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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 35 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 117 |
 Pelicans | 22 | 40 | 28 | 32 | 122 |
MINTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 46-9150.5% | 9-2142.9% | 16-2272.7% | 49 | 22 | 15 |
| NOP | 43-9147.3% | 9-3030.0% | 27-2896.4% | 45 | 27 | 11 |
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New Orleans Pelicans122| 37 | 19 | 6-10 | 4-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +3.4 | ||||||
| 36 | 27 | 8-21 | 1-5 | 10-10 | 0 | +19 | +4.3 | |||||||
| 30 | 5 | 2-10 | 1-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +20 | −8.6 | ||||
| 25 | 32 | 11-15 | 0-1 | 10-11 | 0 | +23 | +13.5 | |||||||
| 21 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −0.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 12 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +20 | +8.6 | ||||||
| 24 | 12 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 4-4 | −15 | −1.5 | ||||||||
| 20 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −18 | −3.6 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +0.3 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.1 | ||
| Team | 122 | 43-9147.3% | 9-3030.0% | 45 | 27 | 11 | 21 | 27-2896.4% | 8 | 11 | 7 | |||
Bench 35 points on 14 for 31 shooting
Did not play: E'Twaun Moore (injury/illness); Solomon Hill and Jason Smith (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves117| 35 | 23 | 10-17 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +5.3 | ||||||
| 33 | 32 | 12-20 | 4-5 | 4-4 | −16 | +8.8 | ||||||||
| 31 | 12 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +1.5 | ||||||
| 30 | 3 | 1-9 | 1-6 | 0 | 0-0 | −11 | −10.2 | |||||||
| 23 | 9 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | −19 | −3.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −4.7 | ||||
| 25 | 9 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0 | +13 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 17 | 12 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.5 | |||||
| 11 | 9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | +9 | +5.7 | |||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.5 | ||
| Team | 117 | 46-9150.5% | 9-2142.9% | 49 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 16-2272.7% | 10 | 6 | 8 | |||
Bench 38 points on 15 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Keita Bates-Diop and C.J. Williams (coach’s decision); Jerryd Bayless (injury/illness).
Pelicans122Timberwolves117ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Anthony Davis scored 32 points (20 in the paint), and the New Orleans Pelicans rallied from 18 points down in the second quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-117.
The Pelicans trailed 40-22 with 10:54 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Timberwolves 100-77 the rest of the way.
The Timberwolves had the ball down 2 with 1:14 left, but Tim Frazier stole the ball from Karl-Anthony Towns. A basket would have tied the game.
Julius Randle’s layup with 23.6 seconds left made it 116-112, and his 2 free throws with 0.7 seconds left put it away at 122-117.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Timberwolves 20-10. Randle scored 8 of the Pelicans’ 20 on 2 for 2 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line.
Jrue Holiday had 27 points (8 during a 13-0 run in the second quarter), 9 assists and 3 steals.
For the Timberwolves, Towns had 32 points and 8 rebounds, and Andrew Wiggins added 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
The Pelicans went 27 for 28 at the line to the Timberwolves’ 16 for 22 and outscored them 28-7 on the fast break. The Timberwolves forced 11 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Pelicans outscored the Timberwolves 53-25 in 14 minutes with Holiday, Davis, Miller, Frazier and Williams on the floor together.
New Orleans PelicansMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Pelicans’ chance bottomed out at 14% (2nd quarter, 9:06 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
95 points from the field on 91 shots: 3.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 22-37 | 59.5% | 63% |
| In the paint | 9-15 | 60.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-9 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-10 | 40.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-20 | 25.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 29 | 8 | 4-5 | −3 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 8 | 2 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Josh Okogie | 5 | 10 | 4-4 | +8 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 4 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 10 | 3-3 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Okogie | 30 | 8 | 4-11 | −1 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 22 | 4 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 8 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Isaiah Canaan | 6 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 8 | 3-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Gibson | 24 | 3 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Dario Saric | 21 | 11 | 4-4 | +8 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Isaiah Canaan | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIN
50/50
NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
Randle 6' Layup (8 PTS)
Q4 0:24
24.2%
73→97
Towns 1' Driving Dunk (32 PTS)
Q4 0:39
22.0%
95→73
Randle 3' Driving Layup (6 PTS)
Q4 0:43
21.9%
73→95
Williams 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Frazier 8 AST)
Q4 4:18
19.2%
58→77
Williams 25' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Holiday 9 AST)
Q4 3:19
15.8%
79→95
