Timberwolves 135-105 Pelicans (12 Mar, 2021) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

8-29, 4-16 away

135

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	27	40	38	30	135
NO	34	26	22	23	105

New Orleans Pelicans

15-22, 10-10 home

105

Lonzo Ball misses three point jumper
Steven Adams misses two point shot
Steven Adams makes dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)
Zion Williamson makes two point shot
Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper
Steven Adams misses tip shot
Zion Williamson makes dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)
Ricky Rubio blocks Brandon Ingram 's 22-foot three point jumper
Brandon Ingram makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Zion Williamson assists)
Zion Williamson makes two point shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Lonzo Ball assists)
Lonzo Ball makes 29-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Brandon Ingram 's 2-foot driving layup
Josh Hart makes driving layup (Brandon Ingram assists)
Eric Bledsoe misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steven Adams makes dunk
Steven Adams makes layup (Josh Hart assists)
Eric Bledsoe misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brandon Ingram misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Hart makes 21-foot jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)
Zion Williamson misses finger roll layup
Kira Lewis Jr. misses 7-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Kira Lewis Jr. 's 7-foot layup
Kira Lewis Jr. makes two point shot
Naz Reid blocks Zion Williamson 's 4-foot driving layup
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 7-foot two point shot
Jaxson Hayes makes layup (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 25-foot three point shot (Josh Hart assists)
Josh Hart misses three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels blocks Kira Lewis Jr. 's 6-foot driving layup
Zion Williamson makes 2-foot layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Josh Hart misses driving layup
Josh Hart misses driving layup
Jaxson Hayes makes tip shot
Brandon Ingram misses three point jumper
Jaxson Hayes makes dunk (Lonzo Ball assists)
Lonzo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaxson Hayes makes alley oop dunk shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
Lonzo Ball makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
Lonzo Ball misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lonzo Ball misses 22-foot three point jumper
Lonzo Ball misses 20-foot jumper
Steven Adams makes dunk (Lonzo Ball assists)
Lonzo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zion Williamson makes dunk
Brandon Ingram makes driving dunk
Eric Bledsoe misses 9-foot pullup jump shot
Steven Adams misses layup
Brandon Ingram makes 26-foot three point jumper (Lonzo Ball assists)
Brandon Ingram misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lonzo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
Jake Layman blocks Eric Bledsoe's jumper
Zion Williamson misses two point shot
Brandon Ingram makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Eric Bledsoe misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Bledsoe makes two point shot (Lonzo Ball assists)
Eric Bledsoe misses layup
Brandon Ingram misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Bledsoe misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels blocks Brandon Ingram 's 13-foot pullup jump shot
Lonzo Ball misses 13-foot two point shot
Lonzo Ball misses two point shot
Steven Adams makes tip shot
Brandon Ingram makes driving layup
Zion Williamson makes 1-foot dunk (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
Steven Adams makes 13-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
Zion Williamson makes two point shot (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
Kira Lewis Jr. makes driving layup
Steven Adams misses 69-foot three point jumper
Kira Lewis Jr. makes dunk
Zion Williamson makes layup (Jaxson Hayes assists)
Kira Lewis Jr. misses 28-foot three point shot
Jaden McDaniels blocks Josh Hart 's 3-foot driving layup
Kira Lewis Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point shot
Zion Williamson misses driving layup
Jaxson Hayes makes dunk (Zion Williamson assists)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 2-foot two point shot (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)
Brandon Ingram misses 15-foot two point shot
Lonzo Ball misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot jumper
Jaylen Nowell blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 3-foot driving layup
Kira Lewis Jr. misses two point shot
Kira Lewis Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Willy Hernangomez assists)
Sindarius Thornwell makes dunk
Naz Reid blocks Kira Lewis Jr. 's 3-foot driving layup
Willy Hernangomez misses 9-foot jumper
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses tip shot
Sindarius Thornwell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sindarius Thornwell misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nicolo Melli misses tip shot
Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes layup (Sindarius Thornwell assists)
Sindarius Thornwell misses three point jumper
Nicolo Melli makes 14-foot jumper (Sindarius Thornwell assists)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Willy Hernangomez makes 5-foot hook shot
Kira Lewis Jr. makes driving floating jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 9-foot hook shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 14-foot two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes 2-foot layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Eric Bledsoe blocks Jarred Vanderbilt's layup
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Ingram blocks Jarred Vanderbilt's dunk
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio makes driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses 21-foot jumper
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 4-foot hook shot
Anthony Edwards misses 19-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Ricky Rubio misses driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 13-foot jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
Naz Reid makes 6-foot hook shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Naz Reid makes driving layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
Naz Reid misses 47-foot three point jumper
Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Okogie misses layup
Naz Reid makes layup
Jaden McDaniels makes 25-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
Jaxson Hayes blocks Anthony Edwards 's 2-foot layup
Jaylen Nowell misses 19-foot jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes tip shot
Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Naz Reid makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses 17-foot jumper
Josh Okogie misses three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards makes layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jake Layman makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ricky Rubio misses two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Jake Layman makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Jake Layman makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Jake Layman misses 2-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses alley oop dunk shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes step back jumpshot
Jarred Vanderbilt misses layup
Jake Layman makes driving layup (Ricky Rubio assists)
Anthony Edwards makes dunk (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Lonzo Ball blocks Ricky Rubio 's 2-foot driving layup
Jake Layman misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
Jaden McDaniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 27-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes dunk
Jaylen Nowell makes 26-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes dunk (Josh Okogie assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 20-foot jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Nickeil Alexander-Walker blocks Anthony Edwards 's 3-foot driving layup
Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup
Jaylen Nowell makes 28-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes driving layup
Jaylen Nowell makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kira Lewis Jr. blocks Juancho Hernangomez 's 2-foot dunk
Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 15-foot two point shot
Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell makes dunk
Juancho Hernangomez makes dunk (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 27-foot three point jumper (Juancho Hernangomez assists)
Jake Layman misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Juancho Hernangomez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)

