Minnesota Timberwolves 111, New Orleans Pelicans 102 — Recap

January 25, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 111, New Orleans Pelicans 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 26-34 NOP; Q2 MIN 20-18 NOP; Q3 MIN 39-21 NOP; Q4 MIN 26-29 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 37 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-25 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 17 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 15 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

37 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 12-25 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

25 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

19 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 8-17 FG

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	26	20	39	26		111
NOP	34	18	21	29		102

🧮 How They Scored

MINNOP

50Points in the paint40

18Fast-break points4

6Second-chance points10

18Points off turnovers6

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.5%Effective FG%50.6%

8.7%Turnover %12.9%

10.5%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.341Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
D'Angelo Russell G	39	19	3	5	2	0	0	8-17	3-8	0-1	+12
Anthony Edwards G	37	37	6	5	0	0	4	12-25	4-10	9-10	+13
Rudy Gobert C	35	17	12	3	1	1	0	7-12	0-0	3-5	+13
Jaden McDaniels F	34	10	0	2	1	0	0	4-7	2-4	0-0	+4
Kyle Anderson F	33	10	3	7	2	2	4	3-6	0-0	4-4	+16
Austin Rivers G	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-6	0-4	0-0	-2
Naz Reid F-C	14	6	7	0	2	2	1	1-1	1-1	3-4	-4
Jaylen Nowell G	13	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	1-4	-7
Matt Ryan F	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+4
Nathan Knight F-C	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	34	25	5	8	1	2	0	9-17	5-9	2-4	-16
Jonas Valanciunas C	29	15	12	0	0	1	2	7-9	1-2	0-0	-13
Naji Marshall F	27	5	4	4	1	1	3	1-6	0-2	3-4	-3
Brandon Ingram F	26	13	5	5	1	0	4	4-18	0-6	5-5	-19
Herbert Jones F	26	4	5	1	0	0	1	2-9	0-5	0-0	-19
Jose Alvarado G	24	7	4	3	0	0	2	3-9	1-4	0-0	+12
Larry Nance Jr. F	22	7	3	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	2-2	+6
Trey Murphy III F	21	6	0	1	0	2	0	2-5	0-3	2-2	-9
Devonte' Graham G	16	12	1	2	1	0	0	4-4	4-4	0-0	+9
Willy Hernangomez C	15	8	3	1	0	1	2	3-5	0-1	2-4	+7

🔬 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	37	62.9	40.0	+18.5	18.5
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	39	19	54.5	20.5	+15.6	11.0
Rudy Gobert	Bench	35	17	59.9	18.9	+17.6	17.9
Kyle Anderson	Bench	33	10	64.4	16.0	+24.6	10.0
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	34	10	71.4	9.9	+9.0	3.0
Naz Reid	Bench	14	6	108.7	12.9	-13.3	21.3
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	13	5	37.0	23.3	-22.1	2.3
Matt Ryan	Bench	9	3	75.0	10.5	+22.2	5.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	3	2	100.0	16.7	-66.7	7.4
Austin Rivers	Bench	24	2	16.7	11.3	-2.0	0.0
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
Bryn Forbes	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
CJ McCollum	Bench	34	25	66.6	22.6	-22.5	19.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	29	15	83.3	16.2	-24.7	14.3
Brandon Ingram	Bench	26	13	32.2	38.1	-36.5	4.1
Devonte' Graham	Bench	16	12	150.0	11.4	+27.3	22.6
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	15	8	59.2	25.7	+15.7	5.1
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	22	7	90.2	7.7	+10.9	12.2
Jose Alvarado	Bench	24	7	38.9	20.8	+22.6	2.6
Trey Murphy III	Bench	21	6	51.0	11.3	-20.5	4.4
Naji Marshall	Bench	27	5	32.2	17.5	-5.5	5.7
Herbert Jones	Bench	26	4	22.2	15.6	-35.8	-2.6
Garrett Temple	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0