Memphis Grizzlies – Minnesota Timberwolves · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 3 March 2026

MEM110–117MIN

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It was more exciting than 59% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 22 times

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↑ MIN winsMEM wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MIN leads and falls when MEM does.

This is how the game was decided.

Anthony Edwards decided it, the Minnesota Timberwolves player with the most points (41, with 6 rebounds and 2 assists; +13 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Donte DiVincenzo's (+21). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Minnesota Timberwolves 117-110 Memphis Grizzlies (March 3, 2026) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Minnesota Timberwolves went ahead for good in the third quarter (6:40 left), with a layup by Anthony Edwards for 74-72, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Minnesota Timberwolves 117-110 Memphis Grizzlies (March 3, 2026) was a 10-0 run by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the third quarter (from 7:27 to 5:54), from 68-72 to 78-72. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 6:03 to 4:50), from 12-14 to 20-14.

What were the keys of the last Minnesota Timberwolves vs Memphis Grizzlies game?

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I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

Memphis made 264 passes and Minnesota made 268.
MEM 264268 MIN
Memphis made 25 of 62 jump shots and Minnesota made 19 of 56.
MEM25/62
MIN19/56

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · MEM

Jackson · Rupert · Clayton · Spencer · Coward

Closing lineup · MIN

Edwards · Randle · McDaniels · Dosunmu · Anderson

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MEM

Jaylen Wells

28′ · -10

Olivier-Maxence Prosper

24′ · -16

Ty Jerome

24′ · -16

Scotty Pippen Jr.

24′ · -16

GG Jackson

23′ · -3

Rayan Rupert

25′ · -5

Walter Clayton Jr.

24′ · +9

Taylor Hendricks

24′ · +10

Cam Spencer

24′ · +8

Cedric Coward

21′ · +4

MIN

Anthony Edwards

37′ · +13

Julius Randle

36′ · +1

Jaden McDaniels

32′ · +5

Donte DiVincenzo

30′ · +21

Rudy Gobert

26′ · +4

Ayo Dosunmu

29′ · -4

Naz Reid

23′ · +2

Bones Hyland

12′ · -2

Kyle Anderson

14′ · -5

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. MEM and MIN.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jerome, Pippen, Jackson, Prosper, and Wells played 20.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Hendricks, Rupert, Spencer, Clayton, and Coward played 17.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Jerome, Pippen, Rupert, Prosper, and Wells played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.

Minnesota Timberwolves

DiVincenzo, Edwards, McDaniels, Gobert, and Randle played 17.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Reid, Dosunmu, Hyland, Anderson, and Randle played 6.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
DiVincenzo, Reid, Edwards, McDaniels, and Dosunmu played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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Memphis Grizzlies

Hendricks, Rupert, Spencer, Wells, and Clayton played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hendricks, Jackson, Spencer, Clayton, and Coward played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Minnesota Timberwolves

DiVincenzo, Reid, Edwards, Dosunmu, and Randle played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Edwards, McDaniels, Dosunmu, Gobert, and Randle played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
DiVincenzo, Edwards, McDaniels, Dosunmu, and Randle played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Reid, Dosunmu, Hyland, Gobert, and Anderson played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Reid, Edwards, Dosunmu, Hyland, and Gobert played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
DiVincenzo, Reid, Edwards, McDaniels, and Anderson played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Reid, Edwards, McDaniels, Dosunmu, and Randle played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
DiVincenzo, Edwards, Dosunmu, Anderson, and Randle played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Anthony Edwards covered 4.02 km, more than anyone in the game.

Anthony Edwards touched the ball 68 times, a game high.
Walter Clayton Jr. made 49 passes, a game high.
Rudy Gobert had 12 rebound chances, a game high.

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Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jaylen Wells	3.36	7.2	26	14
Rayan Rupert	3.25	7.7	26	19
Walter Clayton Jr.	3.19	7.8	51	49
Cam Spencer	3.06	7.7	36	29
Taylor Hendricks	2.93	7.3	21	13
Scotty Pippen Jr.	2.91	7.4	35	27
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	2.91	7.4	25	20
GG Jackson	2.85	7.5	38	27
Cedric Coward	2.74	7.8	36	37
Ty Jerome	2.57	6.5	46	29

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Anthony Edwards	4.02	6.5	68	38
Julius Randle	3.89	6.4	59	33
Jaden McDaniels	3.85	7.2	34	29
Donte DiVincenzo	3.57	7.0	35	29
Ayo Dosunmu	3.56	7.5	48

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Jaylen Wells	27:59	22.2
Rayan Rupert	25:11	17.5
Walter Clayton Jr.	24:21	17.5
Taylor Hendricks	24:04	18.2
Cam Spencer	23:51	14.3
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	23:39	11.3
Scotty Pippen Jr.	23:39	22.6
Ty Jerome	23:39	30.2
GG Jackson	22:39	20.4
Cedric Coward	20:58	23.5

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Anthony Edwards	37:16	35.9
Julius Randle	36:26	29.2
Jaden McDaniels	32:06	14.7
Donte DiVincenzo	30:24	11.0
Ayo Dosunmu	28:34	15.4
Rudy Gobert	26:29	9.1
Naz Reid	22:52	17.2
Kyle Anderson	13:45	2.6
Bones Hyland	12:08	23.1

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who guarded whom

Jaylen Wells guarded Anthony Edwards for 4.7 minutes, over 26 possessions.
In that time, Anthony Edwards scored 9 points and made 3 of 6 shots.
Scotty Pippen Jr. guarded Donte DiVincenzo for 3.9 minutes, over 23 possessions.
In that time, Donte DiVincenzo scored 3 points and made 1 of 2 shots.
Ayo Dosunmu guarded Cam Spencer for 3.8 minutes, over 19 possessions.
In that time, Cam Spencer scored 2 points and made 1 of 2 shots.

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Memphis Grizzlies defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Wells	Edwards	4.7	26	9 (3/6)
Pippen	DiVincenzo	3.9	23	3 (1/2)
Spencer	Dosunmu	3.6	19	4 (1/1)
Rupert	Randle	3.6	19	6 (2/2)
Prosper	Gobert	3.5	20	2 (1/1)
Jackson	Randle	3.4	19	5 (2/4)
Hendricks	Gobert	3.0	17	0 (0/0)
Jerome	McDaniels	3.0	16	2 (1/2)
Coward	Edwards	2.8	14	5 (2/4)
Clayton	McDaniels	2.7	14	0 (0/0)
Prosper	Randle	2.2	10	0 (0/2)

Minnesota Timberwolves defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Dosunmu	Spencer	3.8	19	2 (1/2)
DiVincenzo	Pippen	3.3	19	5 (2/2)
McDaniels	Clayton	3.2	17	4 (0/1)
Gobert	Hendricks	3.2	16	3 (1/2)
Edwards	Wells	3.1	19	5 (2/5)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

Memphis Grizzlies

Cedric Coward recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 4 of 399 in the league.
Walter Clayton Jr. drew 0.06 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 56 of 399 in the league.
GG Jackson contested 5.0 shots per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 95 of 399 in the league.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Rudy Gobert contested 10.6 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 2 of 399 in the league.
Jaden McDaniels defended 5.6 shots at the rim per game over his 73 games, and opponents made 11 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 5 of 118 in the league.
Donte DiVincenzo recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 19 of 399 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have won 42 of their 98 games against the Memphis Grizzlies.

42-56record of the Minnesota Timberwolves · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Game context

Attendance

17.416

96.6% of capacity

Target Center · Minneapolis

Scoring

227

combined points

4.2 below the season average (231.2)