New Orleans Pelicans vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

Oct 25, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
NOP	25	29	26	27	107
MIN	19	24	30	25	98

Game Recap

Led by Jonas Valanciunas 22 points and 23 rebounds, the Pelicans defeated the Timberwolves, 107-98. Brandon Ingram added 27 points and nine rebounds for the Pelicans in the victory, while Karl-Anthony Towns (32 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists) and Anthony Edwards (28 points, nine rebounds) combined for 60 points for the Timberwolves in the losing effort. The Pelicans improve to 1-3 on the season, while the Timberwolves fall to 2-1.

Player Stats

PELICANS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5Herbert JonesSF	31	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	2	1	3	4	+1	0
14Brandon IngramPF	36	11-21	4-7	1-1	9	1	0	0	4	3	-2	27
17Jonas ValanciunasC	39	7-18	0-0	8-8	23	3	0	2	1	5	-1	22
6Nickeil Alexander-WalkerSG	29	6-16	2-9	3-3	7	3	1	0	1	1	+11	17
4Devonte' GrahamPG	38	8-16	1-6	4-4	3	7	1	0	4	1	+23	21
13Kira Lewis Jr.	9	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	2	-14	0
41Garrett Temple	16	2-5	1-3	2-3	5	1	0	1	1	0	+1	7
25Trey Murphy III	19	2-4	2-4	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	1	+9	6
10Jaxson Hayes	8	2-2	0-0	0-2	4	0	0	1	2	3	+10	4
8Naji Marshall	10	1-1	0-0	1-2	3	1	0	0	1	0	+7	3
15Jose Alvarado	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Willy Hernangomez	— did not play —												— did not play —
34Daulton Hommes	— did not play —												— did not play —
0Didi Louzada	— did not play —												— did not play —
31Tomas Satoransky	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	39-8744.8%	10-3033.3%	19-2382.6%	60	19	5	5	17	20	-	107

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20Josh OkogieSF	11	0-2	0-1	1-4	2	1	1	0	1	1	-10	1
3Jaden McDanielsPF	32	1-5	1-4	0-0	2	0	1	2	0	0	+3	3
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	39	10-24	4-10	8-8	14	7	2	2	3	3	+8	32
1Anthony EdwardsSG	40	10-23	4-11	4-4	9	3	1	0	3	5	+5	28
0D'Angelo RussellPG	29	3-14	1-8	2-2	6	4	2	1	2	0	-12	9
22Patrick Beverley	20	4-6	4-5	1-2	2	2	1	1	0	3	-3	13
5Malik Beasley	28	1-8	1-7	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	+2	5
11Naz Reid	8	1-3	0-1	0-2	0	0	1	1	0	3	-17	2
8Jarred Vanderbilt	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-16	0
6Jordan McLaughlin	11	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	0	-10	0
12Taurean Prince	8	1-4	0-3	3-3	3	0	0	0	0	2	+5	5
9Leandro Bolmaro	— did not play —												— did not play —
13Nathan Knight	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Jake Layman	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Jaylen Nowell	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	31-9034.4%	15-5030.0%	21-2777.8%	41	20	10	7	11	19	-	98

