The 2022–23 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 34th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The Timberwolves failed to improve on their 46–36 record from last year after losing to the Toronto Raptors 107–122 on March 18, but they were able to finish with a winning record in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2004 and 2005 after beating the New Orleans Pelicans 113–108 on April 9 and participated in the play-in tournament for a second straight season. Despite losing to the Los Angeles Lakers 102–108 on April 11, they would beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 120–95 at home to clinch a playoff spot on April 14. However, they lost in the first round to the eventual NBA champion Denver Nuggets in five games. This was the first time since 2003 and 2004 that the Timberwolves made the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. It was the first season with Rudy Gobert after the team acquired him in a preseason trade on July 6, 2022, where they traded five different players (including the draft rights to Walker Kessler) and five first round picks (including a 2026 first round pick swap) to the Utah Jazz.
Draft
RoundPickPlayerPosition(s)NationalityCollege / Club 1 19 Jake LaRavia Forward Wake Forest 2 40 Bryce McGowens Shooting guard Nebraska 2 48 Kendall Brown Small forward Baylor 2 50 Matteo Spagnolo Shooting guard Vanoli Cremola The Timberwolves owned their first round pick and had three second-round selections, all acquired through prior trades. On June 23, 2022, the Timberwolves traded the draft rights to Kendall Brown to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for cash considerations and a 2026 second round selection.
Roster
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Standings
Division
Conference
Game log
Preseason
|-style="background:#cfc; | 1 | October 4 | @ Miami | | Anthony Edwards (24) | Nathan Knight (7) | Jordan McLaughlin (5) | FTX Arena19,600 | 1–0 |-style="background:#cfc; | 2 | October 6 | L.A. Lakers | | Edwards, Russell, Nowell (13) | Rudy Gobert (12) | Jordan McLaughlin (6) | T-Mobile Arena7,311 | 2–0 |-style="background:#cfc; | 3 | October 9 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Naz Reid (20) | Naz Reid (11) | Towns, Russell, McLaughlin (6) | Crypto.com Arena16,466 | 3–0 |-style="background:#cfc; | 4 | October 12 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Naz Reid (22) | Naz Reid (13) | D'Angelo Russell (8) | Crypto.com Arena18,754 | 4–0 |-style="background:#fcc; | 5 | October 14 | Brooklyn | | D'Angelo Russell (17) | Karl-Anthony Towns (9) | D'Angelo Russell (6) | Target Center12,787 | 4–1
Regular season
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 19 | Oklahoma City | | Rudy Gobert (23) | Rudy Gobert (16) | Towns, Edwards (7) | Target Center17,136 | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc; | 2 | October 21 | Utah | | Anthony Edwards (30) | Rudy Gobert (23) | D'Angelo Russell (7) | Target Center17,136 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | October 23 | @ Oklahoma City | | Anthony Edwards (30) | Rudy Gobert (15) | D'Angelo Russell (6) | Paycom Center15,044 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | October 24 | San Antonio | | Karl-Anthony Towns (27) | Karl-Anthony Towns (11) | D'Angelo Russell (7) | Target Center15,347 | 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | October 26 | @ San Antonio | | Anthony Edwards (34) | Rudy Gobert (9) | Edwards, Russell (9) | Target Center16,165 | 3–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 6 | October 28 | L.A. Lakers | | Anthony Edwards (29) | Rudy Gobert (21) | Towns, Russell (7) | Target Center17,136 | 4–2 |-style="background:#fcc; | 7 | October 30 | San Antonio | | Karl-Anthony Towns (26) | Rudy Gobert (12) | Anthony Edwards (6) | AT&T Center15,051 | 4–3
