National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 124,
New Orleans 112
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #19 James Capers, #6 Tony Brown, #50 Olandis Poole
Attendance: 14002
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #19 James Capers, #6 Tony Brown, #50 Olandis Poole
Attendance: 14002
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 28 | 19 | 26 | 39 | 112 |
| Minnesota | 33 | 28 | 36 | 27 | 124 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon - G | 29:11 | 5-12 | 0-4 | 2-2 | -24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Jrue Holiday - G | 22:14 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 2-4 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Ryan Anderson - F | 40:29 | 10-17 | 2-8 | 3-3 | -8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu - F | 13:40 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Anthony Davis - C | 33:22 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3-6 | -5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tyreke Evans | 27:53 | 6-14 | 1-1 | 3-4 | -18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Austin Rivers | 15:50 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Brian Roberts | 14:43 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Anthony Morrow | 14:43 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Alexis Ajinca | 11:41 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Darius Miller | 7:31 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 6:25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Withey | 2:18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 45-87 | 6-20 | 16-22 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 112 | |
| 51.7% | 30.0% | 72.7% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 18 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ricky Rubio - G | 32:56 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Kevin Martin - G | 31:28 | 8-14 | 0-3 | 4-5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Kevin Love - F | 34:50 | 7-19 | 1-7 | 6-8 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Corey Brewer - F | 23:10 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Nikola Pekovic - C | 33:51 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 8-11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Dante Cunningham | 22:43 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Jose Barea | 18:02 | 7-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Alexey Shved | 16:32 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 4-4 | -8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Luc Mbah a Moute | 15:10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Robbie Hummel | 4:24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shabazz Muhammad | 2:18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A.J. Price | 2:18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 2:18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 44-79 | 8-22 | 28-35 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 124 | |
| 55.7% | 36.4% | 80.0% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | Anthony Davis , Tyreke Evans |
| MIN | Corey Brewer |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 27 | Fast Break Points | 23 |
| Points in the Paint | 62 | Points in the Paint | 54 |
| Biggest Lead | 5 | Biggest Lead | 30 |