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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

December 2, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Pelicans 149-142 on 2025-12-02 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Bryce McGowens, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 15 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Bryce McGowens as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 25 points (10/19) in his matchups, with Donte DiVincenzo as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 142

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	40:55	33	15	4	0	0	1	4	11-21	4-8	7-7	-8
Derik Queen GS	38:41	21	8	6	1	0	2	5	8-15	0-0	5-8	-17
Saddiq Bey GS	35:09	22	6	3	0	0	2	1	7-12	0-3	8-8	+5
Jeremiah Fears GS	33:31	21	3	5	1	1	3	1	7-13	1-2	6-7	-2
Bryce McGowens GS	25:47	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	2-5	0-0	2-2	-7
Jose Alvarado	25:16	14	3	3	1	0	2	3	5-8	4-4	0-0	-12
Jordan Hawkins	22:10	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3-7	2-3	2-3	+2
Micah Peavy	20:06	8	1	2	1	0	0	2	4-6	0-0	0-0	-15
Trey Alexander	11:43	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	3-3	1-1	0-0	+8
Kevon Looney	11:42	0	3	1	0	0	1	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	+11
Totals		142	42	26	5	1	12	23	50-91	12-21	30-35

Did not play: Hunter Dickinson (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 149

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards GS	47:27	44	5	4	0	1	3	4	16-30	6-13	6-8	+14
Rudy Gobert GS	38:03	26	13	2	1	1	0	5	9-10	0-0	8-10	+9
Donte DiVincenzo GS	37:50	15	4	5	2	1	1	2	5-16	5-15	0-0	+6
Jaden McDaniels GS	33:08	17	4	2	1	1	0	3	7-10	3-3	0-0	+5
Julius Randle GS	32:43	16	5	6	0	0	2	4	6-14	0-3	4-4	+4
Naz Reid	32:05	18	5	6	2	0	2	4	6-12	4-8	2-2	+5
Jaylen Clark	15:14	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+11
Mike Conley	13:17	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1-5	0-4	3-3	-5
Terrence Shannon Jr.	7:52	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	-13
Rob Dillingham	7:20	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		149	41	29	7	4	9	25	52-104	20-51	25-29

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bones Hyland (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Johnny Juzang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 12.8 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 5.8 min
Bryce McGowens · Trey Alexander · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 4.1 min
Bryce McGowens · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 4.0 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Trey Alexander · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.6 min

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels Starter 17.7 min
Mike Conley · Rudy Gobert · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Clark 8.7 min
Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels 5.3 min
Rudy Gobert · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Clark 4.0 min
Mike Conley · Rudy Gobert · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Terrence Shannon Jr 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Pelicans defense

Anthony Edwards 15 pts (5/10) in 94 possessions

Guarded by: Bryce McGowens (26 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (14 %, 7 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (13 %, 5 pts)
Julius Randle 20 pts (9/13) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (32 %, 5 pts) · Derik Queen (27 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (13 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Jaden McDaniels: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Anthony Edwards: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Derik Queen	Rudy Gobert: 30 poss., 11 pts (4/8) · Julius Randle: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Donte DiVincenzo: 21 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Anthony Edwards: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Saddiq Bey	Julius Randle: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Naz Reid: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Bryce McGowens	Anthony Edwards: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jose Alvarado	Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jordan Hawkins	Anthony Edwards: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Clark: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Micah Peavy	Naz Reid: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Anthony Edwards: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney	Rudy Gobert: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anthony Edwards: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Alexander	Donte DiVincenzo: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Timberwolves defense

Jeremiah Fears 25 pts (10/19) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Donte DiVincenzo (43 %, 3 pts) · Anthony Edwards (17 %, 3 pts) · Jaden McDaniels (9 %, 3 pts)
Trey Murphy III 23 pts (8/15) in 89 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden McDaniels (40 %, 4 pts) · Anthony Edwards (12 %, 8 pts) · Julius Randle (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Edwards	Bryce McGowens: 29 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Jose Alvarado: 25 poss., 11 pts (4/5)
Rudy Gobert	Derik Queen: 39 poss., 12 pts (4/4) · Kevon Looney: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Donte DiVincenzo	Jeremiah Fears: 31 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Jordan Hawkins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julius Randle	Saddiq Bey: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Derik Queen: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Naz Reid	Saddiq Bey: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden McDaniels	Trey Murphy III: 36 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Bryce McGowens: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark	Jordan Hawkins: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mike Conley	Jordan Hawkins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jose Alvarado: 5 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr	Trey Murphy III: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham	Trey Alexander: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)