Minnesota Timberwolves 118, New Orleans Pelicans 119 — Recap

December 28, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 118, New Orleans Pelicans 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 28-24 NOP; Q2 MIN 27-25 NOP; Q3 MIN 33-37 NOP; Q4 MIN 30-33 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 43 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-21 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

43 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 14-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

27 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

27 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 8-17 FG

Season highs

Zion Williamson · Season-high 43 points

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	28	27	33	30		118
NOP	24	25	37	33		119

🧮 How They Scored

MINNOP

58Points in the paint52

10Fast-break points10

8Second-chance points8

26Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.6%Effective FG%54.9%

10.2%Turnover %11.5%

12.8%Offensive rebound %23.1%

0.386Free-throw rate0.531

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	39	27	6	2	2	1	4	10-23	2-6	5-9	-5
D'Angelo Russell G	38	27	3	4	2	0	3	8-17	2-7	9-9	+5
Jaden McDaniels F	34	19	7	3	2	1	0	8-12	1-2	2-3	+2
Austin Rivers G	33	5	2	2	0	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-1	-10
Rudy Gobert C	29	10	8	2	0	4	2	4-5	0-0	2-2	-6
Jaylen Nowell G	25	14	2	2	0	0	0	5-11	2-4	2-2	-2
Naz Reid F-C	25	13	6	1	0	2	1	5-8	2-5	1-2	+6
Bryn Forbes G	13	2	1	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	+4
Nathan Knight F-C	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	+1

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	37	20	3	6	2	0	4	7-16	3-6	3-5	+3
Naji Marshall F	35	12	7	1	0	0	0	4-9	0-2	4-5	+3
Zion Williamson F	34	43	3	5	1	1	4	14-21	1-1	14-19	+3
Jonas Valanciunas C	29	12	11	2	0	1	1	4-12	0-3	4-4	+2
Trey Murphy III F	27	21	3	4	0	0	0	6-8	5-6	4-5	+10
Dyson Daniels G	18	3	4	2	1	1	2	1-3	1-1	0-2	-5
Jaxson Hayes C	17	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-2
Larry Nance Jr. F	16	0	2	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Devonte' Graham G	16	0	4	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+2
Jose Alvarado G	11	5	3	0	1	0	1	2-6	0-1	1-3	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	38	27	64.4	25.0	+3.2	15.0
Anthony Edwards	Bench	39	27	50.1	34.8	-4.6	7.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	34	19	71.3	16.5	+1.2	15.4
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	25	14	58.9	21.8	-3.8	10.9
Naz Reid	Bench	25	13	73.2	16.1	+10.3	16.8
Rudy Gobert	Bench	29	10	85.0	12.9	-6.2	10.6
Austin Rivers	Bench	33	5	38.8	8.0	-12.6	-1.6
Bryn Forbes	Bench	13	2	53.2	9.4	+12.9	2.8
Nathan Knight	Bench	3	1	56.8	14.3	-11.9	-6.1
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Matt Ryan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	34	43	73.2	40.7	+5.7	27.5
Trey Murphy III	Bench	27	21	102.9	12.5	+18.8	20.5
CJ McCollum	Bench	37	20	54.9	24.4	+5.7	8.7
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	29	12	43.6	21.7	+1.3	9.8
Naji Marshall	Bench	35	12	53.6	13.3	+7.5	7.6
Jose Alvarado	Bench	11	5	34.2	27.6	-41.7	-1.7
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	17	3	75.0	7.1	-2.7	1.6
Dyson Daniels	Bench	18	3	38.7	13.3	-12.2	5.1
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	16	0	0.0	2.9	-3.0	-1.6
Garrett Temple	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Devonte' Graham	Bench	16	0	0.0	8.1	+5.9	1.9
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dereon Seabron	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0