New Orleans Pelicans 117, Minnesota Timberwolves 106 — Recap

January 3, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 117, Minnesota Timberwolves 106. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 27-24 MIN; Q2 NOP 32-22 MIN; Q3 NOP 33-25 MIN; Q4 NOP 25-35 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 35 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists on 11-of-15 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-19 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

35 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

27 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST · 11-15 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

24 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-16 FG

Season highs

Herbert Jones · 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	27	32	33	25		117
MIN	24	22	25	35		106

🧮 How They Scored

NOPMIN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.0%Effective FG%48.7%

11.9%Turnover %10.9%

28.6%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.210Free-throw rate0.346

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones F	37	16	3	2	1	1	3	6-11	4-5	—	+10
Brandon Ingram F	32	19	4	7	2	—	3	7-11	1-3	4-5	+13
CJ McCollum G	30	24	3	5	—	1	2	8-16	4-6	4-4	+12
Zion Williamson F	29	27	4	6	1	1	2	11-15	—	5-6	+20
Jose Alvarado G	27	8	3	3	—	1	1	3-8	2-6	—	+2
Dyson Daniels G	24	7	5	1	1	—	—	2-3	1-1	2-2	-1
Larry Nance Jr. F	22	8	9	2	1	1	—	4-6	—	—	-2
Jonas Valanciunas C	20	4	7	3	—	—	1	2-5	0-2	—	+14
Naji Marshall F	14	2	2	—	1	—	—	1-4	0-2	—	-10
Jordan Hawkins G	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	1-2	0-1	—	-1

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	37	35	4	5	1	1	6	11-22	4-7	9-10	-15
Karl-Anthony Towns C	36	22	6	2	—	—	1	8-19	0-4	6-7	-18
Jaden McDaniels F	33	11	—	2	2	1	1	5-10	1-3	—	-19
Mike Conley G	26	7	—	9	1	—	—	3-5	1-3	—	-14
Naz Reid F-C	25	8	6	2	—	2	1	3-8	2-5	—	+3
Rudy Gobert C	24	5	5	—	—	1	1	2-3	—	1-2	-16
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	19	4	—	1	—	—	1	1-3	0-2	2-2	-5
Jordan McLaughlin G	17	3	3	4	1	—	—	1-6	0-4	1-2	+5
Kyle Anderson F	13	1	4	—	2	—	—	0-2	—	1-2	—
Josh Minott F	3	2	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2-2	+8

🔬 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	29	27	76.5	32.3	+32.6	20.5
CJ McCollum	Bench	30	24	67.6	29.9	+18.8	16.7
Brandon Ingram	Bench	32	19	72.0	21.9	+16.9	16.1
Herbert Jones	Bench	37	16	72.7	17.3	+12.3	7.5
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	22	8	66.7	11.8	-4.5	20.5
Jose Alvarado	Bench	27	8	50.0	15.0	+1.5	4.0
Dyson Daniels	Bench	24	7	90.2	7.5	-2.3	10.9
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	20	4	40.0	13.3	+28.6	4.7
Naji Marshall	Bench	14	2	25.0	13.3	-27.4	-3.8
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	3	2	50.0	25.0	-33.3	6.9
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	35	66.3	37.3	-21.1	16.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	36	22	49.8	29.3	-27.7	8.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	33	11	55.0	15.9	-29.7	4.5
Naz Reid	Bench	25	8	50.0	15.3	+3.8	8.4
Mike Conley	Bench	26	7	70.0	9.3	-24.8	11.7
Rudy Gobert	Bench	24	5	64.4	10.4	-29.4	3.0
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	19	4	51.5	8.5	-13.5	2.8
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	17	3	21.8	16.7	+14.7	5.7
Josh Minott	Bench	3	2	113.6	14.3	+114.3	13.9
Kyle Anderson	Bench	13	1	17.4	8.3	-3.7	8.0