NBANov 6 · 7:00 PM CSTFINAL
Minnesota Timberwolves at New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans · 62°F · clear · 7 mph wind · now, 10:00 AM local · Open-Meteo
MIN at NO — box score
The WeekScoreboardMIN at NO
The swing
512 readings · ESPN model100%MIN in front · decided
NOMIN
- Lead
- changed hands 8 times
- Biggest swing
- +30 NO · 3:39
- Closing
- MIN −16 over the last readings
The turn: Jaden McDaniels misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
Team stats
MIN · NO| MIN | Stat | NO |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | FG% | 45 |
| 31 | 3PT% | 42 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 50 | Paint | 54 |
Scoring
126 plays · newest first4th Quarter · 6.0Jonathan Kuminga makes 3-foot dunk (Trey Lyles assists)Cutting Dunk Shot · 115–111+2
4th Quarter · 12.4Jeremiah Fears makes running layupRunning Layup Shot · 113–111+2
4th Quarter · 22.8Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 1Free Throw - 1 of 1 · 113–109+1
4th Quarter · 22.8Jeremiah Fears makes 2-foot two point shot (Dejounte Murray assists)Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot · 113–108+2
4th Quarter · 24.3Trey Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 113–106+1
4th Quarter · 1:02Saddiq Bey makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)Jump Shot · 112–106+3
4th Quarter · 1:06Jaden McDaniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ayo Dosunmu assists)Jump Shot · 112–103+3
4th Quarter · 1:28Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 109–103+1
4th Quarter · 1:28Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 109–102+1
4th Quarter · 1:32Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 109–101+1
4th Quarter · 1:32Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 108–101+1
4th Quarter · 1:33Saddiq Bey lost ball turnover (Trey Lyles steals)Lost Ball Turnover · 107–101+2
4th Quarter · 1:46Ayo Dosunmu makes 22-foot running jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)Running Jump Shot · 107–99+3
4th Quarter · 2:53Saddiq Bey makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trey Murphy III assists)Jump Shot · 104–99+3
4th Quarter · 3:04Ayo Dosunmu makes driving layupDriving Layup Shot · 104–96+2
4th Quarter · 3:20Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup (Trey Murphy III assists)Driving Layup Shot · 102–96+2
4th Quarter · 3:55Trey Lyles makes 1-foot driving dunk (Ayo Dosunmu assists)Driving Dunk Shot · 102–94+2
4th Quarter · 4:29Ayo Dosunmu makes 27-foot three point jumper (Trey Lyles assists)Jump Shot · 100–94+3
4th Quarter · 4:44Saddiq Bey makes free throw 3 of 3Free Throw - 3 of 3 · 97–94+1
4th Quarter · 4:44Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 3Free Throw - 2 of 3 · 97–93+1
4th Quarter · 4:44Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 3Free Throw - 1 of 3 · 97–92+1
4th Quarter · 5:38Jonathan Kuminga makes layupLayup Shot · 97–91+2
4th Quarter · 6:01Jeremiah Fears makes driving layupDriving Layup Shot · 95–91+2
4th Quarter · 6:15Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 95–89+1
4th Quarter · 6:15LaMelo Ball makes technical free throwFree Throw - Technical · 94–89+1
4th Quarter · 6:15Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 93–89+1
4th Quarter · 6:37LaMelo Ball makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)Jump Shot · 92–89+3
4th Quarter · 7:30LaMelo Ball makes two point shotDriving Finger Roll Layup · 89–89+2
4th Quarter · 7:57Dejounte Murray makes 23-foot running jump shot (Zion Williamson assists)Running Jump Shot · 87–89+3
4th Quarter · 8:30Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup (Saddiq Bey assists)Driving Layup Shot · 87–86+2
4th Quarter · 8:45Jaylen Clark makes layup (LaMelo Ball assists)Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot · 87–84+2
4th Quarter · 9:07Saddiq Bey makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)Jump Shot · 85–84+3
4th Quarter · 9:30Ayo Dosunmu makes running layupRunning Layup Shot · 85–81+2
