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The Margin · Timberwolves Nightly · Trend · Thursday, September 17

The Timberwolves' Margin Is -6.4 a Game Over Their Last 10

Minnesota's point differential has flipped hard negative over its last ten games, a reversal from where it stood for the season.

-6.4per game over the last 10, vs the season · last season, May 15

Over their last 10 games this season, the Timberwolves have been outscored by 6.4 points per game. That is a sharp turn from their mark across the full 2025-26 season, where they were plus 2.2 points per game through 94 games.

A shift from plus 2.2 to minus 6.4 is not a small wobble. It means a team that had been winning its share of possessions across the year has spent its last 10 games on the losing end of the scoreboard by a wide margin.

For that trend to hold, Minnesota's per-game margin over its coming games would need to stay negative, close to the minus 6.4 mark, rather than snapping back toward its season number. For it to reverse, the Timberwolves would need their scoring margin to climb back up toward plus 2.2 or better, the level that describes their season as a whole.

As of 2026-05-15, this comes down to two numbers measured over different stretches: 10 games against a season total of 94. Ten games is enough to take seriously, but it is a small slice of 94, so the next games will decide which of these two numbers is closer to the truth about this team.

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Hoops Nightly Desk · every number in this piece is in the box scores and on the pages linked below.
games94
directiondown
last10 margin-6.4
season margin2.2
Season2025-26
FoundFri, May 15

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