New Orleans Pelicans 126, Minnesota Timberwolves 132 — Recap

April 12, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 126, Minnesota Timberwolves 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 24-34 MIN; Q2 NOP 35-39 MIN; Q3 NOP 31-24 MIN; Q4 NOP 36-35 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 36 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists on 12-of-28 shooting; Derik Queen (NOP) 30 points, 22 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-28 shooting; Terrence Shannon Jr. (MIN) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists on 6-of-18 shooting; Joan Beringer (MIN) 24 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-12 shooting; Micah Peavy (NOP) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Jeremiah Fears

36 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 12-28 FG

Scoring · NOP

Derik Queen

30 PTS, 22 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 11-28 FG

Scoring · MIN

Terrence Shannon Jr.

26 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST · 6-18 FG

Season highs

Joan Beringer · Season-high 24 pointsDerik Queen · Season-high 22 reboundsMicah Peavy · Season-high 21 pointsJoan Beringer · Season-high 13 reboundsJoe Ingles · Season-high 10 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

NOP 0 largest lead Never led · 9-0 run, Q3 11:46–Q3 9:55

MIN 16 largest lead Q2 1:42 (NOP 49, MIN 65) · 7-0 run, Q1 11:49–Q1 10:06

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NOP	24	35	31	36		126
MIN	34	39	24	35		132

🧮 How They Scored

NOPMIN

68Points in the paint54

16Fast-break points6

29Second-chance points18

19Points off turnovers11

22Bench points56

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

43.3%Effective FG%56.2%

6.2%Turnover %9.2%

32.7%Offensive rebound %29.3%

0.352Free-throw rate0.483

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jeremiah Fears G	41	36	10	5	2	1	2	12-28	0-5	12-14	0
Derik Queen C	41	30	22	4	1	1	4	11-28	1-2	7-8	-5
Micah Peavy G-F	41	21	4	3	1	2	1	6-12	2-4	7-8	-4
Jordan Hawkins G	33	13	5	3	1	1	0	4-18	1-4	4-4	-15
Trey Alexander G	32	16	1	1	3	1	1	7-11	1-4	1-3	-4
Hunter Dickinson C	21	6	4	2	1	0	0	3-8	0-2	0-0	+2

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	35	26	4	5	1	0	3	6-18	0-7	14-18	+9
Joe Ingles F	32	15	6	10	1	1	3	6-10	3-6	0-0	-8
Joan Beringer F	31	24	13	2	0	7	0	9-12	0-0	6-9	-1
Zyon Pullin G	31	19	3	5	0	0	0	8-12	1-3	2-2	+13
Jaylen Clark G	30	8	3	2	0	1	1	3-9	2-7	0-0	-15
Julian Phillips F	26	16	1	1	1	0	1	6-12	1-5	3-6	-1
Enrique Freeman F	26	13	7	2	2	2	2	4-8	2-4	3-4	+25
Rocco Zikarsky C	20	8	9	2	0	2	1	2-3	0-0	4-4	+7
Donte DiVincenzo G	8	3	1	3	0	0	0	1-5	1-5	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	41	36	52.7	30.5	+1.2	14.7
Derik Queen	Starter	41	30	47.6	30.2	-4.0	14.4
Micah Peavy	Starter	41	21	67.7	15.0	-3.1	8.0
Jordan Hawkins	Starter	33	13	32.9	22.2	-16.8	3.3
Trey Alexander	Bench	32	16	64.9	14.3	-4.0	7.9
Hunter Dickinson	Bench	21	6	37.5	14.8	+9.2	5.9
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
Jordan Poole	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bryce McGowens	Bench	00	0	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
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Starter	35	26	50.2	33.0	+8.0	9.1
Joan Beringer	Starter	31	24	75.2	18.8	-3.0	20.7
Joe Ingles	Starter	32	15	75.0	16.7	-7.9	15.9
Jaylen Clark	Starter	30	8	44.4	12.8	-21.7	3.0
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	08	3	30.0	23.8	+5.6	7.7
Julian Phillips	Bench	26	16	54.6	21.7	-5.6	2.8
Enrique Freeman	Bench	26	13	66.6	16.2	+33.2	9.2
Rocco Zikarsky	Bench	20	8	84.0	12.8	+13.7	19.3
Mike Conley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ayo Dosunmu	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