Minnesota Timberwolves 125, New Orleans Pelicans 128 — Recap

January 11, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 125, New Orleans Pelicans 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 36-35 NOP; Q2 MIN 23-30 NOP; Q3 MIN 30-32 NOP; Q4 MIN 36-31 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Ingram (NOP) 33 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Josh Hart (NOP) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Malik Beasley (MIN) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Brandon Ingram

33 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST, 6 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

28 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

26 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Brandon Ingram · Season-high 6 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	36	23	30	36		125
NOP	35	30	32	31		128

🧮 How They Scored

MINNOP

44Points in the paint48

8Fast-break points28

12Second-chance points9

35Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.3%Effective FG%65.8%

11.5%Turnover %17.8%

23.7%Offensive rebound %28.1%

0.360Free-throw rate0.487

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	42	26	8	5	3	1	3	9-16	1-4	7-11	-2
Anthony Edwards G	37	28	4	5	1	0	3	10-21	6-12	2-2	-2
D'Angelo Russell G	34	18	1	10	1	0	2	6-15	4-10	2-2	+11
Malik Beasley G	30	18	4	0	0	0	0	6-10	6-8	0-0	+12
Jaden McDaniels F	28	9	6	2	0	0	2	2-6	0-2	5-5	+2
Jarred Vanderbilt F	26	8	5	2	3	0	1	3-6	0-0	2-4	-13
Patrick Beverley G	21	10	3	2	3	1	2	3-6	0-1	4-4	-18
Taurean Prince F	8	5	0	1	0	1	0	2-2	1-1	0-1	+2
Josh Okogie G	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Naz Reid F-C	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+1
Jaylen Nowell G	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-2

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	37	33	4	9	1	1	5	11-19	6-7	5-5	+2
Josh Hart G	36	21	9	5	1	0	3	8-14	1-4	4-6	-1
Devonte' Graham G	32	11	4	4	1	0	2	3-9	1-7	4-5	+14
Jonas Valanciunas C	28	13	12	5	0	0	4	3-7	0-0	7-9	+8
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	27	9	2	6	1	0	4	3-5	2-3	1-3	+6
Herbert Jones F	25	14	0	1	0	0	0	4-6	2-2	4-4	-8
Jaxson Hayes C	19	13	1	0	1	0	1	5-5	0-0	3-5	0
Garrett Temple G-F	18	5	4	0	0	0	1	2-6	1-5	0-0	-2
Jose Alvarado G	12	3	1	3	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+2
Gary Clark F	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	28	64.0	28.1	-1.0	12.5
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	42	26	62.4	24.2	-2.3	11.8
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	34	18	56.7	22.2	+15.1	9.6
Malik Beasley	Bench	30	18	90.0	14.3	+17.1	10.9
Patrick Beverley	Bench	21	10	64.4	18.9	-37.5	16.3
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	28	9	54.9	15.2	+1.3	7.6
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	26	8	51.5	15.3	-19.4	4.6
Taurean Prince	Bench	8	5	102.5	10.5	+19.3	7.7
Naz Reid	Bench	6	2	33.3	18.8	+1.4	-6.1
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	2	1	56.8	25.0	-16.7	0.0
Josh Okogie	Bench	7	0	0.0	6.3	-34.3	-6.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	37	33	77.8	28.4	+4.3	16.2
Josh Hart	Bench	36	21	63.1	22.7	+1.7	13.6
Herbert Jones	Bench	25	14	90.2	12.9	-9.8	7.2
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	28	13	59.3	20.5	+7.6	14.4
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	19	13	90.3	18.6	-3.6	7.9
Devonte' Graham	Bench	32	11	49.1	16.7	+22.4	8.4
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	27	9	71.2	16.7	+6.5	7.1
Gary Clark	Bench	6	6	150.0	13.3	-35.2	18.9
Garrett Temple	Bench	18	5	41.7	15.9	-8.2	3.3
Jose Alvarado	Bench	12	3	50.0	11.5	+8.3	2.1