TIMBERWOLVES

PELICANS

TIME		MIN	NO
12:00	Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Steven Adams (Lonzo Ball gains possession)	0	0
11:47	Lonzo Ball misses three point jumper	0	0
11:44	Steven Adams offensive rebound	0	0
11:40	Steven Adams misses two point shot	0	0
11:36	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	0	0
11:27	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:24	Steven Adams defensive rebound	0	0
11:10	Steven Adams makes dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)	0	2
11:01	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 9-foot hook shot	0	2
11:00	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	0	2
10:54	Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup	0	2
10:53	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	0	2
10:46	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 14-foot two point shot	2	2
10:36	Jake Layman personal foul	2	2
10:27	Zion Williamson makes two point shot	2	4
10:11	Jarred Vanderbilt makes 2-foot layup (Ricky Rubio assists)	4	4
9:54	Brandon Ingram misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	4
9:49	Steven Adams offensive rebound	4	4
9:49	Steven Adams misses tip shot	4	4
9:48	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	4	4
9:39	Eric Bledsoe blocks Jarred Vanderbilt's layup	4	4
9:39	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	4	4
9:36	Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Steven Adams (Ricky Rubio gains possession)	4	4
9:31	Ricky Rubio bad pass (Steven Adams steals)	4	4
9:29	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	4	4
9:29	Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 2	4	4
9:29	Pelicans offensive team rebound	4	4
9:29	Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2	4	5
9:13	Ricky Rubio misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	5
9:11	Lonzo Ball defensive rebound	4	5
9:00	Zion Williamson makes dunk (Brandon Ingram assists)	4	7
8:47	Brandon Ingram blocks Jarred Vanderbilt's dunk	4	7
8:44	Zion Williamson defensive rebound	4	7
8:40	Ricky Rubio blocks Brandon Ingram 's 22-foot three point jumper	4	7
8:39	Pelicans offensive team rebound	4	7
8:39	Anthony Edwards loose ball foul	4	7
8:35	Brandon Ingram makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Zion Williamson assists)	4	9
8:13	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	9
8:08	Steven Adams defensive rebound	4	9
8:02	Zion Williamson makes two point shot (Lonzo Ball assists)	4	11
7:57	Timberwolves Full timeout	4	11
7:50	Zion Williamson personal foul	4	11
7:41	Anthony Edwards steps out of bounds turnover	4	11
7:28	Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Lonzo Ball assists)	4	13
7:20	Ricky Rubio makes driving layup	6	13
7:06	Lonzo Ball makes 29-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)	6	16
6:53	Anthony Edwards misses 21-foot jumper	6	16
6:50	Eric Bledsoe defensive rebound	6	16
6:42	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Brandon Ingram 's 2-foot driving layup	6	16
6:41	Pelicans offensive team rebound	6	16
6:41	Josh Hart enters the game for Zion Williamson	6	16
6:29	Josh Hart makes driving layup (Brandon Ingram assists)	6	18
6:29	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	6	18
6:29	Jaden McDaniels enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	6	18
6:29	Josh Hart makes free throw 1 of 1	6	19
6:19	Anthony Edwards misses driving layup	6	19
6:17	Josh Hart defensive rebound	6	19
6:07	Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul	6	19
6:07	Steven Adams makes free throw 1 of 2	6	20
6:07	Steven Adams misses free throw 2 of 2	6	20
6:04	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	6	20
5:53	Steven Adams shooting foul	6	20
5:53	Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2	7	20
5:53	Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2	8	20
5:45	Karl-Anthony Towns kicked ball violation	8	20
5:36	Eric Bledsoe misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	20
5:34	Steven Adams offensive rebound	8	20
5:32	Steven Adams makes dunk	8	22
5:12	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	22
