New Orleans Pelicans @ Minnesota Timberwolves
0-3, 0-2 Away
89
0-3, 0-2 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NO | 27 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 89 |
MIN | 28 | 26 | 15 | 27 | 96 |
2-0, 2-0 Home
96
2-0, 2-0 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Jaden McDaniels misses alley oop layup
- Herbert Jones misses two point shot
- Devonte' Graham misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Devonte' Graham misses driving layup
- Devonte' Graham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devonte' Graham assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
- Anthony Edwards misses 9-foot jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving floating jump shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 5-foot two point shot (Devonte' Graham assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Josh Okogie assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
- Brandon Ingram misses 12-foot two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes dunk (Josh Okogie assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses 20-foot jumper
- Josh Okogie misses free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Okogie misses free throw 2 of 2
- Devonte' Graham misses 24-foot pullup jump shot
- Jonas Valanciunas makes tip shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Taurean Prince makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot driving dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
- Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Naji Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
- Kira Lewis Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince misses driving layup
- Jaxson Hayes makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Malik Beasley misses driving layup
- Brandon Ingram makes 25-foot three point shot (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Patrick Beverley makes two point shot
- Garrett Temple makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Kira Lewis Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 27-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes 3-foot layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot (Taurean Prince assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid misses layup
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes tip shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones misses 2-foot tip shot
- Patrick Beverley misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses layup
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Devonte' Graham misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 1 of 2
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 2 of 2
- Devonte' Graham misses three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels makes driving dunk
- Devonte' Graham misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels makes 2-foot layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes driving layup
- Josh Okogie misses 14-foot jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas misses layup
- Jonas Valanciunas makes jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses two point shot
- Brandon Ingram makes tip shot
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Brandon Ingram misses 15-foot two point shot
- Brandon Ingram makes driving layup
- Devonte' Graham misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Brandon Ingram makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
- Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses dunk
- Jaden McDaniels misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Devonte' Graham makes two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Devonte' Graham misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 16-foot jumper
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Naz Reid misses three point jumper
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 2-foot layup (Herbert Jones assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Devonte' Graham makes technical free throw
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 1 of 2
- Devonte' Graham misses free throw 2 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Devonte' Graham misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
- Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Malik Beasley makes 20-foot jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses layup
- Trey Murphy III makes three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes layup (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaxson Hayes misses layup
- Malik Beasley makes driving layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses layup
- Jaxson Hayes misses 15-foot jumper
- Jordan McLaughlin makes driving layup
- Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Malik Beasley makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas misses layup
- Jordan McLaughlin makes driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
- Devonte' Graham misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Malik Beasley misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones misses jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram makes technical free throw
- Brandon Ingram makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Brandon Ingram makes technical free throw
- Taurean Prince misses free throw 1 of 2
- Taurean Prince misses free throw 2 of 2
- Devonte' Graham misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Brandon Ingram makes 7-foot jumper
- Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Herbert Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes 17-foot two point shot
- Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Brandon Ingram assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones makes 2-foot layup (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses layup
- Brandon Ingram makes 12-foot jumper (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
- Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes jump bank shot
- Devonte' Graham misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jordan McLaughlin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan McLaughlin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Naz Reid misses driving layup
- Devonte' Graham misses free throw 1 of 3
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 2 of 3
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 3 of 3
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: MIN, 73.8
Win %: MIN, 72.5
Win %: MIN, 72.1
Win %: MIN, 73.3
Win %: MIN, 73.7
Win %: MIN, 72.0
Win %: MIN, 73.2
Win %: MIN, 71.9
Win %: MIN, 73.1
Win %: MIN, 73.5
Win %: MIN, 73.5
Win %: MIN, 77.4
Win %: MIN, 78.6
Win %: MIN, 77.3
Win %: MIN, 78.5
Win %: MIN, 77.3
Win %: MIN, 78.8
Win %: MIN, 80.4
Win %: MIN, 81.7
Win %: MIN, 82.1
Win %: MIN, 85.0
Win %: MIN, 86.2
Win %: MIN, 85.2
Win %: MIN, 84.9
Win %: MIN, 85.9
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:Matt Boland
Referee:Kevin Scott
Referee:Gediminas Petraitis
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
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