Timberwolves 116-98 Pelicans (7 Jan, 2018) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Pelicans

19-19, 10-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	24	24	23	27	98
MIN	36	33	29	18	116

Minnesota Timberwolves

25-16, 14-6 home

116

Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot jumper
Jimmy Butler makes 25-foot jump bank shot (Taj Gibson assists)
Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup
Andrew Wiggins makes 6-foot two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Andrew Wiggins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins blocks Taj Gibson 's 5-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
DeMarcus Cousins blocks Andrew Wiggins's layup
Taj Gibson misses two point shot
Andrew Wiggins misses 8-foot two point shot
Tyus Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Taj Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jimmy Butler makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
Taj Gibson makes layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
Taj Gibson makes 13-foot jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)
Taj Gibson makes dunk
Jimmy Butler misses 8-foot two point shot
E'Twaun Moore blocks Jimmy Butler 's 6-foot driving layup
Andrew Wiggins misses 15-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 14-foot two point shot
Gorgui Dieng makes 11-foot jumper (Jamal Crawford assists)
Gorgui Dieng makes 14-foot jumper (Jamal Crawford assists)
Andrew Wiggins makes 2-foot two point shot
Jamal Crawford makes 20-foot jumper (Gorgui Dieng assists)
Jamal Crawford misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Aaron Brooks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Nemanja Bjelica makes driving layup
Gorgui Dieng misses layup
Gorgui Dieng makes 2-foot dunk
Jamal Crawford misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk
Gorgui Dieng misses 21-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 5-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 2-foot dunk
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Crawford assists)
Jimmy Butler makes 28-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Taj Gibson makes layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
Jimmy Butler makes layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses layup
Jimmy Butler misses 8-foot two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
Taj Gibson makes layup (Tyus Jones assists)
Taj Gibson misses layup
Jimmy Butler misses two point shot
Anthony Davis blocks Andrew Wiggins 's 20-foot jumper
Tyus Jones makes driving layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
Tyus Jones makes two point shot
Tyus Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Jimmy Butler 's 11-foot jumper
Jimmy Butler misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Andrew Wiggins misses 19-foot jumper
Gorgui Dieng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
Tyus Jones makes driving layup
Gorgui Dieng makes dunk (Jimmy Butler assists)
Gorgui Dieng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 20-foot jumper
Jimmy Butler makes driving layup (Taj Gibson assists)
Andrew Wiggins makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jimmy Butler makes 18-foot two point shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Andrew Wiggins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes 7-foot two point shot
Andrew Wiggins misses 21-foot jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
Tyus Jones misses 19-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Gorgui Dieng misses 19-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins misses two point shot
Andrew Wiggins makes two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses 22-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gorgui Dieng assists)
Aaron Brooks misses pullup jump shot
Jamal Crawford misses 9-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
DeMarcus Cousins blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 12-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 8-foot hook shot
Jimmy Butler misses 8-foot jumper
Jimmy Butler misses 8-foot two point shot
Tyus Jones makes driving layup (Taj Gibson assists)
Tyus Jones misses three point jumper
Andrew Wiggins misses 21-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Jimmy Butler makes driving layup
Tyus Jones misses 21-foot jumper
Cole Aldrich makes two point shot
Marcus Georges-Hunt misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Marcus Georges-Hunt makes two point shot
Anthony Davis misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
E'Twaun Moore misses three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
E'Twaun Moore makes layup
Rajon Rondo makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Anthony Davis 's 3-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
Darius Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes alley oop dunk shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Darius Miller misses 12-foot two point shot
E'Twaun Moore misses three point jumper
Jameer Nelson makes 22-foot jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Anthony Davis misses 17-foot jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 22-foot jumper
E'Twaun Moore makes driving layup (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
Darius Miller misses 27-foot three point jumper
E'Twaun Moore misses 9-foot two point shot
Darius Miller misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 15-foot two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
DeMarcus Cousins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
Jrue Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo misses driving layup
Anthony Davis makes two point shot
Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 14-foot jumper
Andrew Wiggins blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 4-foot layup
Rajon Rondo misses 20-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
Andrew Wiggins blocks Rajon Rondo 's 2-foot layup
E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 16-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
E'Twaun Moore makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Gorgui Dieng blocks Rajon Rondo's driving layup
E'Twaun Moore misses two point shot
Jrue Holiday makes driving layup
Rajon Rondo misses 11-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo makes layup
Rajon Rondo misses driving floating jump shot
Anthony Davis misses driving layup
Ian Clark makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
Andrew Wiggins blocks Ian Clark 's 11-foot jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ian Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darius Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ian Clark assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes layup (Darius Miller assists)
Darius Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 40-foot three point shot
Anthony Davis misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
Darius Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes driving layup (Anthony Davis assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
Jrue Holiday makes 7-foot two point shot
Darius Miller misses 27-foot three point shot
Jrue Holiday makes layup (Darius Miller assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Darius Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Jrue Holiday misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dante Cunningham makes 21-foot jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
Cheick Diallo misses two point shot
Cheick Diallo makes driving layup (Ian Clark assists)
Ian Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper
Cheick Diallo makes two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)

