Timberwolves 96-89 Pelicans (24 Oct, 2021) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Pelicans

0-3, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	27	14	26	22	89
MIN	28	26	15	27	96

Minnesota Timberwolves

2-0, 2-0 home

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

PELICANS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		NO	MIN
12:00	Jonas Valanciunas vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (D'Angelo Russell gains possession)	0	0
11:46	Jaden McDaniels misses alley oop layup	0	0
11:43	Devonte' Graham defensive rebound	0	0
11:42	Herbert Jones misses two point shot	0	0
11:39	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	0	0
11:32	D'Angelo Russell out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	0
11:19	Devonte' Graham misses 27-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:14	Nickeil Alexander-Walker offensive rebound	0	0
11:13	Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:08	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	0	0
11:08	Brandon Ingram personal foul	0	0
11:04	Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)	0	3
10:45	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Jonas Valanciunas 's 7-foot driving layup	0	3
10:44	Nickeil Alexander-Walker offensive rebound	0	3
10:43	Jaden McDaniels blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 3-foot layup	0	3
10:43	Nickeil Alexander-Walker offensive rebound	0	3
10:38	shot clock turnover	0	3
10:20	Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup	0	5
10:05	Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup	0	5
10:02	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	0	5
9:57	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)	0	8
9:44	Nickeil Alexander-Walker out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	8
9:30	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 18-foot step back jumpshot	0	8
9:27	Devonte' Graham defensive rebound	0	8
9:23	Devonte' Graham misses driving layup	0	8
9:19	Nickeil Alexander-Walker offensive rebound	0	8
9:15	Devonte' Graham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)	3	8
8:58	D'Angelo Russell misses 16-foot two point shot	3	8
8:56	Jonas Valanciunas defensive rebound	3	8
8:52	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devonte' Graham assists)	6	8
8:34	Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper	6	8
8:32	Josh Okogie offensive rebound	6	8
8:27	Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup	6	8
8:24	Anthony Edwards offensive rebound	6	8
8:23	Anthony Edwards misses 9-foot jumper	6	8
8:20	D'Angelo Russell offensive rebound	6	8
8:18	D'Angelo Russell bad pass (Nickeil Alexander-Walker steals)	6	8
8:02	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes driving floating jump shot	8	8
7:50	Anthony Edwards bad pass (Brandon Ingram steals)	8	8
7:46	Anthony Edwards blocks Brandon Ingram 's 4-foot two point shot	8	8
7:42	Nickeil Alexander-Walker offensive rebound	8	8
7:41	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes two point shot	10	8
7:26	Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	8
7:23	Jonas Valanciunas defensive rebound	10	8
7:19	Anthony Edwards personal foul	10	8
7:11	Jonas Valanciunas makes 5-foot two point shot (Devonte' Graham assists)	12	8
6:57	Anthony Edwards misses layup	12	8
6:57	Anthony Edwards offensive rebound	12	8
6:56	Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)	12	10
6:42	Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup	12	10
6:41	Josh Okogie defensive rebound	12	10
6:41	Timberwolves Full timeout	12	10
6:24	Naji Marshall enters the game for Herbert Jones	12	10
6:24	Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Josh Okogie assists)	12	12
6:24	Jonas Valanciunas shooting foul	12	10
6:24	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1	12	13
6:07	Brandon Ingram misses 12-foot two point shot	12	13
6:03	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	12	11
5:58	D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point jumper	12	11
5:55	Brandon Ingram defensive rebound	12	11
5:47	Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	11
5:43	Naji Marshall offensive rebound	12	11
5:43	Naji Marshall bad pass (Josh Okogie steals)	12	11
5:36	Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper	12	11
5:33	Jonas Valanciunas defensive rebound	12	11
5:22	Devonte' Graham bad pass (Josh Okogie steals)	12	11
5:17	Anthony Edwards makes dunk (Josh Okogie assists)	12	15
4:59	Brandon Ingram misses 20-foot jumper	12	15
4:57	Josh Okogie defensive rebound	12	15
4:56	Naji Marshall shooting foul	12	13
4:56	Josh Okogie misses free throw 1 of 2	12	13
4:56	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	12	13
4:56	Patrick Beverley enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	12	13
4:56	Trey Murphy III enters the game for Brandon Ingram	12	13
4:56	Josh Okogie misses free throw 2 of 2	12	13
4:54	Jonas Valanciunas defensive rebound	12	13
4:45	Malik Beasley enters the game for Josh Okogie	12	13
4:37	Devonte' Graham misses 24-foot pullup jump shot	12	15
4:34	Jonas Valanciunas offensive rebound	12	15
4:34	Jonas Valanciunas makes tip shot	14	15
4:21	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	14	18
4:07	Jaden McDaniels shooting foul	14	18
4:07	Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2	15	18
4:07	Taurean Prince enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	15	18
4:07	Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2	16	18
3:57	Karl-Anthony Towns lost ball turnover (Jonas Valanciunas steals)	16	18
3:54	Naji Marshall offensive charge	16	18
3:54	Naji Marshall turnover	16	18
3:39	Taurean Prince makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)	16	21
3:30	Naji Marshall steps out of bounds turnover	16	21
3:20	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot driving dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)	16	23
3:06	Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)	19	23
2:47	Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	19	26
2:30	Naji Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper	19	26
2:26	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	19	26
2:22	Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)	19	28
2:17	Pelicans Full timeout	19	28
2:17	Jarred Vanderbilt enters the game for Anthony Edwards	19	28
2:17	Kira Lewis Jr. enters the game for Devonte' Graham	19	28
2:17	Brandon Ingram enters the game for Naji Marshall	19	28
2:17	Jaxson Hayes enters the game for Jonas Valanciunas	19	28
2:02	Nickeil Alexander-Walker out of bounds lost ball turnover	19	28
1:58	Taurean Prince offensive foul	19	28
1:58	Taurean Prince turnover	19	28
1:44	Trey Murphy III makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)	22	28
1:25	Malik Beasley lost ball turnover (Nickeil Alexander-Walker steals)	22	28
1:21	Kira Lewis Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper	22	28
1:17	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	22	28
58.2	Taurean Prince misses driving layup	22	28
55.3	Nickeil Alexander-Walker defensive rebound	22	28
50.9	Jaxson Hayes makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)	24	28
37.1	Malik Beasley misses driving layup	24	28
32.4	Nickeil Alexander-Walker defensive rebound	24	28
29.4	Brandon Ingram makes 25-foot three point shot (Kira Lewis Jr. assists)	27	28
14.2	Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup	27	28
11.4	Trey Murphy III defensive rebound	27	28
1.7	Jaxson Hayes offensive foul	27	28
1.7	Jaxson Hayes turnover	27	28
0.0	Jaxson Hayes blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 11-foot driving layup	27	28
0.0	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	27	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	28

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 1-0

Pelicans
89
Timberwolves
96

Game 1

24/10

Pelicans
107
Timberwolves
98

Game 2

26/10

Timberwolves
110
Pelicans
96

Game 3

23/11

Timberwolves
125
Pelicans
128

Game 4

12/1

Target Center

1:00 AM, 24 October 2021

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 15,343

Referees:
Matt Boland
Kevin Scott
Gediminas Petraitis

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	11	5	.688	-	W1
Memphis	9	7	.563	2	W1
Dallas	8	7	.533	2.5	W3
San Antonio	8	8	.500	3	W2
New Orleans	4	12	.250	7	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	12	4	.750	-	W1
Denver	8	5	.615	2.5	W1
Minnesota	8	7	.533	3.5	L1
Portland	6	9	.400	5.5	L1
Utah	3	12	.200	8.5	L4

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