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterNOPMIN

(11:56) Jump Ball Towns vs. Valanciunas: Tip to Russell
(11:43) MISS Russell 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:43) Jones BLOCK (1 BLK)
(11:41) Towns REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:41) Russell Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:20) MISS Valanciunas 3' Layup
(11:18) Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:11) MISS Towns 12' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(11:09) Towns REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(11:08) MISS Towns 8' Turnaround Hook Shot
(11:06) Jones REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:02) MISS Ingram 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(11:02) Russell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:49) McDaniels 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Towns 1 AST)
03
(10:35) MISS Graham 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:31) Towns REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(10:16) MISS Russell 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(10:14) Graham REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:10) Graham Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:10) Okogie STEAL (1 STL)
(10:06) MISS Towns 2' Driving Layup
(10:03) Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:56) MISS Alexander-Walker 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:53) Pelicans Rebound
+2 (9:47) Ingram 20' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Valanciunas 1 AST)
23
(9:36) MISS Edwards 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:34) Pelicans Rebound
+2 (9:18) Valanciunas 2' Layup (2 PTS) (Alexander-Walker 1 AST)
43
(9:03) MISS Russell 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:02) Pelicans Rebound
+2 (8:50) Graham 8' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
63
(8:32) MISS Okogie 3PT Jump Shot
(8:30) Towns REBOUND (Off:3 Def:1)
+2 (8:28) Towns 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
65
+2 (8:15) Valanciunas 19' Turnaround Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Graham 1 AST)
85
(8:04) MISS Towns 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:03) Okogie REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(8:03) Ingram S.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Green)
+1 (8:03) Okogie Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
86
(8:03) MISS Okogie Free Throw 2 of 2
(8:01) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:55) Graham Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T2)
(7:45) MISS McDaniels 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:42) Alexander-Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:29) MISS Graham 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:28) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
(7:09) Valanciunas P.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Green)
+3 (7:06) Towns 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Okogie 1 AST)
89
(6:46) MISS Ingram 14' Turnaround Jump Shot
(6:46) Russell BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:46) Okogie REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:42) MISS Russell 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:38) Ingram REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:17) MISS Alexander-Walker 41' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:15) Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:01) MISS McDaniels 3PT Jump Shot
(5:59) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:39) MISS Valanciunas 8' Driving Hook Shot
(5:36) Towns REBOUND (Off:3 Def:2)
(5:26) MISS Towns 4' Driving Layup
(5:26) Valanciunas BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:25) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
(5:25) Towns T.FOUL (P0.T0) (E.Malloy)
(5:25) TIMBERWOLVES Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (5:25) Ingram Free Throw Technical (3 PTS)
99
+3 (5:17) Beverley 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Towns 2 AST)
912
(4:59) MISS Lewis Jr. 11' Floating Jump Shot
(4:57) Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:46) MISS Towns 11' Jump Shot
(4:43) Lewis Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (4:27) Temple 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Lewis Jr. 1 AST)
1212
(4:13) MISS Edwards 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:10) Ingram REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:01) MISS Temple 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:58) Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(3:53) Lewis Jr. P.FOUL (P1.T3) (E.Malloy)
(3:45) MISS Towns 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:42) Temple REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:40) Towns P.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Malloy)
(3:27) Jones Traveling Turnover (P1.T3)
(3:23) Towns OFF.Foul (P2) (E.Dalen)
(3:23) Towns Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
(3:23) Chris Finch Foul:T.FOUL (E.Dalen)
+1 (3:23) Temple Free Throw Technical (4 PTS)
1312
(3:05) MISS Murphy III 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:03) Temple REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(3:00) MISS Temple 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(3:00) McDaniels BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:59) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(2:59) Pelicans Turnover: Shot Clock (T#4)
(2:59) Pelicans Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:41) MISS Beverley 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(2:39) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (2:27) Valanciunas 13' Driving Floating Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Lewis Jr. 2 AST)
1512
(2:17) MISS Edwards 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:14) Beasley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (2:12) Beasley 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS)
1515
(2:00) Jones Backcourt Turnover (P2.T5)
(1:52) Hayes S.FOUL (P1.T4) (E.Dalen)
(1:52) MISS Reid Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:52) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
(1:52) MISS Reid Free Throw 2 of 2
(1:49) Hayes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:41) Hayes Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T6)
(1:41) Beasley STEAL (1 STL)
(1:40) Hayes P.FOUL (P2.PN) (E.Dalen)
+1 (1:40) Beasley Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
1516
+1 (1:40) Beasley Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1517
+3 (1:32) Ingram 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Temple 1 AST)
1817
+2 (1:17) Reid Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Beverley 1 AST)
1819
+3 (1:08) Murphy III 29' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Graham 2 AST)
2119
(0:51) MISS Russell 17' Step Back Jump Shot
(0:49) Murphy III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:41) Reid S.FOUL (P1.T2) (E.Dalen)
(0:41) MISS Hayes Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:41) Pelicans Rebound
(0:41) MISS Hayes Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:39) Hayes REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:28) MISS Graham 2' Driving Layup
(0:28) Reid BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:27) Hayes REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
+2 (0:27) Hayes 1' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
2319
(0:07) MISS Russell 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(0:04) Graham REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:04) Reid P.FOUL (P2.PN) (N.Green)
+1 (0:04) Graham Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2419
+1 (0:04) Graham Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2519

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

NOP

MIN

107Points98

39-87(44.8%)Field Goal(%)31-90(34.4%)

10-30(33.3%)3-Point(%)15-50(30.0%)

19-23(82.6%)Free Throw(%)21-27(77.8%)

60(15)Rebounds(Offensive)41(11)

19Assists20

5Steals10

5Blocks7

17Turnovers11

20Fouls19

40Pts In The Paint30

3Fast Break Pts14

12Pts Off Turnovers23

20Bench Pts25

21Largest Lead3

Game Details

Monday, October 25, 2021 · 8:00 PM

Target Center · Minneapolis, MN

attendance: 14,435 (74.6%)