NBA Cup - Group Play

6-3, 3-2 Away

Bonus

9:04 - 2nd

	1	2	3	4	T
Timberwolves MIN	27	6			33
Pelicans NO	30	6			36

New Orleans PelicansPelicansNO

4-4, 3-2 Home

Bonus

Minnesota Timberwolves @ New Orleans Pelicans

Minnesota Timberwolves

Jaden McDanielsJ. McDaniels#3
starters
Jonathan KumingaJ. Kuminga#24
Rudy GobertR. Gobert#27
Ayo DosunmuA. Dosunmu#13
LaMelo BallL. Ball#1
bench
Trey LylesT. Lyles#41
Cody WilliamsC. Williams#9
Joan BeringerJ. Beringer#19
Jaylen ClarkJ. Clark#7
Bones HylandB. Hyland#8
Isaiah EvansI. Evans#33
Rocco ZikarskyR. Zikarsky#44
Zyon PullinZ. Pullin#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
9	2	0-6	0-2	2-2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	-1
9	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
7	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	+1
12	10	3-5	2-3	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-4
8	7	3-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
7	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-6
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	-4
6	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4
5	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
	31	10-27	5-15	6-6	17	4	3	0	1	5	12	4
		37%	33%	100%

New Orleans Pelicans

Zion WilliamsonZ. Williamson#1
starters
Trey Murphy IIIT. Murphy III#25
Karlo MatkovicK. Matkovic#17
Dejounte MurrayD. Murray#5
Jeremiah FearsJ. Fears#0
bench
Herbert JonesH. Jones#2
Saddiq BeyS. Bey#41
Trendon WatfordT. Watford#9
Derik QueenD. Queen#22
Julian ReeseJ. Reese#13
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Jordan PooleJ. Poole#3
Bryce McGowensB. McGowens#11
Bennedict MathurinB. Mathurin#24
AJ JohnsonA. Johnson#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
8	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	2	0	1	3	0	0
8	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-2
10	16	6-10	4-6	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1
11	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	+3
10	8	3-4	0-0	2-2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	+1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	+5
7	3	1-3	0-0	1-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	+6
6	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	+5
4	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	+6
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
	36	14-29	4-8	4-5	13	10	1	2	0	4	9	6
		48%	50%	80%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Karlo Matkovic connects on alley-oop jam

0:19

Trey Murphy III gets up for alley-oop slam vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

0:17

Matchups

MIN

Season Matchup

0-0

Game 1@ NO

9:04 - 2nd

6-3

Game 2@ MIN

4-4

6-3

Game 3@ NO

4-4

Game Information

New Orleans, LA

Referee:James Williams

Referee:Aaron Smith

Referee:Simone Jelks

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Portland	6	1	.857	-	W3
Oklahoma City	6	2	.750	0.5	W2
Minnesota	6	3	.667	1	W2
Denver	4	3	.571	2	W1
Utah	1	7	.125	5.5	L6

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	7	2	.778	-	L1
San Antonio	6	2	.750	0.5	W6
Memphis	6	2	.750	0.5	L2
New Orleans	4	4	.500	2.5	W4
Dallas	4	4	.500	2.5	L2

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