4th Quarter · 10:31Trey Lyles makes tip in dunkTip Dunk Shot · 83–81+2
4th Quarter · 10:51Ayo Dosunmu makes technical free throwFree Throw - Technical · 81–81+1
4th Quarter · 11:00Derik Queen makes 7-foot two point shotTurnaround Fade Away Jump Shot · 80–81+2
4th Quarter · 11:26LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshotStep Back Jump Shot · 80–79+3
3rd Quarter · 10.1LaMelo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 77–79+1
3rd Quarter · 10.1LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 76–79+1
3rd Quarter · 31.6Trendon Watford makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 75–79+1
3rd Quarter · 31.6Trendon Watford makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 75–78+1
3rd Quarter · 1:26Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 1Free Throw - 1 of 1 · 75–77+1
3rd Quarter · 1:26Jaden McDaniels makes 3-foot two point shotDriving Finger Roll Layup · 74–77+2
3rd Quarter · 1:48Trendon Watford makes 25-foot three point jumper (Saddiq Bey assists)Jump Shot · 72–77+3
3rd Quarter · 2:04Bones Hyland makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 72–74+1
3rd Quarter · 2:46Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 71–74+1
3rd Quarter · 2:56Jaden McDaniels makes two point shotLayup Shot Putback · 71–73+2
3rd Quarter · 3:54Ayo Dosunmu makes technical free throwFree Throw - Technical · 69–73+1
3rd Quarter · 3:58Ayo Dosunmu makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 68–73+1
3rd Quarter · 3:58Ayo Dosunmu makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 67–73+1
3rd Quarter · 4:26Trendon Watford makes running layupRunning Layup Shot · 66–73+2
3rd Quarter · 4:46Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 66–71+1
3rd Quarter · 4:46Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 66–70+1
3rd Quarter · 5:20Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Trendon Watford assists)Driving Layup Shot · 66–69+2
3rd Quarter · 5:56Trendon Watford makes running layup (Trey Murphy III assists)Running Layup Shot · 66–67+2
3rd Quarter · 6:30Zion Williamson makes driving layupDriving Layup Shot · 66–65+2
3rd Quarter · 7:09Zion Williamson makes 2-foot layup (Jeremiah Fears assists)Running Alley Oop Layup Shot · 66–63+2
3rd Quarter · 7:54Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)Running Finger Roll Layup · 66–61+2
3rd Quarter · 8:37Trendon Watford makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 64–61+1
3rd Quarter · 9:07Jonathan Kuminga makes driving layup (Ayo Dosunmu assists)Driving Layup Shot · 64–60+2
3rd Quarter · 9:14Karlo Matkovic makes running dunk (Dejounte Murray assists)Running Dunk Shot · 62–60+2
3rd Quarter · 9:41Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup (Trey Murphy III assists)Driving Layup Shot · 62–58+2
3rd Quarter · 10:10Rudy Gobert makes tip in dunkTip Dunk Shot · 62–56+2
3rd Quarter · 10:37Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 60–56+1
3rd Quarter · 10:53Rudy Gobert makes driving dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)Driving Dunk Shot · 60–55+2
3rd Quarter · 11:03Zion Williamson makes driving layupDriving Layup Shot · 58–55+2
3rd Quarter · 11:19Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 58–53+1
3rd Quarter · 11:34Dejounte Murray makes 19-foot pullup jump shotPullup Jump Shot · 57–53+2
2nd Quarter · 36.0LaMelo Ball makes two point shot (Jonathan Kuminga assists)Driving Finger Roll Layup · 57–51+2
2nd Quarter · 47.3Zion Williamson makes driving layupDriving Layup Shot · 55–51+2
2nd Quarter · 1:02Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Ayo Dosunmu assists)Dunk Shot · 55–49+2
2nd Quarter · 1:19Bennedict Mathurin makes 3-foot running dunk (Saddiq Bey assists)Running Dunk Shot · 53–49+2
2nd Quarter · 2:13Saddiq Bey makes two point shotLayup Shot Putback · 53–47+2
2nd Quarter · 2:41Jaden McDaniels makes 3-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)Cutting Dunk Shot · 53–45+2
