New Orleans Pelicans 140, Minnesota Timberwolves 136 — Recap

May 1, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 140, Minnesota Timberwolves 136 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 38-30 MIN; Q2 NOP 27-35 MIN; Q3 NOP 33-32 MIN; Q4 NOP 25-26 MIN; OT1 NOP 17-13 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 37 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists on 14-of-17 shooting; Lonzo Ball (NOP) 33 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 8 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 29 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 28 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

37 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST · 14-17 FG

Scoring · NOP

Lonzo Ball

33 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST, 8 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

29 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 9-21 FG

Season highs

Lonzo Ball · Season-high 33 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	OT		T
NOP	38	27	33	25	17		140
MIN	30	35	32	26	13		136

🧮 How They Scored

NOPMIN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.7%Effective FG%52.4%

15.8%Turnover %11.8%

26.9%Offensive rebound %25.5%

0.500Free-throw rate0.302

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson F	42	37	9	8	1	1	7	14-17	0-0	9-15	+14
Lonzo Ball G	40	33	11	8	3	0	5	10-21	8-17	5-6	+3
Brandon Ingram F	40	14	3	6	1	0	4	4-17	2-7	4-8	+7
Eric Bledsoe G	35	16	3	3	0	1	2	6-10	2-6	2-4	+4
Willy Hernangomez C	27	12	12	0	1	0	0	4-7	0-0	4-4	+16
Jaxson Hayes C	25	13	6	1	0	1	1	4-6	0-0	5-5	-11
James Johnson F	21	5	2	0	1	1	0	2-5	0-1	1-2	-4
Kira Lewis Jr. G	17	4	2	4	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	2-2	-2
Naji Marshall F	15	6	4	4	1	1	1	2-6	2-3	0-0	+2
Wenyen Gabriel F	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	29	9	6	0	1	6	9-21	2-7	9-11	-8
Karl-Anthony Towns C	37	28	14	3	3	0	4	8-19	4-9	8-8	-6
Jaden McDaniels F	35	5	5	0	2	0	1	1-2	1-2	2-2	+10
D'Angelo Russell G	33	17	2	11	2	0	4	8-22	1-12	0-1	-10
Ricky Rubio G	32	11	3	7	6	0	1	4-8	1-4	2-2	-4
Naz Reid F-C	22	17	5	0	1	2	0	7-13	3-6	0-2	-2
Juancho Hernangomez F	21	14	3	2	1	1	0	5-13	3-8	1-2	+3
Jarred Vanderbilt F	18	9	8	1	1	1	0	4-4	0-0	1-2	-9
Josh Okogie G	17	4	1	3	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	2-2	+6
Jordan McLaughlin G	12	2	1	2	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	42	37	78.4	28.3	+15.9	18.5
Lonzo Ball	Bench	40	33	69.8	29.3	+4.5	20.3
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	35	16	68.0	16.1	+7.9	8.4
Brandon Ingram	Bench	40	14	34.1	23.5	+7.7	-0.3
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	25	13	79.3	13.8	-21.1	11.8
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	27	12	68.5	13.0	+30.9	11.5
Naji Marshall	Bench	15	6	50.0	17.1	+2.4	14.0
James Johnson	Bench	21	5	42.5	10.7	-10.7	0.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	17	4	51.5	8.5	-11.1	5.3
Wenyen Gabriel	Bench	3	0	0.0	12.5	-108.9	-15.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	38	29	56.1	32.0	-10.5	11.8
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	37	28	62.2	29.0	-10.0	15.8
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	33	17	37.9	29.9	-11.6	6.5
Naz Reid	Bench	22	17	61.2	24.6	-7.0	7.5
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	21	14	50.4	24.1	+8.3	9.9
Ricky Rubio	Bench	32	11	61.9	11.5	-8.5	12.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	18	9	92.2	10.2	-17.7	16.1
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	35	5	86.8	4.4	+10.2	2.2
Josh Okogie	Bench	17	4	51.5	8.3	+9.6	6.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	12	2	100.0	3.2	+8.3	7.7