PELICANS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		NO	MIN
12:00	Anthony Davis vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Tyus Jones gains possession)	0	0
11:43	Andrew Wiggins misses 20-foot jumper	0	0
11:39	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	0	0
11:23	Anthony Davis misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	0	0
11:20	Taj Gibson defensive rebound	0	0
11:01	Jimmy Butler makes 25-foot jump bank shot (Taj Gibson assists)	0	3
10:43	Jrue Holiday bad pass (Andrew Wiggins steals)	0	3
10:42	Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup	0	5
10:42	E'Twaun Moore shooting foul	0	5
10:42	Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 1	0	6
10:32	DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)	3	6
10:14	Andrew Wiggins makes 6-foot two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)	3	8
10:00	E'Twaun Moore misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	8
9:58	Taj Gibson defensive rebound	3	8
9:46	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Andrew Wiggins assists)	3	11
9:35	Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul	3	11
9:35	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2	4	11
9:35	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2	5	11
9:19	DeMarcus Cousins blocks Taj Gibson 's 5-foot jumper	5	11
9:15	Jimmy Butler offensive rebound	5	11
9:13	Andrew Wiggins makes driving layup (Jimmy Butler assists)	5	13
9:05	Rajon Rondo makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)	7	13
8:44	DeMarcus Cousins blocks Andrew Wiggins's layup	7	13
8:41	Taj Gibson offensive rebound	7	13
8:40	Taj Gibson misses two point shot	7	13
8:40	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	7	13
8:33	E'Twaun Moore misses three point jumper	7	13
8:31	Taj Gibson defensive rebound	7	13
8:27	Jrue Holiday shooting foul	7	13
8:27	Tyus Jones makes free throw 1 of 2	7	14
8:27	Tyus Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	7	15
8:23	Rajon Rondo out of bounds bad pass turnover	7	15
8:10	Andrew Wiggins misses 8-foot two point shot	7	15
8:07	Jimmy Butler offensive rebound	7	15
7:53	Tyus Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	15
7:48	Jrue Holiday defensive rebound	7	15
7:45	Tyus Jones shooting foul	7	15
7:45	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2	8	15
7:45	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2	9	15
7:25	Taj Gibson misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	15
7:23	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	9	15
7:08	Jrue Holiday misses 23-foot step back jumpshot	9	15
7:03	Jimmy Butler defensive rebound	9	15
6:52	Jimmy Butler makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot	9	17
6:43	DeMarcus Cousins misses layup	9	17
6:42	E'Twaun Moore offensive rebound	9	17
6:41	E'Twaun Moore makes layup	11	17
6:28	Taj Gibson makes layup (Jimmy Butler assists)	11	19
6:18	Rajon Rondo makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)	13	19
5:57	DeMarcus Cousins shooting foul	13	19
5:57	Timberwolves Full timeout	13	19
5:57	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	13	20
5:57	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	13	21
5:46	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Anthony Davis 's 3-foot jumper	13	21
5:46	Pelicans offensive team rebound	13	21
5:46	Darius Miller enters the game for E'Twaun Moore	13	21
5:34	Jrue Holiday makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Rajon Rondo assists)	15	21
5:04	Taj Gibson makes 13-foot jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists)	15	23
4:57	Rajon Rondo makes driving layup	17	23
4:38	Rajon Rondo shooting foul	17	23
