Wolves top Pelicans 94-87 on tough 'D' after Towns fouls out

— Karl-Anthony Towns scored 15 of his 25 points for Minnesota in the first quarter, before fouling out in frustration and being forced to watch the Timberwolves hang on for a 96-89 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night.
Oct 24, 2021, 05:14 am - AP

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Shot Chart
  • Jaden McDaniels misses alley oop layup
  • Herbert Jones misses two point shot
  • Devonte' Graham misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jonas Valanciunas 's 7-foot driving layup
  • Jaden McDaniels blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 3-foot layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Devonte' Graham misses driving layup
  • Devonte' Graham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devonte' Graham assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
  • Anthony Edwards misses 9-foot jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards blocks Brandon Ingram 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes two point shot
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes 5-foot two point shot (Devonte' Graham assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Josh Okogie assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Brandon Ingram misses 12-foot two point shot
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes dunk (Josh Okogie assists)
  • Brandon Ingram misses 20-foot jumper
  • Josh Okogie misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Josh Okogie misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Devonte' Graham misses 24-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes tip shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Taurean Prince makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot driving dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Naji Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
  • Trey Murphy III makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
  • Kira Lewis Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Taurean Prince misses driving layup
  • Jaxson Hayes makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Malik Beasley misses driving layup
  • Brandon Ingram makes 25-foot three point shot (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
  • Jaxson Hayes blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 11-foot driving layup
  • Patrick Beverley makes two point shot
  • Garrett Temple makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
  • Brandon Ingram makes 27-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
  • Kira Lewis Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid makes 3-foot layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes two point shot (Taurean Prince assists)
  • Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Patrick Beverley blocks Brandon Ingram 's 4-foot layup
  • Garrett Temple blocks D'Angelo Russell's two point shot
  • Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Naz Reid misses layup
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes tip shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Herbert Jones misses 2-foot tip shot
  • Patrick Beverley misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jarred Vanderbilt misses layup
  • Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Devonte' Graham misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
  • Devonte' Graham makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devonte' Graham makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devonte' Graham misses three point jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels makes driving dunk
  • Devonte' Graham misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 2-foot layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Brandon Ingram makes driving layup
  • Herbert Jones blocks Jaden McDaniels 's 7-foot alley oop layup
  • Josh Okogie misses 14-foot jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
  • Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
  • Jonas Valanciunas misses layup
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses two point shot
  • Brandon Ingram makes tip shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
  • Brandon Ingram misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Brandon Ingram makes driving layup
  • Devonte' Graham misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
  • Brandon Ingram makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jonas Valanciunas blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jonas Valanciunas 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses dunk
  • Jaden McDaniels misses driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Devonte' Graham makes two point shot
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
  • Brandon Ingram misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Devonte' Graham misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 6-foot layup
  • Jaden McDaniels blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 1-foot layup
  • Brandon Ingram misses 16-foot jumper
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Naz Reid misses three point jumper
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes 2-foot layup (Herbert Jones assists)
  • Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Devonte' Graham makes technical free throw
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving layup
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Patrick Beverley misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Devonte' Graham makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devonte' Graham misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Devonte' Graham misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley makes 20-foot jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
  • Garrett Temple blocks D'Angelo Russell's driving layup
  • Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Murphy III misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid misses layup
  • Trey Murphy III makes three point jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid makes layup (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jaxson Hayes misses layup
  • Malik Beasley makes driving layup
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses layup
  • Jaxson Hayes misses 15-foot jumper
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes driving layup
  • Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Jonas Valanciunas misses layup
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes driving layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup
  • Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Devonte' Graham misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Herbert Jones misses jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram makes technical free throw
  • Brandon Ingram makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Ingram makes technical free throw
  • Taurean Prince misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Taurean Prince misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Devonte' Graham misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Brandon Ingram makes 7-foot jumper
  • Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Herbert Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 17-foot two point shot
  • Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Brandon Ingram assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Brandon Ingram assists)
  • Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Herbert Jones makes 2-foot layup (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
  • D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid blocks Herbert Jones's jumper
  • Naz Reid misses layup
  • Brandon Ingram makes 12-foot jumper (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
  • Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • D'Angelo Russell makes jump bank shot
  • Devonte' Graham misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordan McLaughlin makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Naz Reid misses driving layup
  • Devonte' Graham misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Devonte' Graham makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Devonte' Graham makes free throw 3 of 3
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