wolves record in season openers all time

The Minnesota Timberwolves are 22-16 in season openers all-time.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Timberwolves	11/3/1989	0-1	MIN	@	SEA	L 94-106	.000	240	94	34	14	11	1	36	81	44.4	1	4	25.0	21	27	77.8	50.6	14	20	12	23
2	Timberwolves	11/2/1990	1-0	MIN	vs	DAL	W 98-85	1.000	240	98	38	23	12	2	39	77	50.6	0	4	0.0	20	26	76.9	55.4	15	23	12	27
3	Timberwolves	11/1/1991	0-1	MIN	vs	UTA	L 97-112	.000	240	97	34	24	8	6	40	91	44.0	1	3	33.3	16	22	72.7	48.2	15	19	13	31
4	Timberwolves	11/6/1992	0-1	MIN	@	BOS	L 92-113	.000	240	92	39	20	9	5	33	77	42.9	2	11	18.2	24	30	80.0	51.0	13	26	21	25
5	Timberwolves	11/5/1993	0-1	MIN	@	DET	L 99-104	.000	240	99	46	27	9	4	37	85	43.5	2	7	28.6	23	29	79.3	50.6	14	32	21	30
6	Timberwolves	11/4/1994	0-1	MIN	@	DEN	L 108-130	.000	240	108	33	16	8	9	38	79	48.1	5	17	29.4	27	36	75.0	56.9	10	23	17	33
7	Timberwolves	11/3/1995	0-1	MIN	@	SAC	L 86-95	.000	240	86	43	18	9	2	29	79	36.7	3	11	27.3	25	29	86.2	46.9	17	26	21	25
8	Timberwolves	11/1/1996	1-0	MIN	vs	SAS	W 82-78	1.000	240	82	36	18	6	12	31	74	41.9	3	8	37.5	17	23	73.9	48.7	9	27	18	13
9	Timberwolves	10/31/1997	1-0	MIN	vs	GSW	W 129-113	1.000	240	129	47	38	6	15	49	90	54.4	6	10	60.0	25	31	80.6	62.2	11	36	11	18
10	Timberwolves	2/5/1999	1-0	MIN	@	DEN	W 110-92	1.000	240	110	43	25	10	10	42	88	47.7	3	7	42.9	23	30	76.7	54.3	15	28	12	29
11	Timberwolves	11/5/1999	0-1	MIN	@	SAC	L 95-100	.000	240	95	54	27	12	4	39	99	39.4	6	14	42.9	11	14	78.6	45.2	16	38	18	27
12	Timberwolves	10/31/2000	1-0	MIN	@	HOU	W 106-98	1.000	240	106	44	29	7	1	43	88	48.9	6	11	54.5	14	16	87.5	55.8	13	31	16	25
13	Timberwolves	10/30/2001	1-0	MIN	vs	PHI	W 83-74	1.000	240	83	37	24	9	9	34	81	42.0	3	9	33.3	12	15	80.0	47.4	13	24	11	21
14	Timberwolves	10/30/2002	1-0	MIN	vs	DEN	W 83-77	1.000	240	83	37	22	9	5	34	82	41.5	4	10	40.0	11	17	64.7	46.4	6	31	16	19
15	Timberwolves	10/29/2003	1-0	MIN	vs	MIL	W 95-89	1.000	240	95	47	26	8	5	38	85	44.7	1	6	16.7	18	28	64.3	48.8	15	32	8	14
16	Timberwolves	11/3/2004	1-0	MIN	vs	NYK	W 99-93	1.000	240	99	46	27	1	7	39	79	49.4	8	16	50.0	13	19	68.4	56.7	4	42	17	21
17	Timberwolves	11/2/2005	1-0	MIN	vs	POR	W 90-86	1.000	240	90	46	25	7	8	37	81	45.7	6	16	37.5	10	18	55.6	50.6	12	34	14	17
18	Timberwolves	11/1/2006	1-0	MIN	vs	SAC	W 92-83	1.000	240	92	38	19	7	7	35	72	48.6	4	9	44.4	18	20	90.0	56.9	6	32	21	26
19	Timberwolves	11/2/2007	0-1	MIN	vs	DEN	L 91-99	.000	240	91	40	23	12	4	35	88	39.8	7	22	31.8	14	19	73.7	47.2	9	31	12	28
20	Timberwolves	10/29/2008	1-0	MIN	vs	SAC	W 98-96	1.000	240	98	40	25	10	7	42	87	48.3	3	11	27.3	11	22	50.0	50.7	11	29	11	23
21	Timberwolves	10/28/2009	1-0	MIN	vs	NJN	W 95-93	1.000	240	95	50	14	15	2	34	93	36.6	1	7	14.3	26	35	74.3	43.8	18	32	10	23
22	Timberwolves	10/27/2010	0-1	MIN	vs	SAC	L 116-117	.000	240	116	46	22	5	8	43	91	47.3	8	18	44.4	22	28	78.6	56.1	11	35	13	32
23	Timberwolves	12/26/2011	0-1	MIN	vs	OKC	L 100-104	.000	240	100	40	22	4	2	39	87	44.8	3	22	13.6	19	26	73.1	50.8	10	30	12	24
24	Timberwolves	11/2/2012	1-0	MIN	vs	SAC	W 92-80	1.000	240	92	53	17	4	10	32	87	36.8	2	17	11.8	26	36	72.2	44.7	17	36	11	17
25	Timberwolves	10/30/2013	1-0	MIN	vs	ORL	W 120-115	1.000	265	120	49	27	7	3	42	100	42.0	8	25	32.0	28	34	82.4	52.2	14	35	15	19
	Average							.579	241.3	102.4	44.4	22.5	8.2	5.7	38.2	86.8	44.0	6.2	18.3	33.7	19.9	26.1	76.2	52.1	12.6	31.8	14.5	23.0
	Total		22-16					.579	9,170	3,891	1,686	856	310	215	1,451	3,298	44.0	234	695	33.7	755	991	76.2	52.1	479	1,207	551	875