5:08	Josh Hart defensive rebound	8	22
5:05	Steven Adams makes layup (Josh Hart assists)	8	24
4:54	Anthony Edwards misses 4-foot hook shot	8	24
4:51	Steven Adams defensive rebound	8	24
4:40	Eric Bledsoe misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	24
4:37	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	8	24
4:32	Anthony Edwards misses 19-foot two point shot	8	24
4:28	Josh Hart defensive rebound	8	24
4:22	Josh Hart lost ball turnover (Ricky Rubio steals)	8	24
4:14	Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)	10	24
4:08	Pelicans Full timeout	10	24
4:08	Kira Lewis Jr. enters the game for Lonzo Ball	10	24
4:08	Nickeil Alexander-Walker enters the game for Eric Bledsoe	10	24
4:08	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Anthony Edwards	10	24
4:08	Josh Okogie enters the game for Jake Layman	10	24
4:03	Josh Okogie personal foul	10	24
4:03	Brandon Ingram makes free throw 1 of 2	10	25
4:03	Brandon Ingram makes free throw 2 of 2	10	26
3:53	Ricky Rubio misses driving layup	10	26
3:52	Josh Hart defensive rebound	10	26
3:51	Josh Hart lost ball turnover (Ricky Rubio steals)	10	26
3:47	Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Ricky Rubio assists)	12	26
3:24	Brandon Ingram misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	12	26
3:22	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	12	26
3:08	Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)	14	26
2:45	Josh Hart makes 21-foot jumper (Brandon Ingram assists)	14	28
2:35	Kira Lewis Jr. personal foul	14	28
2:35	Zion Williamson enters the game for Brandon Ingram	14	28
2:30	Nickeil Alexander-Walker shooting foul	14	28
2:30	Ricky Rubio makes free throw 1 of 2	15	28
2:30	Ricky Rubio makes free throw 2 of 2	16	28
2:13	Zion Williamson misses finger roll layup	16	28
2:12	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	16	28
2:05	Jaden McDaniels makes 13-foot jumper (Josh Okogie assists)	18	28
1:52	Kira Lewis Jr. misses 7-foot two point shot	18	28
1:51	Steven Adams offensive rebound	18	28
1:50	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Kira Lewis Jr. 's 7-foot layup	18	28
1:47	Jaylen Nowell defensive rebound	18	28
1:45	Jaden McDaniels makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)	21	28
1:28	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	21	28
1:28	Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2	21	29
1:28	Naz Reid enters the game for Ricky Rubio	21	29
1:28	Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2	21	30
1:19	Jaylen Nowell lost ball turnover (Kira Lewis Jr. steals)	21	30
1:14	Kira Lewis Jr. makes two point shot	21	32
58.1	Naz Reid makes 6-foot hook shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)	23	32
42.4	Zion Williamson lost ball turnover (Josh Okogie steals)	23	32
28.4	Naz Reid makes driving layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)	25	32
17.5	Naz Reid blocks Zion Williamson 's 4-foot driving layup	25	32
17.5	Pelicans offensive team rebound	25	32
8.1	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 7-foot two point shot	25	34
1.0	Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup	27	34
1.0	Josh Hart bad pass (Naz Reid steals)	27	34
0.4	Naz Reid misses 47-foot three point jumper	27	34
0.1	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	27	34
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	34

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 2-0

Pelicans
110
Timberwolves
120

Game 1

24/1

Timberwolves
135
Pelicans
105

Game 2

12/3

Pelicans
140
Timberwolves
136

Game 3

2/5

Smoothie King Center

1:00 AM, 12 March 2021

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 3,700

Referees:
Kevin Cutler
Mitchell Ervin
Scott Twardoski

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	13	4	.765	-	W2
Denver	9	7	.563	3.5	L1
Minnesota	8	8	.500	4.5	L2
Portland	7	11	.389	6.5	L1
Utah	4	12	.250	8.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	12	6	.667	-	L1
Memphis	11	7	.611	1	W3
Dallas	10	8	.556	2	W1
San Antonio	9	8	.529	2.5	W3
New Orleans	4	14	.222	8	L5

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