National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 140,
Minnesota 136
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, May 1, 2021
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #13 Ashley Moyer-Gleich, #60 James Williams, #62 JB DeRosa
Attendance: 1638
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #13 Ashley Moyer-Gleich, #60 James Williams, #62 JB DeRosa
Attendance: 1638
Final Scoring Summary
| Final OT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | X | T |
| New Orleans | 38 | 27 | 33 | 25 | 17 | 140 |
| Minnesota | 30 | 35 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 136 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Lonzo Ball - G | 39:59 | 10-21 | 8-17 | 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 33 |
| Eric Bledsoe - G | 35:00 | 6-10 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Zion Williamson - F | 41:54 | 14-17 | 0-0 | 9-15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 37 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 39:55 | 4-17 | 2-7 | 4-8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Willy Hernangomez - C | 27:20 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jaxson Hayes | 25:28 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5-5 | -11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| James Johnson | 21:15 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kira Lewis Jr. | 16:38 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Naji Marshall | 14:35 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Wenyen Gabriel | 2:56 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Iwundu | DNP | |||||||||||||
| James Nunnally | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 47-92 | 14-36 | 32-46 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 140 | |
| 51.1% | 38.9% | 69.6% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 21 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Anthony Edwards - G | 38:12 | 9-21 | 2-7 | 9-11 | -8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 29 |
| Ricky Rubio - G | 32:14 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Jaden McDaniels - F | 34:32 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Josh Okogie - F | 17:02 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 36:43 | 8-19 | 4-9 | 8-8 | -6 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| D'Angelo Russell | 33:16 | 8-22 | 1-12 | 0-1 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Naz Reid | 22:12 | 7-13 | 3-6 | 0-2 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Juancho Hernangomez | 21:11 | 5-13 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 17:30 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 12:08 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Davis | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jake Layman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jaylen Nowell | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 48-106 | 15-48 | 25-32 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 35 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 136 | |
| 45.3% | 31.2% | 78.1% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| MIN | Anthony Edwards |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 14 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
| Points in the Paint | 62 | Points in the Paint | 60 |
| Biggest Lead | 13 | Biggest Lead | 10 |