Minnesota Timberwolves 107, New Orleans Pelicans 121 — Recap

December 11, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 107, New Orleans Pelicans 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 29-29 NOP; Q2 MIN 23-30 NOP; Q3 MIN 34-31 NOP; Q4 MIN 21-31 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 36 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists on 13-of-17 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 17 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-11 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

36 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 13-17 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

23 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

20 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 5-13 FG

Season highs

Zion Williamson · Season-high 36 pointsHerbert Jones · Season-high 10 rebounds

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	29	23	34	21		107
NOP	29	30	31	31		121

🧮 How They Scored

MINNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.6%Effective FG%54.9%

11.4%Turnover %11.5%

21.3%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.181Free-throw rate0.488

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	33	17	12	1	—	—	1	5-11	1-3	6-7	-12
Mike Conley G	27	17	5	7	—	—	3	6-11	4-7	1-2	-19
Jaden McDaniels F	27	12	3	—	—	—	1	5-12	2-6	0-1	-3
Rudy Gobert C	25	8	8	—	—	2	2	4-8	—	—	-20
Naz Reid F-C	24	17	6	2	1	—	—	7-15	3-7	—	—
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	24	7	1	5	1	1	3	2-7	1-4	2-2	-13
Kyle Anderson F	19	6	4	3	2	—	—	3-6	—	—	+7
Jordan McLaughlin G	8	3	—	1	1	—	—	1-1	1-1	—	+1
Josh Minott F	2	3	—	—	—	—	—	1-1	—	1-1	+1
Wendell Moore Jr. G	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+1

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jonas Valanciunas C	35	14	13	4	2	2	3	5-9	0-1	4-7	+13
Zion Williamson F	33	36	5	2	1	1	1	13-17	—	10-12	+26
Herbert Jones F	32	7	10	5	—	—	—	2-7	1-3	2-3	+20
CJ McCollum G	29	23	4	4	1	1	1	8-15	4-7	3-3	+21
Brandon Ingram F	29	20	3	5	—	—	4	5-13	2-5	8-9	+13
Dyson Daniels G	28	6	2	2	2	1	—	1-3	1-1	3-4	+5
Trey Murphy III F	24	10	3	1	—	—	2	4-8	1-5	1-2	-4
Jose Alvarado G	15	—	2	3	1	1	1	0-5	0-3	—	-11
Naji Marshall F	14	5	5	1	—	1	1	2-4	1-2	—	-10
Jordan Hawkins G	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-1	—	—	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Mike Conley	Bench	27	17	71.5	22.2	-33.9	16.8
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	33	17	60.4	19.5	-19.7	12.8
Naz Reid	Bench	24	17	56.7	24.6	+2.4	10.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	27	12	48.2	18.8	-7.0	1.6
Rudy Gobert	Bench	25	8	50.0	17.5	-33.3	6.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	24	7	44.4	19.6	-22.6	2.4
Kyle Anderson	Bench	19	6	50.0	12.0	+14.2	11.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	8	3	150.0	4.8	+10.3	14.1
Josh Minott	Bench	2	3	104.2	25.0	+8.3	150.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	2	—	0.0	0.0	+8.3	50.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	33	36	80.8	28.4	+33.2	24.0
CJ McCollum	Bench	29	23	70.5	25.8	+37.0	22.2
Brandon Ingram	Bench	29	20	59.0	32.3	+21.7	11.6
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	35	14	57.9	18.1	+14.8	14.5
Trey Murphy III	Bench	24	10	56.3	16.7	-7.5	6.7
Herbert Jones	Bench	32	7	42.1	11.0	+31.7	8.2
Dyson Daniels	Bench	28	6	63.0	7.2	+10.0	4.9
Naji Marshall	Bench	14	5	62.5	14.7	-24.8	10.3
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	15	—	0.0	15.4	-24.7	-3.9
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	1	—	0.0	50.0	-100.0	-50.0