New Orleans Pelicans @ Minnesota Timberwolves
Preseason
0-1, 0-1 Away
114
0-1, 0-1 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NO | 28 | 17 | 33 | 36 | 114 |
MIN | 25 | 40 | 29 | 23 | 117 |
1-0, 1-0 Home
117
1-0, 1-0 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes dunk
- Naji Marshall misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point shot
- Devonte' Graham misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Naji Marshall misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brandon Ingram misses three point jumper
- Naji Marshall makes tip shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
- Devonte' Graham misses 11-foot two point shot
- Willy Hernangomez makes two point shot
- Willy Hernangomez misses free throw 1 of 1
- Naji Marshall makes free throw 1 of 2
- Naji Marshall makes free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Naji Marshall misses driving layup
- Anthony Edwards makes 2-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses alley oop dunk shot
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 1 of 2
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Okogie misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes tip shot
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 1 of 2
- Devonte' Graham misses free throw 2 of 2
- Naji Marshall makes 1-foot dunk
- Willy Hernangomez misses dunk
- D'Angelo Russell makes dunk (Josh Okogie assists)
- Garrett Temple misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Devonte' Graham misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Hart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 1-foot two point shot
- Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 2
- Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 1
- Patrick Beverley misses driving layup
- Trey Murphy III makes layup (Tomas Satoransky assists)
- Taurean Prince makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tomas Satoransky assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Josh Hart misses driving layup
- Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jaxson Hayes makes dunk
- Josh Hart misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaxson Hayes misses alley oop layup
- Naz Reid misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Josh Hart misses driving layup
- Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses 68-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup
- Malik Beasley makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Herbert Jones misses two point shot
- D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 1 of 2
- D'Angelo Russell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tomas Satoransky assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan McLaughlin makes 3-foot layup (Malik Beasley assists)
- Jaxson Hayes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan McLaughlin misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot
- Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III misses layup
- Trey Murphy III misses tip shot
- Garrett Temple misses three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Garrett Temple misses 24-foot three point jumper
- D'Angelo Russell makes 28-foot three pointer
- Garrett Temple misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Kira Lewis Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes 4-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Garrett Temple makes layup (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kira Lewis Jr. misses 11-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes 6-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 7-foot two point shot
- Brandon Ingram misses pullup jump shot
- Patrick Beverley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2
- Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Devonte' Graham misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 1 of 1
- Malik Beasley makes 3-foot dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Naji Marshall makes driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot dunk
- Anthony Edwards makes 2-foot dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Naji Marshall misses free throw 1 of 2
- Naji Marshall makes free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Jaxson Hayes makes layup (Devonte' Graham assists)
- Malik Beasley makes 3-foot two point shot
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
- Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaxson Hayes misses driving layup
- Garrett Temple makes two point shot
- Naz Reid makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
- Brandon Ingram makes 18-foot step back jumpshot (Naji Marshall assists)
- D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Brandon Ingram makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Josh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jaxson Hayes makes 5-foot two point shot (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
- Brandon Ingram makes dunk (Naji Marshall assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Naji Marshall misses three point jumper
- Taurean Prince misses three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes driving layup
- Brandon Ingram makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 22-foot step back jumpshot
- Patrick Beverley misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid makes dunk (Taurean Prince assists)
- Taurean Prince makes 24-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Devonte' Graham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince makes 33-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Brandon Ingram misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Taurean Prince makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 8-foot two point shot
- Patrick Beverley makes 9-foot jumper (Naz Reid assists)
- Devonte' Graham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Naz Reid makes driving layup (Taurean Prince assists)
- Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jaxson Hayes makes dunk (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Taurean Prince misses two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses free throw 2 of 2
- Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Josh Hart makes dunk
- Jordan McLaughlin misses 8-foot two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes two point shot (Tomas Satoransky assists)
- Tomas Satoransky misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tomas Satoransky makes dunk (Josh Hart assists)
- Josh Okogie makes driving layup
- Josh Okogie makes free throw 1 of 1
- Josh Okogie misses three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III misses layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Nowell makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Josh Hart misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones misses two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jake Layman makes 26-foot three pointer (Jaylen Nowell assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
- Trey Murphy III makes 23-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
- Nathan Knight makes driving dunk
- Trey Murphy III makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses 5-foot two point shot
- Nathan Knight makes two point shot
- Nathan Knight makes free throw 1 of 1
- Herbert Jones misses 5-foot two point shot
- Trey Murphy III makes three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
- Jake Layman misses 4-foot jumper
- Wenyen Gabriel misses layup
- Wenyen Gabriel misses two point shot
- Nathan Knight makes dunk (Leandro Bolmaro assists)
- Leandro Bolmaro misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jake Layman misses three point jumper
- Kira Lewis Jr. makes 6-foot two point shot
- Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper (McKinley Wright IV assists)
- Kira Lewis Jr. makes two point shot
- Jake Layman makes layup (Nathan Knight assists)
- Kira Lewis Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Wenyen Gabriel assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nathan Knight misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nathan Knight makes free throw 2 of 2
- Wenyen Gabriel makes free throw 1 of 2
- Wenyen Gabriel makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III makes three point jumper (Wenyen Gabriel assists)
- Leandro Bolmaro makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Herbert Jones misses driving layup
- Herbert Jones makes 15-foot two point shot
- Herbert Jones makes free throw 1 of 1
- McKinley Wright IV misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Kira Lewis Jr. misses two point shot
- Trey Murphy III misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Leandro Bolmaro misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Trey Murphy III misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- McKinley Wright IV misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Herbert Jones makes driving layup (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
- Isaiah Miller misses driving layup
- Kira Lewis Jr. makes driving layup
- Leandro Bolmaro misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Brian Bowen II makes free throw 1 of 2
- Brian Bowen II makes free throw 2 of 2
- Herbert Jones makes driving layup
- McKinley Wright IV misses free throw 1 of 2
- McKinley Wright IV makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: MIN, 50.9
Win %: NO, 50.5
Win %: NO, 51
Win %: MIN, 50.5
Win %: MIN, 51.0
Win %: NO, 50.5
Win %: NO, 51.1
Win %: MIN, 51.0
Win %: MIN, 55.0
Win %: MIN, 55.7
Win %: MIN, 53.8
Win %: MIN, 56.2
Win %: MIN, 58.7
Win %: MIN, 60.7
Win %: MIN, 58.7
Win %: MIN, 60.7
Win %: MIN, 61.3
Win %: MIN, 59.4
Win %: MIN, 58.7
Win %: MIN, 60.7
Win %: MIN, 58.8
Win %: MIN, 58.8
Win %: MIN, 60.7
Win %: MIN, 58.8
Win %: MIN, 60.8
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:Pat Fraher
Referee:Phenizee Ransom
Referee:Lauren Holtkamp
2025-26 Standings
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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