National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 96,
New Orleans 89
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 23, 2021
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #18 Matt Boland, #24 Kevin Scott, #50 Gediminas Petraitis
Attendance: 15343
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #18 Matt Boland, #24 Kevin Scott, #50 Gediminas Petraitis
Attendance: 15343
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 27 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 89 |
| Minnesota | 28 | 26 | 15 | 27 | 96 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker - G | 35:32 | 6-24 | 2-13 | 0-0 | -5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Devonte' Graham - G | 35:26 | 2-14 | 1-10 | 6-8 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Brandon Ingram - F | 40:16 | 12-23 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
| Herbert Jones - F | 28:51 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonas Valanciunas - C | 35:54 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 8-8 | -6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Trey Murphy III | 21:57 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Garrett Temple | 15:03 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 11:42 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kira Lewis Jr. | 11:12 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Naji Marshall | 4:07 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Didi Louzada | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Willy Hernangomez | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jose Alvarado | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tomas Satoransky | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 31-89 | 9-40 | 18-23 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 89 | |
| 34.8% | 22.5% | 78.3% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 30 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Anthony Edwards - G | 36:57 | 8-22 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| D'Angelo Russell - G | 29:11 | 5-14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Jaden McDaniels - F | 27:19 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Josh Okogie - F | 18:21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 28:37 | 10-20 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Patrick Beverley | 21:37 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Naz Reid | 19:23 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Malik Beasley | 18:31 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Taurean Prince | 15:30 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt | 12:34 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jordan McLaughlin | 12:00 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Nathan Knight | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jake Layman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Leandro Bolmaro | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jaylen Nowell | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-96 | 12-38 | 6-10 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 96 | |
| 40.6% | 31.6% | 60.0% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 20 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | Herbert Jones |
| MIN | Karl-Anthony Towns , Anthony Edwards |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 7 | Fast Break Points | 21 |
| Points in the Paint | 36 | Points in the Paint | 50 |
| Biggest Lead | 4 | Biggest Lead | 17 |