New Orleans Pelicans 107, Minnesota Timberwolves 98 — Recap

October 25, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 107, Minnesota Timberwolves 98. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 25-19 MIN; Q2 NOP 29-24 MIN; Q3 NOP 26-30 MIN; Q4 NOP 27-25 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 32 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-24 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 28 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 27 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-21 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 22 points, 23 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-18 shooting; Devonte' Graham (NOP) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

32 PTS, 14 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 10-24 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

28 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

27 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 11-21 FG

Season highs

Jonas Valanciunas · Season-high 23 reboundsJonas Valanciunas · Season-high 22 pointsBrandon Ingram · Season-high 4 threes

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	25	29	26	27		107
MIN	19	24	30	25		98

🧮 How They Scored

NOPMIN

40Points in the paint30

3Fast-break points14

16Second-chance points19

12Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.6%Effective FG%42.8%

14.9%Turnover %9.7%

33.3%Offensive rebound %19.6%

0.264Free-throw rate0.300

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jonas Valanciunas C	39	22	23	3	0	2	1	7-18	0-0	8-8	-1
Devonte' Graham G	39	21	3	7	1	0	4	8-16	1-6	4-4	+23
Brandon Ingram F	36	27	9	1	0	0	4	11-21	4-7	1-1	-2
Herbert Jones F	32	0	2	1	2	1	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	30	17	7	3	1	0	1	6-16	2-9	3-3	+11
Trey Murphy III F	20	6	3	0	1	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+9
Garrett Temple G-F	16	7	5	1	0	1	1	2-5	1-3	2-3	+1
Naji Marshall F	11	3	3	1	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	+7
Kira Lewis Jr. G	9	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-14
Jaxson Hayes C	8	4	4	0	0	1	2	2-2	0-0	0-2	+10

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	40	32	14	7	2	2	3	10-24	4-10	8-8	+7
Anthony Edwards G	40	28	9	3	1	0	3	10-23	4-11	4-4	+5
Jaden McDaniels F	33	3	2	0	1	2	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	+3
D'Angelo Russell G	30	9	6	4	2	1	2	3-14	1-8	2-2	-12
Malik Beasley G	29	5	2	0	1	0	0	1-8	1-7	2-2	+2
Patrick Beverley G	20	13	2	2	1	1	0	4-6	4-5	1-2	-3
Josh Okogie G	11	1	2	1	1	0	1	0-2	0-1	1-4	-10
Jordan McLaughlin G	11	0	1	3	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Taurean Prince F	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	3-3	+5
Jarred Vanderbilt F	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-16
Naz Reid F-C	8	2	0	0	1	1	0	1-3	0-1	0-2	-16

🔬 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	36	27	63.0	29.1	0.0	14.3
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	39	22	51.1	23.5	0.0	20.7
Devonte' Graham	Bench	39	21	59.1	23.9	+31.1	14.3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	30	17	49.1	25.4	+20.8	17.3
Garrett Temple	Bench	16	7	55.4	16.3	+2.8	11.5
Trey Murphy III	Bench	20	6	75.0	7.4	+25.4	9.4
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	8	4	69.4	26.3	+64.4	1.5
Naji Marshall	Bench	11	3	79.8	11.5	+33.3	16.9
Herbert Jones	Bench	32	0	0.0	5.3	+2.9	-2.4
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	9	0	0.0	11.5	-66.6	-6.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	40	32	58.1	31.6	+7.2	24.8
Anthony Edwards	Bench	40	28	56.5	28.0	+6.9	14.8
Patrick Beverley	Bench	20	13	94.5	14.6	-12.1	18.2
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	30	9	30.2	22.4	-21.4	7.9
Taurean Prince	Bench	9	5	47.0	26.3	+22.4	8.8
Malik Beasley	Bench	29	5	28.2	12.3	-0.3	-0.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	33	3	30.0	6.2	+2.9	2.2
Naz Reid	Bench	8	2	25.8	22.2	-90.2	-10.6
Josh Okogie	Bench	11	1	13.3	17.2	-45.7	-8.8
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	9	0	0.0	4.5	-87.6	-6.5
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	11	0	0.0	8.7	-45.5	6.6