National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 135,
New Orleans 105
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 11, 2021
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #34 Kevin Cutler, #27 Mitchell Ervin, #52 Scott Twardoski
Attendance: 3700
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #34 Kevin Cutler, #27 Mitchell Ervin, #52 Scott Twardoski
Attendance: 3700
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Minnesota | 27 | 40 | 38 | 30 | 135 |
| New Orleans | 34 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 105 |
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Anthony Edwards - G | 37:21 | 10-22 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Ricky Rubio - G | 27:23 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Jake Layman - F | 23:04 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt - F | 16:32 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 28:37 | 7-19 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jaylen Nowell | 28:11 | 11-13 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Jaden McDaniels | 25:40 | 8-9 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Naz Reid | 23:56 | 7-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Josh Okogie | 23:28 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Juancho Hernangomez | 5:48 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Malik Beasley | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jarrett Culver | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ed Davis | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 51-95 | 19-40 | 14-16 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 135 | |
| 53.7% | 47.5% | 87.5% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Lonzo Ball - G | 28:12 | 3-12 | 3-9 | 1-2 | -16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Eric Bledsoe - G | 20:56 | 1-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zion Williamson - F | 30:44 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 6-11 | -29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 28:13 | 5-14 | 1-6 | 2-3 | -15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Steven Adams - C | 28:37 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -16 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Josh Hart | 25:52 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 1-1 | -22 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 24:47 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 1-1 | -19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Kira Lewis Jr. | 22:05 | 5-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 11:03 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Nicolo Melli | 6:42 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 6:42 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 6:07 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Naji Marshall | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 43-100 | 6-32 | 13-24 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 105 | |
| 43.0% | 18.8% | 54.2% | Team Rebs: 17 | Total TO: 18 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 15 | Fast Break Points | 23 |
| Points in the Paint | 56 | Points in the Paint | 70 |
| Biggest Lead | 32 | Biggest Lead | 16 |