New Orleans Pelicans v Minnesota Timberwolves

NBA

Final

New Orleans Pelicans

109–115

Minnesota Timberwolves

Match events

New Orleans PelicansMinnesota Timberwolves

By period (New Orleans Pelicans-Minnesota Timberwolves): Q1 30-27, Q2 21-30, Q3 28-20, Q4 30-38
Lead changes: 13
Times tied: 6
Biggest lead: Minnesota Timberwolves by 11

1st quarter

10:233–5
Lead changeAyo Dosunmu makes running layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)
8:415–13
Run8-0 run (from 5-5 to 5-13)
Run10-0 run (from 7-18 to 17-18)
5:0117–18
Lead changeJeremiah Fears makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Karlo Matkovic assists)
2:5824–22
2:5024–25
Lead changeBones Hyland makes 26-foot three pointer
Lead changeJeremiah Fears makes driving layup (Saddiq Bey assists)
2:0526–25
End of quarter30–27

2nd quarter

5:4343–44
Lead changeJaylen Clark makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Lead changeTrey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
5:1745–44
5:0445–46
Lead changeJaylen Clark makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
2:4145–53
Run9-0 run (from 45-44 to 45-53)
Half-time51–57

3rd quarter

Lead changeTrendon Watford makes running layup (Trey Murphy III assists)
5:5667–66
Run12-0 run (from 61-66 to 73-66)
4:2673–66
End of quarter79–77

4th quarter

11:2679–80
Lead changeLaMelo Ball makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
Lead changeDerik Queen makes 7-foot two point shot
11:0081–80
10:3181–83
Lead changeTrey Lyles makes tip in dunk
Lead changeDejounte Murray makes 23-foot running jump shot (Zion Williamson assists)
7:5789–87
6:37

Player stats

Minnesota TimberwolvesPlayers

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
J. McDaniels	40	23	8-19	2-7	5-5	6	5	2	1	2	3	3	4	+5
J. Kuminga	34	17	5-12	1-6	6-12	8	4	2	1	0	2	6	4	+14
R. Gobert	25	8	4-5	0-0	0-2	11	0	0	0	1	3	8	2	+10
A. Dosunmu	39	26	8-14	4-6	6-6	2	4	3	0	1	1	1	2	-2
L. Ball	35	22	7-15	3-8	5-5	2	8	3	0	0	0	2	3	+23
T. Lyles	29	5	2-7	0-4	1-2	13	2	1	3	1	4	9	2	+1
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Highlights

0:17Trey Murphy III gets up for alley-oop slam vs. Minnesota TimberwolvesESPN 0:19Karlo Matkovic connects on alley-oop jamESPN 0:16Trey Murphy III throws down powerful slam vs. Minnesota TimberwolvesESPN 0:17Jaylen Clark gets the hoop and the harmESPN 0:18Rudy Gobert throws down big dunk vs. New Orleans PelicansESPN

News and reaction

Match reportVictor Wembanyama scores 40 points in 25 minutes as Spurs win 9th straightVictor Wembanyama finished with 40 points, 11 rebounds and nine blocks in just 25 minutes Monday night to lead the Spurs past the Suns 122-96 for their ninth straight win.ESPN47m ago

Match reportWarriors blow out Pelicans by 51 points for 8th straight winStephen Curry scored 25 points in 20-plus minutes, Yaxel Lendeborg added 23 points, and the Warriors won their eighth straight game by 51 points against the short-handed Pelicans on Monday night.ESPN1h ago

Where to watch

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Usual broadcasters for this competition in Australia.

Match details

Date: Saturday 7 November 2026
Started: 12:00 pm Sydney time
Venue: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans
Competition: NBA
Venue: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans
Officials: James Williams (Referee), Aaron Smith (Referee), Simone Jelks (Referee)
Crowd: 17,767

Form and ladder

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Updated 10 Nov, 3:02 am

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Z. Williamson	36	13	5-10	0-0	3-4	8	4	0	2	0	1	7	2	-2
T. Murphy III	34	10	3-7	1-5	3-3	4	5	2	2	1	1	3	3	-1
K. Matkovic	18	18	7-13	4-8	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	5	-6
D. Murray	35	7	3-11	1-2	0-0	2	4	2	1	1	0	2	3	-7
J. Fears	36	24	9-16	0-1	6-7	5	5	2	2	0	3	2	1	-3
H. Jones	14	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	-4
S. Bey	31	17	5-13	3-6	4-4	5	4	1	0	1	3	2	3	0
T. Watford	19	12	4-7	1-1	3-4	6	1	0	0	1	1	5	3	+2
D. Queen	10	6	2-4	0-0	2-4	4	1	4	0	0	1	3	2	-2
B. Mathurin	7	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7