Milwaukee Bucks vs Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves beat Milwaukee Bucks 116-97 on Monday, October 5, 2026 in the NBA.
- Competition
- NBA
- Start time
- Monday, October 5, 2026, 8:00 PM (ET)
- Venue
- Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee
- 👥
- 9147
By period
| Milwaukee Bucks | 20 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 97 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 31 | 29 | 21 | 35 | 116 |
Live commentary
- 4th Quarter · 44.0Drew Timme makes 24-foot three point jumper (Norchad Omier assists)
- 4th Quarter · 1:03Kel'el Ware makes 1-foot driving floating jump shot (Brayden Burries assists)
- 4th Quarter · 1:21Antonio Reeves makes 23-foot running pullup jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 1:38Antonio Reeves makes 9-foot floating jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 2:17Kel'el Ware makes 3-foot driving dunk
- 4th Quarter · 2:47Antonio Reeves makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zyon Pullin assists)
- 4th Quarter · 3:07Pete Nance makes 22-foot three point jumper (Brayden Burries assists)
- 4th Quarter · 3:42Norchad Omier makes 2-foot layup (Antonio Reeves assists)
- 4th Quarter · 4:01Kel'el Ware makes driving layup
- 4th Quarter · 4:21Zyon Pullin makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 4:44Zyon Pullin makes 1-foot two point shot
- 4th Quarter · 4:52Brayden Burries makes driving layup
- 4th Quarter · 5:53Brayden Burries makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
- 4th Quarter · 6:14Zyon Pullin makes 10-foot two point shot (Drew Timme assists)
- 4th Quarter · 6:28Nate Ament makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 6:28Nate Ament makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 6:42Cody Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 6:42Cody Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
- 4th Quarter · 7:31Gary Trent Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
- 4th Quarter · 8:15Joan Beringer makes 1-foot dunk (Cody Williams assists)
- 4th Quarter · 8:44Antonio Reeves makes two point shot
- 4th Quarter · 9:04Cody Williams makes driving layup (Jaylen Clark assists)
- 4th Quarter · 9:38KJ Martin makes running layup (Antonio Reeves assists)
- 4th Quarter · 10:13AJ Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brayden Burries assists)
- 4th Quarter · 10:29KJ Martin makes 1-foot layup (Cody Williams assists)
- 4th Quarter · 10:52Antonio Reeves makes 8-foot two point shot (Cody Williams assists)
- 4th Quarter · 11:35Joan Beringer makes driving layup
- 3rd Quarter · 16.4Cody Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 54.8Enrique Freeman makes running dunk (Cody Williams assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 1:15Zyon Pullin makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 1:33Enrique Freeman makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 1:33Enrique Freeman makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 2:04Nate Ament makes free throw 1 of 1
- 3rd Quarter · 2:04Nate Ament makes two point shot
- 3rd Quarter · 2:53Zyon Pullin makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 2:58Nate Ament makes 23-foot three point jumper (AJ Green assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 3:22Kevin Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 3:22Kevin Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 4:07Isaiah Evans makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 4:07Isaiah Evans makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 4:14Kevin Porter Jr. makes two point shot
- 3rd Quarter · 4:31Kevin Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3
- 3rd Quarter · 6:33Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes running layup (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 7:09Zyon Pullin makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 7:28Terrence Shannon Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 7:28Terrence Shannon Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 7:41Myles Turner makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 7:41Myles Turner makes free throw 1 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 7:51Terrence Shannon Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 3rd Quarter · 8:20Tyler Herro makes free throw 3 of 3
- 3rd Quarter · 8:20Tyler Herro makes free throw 2 of 3
- 3rd Quarter · 8:20Tyler Herro makes free throw 1 of 3
- 3rd Quarter · 8:32Joan Beringer makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jaylen Clark assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 9:06Tyler Herro makes 13-foot two point shot
- 3rd Quarter · 9:19Terrence Shannon Jr. makes 1-foot driving dunk
- 3rd Quarter · 9:53Ryan Rollins makes layup
- 3rd Quarter · 11:03Ryan Rollins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tyler Herro assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 11:16Trey Lyles makes 24-foot three point jumper (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)
- 3rd Quarter · 11:42Ryan Rollins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyler Herro assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 27.9Kel'el Ware makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 27.9Kel'el Ware makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 53.0Gary Trent Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brayden Burries assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 1:07LaMelo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 1:07LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 1:19Gary Trent Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brayden Burries assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 1:47Brayden Burries makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot (AJ Green assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 2:21Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 2:21Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 2:51Anthony Edwards makes 9-foot fade away jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 3:01Gary Trent Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 3:01Gary Trent Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 4:06LaMelo Ball makes 23-foot three point jumper (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 4:45Jaden McDaniels makes running layup (Bones Hyland assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 4:53Kyle Kuzma makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 5:04Joan Beringer makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 5:04Joan Beringer makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 5:38Jericho Sims makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Gary Trent Jr. assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 5:56Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 6:26Jonathan Kuminga makes 2-foot dunk (Bones Hyland assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 6:46Jaden McDaniels makes 25-foot three pointer
- 2nd Quarter · 7:12Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 1
- 2nd Quarter · 7:13Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
- 2nd Quarter · 7:55Jaden McDaniels makes 7-foot two point shot
- 2nd Quarter · 8:14Myles Turner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 9:42Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 9:42Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2nd Quarter · 10:00Ryan Rollins makes running layup
- 2nd Quarter · 10:29Ryan Rollins makes free throw 1 of 1
- 2nd Quarter · 11:08AJ Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaime Jaquez Jr. assists)
- 2nd Quarter · 11:21Rudy Gobert makes tip shot
- 2nd Quarter · 11:43Kel'el Ware makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Rollins assists)
- 1st Quarter · 1:08Joan Beringer makes tip shot
- 1st Quarter · 2:05Ayo Dosunmu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)
- 1st Quarter · 2:40Kel'el Ware makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jericho Sims assists)
- 1st Quarter · 2:58Ayo Dosunmu makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
- 1st Quarter · 3:25LaMelo Ball makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
- 1st Quarter · 3:41Kevin Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 3:41Kevin Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 4:09Joan Beringer makes tip in dunk
- 1st Quarter · 4:59Terrence Shannon Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 5:10Tyler Herro makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- 1st Quarter · 5:32Anthony Edwards makes 5-foot two point shot
- 1st Quarter · 5:47Tyler Herro makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
- 1st Quarter · 6:03Jaden McDaniels makes 7-foot two point shot
- 1st Quarter · 7:12Myles Turner makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 7:12Myles Turner makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 7:54Anthony Edwards makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- 1st Quarter · 8:16LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- 1st Quarter · 8:32Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Tyler Herro assists)
- 1st Quarter · 8:49Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 8:49Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 9:25Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 9:25Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1st Quarter · 10:23Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- 1st Quarter · 10:48LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 1
- 1st Quarter · 11:02Ryan Rollins makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- 1st Quarter · 11:28Ryan Rollins makes 6-foot two point shot (Myles Turner assists)
- 1st Quarter · 11:50Jonathan Kuminga makes driving layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
Commentary: ESPN
Game stats
MILMIN
33Field goals (%)46
34Three-pointers (%)26
75Free throws (%)79
47Rebounds51
19Assists22
17Turnovers11
5Steals9
3Blocks7
Eastern Conference
| # | Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 11 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| 15 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
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