National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 107,
Minnesota 98
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, October 25, 2021
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #14 Ed Malloy, #65 Nate Green, #37 Eric Dalen
Attendance: 14435
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #14 Ed Malloy, #65 Nate Green, #37 Eric Dalen
Attendance: 14435
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 25 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 107 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 24 | 30 | 25 | 98 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devonte' Graham - G | 38:31 | 8-16 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker - G | 29:55 | 6-16 | 2-9 | 3-3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 36:27 | 11-21 | 4-7 | 1-1 | -2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Herbert Jones - F | 31:36 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 39:19 | 7-18 | 0-0 | 8-8 | -1 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Trey Murphy III | 19:37 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Garrett Temple | 16:03 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Naji Marshall | 10:41 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kira Lewis Jr. | 9:29 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 8:22 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Jose Alvarado | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Willy Hernangomez | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Daulton Hommes | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Didi Louzada | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tomas Satoransky | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-87 | 10-30 | 19-23 | 15 | 45 | 60 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 107 | |
| 44.8% | 33.3% | 82.6% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 20 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Anthony Edwards - G | 40:28 | 10-23 | 4-11 | 4-4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| D'Angelo Russell - G | 29:33 | 3-14 | 1-8 | 2-2 | -12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Jaden McDaniels - F | 32:32 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Josh Okogie - F | 11:20 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-4 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 39:36 | 10-24 | 4-10 | 8-8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Malik Beasley | 28:54 | 1-8 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Patrick Beverley | 20:27 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 1-2 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 11:08 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taurean Prince | 8:50 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 8:48 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Naz Reid | 8:24 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Leandro Bolmaro | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Nathan Knight | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jake Layman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jaylen Nowell | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 31-90 | 15-50 | 21-27 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 98 | |
| 34.4% | 30.0% | 77.8% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | Jonas Valanciunas |
| MIN | Karl-Anthony Towns , Patrick Beverley |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 3 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 30 |
| Biggest Lead | 21 | Biggest Lead | 3 |