Minnesota Timberwolves 135, New Orleans Pelicans 105 — Recap

March 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 135, New Orleans Pelicans 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 27-34 NOP; Q2 MIN 40-26 NOP; Q3 MIN 38-22 NOP; Q4 MIN 30-23 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Nowell (MIN) 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-13 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-13 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-9 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Jaylen Nowell

28 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 6 3PM · 11-13 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

27 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

24 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Jaylen Nowell · Season-high 28 pointsJaden McDaniels · Season-high 20 pointsJaylen Nowell · Season-high 6 threesJaden McDaniels · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	27	40	38	30		135
NOP	34	26	22	23		105

🧮 How They Scored

MINNOP

56Points in the paint70

15Fast-break points23

14Second-chance points20

31Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.7%Effective FG%46.0%

9.7%Turnover %14.0%

17.9%Offensive rebound %38.0%

0.168Free-throw rate0.240

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	37	27	4	2	3	0	3	10-22	2-5	5-6	+11
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	16	7	1	0	2	3	7-19	2-10	0-0	+16
Jaylen Nowell G	28	28	5	6	1	1	2	11-13	6-7	0-0	+25
Ricky Rubio G	27	6	1	8	2	1	2	1-6	0-2	4-4	+10
Jaden McDaniels F	26	20	4	1	2	3	0	8-9	4-5	0-1	+22
Naz Reid F-C	24	15	4	1	2	2	0	7-9	1-3	0-0	+22
Jake Layman F	23	12	2	0	0	1	0	4-7	3-5	1-1	+11
Josh Okogie G	23	4	4	4	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	4-4	+25
Jarred Vanderbilt F	17	2	6	4	0	0	0	1-4	0-0	0-0	+5
Juancho Hernangomez F	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	+3

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson F	31	24	5	2	0	0	3	9-13	0-0	6-11	-29
Steven Adams C	29	13	12	0	1	0	1	6-10	0-1	1-2	-16
Brandon Ingram F	28	13	3	4	0	1	4	5-14	1-6	2-3	-15
Lonzo Ball G	28	10	2	7	2	1	1	3-12	3-9	1-2	-16
Josh Hart G	26	5	13	3	0	0	6	2-8	0-3	1-1	-22
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	25	10	4	2	0	1	2	4-10	1-3	1-1	-19
Kira Lewis Jr. G	22	11	2	4	3	1	0	5-12	1-3	0-0	-21
Eric Bledsoe G	21	2	2	2	0	1	1	1-8	0-4	0-0	-4
Jaxson Hayes C	11	11	1	1	0	1	0	5-5	0-0	1-2	-8
Nicolo Melli F	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Sindarius Thornwell G	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	0
Willy Hernangomez C	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-2	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	28	28	107.7	22.4	+42.0	26.1
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	27	54.8	31.8	+16.7	11.3
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	26	20	105.9	13.6	+34.5	17.8
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	29	16	42.1	30.6	+25.4	5.2
Naz Reid	Bench	24	15	83.3	15.8	+42.3	14.3
Jake Layman	Bench	23	12	80.6	12.7	+22.9	10.9
Ricky Rubio	Bench	27	6	38.7	15.9	+21.7	9.5
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	6	5	83.3	27.3	+30.0	26.7
Josh Okogie	Bench	23	4	42.0	8.6	+46.3	4.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	17	2	25.0	10.3	+18.4	8.2

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	31	24	67.3	24.7	-43.4	10.0
Steven Adams	Bench	29	13	59.7	15.6	-25.4	12.4
Brandon Ingram	Bench	28	13	42.4	26.0	-27.0	2.9
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	11	11	93.5	19.4	-30.8	17.3
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	22	11	45.8	18.5	-49.1	10.6
Lonzo Ball	Bench	28	10	38.8	18.7	-30.7	8.8
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	25	10	47.9	16.4	-39.6	4.7
Josh Hart	Bench	26	5	29.6	18.7	-38.3	4.9
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	21	2	12.5	17.3	-9.1	-4.5
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	6	2	34.7	17.6	-12.7	2.1
Sindarius Thornwell	Bench	7	2	25.0	21.1	-10.6	13.0
Nicolo Melli	Bench	7	2	50.0	10.5	-10.6	15.2