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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

December 4, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Pelicans 125-116 on 2025-12-04 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 9 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Bryce McGowens as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 18 points (7/10) 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 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bryce McGowens GS	33:54	15	3	5	1	0	0	0	5-12	0-3	5-6	-6
Trey Murphy III GS	33:46	21	7	8	2	0	2	2	7-17	0-5	7-8	+2
Jeremiah Fears GS	33:33	20	7	6	1	0	3	3	8-17	2-2	2-2	+5
Saddiq Bey GS	33:11	20	6	1	3	0	0	1	8-17	0-5	4-4	+3
Derik Queen GS	29:08	12	4	5	1	0	1	5	4-9	0-0	4-4	-4
Jose Alvarado	22:05	13	3	1	2	0	2	3	5-8	3-5	0-0	-16
Karlo Matković	18:30	8	6	1	0	1	1	3	4-5	0-0	0-0	-5
Jordan Hawkins	16:10	7	3	1	0	1	1	2	2-6	2-4	1-2	-10
Micah Peavy	15:11	0	4	1	1	0	2	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	-12
Trey Alexander	4:33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Totals		116	43	29	11	2	12	22	43-95	7-25	23-26

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle GS	36:30	28	9	3	0	0	4	2	9-18	2-3	8-8	+8
Jaden McDaniels GS	34:48	14	7	5	2	2	2	4	6-14	0-2	2-2	+6
Donte DiVincenzo GS	32:05	15	4	3	0	1	1	4	5-10	4-8	1-1	+6
Anthony Edwards GS	31:22	11	6	4	1	3	8	4	3-6	2-3	3-3	+10
Rudy Gobert GS	23:57	15	12	3	0	1	1	1	5-8	0-0	5-8	0
Naz Reid	32:40	19	7	6	1	2	0	1	6-13	4-9	3-3	+8
Mike Conley	16:48	2	1	3	0	0	1	4	1-7	0-5	0-0	+2
Jaylen Clark	14:28	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	4-9	2-6	2-2	+3
Terrence Shannon Jr.	9:11	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	2-4	1-1	2-2	+1
Rob Dillingham	8:11	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		125	49	30	5	10	19	22	42-92	15-38	26-29

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 14.7 min
Jose Alvarado · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jordan Hawkins · Micah Peavy 5.0 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 4.9 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.3 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 3.2 min

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels Starter 7.9 min
Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels 12.0 min
Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Jaden McDaniels · Rob Dillingham 6.9 min
Mike Conley · Rudy Gobert · Naz Reid · Terrence Shannon Jr · Jaylen Clark 3.2 min
Mike Conley · Julius Randle · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Clark 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Anthony Edwards 9 pts (4/11) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Bryce McGowens (36 %, 0 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (16 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (14 %, 4 pts)
Julius Randle 10 pts (4/7) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (38 %, 4 pts) · Bryce McGowens (12 %, 0 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (11 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jeremiah Fears	Donte DiVincenzo: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Jaden McDaniels: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Trey Murphy III	Jaden McDaniels: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Anthony Edwards: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Saddiq Bey	Julius Randle: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Naz Reid: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Bryce McGowens	Anthony Edwards: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Derik Queen	Rudy Gobert: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jaden McDaniels: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jose Alvarado	Mike Conley: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Rob Dillingham: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Karlo Matković	Naz Reid: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rudy Gobert: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Hawkins	Mike Conley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Clark: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy	Naz Reid: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mike Conley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Alexander	Terrence Shannon Jr: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Jeremiah Fears 18 pts (7/10) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Donte DiVincenzo (32 %, 4 pts) · Anthony Edwards (21 %, 5 pts) · Julius Randle (11 %, 0 pts)
Trey Murphy III 13 pts (4/10) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden McDaniels (46 %, 2 pts) · Julius Randle (11 %, 0 pts) · Anthony Edwards (8 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Julius Randle	Saddiq Bey: 35 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Derik Queen: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Jaden McDaniels	Trey Murphy III: 36 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bryce McGowens: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Anthony Edwards	Bryce McGowens: 30 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Naz Reid	Micah Peavy: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Donte DiVincenzo	Jeremiah Fears: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rudy Gobert	Derik Queen: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Karlo Matković: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mike Conley	Micah Peavy: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Hawkins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark	Jordan Hawkins: 7 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Jeremiah Fears: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Terrence Shannon Jr	Bryce McGowens: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham	Jeremiah Fears: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bryce McGowens: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)