LA Clippers vs Minnesota Timberwolves — 2026-10-30 NBA Game Analysis

LA Clippers 101, Minnesota Timberwolves 127. Final.

Scores · NBA desk

Game Analysis

LA Clippers

101

Minnesota Timberwolves

127

Final

Friday, October 30 at 5:00 PM PDT

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Season records & next games

LA Clippers

Current season record

1–4

Wins–losses · 2026-27

Next scheduled game

at Golden State Warriors

2026-11-02

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Minnesota Timberwolves

Current season record

4–3

Wins–losses · 2026-27

Next scheduled game

vs. Milwaukee Bucks

2026-11-03

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LA Clippers vs Minnesota Timberwolves Game Summary — Friday, October 30, 2026

By Basketball in 60

Regular season. Final. Quarters: LA Clippers 24, 32, 25, 20; Minnesota Timberwolves 34, 35, 29, 29.

Darius Garland 24 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists. Brook Lopez 13 points, 6 rebounds. Keaton Wagler 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists

LaMelo Ball 24 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists. Jaden McDaniels 23 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists. Bones Hyland 19 points, 8 assists

Sources: ESPN NBA scoreboard · ESPN WNBA scoreboard

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LA Clippers vs Minnesota Timberwolves Official Post-Game Interviews — Friday, October 30, 2026

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Minnesota Timberwolves

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LA Clippers

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LA Clippers vs Minnesota Timberwolves — NBA Game Analysis — Friday, October 30, 2026

By Basketball in 60

Minnesota Timberwolves defeated LA Clippers 127–101, a 26-point margin. Minnesota Timberwolves shot 54% from the field, compared with 41% from the field for LA Clippers. Minnesota Timberwolves shot 43% from three-point range, compared with 40% from three-point range for LA Clippers. Minnesota Timberwolves led the rebounding count, 43 to 42. Minnesota Timberwolves committed fewer turnovers, 11 to 17.

Analysis based on ESPN’s recorded final score and available box-score statistics.

LA Clippers vs Minnesota Timberwolves Game Statistics — Friday, October 30, 2026

Stat	LA Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
FG	35-85	51-95
Field Goal %	41	54
3PT	12-30	18-42
Three Point %	40	43
FT	19-22	7-11
Free Throw %	86	64
Rebounds	42	43
Offensive Rebounds	11	12
Defensive Rebounds	31	31
Assists	24	32
Steals	7	7
Blocks	7	6
Turnovers	17	11
Total Turnovers	18	12
Fast Break Points	9	18
Points in Paint	42	62

LA Clippers vs Minnesota Timberwolves Statistical Leaders — Friday, October 30, 2026

PointsLaMelo Ball · MIN · 24
AssistsBones Hyland · MIN · 8
ReboundsRudy Gobert · MIN · 13
PointsDarius Garland · LAC · 24
AssistsKris Dunn · LAC · 7
ReboundsIsaiah Jackson · LAC · 7

