Minnesota Timberwolves vs New Orleans Pelicans: player stats (Nov 6, 2026)

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Minnesota Timberwolves

New Orleans Pelicans

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MIN

Game leaders

NOP

Points
Minnesota Timberwolves: Ayo Dosunmu26 PTS8-14 FG, 4-6 3P, 6-6 FT
New Orleans Pelicans: Jeremiah Fears24 PTS9-16 FG, 0-1 3P, 6-7 FT
Rebounds
Minnesota Timberwolves: Trey Lyles13 REB4 OREB, 9 DREB
New Orleans Pelicans: Zion Williamson8 REB1 OREB, 7 DREB
Assists
Minnesota Timberwolves: LaMelo Ball8 AST22 PTS, 3 TOV
New Orleans Pelicans: Jeremiah Fears5 AST24 PTS, 2 TOV

On November 6, 2026 at Smoothie King Center, the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New Orleans Pelicans 115-109. Ayo Dosunmu scored 26 to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Jeremiah Fears had 24 for the New Orleans Pelicans.

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How it happened

FinalMinnesota beats New Orleans 115-111. The Timberwolves go 27-of-37 at the free-throw line to the Pelicans' 21-of-26, and outscore them 38-32 in the fourth quarter to close it out.
Q3New Orleans leads Minnesota 79-77 after three quarters, outscoring the Timberwolves 28-20 in the third. The Pelicans have 19 assists to Minnesota's 14 and 10 turnovers to the Wolves' 13.
Q3 4:46New Orleans has scored 10 straight, going from 61-66 down to a 71-66 lead in 2:23 of the third quarter. Zion Williamson has 8 of the points, and Trendon Watford has the other two.
HalftimeMinnesota leads New Orleans 57-51 at halftime after a 30-21 second quarter. The Timberwolves are 7-of-20 from three and 12-of-13 at the line; Karlo Matkovic leads all scorers with 16.
Q1New Orleans leads Minnesota 30-27 after one quarter, with nine assists to the Timberwolves' four and one turnover to their four. Karlo Matkovic has 16 of the Pelicans' points.
Q1 5:01New Orleans closes on a 10-0 run in 1:30, cutting a 18-7 deficit to 18-17 on Jeremiah Fears' free throw. Karlo Matkovic scored eight of the points.

Minnesota Timberwolves box score
Minnesota Timberwolves
Jaden McDanielsF	39:49	23	6	5	8-19	2-7	5-5	1	2	2	4	+5
Ayo DosunmuG	39:21	26	2	4	8-14	4-6	6-6	0	1	3	2	-2
LaMelo BallG	35:20	22	2	8	7-15	3-8	5-5	0	0	3	3	+23
Jonathan KumingaF	34:04	17	8	4	5-12	1-6	6-12	1	0	2	4	+14
Rudy GobertC	24:53	8	11	0	4-5	0-0	0-2	0	1	0	2	+10
Trey LylesF	29:00	5	13	2	2-7	0-4	1-2	3	1	1	2	+1
Jaylen ClarkG	20:37	8	3	0	3-9	1-3	1-1	0	0	0	3	-7
Nah'Shon HylandG	9:55	4	1	0	1-7	1-5	1-2	0	0	0	1	-10
Joan BeringerF	7:02	2	3	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	1	-4
Team	240	115	49	23	38-88	12-39	27-37	5	6	11	22

DNP: Cody Williams, Rocco Zikarsky, Zyon Pullin, Isaiah Evans

New Orleans Pelicans box score
New Orleans Pelicans
Jeremiah FearsG	36:14	24	5	5	9-16	0-1	6-7	2	0	2	1	-3
Zion WilliamsonF	35:42	13	8	4	5-10	0-0	3-4	2	0	0	2	-2
Dejounte MurrayG	34:48	7	2	4	3-11	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	3	-7
Trey Murphy IIIF	33:53	10	4	5	3-7	1-5	3-3	2	1	2	3	-1
Karlo MatkovicF-C	17:46	18	3	1	7-13	4-8	0-0	0	0	2	5	-6
Saddiq BeyF	31:11	17	5	4	5-13	3-6	4-4	0	1	1	3	0
Trendon WatfordF	19:03	12	6	1	4-7	1-1	3-4	0	1	0	3	+2
Herbert JonesF	13:39	0	4	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	6	-4
Derik QueenC	10:28	6	4	1	2-4	0-0	2-4	0	0	4	2	-2
Bennedict MathurinG-F	7:16	2	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	-7
Team	240	109	41	25	39-86	10-24	21-26	7	4	13	28

DNP: Jordan Poole, Bryce McGowens, AJ Johnson, DeAndre Jordan, Julian Reese

Team stats

Team stats: Minnesota Timberwolves and New Orleans Pelicans
MIN	Stat	NOP
43.2%38-88	Field-goal percentage	45.3%(better)39-86
30.8%12-39	Three-point percentage	41.7%(better)10-24
73.0%27-37	Free-throw percentage	80.8%(better)21-26
49(better)	Rebounds	41
17(better)	Offensive rebounds	12
32(better)	Defensive rebounds	29
23	Assists	25(better)
5	Steals	7(better)
6(better)	Blocks	4
11(better)	Turnovers	13
22(better)	Personal fouls	28
19	Bench points	37(better)

Team advanced
MIN	Stat	NOP
98.4	Pace	98.4
116.9(better)	Off. rating	110.8
110.8(better)	Def. rating	116.9
6.1(better)	Net rating	-6.1
55.1	TS%	55.9(better)
50.0	eFG%	51.2(better)
9.5(better)	TOV%	11.8
37.0(better)	OREB%	27.3
0.420(better)	FT rate	0.302
44.3(better)	3PA rate	27.9

Recap

Ayo Dosunmu scored 26 points and Minnesota outscored New Orleans 38-32 in the fourth quarter as the Timberwolves beat the Pelicans 115-109 on Friday, November 6.

Dosunmu made 8 of 14 shots, four of six 3-pointers, and all six free throws. Jaden McDaniels added 23 points, and LaMelo Ball had 22 points and eight assists with a plus-23 mark in 35 minutes.

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