LA Clippers @ Minnesota Timberwolves
Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN | Game ID: 22500760
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIN 19 23 17 37 96LAC 23 31 26 35 115
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Leonard scores 41 points to help the Clippers rout the slumping Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS -- — Kawhi Leonard had 41 points and eight rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the slumping Minnesota Timberwolves 115-96 on Sunday.
John Collins had 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting, and Yanic Konan Niederhauser also scored 15 points. The Clippers took command with a 17-3 run closing out the third quarter.
Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 23 points, and Julius Randle had 17. The Timberwolves have lost three of their last four, all to sub-.500 opponents. Minnesota made just 8 of 33 3-point attempts and committed 20 turnovers while being held under 100 points for just the second time this season.
Ayo Dosunmu , making his Timberwolves debut after being acquired in a trade with Chicago , had 11 points and two steals.
The Timberwolves were coming off one of their most frustrating losses of the season, when they blew an 18-point third-quarter lead in a home loss to the lowly New Orleans Pelicans .
The first half was more of the same for Minnesota. Leonard scored 24 points and helped key an 18-2 run late in the second quarter that give the Clippers a 54-42 lead.
Minnesota made just 3 of 18 3-point attempts and committed 13 turnovers in the first half. Edwards was 0 for 6 on 3s and turned it over a team-high four times in the first half.
Los Angeles played without its two key trade deadline acquisitions. Darius Garland , who arrived from Cleveland in the James Harden trade , remained sidelined with a sprained big toe on his right foot. The Clippers had already said wingman Bennedict Mathurin , picked up in a swap with the Pacers, wouldn't debut with his new team until Tuesday in Houston.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LACBL B. Lopez
CC C. Christie
DB D. Banton
DJ D. Jones Jr.
JC J. Collins
JM J. Miller
KD K. Dunn
KL K. Leonard
KS K. Sanders
NB N. Batum
NI Niederhauser
TW T. Washington Jr.
YN Y. Niederhäuser
MINAD A. Dosunmu
AE A. Edwards
BH B. Hyland
DD D. DiVincenzo
EF E. Freeman
JB J. Beringer
JC J. Clark
JI J. Ingles
JM J. McDaniels
JP J. Phillips
JR J. Randle
NR N. Reid
RG R. Gobert
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