Bones Hyland has gone scoreless in Game 1 and finished the series-clinching Game 6 without a field goal, and that slide is putting his playoff minutes under a sharper lens. The Minnesota Timberwolves guard has been uneven through seven postseason games, with Wednesday looming as a possible checkpoint for his role.
Hyland’s playoff line
Hyland is 0-for-9 from the field and 0-for-7 from 3-point range over his last two playoff games. Those two nights include Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs and the series-clinching Game 6 against the Denver Nuggets.
Across his first seven playoff games this year, he has made 14 of 40 field-goal attempts and 8 of 28 from 3-point range. That leaves him at 35.0 percent from the field and 28.6 percent on 3s in this postseason.
Timberwolves and Hyland history
The 25-year-old arrived in Minnesota on a two-way deal in late February of 2025. Last season, after joining the Timberwolves, he played in four games for a total of 17 minutes.
He also brings a broader playoff track record from time with the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers. In 13 postseason outings with those two teams, he shot 35.6 percent from the field and 29.2 percent from 3-point range.
Those numbers explain why the current stretch matters. Hyland has more playoff games without a 3-point make than with one, and his last two games have produced no field goals at all.
Finch’s Game 2 call
Chris Finch may decide whether to use Hyland in Game 2 on Wednesday, while Ayo Dosunmu has missed the last two playoff games with a sore calf. Minnesota is three wins away from its third consecutive Western Conference finals, so every minute in the guard rotation carries weight.
Hyland’s path is narrower now than it was when he was the 2021 first-round pick. A scoreless opener and a blank final game do not end his postseason, but they do leave Finch with a clean choice about whether the guard gets another look when the Timberwolves take the floor again.