2nd Quarter · 3:28Rudy Gobert makes dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)Cutting Dunk Shot · 51–45+2
2nd Quarter · 4:37LaMelo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 49–45+1
2nd Quarter · 4:37LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 48–45+1
2nd Quarter · 5:04Jaylen Clark makes free throw 1 of 1Free Throw - 1 of 1 · 47–45+1
2nd Quarter · 5:04Jaylen Clark makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)Driving Floating Jump Shot · 46–45+2
2nd Quarter · 5:17Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 44–45+1
2nd Quarter · 5:17Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 44–44+1
2nd Quarter · 5:43Jaylen Clark makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)Jump Shot · 44–43+3
2nd Quarter · 6:21Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 41–43+1
2nd Quarter · 6:31Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jonathan Kuminga assists)Jump Shot · 40–43+3
2nd Quarter · 6:44Trey Murphy III makes 1-foot running dunkRunning Dunk Shot · 37–43+2
2nd Quarter · 7:00Trey Murphy III makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)Jump Shot · 37–41+3
2nd Quarter · 7:16Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 37–38+1
2nd Quarter · 7:16Jonathan Kuminga makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 36–38+1
2nd Quarter · 7:44Trey Murphy III makes technical free throwFree Throw - Technical · 35–38+1
2nd Quarter · 8:33Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot driving dunk (Jonathan Kuminga assists)Driving Dunk Shot · 35–37+2
2nd Quarter · 8:58Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 33–37+1
2nd Quarter · 9:22Ayo Dosunmu makes driving layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)Driving Layup Shot · 33–36+2
2nd Quarter · 9:39Derik Queen makes 3-foot two point shotHook Driving Bank · 31–36+2
2nd Quarter · 9:59Joan Beringer makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 31–34+1
2nd Quarter · 9:59Joan Beringer makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 30–34+1
2nd Quarter · 10:43Dejounte Murray makes 3-foot layup (Derik Queen assists)Cutting Layup Shot · 29–34+2
2nd Quarter · 10:52Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 29–32+1
2nd Quarter · 10:52Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 28–32+1
2nd Quarter · 11:03Trendon Watford makes two point shotLayup Shot Putback · 27–32+2
1st Quarter · 0.9Ayo Dosunmu makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 27–30+1
1st Quarter · 0.9Ayo Dosunmu makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 26–30+1
1st Quarter · 1:05Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 25–30+1
1st Quarter · 1:28Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 1Free Throw - 1 of 1 · 25–29+1
1st Quarter · 1:28Saddiq Bey makes 6-foot two point shotDriving Floating Bank Jump Shot · 25–28+2
1st Quarter · 2:05Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup (Saddiq Bey assists)Driving Layup Shot · 25–26+2
1st Quarter · 2:50Bones Hyland makes 26-foot three pointerPullup Jump Shot · 25–24+3
1st Quarter · 2:58Jeremiah Fears makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Karlo Matkovic assists)Pullup Jump Shot · 22–24+2
1st Quarter · 3:41Karlo Matkovic makes 22-foot three point jumper (Trey Murphy III assists)Jump Shot · 22–22+3
1st Quarter · 3:58Jonathan Kuminga makes 1-foot dunkPutback Dunk Shot · 22–19+2
1st Quarter · 4:13Karlo Matkovic makes 2-foot two point shotTurnaround Hook Shot · 20–19+2
1st Quarter · 4:28LaMelo Ball makes 4-foot driving floating jump shotDriving Floating Jump Shot · 20–17+2
1st Quarter · 5:01Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 2 of 2Free Throw - 2 of 2 · 18–17+1
1st Quarter · 5:01Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 2Free Throw - 1 of 2 · 18–16+1
1st Quarter · 5:25Karlo Matkovic makes 3-foot dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)Running Alley Oop Dunk Shot · 18–15+2
1st Quarter · 6:04Karlo Matkovic makes 24-foot running jump shot (Dejounte Murray assists)Running Jump Shot · 18–13+3