|-style="background:#fcc; | 8 | November 1 | @ Phoenix | | Edwards, Towns (24) | Karl-Anthony Towns (10) | Karl-Anthony Towns (7) | Footprint Center17,071 | 4–4 |-style="background:#fcc; | 9 | November 4 | Milwaukee | | Anthony Edwards (24) | Rudy Gobert (13) | Karl-Anthony Towns (5) | Target Center17,136 | 4–5 |-style="background:#cfc; | 10 | November 5 | Houston | | Karl-Anthony Towns (25) | Karl-Anthony Towns (9) | Jordan McLaughlin (11) | Target Center16,412 | 5–5 |-style="background:#fcc; | 11 | November 7 | New York | | Karl-Anthony Towns (25) | Karl-Anthony Towns (13) | D'Angelo Russell (8) | Target Center14,524 | 5–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | November 9 | Phoenix | | Rudy Gobert (25) | Rudy Gobert (11) | Edwards, Russell (6) | Target Center16,062 | 5–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | November 11 | @ Memphis | | Anthony Edwards (28) | Karl-Anthony Towns (10) | D'Angelo Russell (8) | FedExForum16,939 | 5–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 14 | November 14 | @ Cleveland | | D'Angelo Russell (30) | Karl-Anthony Towns (13) | D'Angelo Russell (12) | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse19,432 | 6–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | November 16 | @ Orlando | | Anthony Edwards (35) | Edwards, McDaniels, Towns (8) | Edwards, Russell (6) | Amway Center16,527 | 7–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | November 19 | @ Philadelphia | | Anthony Edwards (25) | Rudy Gobert (13) | D'Angelo Russell (7) | Wells Fargo Center20,515 | 8–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | November 21 | Miami | | Karl-Anthony Towns (25) | Rudy Gobert (9) | Karl-Anthony Towns (9) | Target Center16,583 | 9–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | November 23 | @ Indiana | | Karl-Anthony Towns (23) | Rudy Gobert (16) | D'Angelo Russell (12) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse15,751 | 10–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | November 25 | @ Charlotte | | Anthony Edwards (25) | Rudy Gobert (17) | D'Angelo Russell (10) | Spectrum Center17,924 | 10–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | November 27 | Golden State | | Anthony Edwards (26) | Rudy Gobert (10) | D'Angelo Russell (6) | Target Center17,136 | 10–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | November 28 | @ Washington | | Anthony Edwards (29) | Anderson, Edwards (8) | D'Angelo Russell (5) | Capital One Arena13,515 | 10–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | November 30 | Memphis | | Anthony Edwards (29) | Kyle Anderson (6) | D'Angelo Russell (10) | Target Center15,980 | 11–11
|-style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | December 3 | Oklahoma City | | D'Angelo Russell (27) | Naz Reid (18) | D'Angelo Russell (6) | Target Center17,136 | 11–12 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | December 7 | Indiana | | D'Angelo Russell (28) | Rudy Gobert (21) | Anthony Edwards (8) | Target Center15,472 | 12–12 |-style="background:#cfc; | 25 | December 9 | @ Utah | | D'Angelo Russell (30) | Rudy Gobert (13) | Kyle Anderson (12) | Vivint Arena18,206 | 13–12 |-style="background:#fcc; | 26 | December 10 | @ Portland | | Anthony Edwards (26) | Rudy Gobert (9) | Anthony Edwards (7) | Moda Center18,324 | 13–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | December 12 | @ Portland | | D'Angelo Russell (23) | Rudy Gobert (20) | D'Angelo Russell (8) | Moda Center18,021 | 13–14 |-style=background:#fcc;" | 28 | December 14 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Anthony Edwards (19) | Rudy Gobert (13) | Kyle Anderson (5) | Crypto.com Arena14,068 | 13–15 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 29 | December 16 | @ Oklahoma City | | Naz Reid (28) | Anthony Edwards (11) | Anthony Edwards (7) | Paycom Center14,885 | 14–15 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 30 | December 18 | Chicago | | Anthony Edwards (37) | Jaden McDaniels (8) | Anthony Edwards (11) | Target Center16,294 | 15–15 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | December 19 | Dallas | | Edwards, Reid (27) | Edwards, Reid (13) | Anthony Edwards (9) | Target Center16,627 | 16–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | December 21 | Dallas | | Anthony Edwards (23) | Rudy Gobert (15) | D'Angelo Russell (8) | Target Center16,164 | 16–16 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | December 23 | @ Boston | | Anthony Edwards (30) | Rudy Gobert (12) | D'Angelo Russell (10) | TD Garden19,156 | 16–17 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | December 26 | @ Miami | | Anthony Edwards (29) | Naz Reid (11) | D'Angelo Russell (8) | FTX Arena19,911 | 16–18 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 35 | December 28 | @ New Orleans | | Edwards, Russell (27) | Rudy Gobert (8) | D'Angelo Russell (4) | Smoothie King Center18,669 | 16–19 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 36 | December 30 | @ Milwaukee | | Anthony Edwards (30) | Anthony Edwards (10) | D'Angelo Russell (7) | Fiserv Forum18,018 | 16–20 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 37 | December 31 | Detroit | | Anthony Edwards (30) | Rudy Gobert (10) | Edwards, Russell (5) | Target Center16,233 | 16–21