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Team Leaders

PPG

18.3

Ball

RPG

12.1

Gobert

APG

6.0

Ball

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.1

8th

DRTG

106.1

3rd

NETRTG

11.0

2nd

3P%

37.3

8th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Thunder	8	2	.800	0.5
3	Spurs	8	2	.800	0.5
4	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	1.0
5	Warriors	7	3	.700	1.5
6	Rockets	7	3	.700	1.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	DAL	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CHI	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Mon 11/16	POR	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Tue 11/17	POR	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 11/19	NYK	@	MIN	8:00 PM

Last Game

Jazz

1 - 9

100

Final

115

Timberwolves

8 - 3

Sun 8 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

40.1

Dončić

31.3

Curry

29.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

14.6

Sabonis

13.6

Towns

12.8

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.1

Jokić

8.9

Young

8.8

Wagner

SPG Leaders

2.9

Daniels

2.6

Dunn

2.4

Gillespie

BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

2.5

Turner

2.5

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.8

Dončić

4.8

Curry

4.2

Robinson

TS% Leaders

78.5

Stewart

73.1

Gafford

73.0

Carter

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.5

119.6

119.4

118.5

118.0

DRtg Rankings

105.5

105.9

106.1

107.8

108.1

108.4

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

11.0

10.3

9.3

8.1

7.9

Tank Leaderboard

1-9

1-8

2-8

2-7

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

614

Wembanyama

567.5

Dončić

535.1

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

602.5

Dončić

599

Wembanyama

559

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.5

Dončić

36.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

36.1

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.1

Acuff

36.6

Murray

36.5

Maxey

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.03

Wembanyama

1.75

Dončić

1.63

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.98

Wembanyama

1.86

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-1

8-3

7-3

Worst Record ATS

1-9

2-8

2-6

3-7

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	9	2	.818
2	Celtics	8	2	.800	0.5
3	Pistons	6	3	.667	2.0
4	Hawks	7	4	.636	2.0
5	Knicks	5	4	.556	3.0
6	Raptors	5	4	.556	3.0
7	Cavaliers	5	5	.500	3.5
8	Heat	4	6	.400	4.5
9	Wizards	4	6	.400	4.5
10	Hornets	3	7	.300	5.5
11	Pacers	3	7	.300	5.5
12	Magic	2	7	.222	6.0
13	Nets	2	8	.200	6.5
14	Bulls	1	8	.111	7.0
15	Bucks	1	9	.100	7.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	9	2	.818
2	Thunder	8	2	.800	0.5
3	Spurs	8	2	.800	0.5
4	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	1.0
5	Warriors	7	3	.700	1.5
6	Rockets	7	3	.700	1.5
7	Grizzlies	6	3	.667	2.0
8	Trail Blazers	6	3	.667	2.0
9	Nuggets	5	3	.625	2.5
10	Mavericks	6	4	.600	2.5
11	Pelicans	4	6	.400	4.5
12	Suns	3	5	.375	4.5
13	Clippers	2	7	.222	6.0
14	Kings	1	9	.100	7.5
15	Jazz	1	9	.100	7.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/9	SAS	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Mon 11/9	NOP	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Tue 11/10	MIL	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Tue 11/10	BOS	@	PHI	8:00 PM
Tue 11/10	LAC	@	PHX	9:00 PM

The Minnesota Timberwolves are 22-16 in season openers all-time.

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8.9

8.8

2.9

2.6

2.4

4.0

2.5

2.5

5.8

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NBA Fantasy 2026-27

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