1st Quarter · 6:31Karlo Matkovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dejounte Murray assists)Jump Shot · 18–10+3
1st Quarter · 6:47Ayo Dosunmu makes 24-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)Jump Shot · 18–7+3
1st Quarter · 7:25Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot tip in dunkTip Dunk Shot · 15–7+2
1st Quarter · 7:51Trey Murphy III makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Zion Williamson assists)Alley Oop Dunk Shot · 13–7+2
1st Quarter · 8:41LaMelo Ball makes driving layupDriving Layup Shot · 13–5+2
1st Quarter · 9:07LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshotStep Back Jump Shot · 11–5+3
1st Quarter · 9:32Jonathan Kuminga makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)Jump Shot · 8–5+3
1st Quarter · 9:47Jeremiah Fears makes 2-foot running dunk (Zion Williamson assists)Running Dunk Shot · 5–5+2
1st Quarter · 10:23Ayo Dosunmu makes running layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)Running Layup Shot · 5–3+2
1st Quarter · 10:45Ayo Dosunmu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jonathan Kuminga assists)Jump Shot · 3–3+3
1st Quarter · 11:09Karlo Matkovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)Jump Shot · 0–3+3
MIN
box score| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaden McDanielsF · #3 | 40 | 23 | 8-19 | 2-7 | 5-5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | +5 |
| Jonathan KumingaF · #24 | 34 | 17 | 5-12 | 1-6 | 6-12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +14 |
| Rudy GobertC · #27 | 25 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | +10 |
| Ayo DosunmuG · #13 | 39 | 26 | 8-14 | 4-6 | 6-6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 |
| LaMelo BallG · #1 | 35 | 22 | 7-15 | 3-8 | 5-5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +23 |
| Trey LylesF · #41 | 29 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | +1 |
| Joan BeringerF · #19 | 7 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -4 |
| Jaylen ClarkG · #7 | 21 | 8 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -7 |
| Bones HylandG · #8 | 10 | 4 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -10 |
| Cody WilliamsF · #9 | ||||||||||||||
| Isaiah EvansF · #33 | ||||||||||||||
| Rocco ZikarskyC · #44 | ||||||||||||||
| Zyon PullinG · #15 |
NO
box score| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zion WilliamsonF · #1 | 36 | 13 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | -2 |
| Trey Murphy IIIF · #25 | 34 | 10 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 |
| Karlo MatkovicF · #17 | 18 | 18 | 7-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 |
| Dejounte MurrayG · #5 | 35 | 7 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -7 |
| Jeremiah FearsG · #0 | 36 | 24 | 9-16 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -3 |
| Herbert JonesF · #2 | 14 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 |
| Saddiq BeyF · #41 | 31 | 17 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Trendon WatfordF · #9 | 19 | 12 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Derik QueenC · #22 | 10 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 |
| Bennedict MathurinG · #24 | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| Julian ReeseF · #13 | ||||||||||||||
| DeAndre JordanC · #6 | ||||||||||||||
| Jordan PooleG · #3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bryce McGowensG · #11 | ||||||||||||||
| AJ JohnsonG · #14 |
In-game injuries
ESPN report| Player | Pos | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Missi | C | Out | Left Knee Bruise |
| Player | Pos | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Beringer | F | Day-To-Day | Fracture |
| Anthony Edwards | G | Out | Right Knee Surgery |
| Donte DiVincenzo | G | Out | Right Achilles Surgery |
Source: ESPN summary · event 401909293 · as of 2026-11-08 16:15Z · read just now. Sections ESPN did not send are omitted, never filled.