|-style="background:#cfc;" | 38 | January 2 | Denver | | Anthony Edwards (29) | Anthony Edwards (10) | Kyle Anderson (8) | Target Center15,962 | 17–21 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 39 | January 4 | Portland | | Anthony Edwards (32) | Rudy Gobert (12) | D'Angelo Russell (7) | Target Center15,434 | 18–21 |-style=background:#cfc;" | 40 | January 6 | L.A. Clippers | | Rudy Gobert (25) | Rudy Gobert (21) | Anderson, Nowell (6) | Target Center17,136 | 19–21 |-style=background:#cfc;" | 41 | January 8 | @ Houston | | D'Angelo Russell (22) | Rudy Gobert (11) | Anderson, Russell (6) | Toyota Center18,055 | 20–21 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 42 | January 11 | @ Detroit | | Anthony Edwards (20) | Rudy Gobert (14) | Anthony Edwards (6) | Little Caesars Arena15,906 | 20–22 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 43 | January 13 | Phoenix | | Anthony Edwards (31) | Rudy Gobert (12) | Jaden McDaniels (6) | Target Center16,460 | 21–22 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 44 | January 14 | Cleveland | | Anthony Edwards (26) | Naz Reid (7) | Anthony Edwards (7) | Target Center17,136 | 22–22 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 45 | January 16 | Utah
| Anthony Edwards (29) | Kyle Anderson (11) | Kyle Anderson (10) | Target Center16,477 | 22–23 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 46 | January 18 | @ Denver | | Jaden McDaniels (18) | Kyle Anderson (11) | Kyle Anderson (8) | Ball Arena16,112 | 22–24 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 47 | January 19 | Toronto | | D'Angelo Russell (25) | Kyle Anderson (10) | Anthony Edwards (7) | Target Center16,318 | 23–24 |-style=background:#cfc;" | 48 | January 21 | Houston | | Anthony Edwards (44) | Kyle Anderson (7) | D'Angelo Russell (8) | Target Center17,136 | 24–24 |-style=background:#fcc;" | 49 | January 23 | @ Houston | | Anthony Edwards (31) | Rudy Gobert (16) | D'Angelo Russell (7) | Toyota Center13,811 | 24–25 |-style=background:#cfc;" | 50 | January 25 | @ New Orleans | | Anthony Edwards (37) | Rudy Gobert (12) | Kyle Anderson (7) | Smoothie King Center14,877 | 25–25 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 51 | January 27 | Memphis | | Anthony Edwards (25) | Rudy Gobert (13) | Edwards, Russell (7) | Target Center17,136 | 26–25 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 52 | January 28 | Sacramento | | Anthony Edwards (34) | Rudy Gobert (14) | Edwards, Russell (6) | Target Center17,136 | 27–25 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 53 | January 30 | Sacramento | | Anthony Edwards (33) | Rudy Gobert (14) | D'Angelo Russell (7) | Target Center15,342 | 27–26
|-style="background:#cfc;" | 54 | February 1 | Golden State | | D'Angelo Russell (29) | Naz Reid (13) | Edwards, Rivers (5) | Target Center17,136 | 28–26 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 55 | February 3 | Orlando | | D'Angelo Russell (29) | D'Angelo Russell (10) | D'Angelo Russell (6) | Target Center17,136 | 28–27 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 56 | February 5 | Denver | | Anthony Edwards (20) | Rudy Gobert (8) | D'Angelo Russell (10) | Target Center17,136 | 29–27 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 57 | February 7 | @ Denver | | Edwards, Garza (19) | Luka Garza (9) | Wendell Moore Jr. (5) | Ball Arena18,307 | 29–28 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 58 | February 8 | @ Utah | | Anthony Edwards (31) | Josh Minott (11) | Anthony Edwards (8) | Vivint Arena18,206 | 30–28 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 59 | February 10 | @ Memphis | | Jaylen Nowell (21) | Rudy Gobert (10) | Anthony Edwards (5) | FedEx Forum17,794 | 30–29 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 60 | February 13 | @ Dallas | | Anthony Edwards (32) | Rudy Gobert (14) | Mike Conley Jr. (9) | American Airlines Center20,325 | 31–29 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 61 | February 16 | Washington | | Anthony Edwards (34)