Minnesota Timberwolves 125, New Orleans Pelicans 116 — Recap

December 4, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 125, New Orleans Pelicans 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 35-30 NOP; Q2 MIN 27-32 NOP; Q3 MIN 26-28 NOP; Q4 MIN 37-26 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (MIN) 28 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists on 7-of-17 shooting; Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-17 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Julius Randle

28 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · NOP

Trey Murphy III

21 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST · 7-17 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jeremiah Fears

20 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 8-17 FG

Season highs

Trey Murphy III · Season-high 8 assists

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	35	27	26	37		125
NOP	30	32	28	26		116

🧮 How They Scored

MINNOP

52Points in the paint68

23Fast-break points16

11Second-chance points8

16Points off turnovers23

42Bench points28

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%48.9%

15.4%Turnover %10.1%

25.5%Offensive rebound %17.8%

0.315Free-throw rate0.274

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	37	28	9	3	0	0	4	9-18	2-3	8-8	+8
Jaden McDaniels F	35	14	7	5	2	2	2	6-14	0-2	2-2	+6
Naz Reid F-C	33	19	7	6	1	2	0	6-13	4-9	3-3	+8
Donte DiVincenzo G	32	15	4	3	0	1	1	5-10	4-8	1-1	+6
Anthony Edwards G	31	11	6	4	1	3	8	3-6	2-3	3-3	+10
Rudy Gobert C	24	15	12	3	0	1	1	5-8	0-0	5-8	0
Mike Conley G	17	2	1	3	0	0	1	1-7	0-5	0-0	+2
Jaylen Clark G	14	12	2	0	1	0	0	4-9	2-6	2-2	+3
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	9	7	1	0	0	0	2	2-4	1-1	2-2	+1
Rob Dillingham G	8	2	0	3	0	1	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+1

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	34	21	7	8	2	0	2	7-17	0-5	7-8	+2
Jeremiah Fears G	34	20	7	6	1	0	3	8-17	2-2	2-2	+5
Bryce McGowens G	34	15	3	5	1	0	0	5-12	0-3	5-6	-6
Saddiq Bey F	33	20	6	1	3	0	0	8-17	0-5	4-4	+3
Derik Queen C	29	12	4	5	1	0	1	4-9	0-0	4-4	-4
Jose Alvarado G	22	13	3	1	2	0	2	5-8	3-5	0-0	-16
Karlo Matkovic F-C	19	8	6	1	0	1	1	4-5	0-0	0-0	-5
Jordan Hawkins G	16	7	3	1	0	1	1	2-6	2-4	1-2	-10
Micah Peavy G-F	15	0	4	1	1	0	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	-12
Trey Alexander G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	37	28	65.1	26.9	+6.7	13.2
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	32	15	71.8	13.4	+8.1	7.7
Rudy Gobert	Starter	24	15	65.1	20.3	+2.1	18.5
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	35	14	47.0	20.0	+7.5	8.4
Anthony Edwards	Starter	31	11	75.1	19.0	+9.2	5.3
Naz Reid	Bench	33	19	66.3	15.6	+6.5	17.9
Jaylen Clark	Bench	14	12	60.7	22.0	+8.8	18.6
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	9	7	71.7	24.1	-0.2	11.0
Mike Conley	Bench	17	2	14.3	15.1	-2.2	-8.1
Rob Dillingham	Bench	8	2	33.3	14.3	+10.0	4.4
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Juzang	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joan Beringer	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
Trey Murphy III	Starter	34	21	51.2	26.1	+5.4	12.6
Saddiq Bey	Starter	33	20	53.3	21.6	+3.8	10.6
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	34	20	55.9	23.6	+6.3	10.4
Bryce McGowens	Starter	34	15	51.2	17.9	-7.8	11.4
Derik Queen	Starter	29	12	55.8	16.0	-4.2	7.6
Jose Alvarado	Bench	22	13	81.3	18.9	-27.9	11.8
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	19	8	80.0	13.3	-11.9	12.7
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	16	7	50.9	20.5	-26.3	5.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Alexander	Bench	5	0	0.0	22.2	-8.9	-20.7
Micah Peavy	Bench	15	0	0.0	11.8	-29.4	0.0