NBA head-to-head

Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves Head-to-Head

Los Angeles Lakers lead the all-time record 100-54 across 154 recorded meetings.

Matchup fact
By Stats synced Apr 16, 2026
LAL
100
vs
MIN
54
154 meetings
All-time

LAL lead 100-54

Recent form

LAL 5-5 over the latest 10

Last meeting

LAL won 120-106 on Mar 10, 2026

Closeness

46 wins separate the teams

Series context

The average winning margin is 11.9 points across decided games.

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Mar 10, 26
LAL 120-106 MIN
LAL
Oct 29, 25
MIN 115-116 LAL
LAL
Oct 24, 25
LAL 128-110 MIN
LAL
Apr 30, 25
LAL 96-103 MIN
MIN
Apr 27, 25
MIN 116-113 LAL
MIN
Apr 25, 25
MIN 116-104 LAL
MIN
Apr 22, 25
LAL 94-85 MIN
LAL
Apr 19, 25
LAL 95-117 MIN
MIN
Feb 27, 25
LAL 111-102 MIN
LAL
Dec 13, 24
MIN 97-87 LAL
MIN
Last Meeting
Mar 10, 2026Final
LAL
120
HOME
MIN
106
AWAY
Lakerswon by14
Lakers' 3rd straight in this series·Game 154 of all-time series

Matchup context

The latest 10 scored meetings are split 5-5. Los Angeles Lakers lead the complete decided record 100-54. The 11.9-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.

History span
1989 to 2026
37 seasons
Average margin
11.9 points
Across decided games
Playoff history
17
17 playoff meetings across 3 postseasons

All-Time Record

Win Percentage
100W
54W
LAL
MIN
65%35%
Los Angeles LakersMinnesota Timberwolves
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season137 games
91
46
Playoffs17 games
9
8
Los Angeles Lakers Biggest Win
127–91+36
Dec 27, 2020
Minnesota Timberwolves Biggest Win
143–107+36
Mar 28, 2014
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
Season ↓LAL ↕MIN ↕Games ↕
2025–26303
2024–25369
2023–24134
2022–23224
2021–22134
2020–21303
2019–20101
2018–19134
2017–18044
2016–17224

Matchup Insights

Home / Away Split
61-18LAL HOME36-39MIN HOME
AWAY
39-36
LAL
AWAY
18-61
MIN
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Los Angeles Lakers: 3 consecutive wins
3
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.9 pts on average
11.9pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
LAL↓Trending Down
Last 1050%
All-Time64.9%
MIN↑Trending Up
Last 1050%
All-Time35.1%
Last 10 Results
LAL / MIN

Advanced Stats

1996-presentBased on 90 of 154 all-time meetings that have play-by-play data

Overtime History

Total OT Games
5
LAL OT Wins
2
MIN OT Wins
3
Biggest OT Game
117-107 on Mar 6, 2007 (2OT)

Largest Leads

LAL Biggest Leads
+33pts
Nov 12, 2021
#2:+31 pts·Feb 13, 2008
#3:+31 pts·Nov 19, 1997
MIN Biggest Leads
+42pts
Dec 27, 2020
#2:+32 pts·Apr 29, 2003
#3:+30 pts·Apr 22, 2003

Lead Changes

Most in a Game
22
Oct 29, 2018
Average per Game
6.0
per game

Times Tied

Most Ties in a Game
18
Apr 16, 2000
Average Ties per Game
5.3
per game

Attendance Records

Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,391
Mar 12, 2004
Lowest
12,559
Feb 4, 2014
Average
18,335

Shooting Percentages

Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
LAL45.9%
MIN44.6%
LAL +1.3 pp
3P%
LAL35.8%
MIN32.9%
LAL +2.9 pp
FT%
LAL73.9%
MIN77.6%
MIN +3.7 pp
TS%
LAL54.3%
MIN52.5%
LAL +1.8 pp

Top Scorers (1996-present)

Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
LAL Top 15 Scorers
LAL top scorers in this matchup (1996-present): total points, games played, average, and best single game
PlayerPtsGAvgBest
Kobe Bryant16226325.850
Shaquille O'Neal9053426.640
Derek Fisher418459.323
LeBron James2921224.332
Pau Gasol2681419.129
Lamar Odom2641913.925
Rick Fox231298.030
Andrew Bynum1911314.727
Anthony Davis176629.350
Julius Randle1721017.223
Jordan Clarkson169918.835
Kyle Kuzma1661213.831
Devean George160266.212
Eddie Jones152819.032
Robert Horry146226.615
MIN Top 15 Scorers
MIN top scorers in this matchup (1996-present): total points, games played, average, and best single game
PlayerPtsGAvgBest
Kevin Garnett10854922.135
Karl-Anthony Towns5002222.740
Wally Szczerbiak4352915.034
Andrew Wiggins3591721.141
Troy Hudson2731716.137
Latrell Sprewell2271120.635
Anthony Peeler205219.817
Anthony Edwards2031118.429
Kevin Love1981118.033
Terrell Brandon169821.127
Jimmy Butler159722.732
Taj Gibson151916.828
Gorgui Dieng149178.819
Rasho Nesterovic149197.819
Sam Mitchell148197.820

Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)

Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
50pts
Anthony Davis
LALvsMIN
Dec 8, 2019
50pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsMIN
Mar 18, 2007
41pts
Andrew Wiggins
MINvsLAL
Apr 9, 2017
40pts
Karl-Anthony Towns
MINvsLAL
Apr 9, 2017
40pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsMIN
Mar 6, 2007

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

92 games with complete quarter lines

LALMIN

How they create points

84 games with complete style splits

Selected comparison

Points off turnovers: MIN +2.8 points84 games

LAL highest-scoring quarter

Q1 · 26.3

MIN highest-scoring quarter

Q2 · 25.9

Widest fingerprint gap

MIN +2.8 points off turnovers

Questions about this record: Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves

What is the Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves NBA playoff record?

The playoff subset contains 17 games: Los Angeles Lakers have 9 wins and Minnesota Timberwolves have 8. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.

How do recent Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves results compare with the complete record?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Los Angeles Lakers lead the complete decided record 100-54. 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.

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

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