New Orleans Pelicans @ Minnesota Timberwolves

20-23, 5-17 Away

106

20-23, 5-17 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Pelicans NO	29	23	37	17	106
Timberwolves MIN	27	27	33	23	110

Minnesota TimberwolvesTimberwolvesMIN

21-22, 15-7 Home

110

21-22, 15-7 Home

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
Anthony DavisA. Davis#23
Julius RandleJ. Randle#30
Jrue HolidayJ. Holiday#11
E'Twaun MooreE. Moore#55
Elfrid PaytonE. Payton#4
bench
Nikola MiroticN. Mirotic#3
Darius MillerD. Miller#21
Jahlil OkaforJ. Okafor#8
Tim FrazierT. Frazier#10
Frank JacksonF. Jackson#15
Wesley JohnsonW. Johnson#33
Solomon HillS. Hill#44
Ian ClarkI. Clark#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	30	10-22	2-5	8-9	14	2	3	0	1	4	10	5	+1
34	22	7-13	0-1	8-10	11	3	2	0	0	2	9	3	-10
40	25	12-22	0-4	1-1	6	7	3	0	2	2	4	1	-3
31	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	3	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	-4
27	10	3-6	2-2	2-2	3	6	2	3	1	1	2	1	+7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	9	3-8	1-6	2-2	6	0	0	0	3	0	6	5	+4
19	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	3	+1
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
7	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	-9
15	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	106	40-87	5-24	21-24	48	22	15	7	8	10	38	20
		46%	21%	88%

Minnesota Timberwolves

starters
Taj GibsonT. Gibson#67
Andrew WigginsA. Wiggins#22
Karl-Anthony TownsK. Towns#32
Jeff TeagueJ. Teague#0
Josh OkogieJ. Okogie#20
bench
Anthony TolliverA. Tolliver#43
Luol DengL. Deng#9
Dario SaricD. Saric#36
Gorgui DiengG. Dieng#5
Tyus JonesT. Jones#1
Keita Bates-DiopK. Bates-Diop#31
Jerryd BaylessJ. Bayless#8
Jared TerrellJ. Terrell#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	10	5-7	0-1	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	-4
40	18	7-21	2-8	2-3	7	1	5	1	0	3	4	1	0
37	27	10-23	3-8	4-6	27	3	3	2	4	9	18	4	+7
22	2	1-5	0-3	0-0	1	10	1	0	0	0	1	1	-1
42	17	6-14	1-8	4-5	5	2	1	1	0	0	5	2	+4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
13	1	0-4	0-4	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-2
5	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+12
16	14	4-7	2-3	4-4	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	-4
11	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	-3
28	14	4-9	2-3	4-4	1	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	+11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	110	40-93	11-39	19-24	50	23	13	7	5	15	35	20
		43%	28%	79%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

MIN leads season

2-1

MIN

100

Game 1@ MIN

Final

107

123

Game 2@ NO

Final

114

106

Game 3@ MIN

Final

110

122

Game 4@ NO

Final

117

Game Information

Minneapolis, MN

Referee:Sean Wright

Referee:Josh Tiven

Referee:Mitchell Ervin

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

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