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NBA · Friday 5 December · Smoothie King Center
New Orleans Pelicans – Minnesota Timberwolves 116:125: NBA, 05/12/2025
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Points per game · season
Head to head · 4
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NBA: New Orleans Pelicans – Minnesota Timberwolves 116:125 (5 December). Minnesota Timberwolves won. Venue: Smoothie King Center.
By quarter: 30:35, 32:27, 28:26, 26:37.
Top scorers: Julius Randle (Minnesota Timberwolves) — 28; Trey Murphy (New Orleans Pelicans) — 21; J. Fears (New Orleans Pelicans) — 20.
Table now: New Orleans Pelicans — 11th (4–6); Minnesota Timberwolves — 4th (8–3).
Head to head (4): New Orleans Pelicans — 1 win, Minnesota Timberwolves — 3.
Score by quarter
Points in each quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Pelicans | 30 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 116 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 35 | 27 | 26 | 37 | 125 |
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points
- 1Julius Randle28
Minnesota Timberwolves37 min
- 221
- 320
Rebounds
- 112
- 2Julius Randle9
Minnesota Timberwolves37 min
- 37
Assists
- 18
- 26
- 3Naz Reid6
Minnesota Timberwolves33 min
Box score
Every player's stats in this game
Min = minutes, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists, 3P = three-pointers (made/attempted), FT = free throws, FG = field goals, FG% = field-goal percentage, Stl = steals, Blk = blocks, TO = turnovers. Greyed out = bench players.
New Orleans Pelicans
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11Bryce McGowens | 34 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0/3 | 5/6 | 0/3 | 0% |
| 25Trey Murphy | 34 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 0/5 | 7/8 | 0/5 | 0% |
| J. Fears | 34 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 100% |
| 14Saddiq Bey | 33 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0/5 | 4/4 | 0/5 | 0% |
| D. Queen | 29 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 0/0 | – |
| 15Jose Alvarado | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 60% |
| 17Karlo Matkovic | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – |
| 24Jordan Hawkins | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 50% |
| M. Peavy | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – |
| T. Alexander | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0% |
Minnesota Timberwolves
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Julius Randle | 37 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2/3 | 8/8 | 2/3 | 67% |
| 3Jaden McDaniels | 35 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0% |
| 0Donte DiVincenzo | 32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4/8 | 1/1 | 4/8 | 50% |
| 5Anthony Edwards | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 67% |
| 27Rudy Gobert | 24 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 0/0 | – |
| 11Naz Reid | 33 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 4/9 | 3/3 | 4/9 | 44% |
| 10Mike Conley | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 0/5 | 0% |
| 22Jaylen Clark | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 2/6 | 33% |
| J. T. Shannon | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 100% |
| R. Dillingham | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 43Rebounds49
- 29Assists30
- 7Three-pointers made15
- 25Three-point attempts38
- 23Free throws made26
- 26Free-throw attempts29
- 7Field goals made15
- 25Field-goal attempts38
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | +/− | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% | -3 | LL | |
| 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | +122 | WW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).
New Orleans Pelicans 1 : 3 Minnesota Timberwolves