4:38	Taj Gibson makes free throw 1 of 2	17	24
4:38	Gorgui Dieng enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	17	24
4:38	Taj Gibson makes free throw 2 of 2	17	25
4:23	Jrue Holiday bad pass (Jimmy Butler steals)	17	25
4:16	Taj Gibson makes dunk	17	27
4:02	Darius Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper	17	27
3:59	Jimmy Butler defensive rebound	17	27
3:46	Jimmy Butler misses 8-foot two point shot	17	27
3:43	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	17	27
3:36	Jrue Holiday bad pass (Andrew Wiggins steals)	17	27
3:33	Darius Miller shooting foul	17	27
3:33	Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2	17	27
3:33	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	17	27
3:33	Jameer Nelson enters the game for Rajon Rondo	17	27
3:33	E'Twaun Moore enters the game for Jrue Holiday	17	27
3:33	Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2	17	28
3:17	Anthony Davis makes alley oop dunk shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)	19	28
3:00	E'Twaun Moore blocks Jimmy Butler 's 6-foot driving layup	19	28
3:00	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	19	28
2:50	Pelicans Full timeout	19	28
2:50	Jamal Crawford enters the game for Jimmy Butler	19	28
2:50	Aaron Brooks enters the game for Tyus Jones	19	28
2:50	Dante Cunningham enters the game for DeMarcus Cousins	19	28
2:40	Darius Miller misses 12-foot two point shot	19	28
2:36	Gorgui Dieng defensive rebound	19	28
2:22	Andrew Wiggins misses 15-foot jumper	19	28
2:19	Aaron Brooks offensive rebound	19	28
2:14	Aaron Brooks misses 14-foot two point shot	19	28
2:14	E'Twaun Moore defensive rebound	19	28
2:08	Gorgui Dieng flagrant foul type 1	19	28
2:08	Dante Cunningham makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2	20	28
2:08	Dante Cunningham makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2	21	28
2:08	Nemanja Bjelica enters the game for Taj Gibson	21	28
1:59	E'Twaun Moore misses three point jumper	21	28
1:55	Jamal Crawford defensive rebound	21	28
1:47	Gorgui Dieng makes 11-foot jumper (Jamal Crawford assists)	21	30
1:32	Jameer Nelson makes 22-foot jumper (Anthony Davis assists)	23	30
1:14	Gorgui Dieng makes 14-foot jumper (Jamal Crawford assists)	23	32
55.0	Anthony Davis misses 17-foot jumper	23	32
53.0	Nemanja Bjelica defensive rebound	23	32
46.0	Andrew Wiggins makes 2-foot two point shot	23	34
37.0	Jameer Nelson misses 22-foot jumper	23	34
37.0	Andrew Wiggins defensive rebound	23	34
19.0	Jamal Crawford makes 20-foot jumper (Gorgui Dieng assists)	23	36
5.0	Aaron Brooks personal foul	23	36
5.0	DeMarcus Cousins enters the game for Anthony Davis	23	36
5.0	Marcus Georges-Hunt enters the game for Jamal Crawford	23	36
1.0	Nemanja Bjelica shooting foul	23	36
1.0	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2	24	36
1.0	Jamal Crawford enters the game for Gorgui Dieng	24	36
1.0	Karl-Anthony Towns enters the game for Marcus Georges-Hunt	24	36
1.0	DeMarcus Cousins misses free throw 2 of 2	24	36
1.0	Timberwolves delay of game violation	24	36
0.0	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	24	36
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	36

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 3-0

Timberwolves
104
Pelicans
98

Game 1

2/11

Timberwolves
120
Pelicans
102

Game 2

30/11

Pelicans
98
Timberwolves
116

Game 3

7/1

Pelicans
107
Timberwolves
118

Game 4

4/2

Target Center

2:00 AM, 7 January 2018

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 18,978

Referees:
Josh Tiven
Bennie Adams
Dedric Taylor
Karl Lane

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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