NBA head-to-headModern Rivalry

Indiana Pacers vs Minnesota Timberwolves Head-to-Head

Indiana Pacers lead the all-time record 43-29 across 72 recorded meetings.

Matchup fact

The highest-scoring meeting between these two came on April 7, 2021: Minnesota Timberwolves 137, Indiana Pacers 141, 278 points in all.

By Stats synced Apr 16, 2026
IND
43
vs
MIN
29
72 meetings
All-time

IND lead 43-29

Recent form

IND 2-8 over the latest 10

Last meeting

MIN won 124-104 on Apr 7, 2026

Closeness

14 wins separate the teams

Series context

The average winning margin is 10.1 points across decided games.

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Apr 7, 26
IND 104-124 MIN
MIN
Oct 26, 25
MIN 114-110 IND
MIN
Mar 24, 25
IND 119-103 MIN
IND
Mar 17, 25
MIN 130-132 IND
IND
Mar 7, 24
IND 111-113 MIN
MIN
Dec 16, 23
MIN 127-109 IND
MIN
Dec 7, 22
MIN 121-115 IND
MIN
Nov 23, 22
IND 101-115 MIN
MIN
Feb 13, 22
IND 120-129 MIN
MIN
Nov 29, 21
MIN 100-98 IND
MIN
Last Meeting
Apr 7, 2026Final
IND
104
HOME
MIN
124
AWAY
Timberwolveswon by20
Timberwolves' 2nd straight in this series·Game 72 of all-time series

Matchup context

Minnesota Timberwolves have won 8 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Indiana Pacers lead the complete decided record 43-29. The 10.1-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.

History span
1989 to 2026
36 seasons
Average margin
10.1 points
Across decided games
Playoff history
0
No playoff meeting is present in the source

All-Time Record

Win Percentage
43W
29W
IND
MIN
60%40%
Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season72 games
43
29
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
Indiana Pacers Biggest Win
114–75+39
Apr 16, 1995
Minnesota Timberwolves Biggest Win
101–75+26
Mar 9, 2011
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
Season ↓IND ↕MIN ↕Games ↕
2025–26022
2024–25202
2023–24022
2022–23022
2021–22022
2020–21202
2019–20202
2018–19112
2017–18112
2016–17112

Matchup Insights

Home / Away Split
25-11IND HOME18-18MIN HOME
AWAY
18-18
IND
AWAY
11-25
MIN
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Minnesota Timberwolves: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.1 pts on average
10.1pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
IND↓Trending Down
Last 1020%
All-Time59.7%
MIN↑Trending Up
Last 1080%
All-Time40.3%
Last 10 Results
IND / MIN

Advanced Stats

1996-presentBased on 45 of 72 all-time meetings that have play-by-play data

Overtime History

Total OT Games
3
IND OT Wins
1
MIN OT Wins
2
Biggest OT Game
113-120 on Nov 16, 2001 (2OT)

Largest Leads

IND Biggest Leads
+30pts
Mar 9, 2011
#2:+29 pts·Dec 31, 2017
#3:+29 pts·Jan 2, 2010
MIN Biggest Leads
+37pts
Apr 16, 2012
#2:+36 pts·Dec 20, 2003
#3:+28 pts·Mar 31, 2000

Lead Changes

Most in a Game
19
Jan 8, 2010
Average per Game
6.8
per game

Times Tied

Most Ties in a Game
17
Dec 16, 2000
Average Ties per Game
5.5
per game

Attendance Records

Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
19,143
Mar 15, 2002
Lowest
10,371
Oct 22, 2018
Average
15,436

Shooting Percentages

Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
IND46.9%
MIN46.0%
IND +0.9 pp
3P%
IND40.4%
MIN35.0%
IND +5.4 pp
FT%
IND75.9%
MIN79.0%
MIN +3.1 pp
TS%
IND55.6%
MIN54.5%
IND +1.1 pp

Top Scorers (1996-present)

Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
IND Top 15 Scorers
IND top scorers in this matchup (1996-present): total points, games played, average, and best single game
PlayerPtsGAvgBest
Paul George2241022.437
Danny Granger1871117.036
Reggie Miller167918.629
Jermaine O'Neal155917.229
Roy Hibbert1311210.921
Jamaal Tinsley130718.637
Austin Croshere1221012.225
Myles Turner119913.231
Domantas Sabonis112618.736
Mike Dunleavy104617.325
George Hill94713.426
CJ Miles91811.428
Malcolm Brogdon90422.532
Rik Smits83420.827
Troy Murphy83516.622
MIN Top 15 Scorers
MIN top scorers in this matchup (1996-present): total points, games played, average, and best single game
PlayerPtsGAvgBest
Kevin Garnett3831821.337
Karl-Anthony Towns3531327.142
Andrew Wiggins1901215.826
Kevin Love175919.442
Anthony Edwards138623.037
Wally Szczerbiak120717.121
Ricky Rubio1181011.821
Gorgui Dieng114129.519
D'Angelo Russell104520.828
Randy Foye97519.436
Mo Williams89329.752
Ryan Gomes79515.826
Troy Hudson78613.019
Zach LaVine76612.726
Shabazz Muhammad7398.121

Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)

Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
52pts
Mo Williams
MINvsIND
Jan 13, 2015
42pts
Karl-Anthony Towns
MINvsIND
Feb 28, 2019
42pts
Kevin Love
MINvsIND
Feb 19, 2014
37pts
Anthony Edwards
MINvsIND
Feb 13, 2022
37pts
Bojan Bogdanovic
INDvsMIN
Feb 28, 2019
Free nbadb sourceCC BY-SA 4.01996 to 2023

Rivalry Fingerprint

Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.

Quarter scoring pulse

47 games with complete quarter lines

INDMIN

How they create points

41 games with complete style splits

Selected comparison

Q4 scoring: MIN +0.9 points47 games

IND highest-scoring quarter

Q1 · 26.2

MIN highest-scoring quarter

Q4 · 26.2

Widest fingerprint gap

MIN +0.9 q4 scoring

Questions about this record: Indiana Pacers vs Minnesota Timberwolves

How do recent Indiana Pacers vs Minnesota Timberwolves results compare with the complete record?

Minnesota Timberwolves have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Indiana Pacers lead the complete decided record 43-29. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.

Methodology & Data Sources

Last updated

Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.

Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.

Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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