New Orleans Pelicans 89, Minnesota Timberwolves 96 — Recap

October 23, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 89, Minnesota Timberwolves 96. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 27-28 MIN; Q2 NOP 14-26 MIN; Q3 NOP 26-15 MIN; Q4 NOP 22-27 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Ingram (NOP) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 20 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-of-10 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-22 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (NOP) 14 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-24 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Brandon Ingram

30 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

25 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jonas Valanciunas

20 PTS, 17 REB, 2 AST · 6-10 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
NOP	27	14	26	22		89
MIN	28	26	15	27		96

🧮 How They Scored

NOPMIN

36Points in the paint50

7Fast-break points21

22Second-chance points10

21Points off turnovers25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

39.9%Effective FG%46.9%

22.0%Turnover %15.9%

38.2%Offensive rebound %24.5%

0.258Free-throw rate0.104

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	40	30	6	4	1	0	7	12-23	3-7	3-5	+2
Jonas Valanciunas C	36	20	17	2	3	1	1	6-10	0-0	8-8	-6
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	36	14	14	2	2	0	5	6-24	2-13	0-0	-5
Devonte' Graham G	35	11	3	2	2	0	3	2-14	1-10	6-8	-4
Herbert Jones F	29	2	8	2	0	1	3	1-6	0-1	0-0	+4
Trey Murphy III F	22	6	5	0	1	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	+4
Garrett Temple G-F	15	3	5	0	0	2	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-20
Jaxson Hayes C	12	3	2	0	1	1	1	1-3	0-0	1-2	-1
Kira Lewis Jr. G	11	0	0	2	0	0	4	0-2	0-2	0-0	-1
Naji Marshall F	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	37	19	9	5	1	1	1	8-22	3-8	0-0	+10
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	25	4	2	0	3	5	10-20	3-6	2-2	+5
D'Angelo Russell G	29	12	3	1	0	0	7	5-14	2-7	0-0	+9
Jaden McDaniels F	27	4	6	0	0	2	1	2-7	0-2	0-0	+2
Patrick Beverley G	22	5	3	6	1	1	1	2-6	1-5	0-0	-6
Naz Reid F-C	19	12	3	0	3	1	1	4-12	2-6	2-2	+2
Malik Beasley G	19	6	3	2	0	0	1	3-5	0-1	0-0	-2
Josh Okogie G	18	0	5	3	2	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	+8
Taurean Prince F	16	3	1	1	1	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-2	+9
Jarred Vanderbilt F	13	4	8	1	3	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-7
Jordan McLaughlin G	12	6	2	1	2	0	0	2-3	0-1	2-2	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	40	30	59.5	27.9	+2.2	16.1
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	36	20	74.0	15.2	-7.7	34.1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	36	14	29.2	29.3	-4.1	5.8
Devonte' Graham	Bench	35	11	31.4	20.2	-5.1	-1.1
Trey Murphy III	Bench	22	6	60.0	8.2	+12.6	8.2
Garrett Temple	Bench	15	3	150.0	5.3	-64.9	21.1
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	12	3	38.7	16.1	-6.4	1.6
Herbert Jones	Bench	29	2	16.7	11.4	+15.3	-0.9
Naji Marshall	Bench	4	0	0.0	30.8	-100.0	-18.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	11	0	0.0	20.0	-3.7	-13.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	29	25	59.9	34.7	+7.9	13.4
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	19	43.2	24.7	+11.2	17.7
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	29	12	42.9	27.3	+13.8	-2.4
Naz Reid	Bench	19	12	46.6	28.0	+6.3	10.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	12	6	77.3	14.3	+15.4	29.9
Malik Beasley	Bench	19	6	60.0	14.0	-4.8	14.5
Patrick Beverley	Bench	22	5	41.7	11.9	-13.9	12.3
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	13	4	66.7	11.8	-22.0	48.0
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	27	4	28.6	11.4	+1.9	-0.8
Taurean Prince	Bench	16	3	38.7	12.5	+23.3	-1.9
Josh Okogie	Bench	18	0	0.0	4.2	+18.2	9.7