Minnesota Timberwolves @ LA Clippers
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM ET
Intuit Dome, Inglewood, CA | Game ID: 22500952
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAC 38 36 35 44 153MIN 27 38 33 30 128
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Kawhi Leonard scores 45 points in the Clippers' 153-128 romp over the Timberwolves
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- — Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 153-128 on Wednesday night, moving above .500 with their third straight victory and sixth in seven games.
Eighth in the Western Conference at 33-32 after opening 6-21, the Clippers had their highest points total of the season. They blew out Minnesota after beating New York on Monday night to open a five-game homestand.
Leonard was 15 of 20 from the the field, 6 of 9 on 3s and made 9 of 10 free throws. Los Angeles made 19 of 37 3s.
Bennedict Mathurin scored 22 points for Los Angeles. Clippers newcomer Darius Garland had 21, hitting five 3-pointers.
Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 36 points and Naz Reid had 18.
Minnesota dropped to sixth in the tight Western Conference, but only a half-game behind the third-place Lakers. The Timberwolves have lost three in a row after winning five straight. They lost to the Lakers on Tuesday night to open four-game trip.
Leonard scored 18 points in the first quarter to help Los Angeles take a 38-27 lead. He had 28 at the half, with the Clippers up 74-65, and went to the fourth with 39 and LA ahead 109-98. Los Angeles had a 44-30 edge in the fourth.
Up next Timberwolves: At Golden State on Friday night.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LACBL B. Lopez
BM B. Mathurin
CC C. Christie
DG D. Garland
DJ D. Jones Jr.
IJ I. Jackson
JM J. Miller
KD K. Dunn
KL K. Leonard
KS K. Sanders
NB N. Batum
NO N. Omier
SP S. Pedulla
MINAE A. Edwards
BH B. Hyland
DD D. DiVincenzo
JC J. Clark
JI J. Ingles
JM J. McDaniels
JP J. Phillips
JR J. Randle
KA K. Anderson
NR N. Reid
RG R. Gobert
RZ R. Zikarsky
TS T. Shannon Jr.
LAC/MIN the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur