Minnesota Timberwolves 104, New Orleans Pelicans 97 — Recap

January 7, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 104, New Orleans Pelicans 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 34-33 NOP; Q2 MIN 20-21 NOP; Q3 MIN 29-21 NOP; Q4 MIN 21-22 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 32 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Dejounte Murray (NOP) 29 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists on 9-of-15 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 13 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

32 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 7 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · NOP

Dejounte Murray

29 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 9-15 FG

Season highs

Dejounte Murray · Season-high 29 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	34	20	29	21		104
NOP	33	21	21	22		97

🧮 How They Scored

MINNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%44.2%

14.1%Turnover %12.0%

31.4%Offensive rebound %19.2%

0.213Free-throw rate0.256

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	32	9	3	2	—	4	10-21	7-11	5-6	+3
Julius Randle F	35	16	6	3	2	—	3	6-11	1-4	3-5	+21
Rudy Gobert C	35	7	14	4	—	6	2	3-4	—	1-2	-6
Jaden McDaniels F	31	5	3	—	2	1	—	2-9	1-6	—	—
Donte DiVincenzo G	29	10	2	7	3	—	3	4-12	2-8	—	+18
Mike Conley G	25	8	4	6	—	—	1	2-4	1-3	3-4	-12
Naz Reid F-C	23	13	12	1	—	1	3	6-16	1-5	0-1	—
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	18	11	1	2	—	—	—	4-9	2-6	1-1	+9
Josh Minott F	6	2	2	—	—	—	—	1-3	0-1	—	+2

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dejounte Murray G	34	29	2	6	6	1	2	12-20	2-8	3-6	-1
Herbert Jones F	32	10	6	5	—	—	2	3-9	2-5	2-2	+3
CJ McCollum G	30	5	2	2	—	1	—	1-14	1-7	2-3	-15
Zion Williamson F	28	22	6	4	3	1	4	9-15	0-2	4-9	+8
Yves Missi C	28	2	9	—	—	1	—	1-7	—	—	-2
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	21	5	8	1	1	1	2	2-6	1-3	—	-12
Jose Alvarado G	20	13	1	1	1	—	3	4-11	3-8	2-2	-2
Jordan Hawkins G	10	3	—	—	—	—	—	1-4	1-4	—	+1

🔬 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	38	32	67.7	30.4	+2.5	18.3
Julius Randle	Bench	35	16	60.6	18.0	+25.4	10.9
Naz Reid	Bench	23	13	39.5	32.2	-2.3	8.9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	18	11	58.3	18.4	+21.8	14.3
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	29	10	41.7	22.4	+30.5	10.4
Mike Conley	Bench	25	8	69.4	10.6	-29.0	14.9
Rudy Gobert	Bench	35	7	71.7	8.1	-8.1	14.0
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	31	5	27.8	12.2	0.0	1.3
Josh Minott	Bench	6	2	33.3	18.8	+15.4	7.0
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luka Garza	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	00	—	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
Dejounte Murray	Bench	34	29	64.0	27.6	0.0	23.1
Zion Williamson	Bench	28	22	58.0	32.4	+21.8	19.3
Jose Alvarado	Bench	20	13	54.7	30.0	-2.6	4.0
Herbert Jones	Bench	32	10	50.6	15.2	+7.9	8.5
CJ McCollum	Bench	30	5	16.3	19.0	-29.0	-6.6
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	21	5	41.7	16.0	-24.5	9.7
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	10	3	37.5	19.0	+10.5	0.0
Yves Missi	Bench	28	2	14.3	9.9	-1.6	1.3
Javonte Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0