career he’s had a streak of double-figure rebounds in five or more games.
• Gobert grabbed his second rebound of the night with 6:10 remaining in the first quarter and brought his career total to 10,000 boards (currently at 10,016 rebounds). He is the eighth fastest player in NBA history to reach the 10,000 mark, doing so in his 858th career appearance. Gobert is only the fifth active NBA player to reach this milestone.
Active NBA Players with 10,000+ Career Rebounds
1. LeBron James (11,793)
2. Andre Drummond (11,231)
3. DeAndre Jordan (10,795)
4. Nikola Vučević (10,418)
5. Rudy Gobert (10,016)
• Donte DiVincenzo finished with 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-8 from beyond the arc, five rebounds, four assists, and two steals, marking his 15th 15+ point performance this year (126th career) and his seventh 15+ point/5+ rebound game of the season (60th career). Tonight also marks his third showing with at least 15 points, five or more rebounds and multiple steals this season (35th career).
• Shooting 4-of-8 from deep tonight marks DiVincenzo’s third consecutive game hitting at least four three-pointers, tied for the longest active streak in the NBA. This is his eighth such career streak to run at least three games. DiVincenzo has connected on 4+ treys in 14 games this season, tied for the fourth most such games in the NBA.
Team Notes
• After going down by 16 points with 9:51 remaining (50-66) in the third quarter, Minnesota completed their sixth double-digit comeback win this season. Tonight marks Minnesota’s third time recovering from a deficit of 15+ points this year, tied for the most such wins in the NBA this season.
• The Timberwolves held Milwaukee to 40.2% (35-of-87) from the field. The Bucks have now shot under 50.0% from the field in 10 straight games against the Wolves, the team’s second-longest active streak against any opponent (Memphis Grizzlies – 11 straight).
• In tonight’s 103-100 victory over Milwaukee, Minnesota is now 3-0 this season when holding opponents to 100 points or less. In the Chris Finch Era (Feb. 21, 2021), the Wolves are 25-3 in qualifying games – the third most wins in the NBA in that timeframe.
• Minnesota scored 23 points off Milwaukee’s 17 turnovers, their 12th time putting up at least 20 points from opponents’ turnovers and their ninth win in such games this season.
(info courtesy of Timberwolves)