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Point-by-point play

Scoring plays · LA Clippers vs Minnesota Timberwolves

1st 11:483MINLaMelo Ball makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)0–3
1st 11:173LACDerrick Jones Jr. makes 24-foot running jump shot (Kris Dunn assists)3–3
1st 10:372LACDarius Garland makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Isaiah Jackson assists)5–3
1st 9:003MINLaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)5–6
1st 8:363LACDerrick Jones Jr. makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Kris Dunn assists)8–6
1st 7:562MINJaden McDaniels makes running layup8–8
1st 7:402LACDarius Garland makes 1-foot two point shot (Kris Dunn assists)10–8
1st 7:332MINAyo Dosunmu makes driving layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)10–10
1st 7:153LACRui Hachimura makes 24-foot three point jumper13–10
1st 7:023MINJaden McDaniels makes 22-foot three point jumper (Rudy Gobert assists)13–13
1st 6:453LACDarius Garland makes 27-foot three pointer (Isaiah Jackson assists)16–13
1st 6:302MINJaden McDaniels makes driving layup (Rudy Gobert assists)16–15
1st 4:553MINTerrence Shannon Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)16–18
1st 4:242MINLaMelo Ball makes two point shot16–20
1st 4:161LACIsaiah Jackson makes free throw 1 of 217–20
1st 4:161LACIsaiah Jackson makes free throw 2 of 218–20
1st 4:032MINJaden McDaniels makes 7-foot pullup jump shot18–22
1st 3:312MINTrey Lyles makes 2-foot two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)18–24
1st 3:002MINTerrence Shannon Jr. makes running layup18–26
1st 2:392LACBrook Lopez makes tip shot20–26
1st 2:003MINTrey Lyles makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)20–29
1st 1:393LACKobe Sanders makes 26-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists)23–29
1st 1:213MINBones Hyland makes 26-foot three pointer23–32
1st 30.61MINTerrence Shannon Jr. makes free throw 1 of 223–33
1st 30.61MINTerrence Shannon Jr. makes free throw 2 of 223–34
1st 13.61LACKris Dunn makes free throw 2 of 224–34
2nd 11:342LACBrook Lopez makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Keaton Wagler assists)26–34
2nd 11:122LACKris Dunn makes 5-foot two point shot (Keaton Wagler assists)28–34
2nd 10:542MINRudy Gobert makes dunk (Bones Hyland assists)28–36
2nd 10:262MINRudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)28–38
2nd 10:173LACKeaton Wagler makes 25-foot three pointer31–38
2nd 10:033MINAyo Dosunmu makes 27-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)31–41
2nd 9:142MINBones Hyland makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot31–43
2nd 9:012LACDarius Garland makes layup (Kris Dunn assists)33–43
2nd 8:282LACBrook Lopez makes driving layup (Darius Garland assists)35–43
2nd 8:062LACKobe Sanders makes two point shot (Darius Garland assists)37–43
2nd 7:423MINBones Hyland makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot37–46
2nd 7:072MINLaMelo Ball makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Bones Hyland assists)37–48
2nd 6:563LACBrook Lopez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darius Garland assists)40–48
2nd 6:412MINBones Hyland makes 11-foot step back jumpshot40–50
2nd 6:033MINBones Hyland makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot40–53
2nd 5:443LACDarius Garland makes 24-foot three pointer43–53
2nd 5:392MINJonathan Kuminga makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Bones Hyland assists)43–55
2nd 5:242LACIsaiah Jackson makes dunk (Darius Garland assists)45–55
2nd 4:553LACRui Hachimura makes 23-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Jackson assists)48–55
2nd 4:423MINJonathan Kuminga makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Clark assists)48–58
2nd 4:022LACDarius Garland makes 18-foot driving floating jump shot (Kris Dunn assists)50–58
2nd 3:272MINLaMelo Ball makes driving layup50–60
2nd 3:141LACIsaiah Jackson makes free throw 1 of 251–60
2nd 3:141LACIsaiah Jackson makes free throw 2 of 252–60
2nd 2:422MINJaylen Clark makes running dunk (Jaden McDaniels assists)52–62
2nd 2:132LACIsaiah Jackson makes tip in dunk54–62
2nd 2:042MINJaden McDaniels makes two point shot54–64
2nd 1:531LACKris Dunn makes free throw 1 of 255–64
2nd 1:531LACKris Dunn makes free throw 2 of 256–64
2nd 1:043MINLaMelo Ball makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot56–67
2nd 24.62MINRudy Gobert makes two point shot56–69
3rd 11:232MINRudy Gobert makes layup (LaMelo Ball assists)56–71
3rd 11:113LACDarius Garland makes 23-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Jackson assists)59–71
3rd 10:052LACRui Hachimura makes tip shot61–71
3rd 10:011MINRudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 261–72
3rd 9:352MINJaden McDaniels makes running layup (LaMelo Ball assists)61–74
3rd 9:152LACIsaiah Jackson makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (Darius Garland assists)63–74
3rd 8:583MINAyo Dosunmu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)63–77
3rd 8:103LACDarius Garland makes 28-foot running pullup jump shot (Derrick Jones Jr. assists)66–77
3rd 7:462LACDerrick Jones Jr. makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Kris Dunn assists)68–77
3rd 7:252MINJaden McDaniels makes 1-foot layup (LaMelo Ball assists)68–79
3rd 6:392LACRui Hachimura makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot70–79
3rd 6:391LACRui Hachimura makes free throw 1 of 171–79
3rd 6:292MINJaden McDaniels makes 10-foot step back jumpshot71–81
3rd 5:281LACRui Hachimura makes free throw 2 of 272–81
3rd 5:043MINJaylen Clark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)72–84
3rd 4:432MINBones Hyland makes running dunk72–86
3rd 4:202LACBrook Lopez makes 9-foot two point shot74–86
3rd 3:482LACDarius Garland makes two point shot76–86
3rd 3:362MINBones Hyland makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)76–88
3rd 2:472MINTrey Lyles makes 5-foot two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)76–90
3rd 2:361LACKeaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 277–90
3rd 2:252MINAyo Dosunmu makes driving layup (Bones Hyland assists)77–92
3rd 1:462MINTrey Lyles makes 1-foot layup (Ayo Dosunmu assists)77–94
3rd 1:381LACKeaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 278–94
3rd 1:381LACKeaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 279–94
3rd 1:111MINJoan Beringer makes free throw 1 of 279–95
3rd 1:111MINJoan Beringer makes free throw 2 of 279–96
3rd 39.32MINBones Hyland makes 16-foot step back jumpshot79–98
3rd 27.01LACBrook Lopez makes free throw 1 of 280–98
3rd 27.01LACBrook Lopez makes free throw 2 of 281–98
4th 11:312LACKobe Sanders makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Gradey Dick assists)83–98
4th 10:471LACKeaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 284–98
4th 10:471LACKeaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 285–98
4th 9:433LACGradey Dick makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kobe Sanders assists)88–98
4th 8:302LACDarius Garland makes layup (Kris Dunn assists)90–98
4th 8:183MINAyo Dosunmu makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)90–101
4th 7:493MINLaMelo Ball makes 26-foot running jump shot (Ayo Dosunmu assists)90–104
4th 7:212MINJaden McDaniels makes 5-foot jumper90–106
4th 6:512LACDerrick Jones Jr. makes driving dunk (Kobe Sanders assists)92–106
4th 6:323MINLaMelo Ball makes 28-foot three point jumper (Rudy Gobert assists)92–109
4th 6:013MINLaMelo Ball makes 28-foot running jump shot (Jaylen Clark assists)92–112
4th 5:222MINJaden McDaniels makes layup (Rudy Gobert assists)92–114
4th 4:552MINJaden McDaniels makes 1-foot driving dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)92–116
4th 3:482MINAyo Dosunmu makes running layup (LaMelo Ball assists)92–118
4th 3:241MINTrey Lyles makes free throw 1 of 292–119
4th 2:542MINJoan Beringer makes driving layup (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)92–121
4th 2:382LACCam Christie makes two point shot94–121
4th 1:311LACKeaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 295–121
4th 1:311LACKeaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 296–121
4th 1:191MINTerrence Shannon Jr. makes free throw 2 of 296–122
4th 41.12LACNick Martinelli makes two point shot (Cam Christie assists)98–122
4th 41.11LACNick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 199–122
4th 31.43MINTerrence Shannon Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer99–125
4th 11.02MINZyon Pullin makes 8-foot two point shot99–127
4th 2.72LACKeaton Wagler makes two point shot101–127