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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

November 6, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Timberwolves beat the Pelicans 115-109 on 2026-11-06 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, Karlo Matković, and Jeremiah Fears. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels, Jonathan Kuminga, and Ayo Dosunmu. LaMelo Ball (Timberwolves) scored 12 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Trey Murphy III as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 22 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Ayo Dosunmu as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jeremiah Fears GS	36:14	24	5	5	2	0	2	1	9-16	0-1	6-7	-3
Zion Williamson GS	35:42	13	8	4	2	0	0	2	5-10	0-0	3-4	-2
Dejounte Murray GS	34:48	7	2	4	1	1	2	3	3-11	1-2	0-0	-7
Trey Murphy III GS	33:53	10	4	5	2	1	2	3	3-7	1-5	3-3	-1
Karlo Matković GS	17:46	18	3	1	0	0	2	5	7-13	4-8	0-0	-6
Saddiq Bey	31:11	17	5	4	0	1	1	3	5-13	3-6	4-4	0
Trendon Watford	19:03	12	6	1	0	1	0	3	4-7	1-1	3-4	+2
Herbert Jones	13:39	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	0-3	0-1	0-0	-4
Derik Queen	10:28	6	4	1	0	0	4	2	2-4	0-0	2-4	-2
Bennedict Mathurin	7:16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-7
Totals		109	41	25	7	4	13	28	39-86	10-24	21-26

Did not play: AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Reese (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDaniels GS	39:49	23	6	5	1	2	2	4	8-19	2-7	5-5	+5
Ayo Dosunmu GS	39:21	26	2	4	0	1	3	2	8-14	4-6	6-6	-2
LaMelo Ball GS	35:20	22	2	8	0	0	3	3	7-15	3-8	5-5	+23
Jonathan Kuminga GS	34:04	17	8	4	1	0	2	4	5-12	1-6	6-12	+14
Rudy Gobert GS	24:53	8	11	0	0	1	0	2	4-5	0-0	0-2	+10
Trey Lyles	29:00	5	13	2	3	1	1	2	2-7	0-4	1-2	+1
Jaylen Clark	20:37	8	3	0	0	0	0	3	3-9	1-3	1-1	-7
Bones Hyland	9:55	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-7	1-5	1-2	-10
Joan Beringer	7:02	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	-4
Totals		115	49	23	5	6	11	22	38-88	12-39	27-37

Did not play: Isaiah Evans (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zyon Pullin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cody Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rocco Zikarsky (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears Starter 10.2 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears 9.5 min
Dejounte Murray · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trendon Watford · Derik Queen 9.0 min
Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Bennedict Mathurin · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 3.8 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Trendon Watford · Jeremiah Fears 2.7 min

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Rudy Gobert · LaMelo Ball · Jaden McDaniels · Jonathan Kuminga · Ayo Dosunmu Starter 12.9 min
Trey Lyles · LaMelo Ball · Jaden McDaniels · Jonathan Kuminga · Ayo Dosunmu 10.3 min
Rudy Gobert · LaMelo Ball · Jaden McDaniels · Jonathan Kuminga · Jaylen Clark 4.1 min
Trey Lyles · Ayo Dosunmu · Bones Hyland · Jaylen Clark · Joan Beringer 3.3 min
Trey Lyles · Jaden McDaniels · Jonathan Kuminga · Ayo Dosunmu · Bones Hyland 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

LaMelo Ball 12 pts (4/6) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (29 %, 4 pts) · Dejounte Murray (19 %, 0 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (14 %, 2 pts)
Ayo Dosunmu 15 pts (7/17) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Dejounte Murray (29 %, 2 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (25 %, 8 pts) · Saddiq Bey (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zion Williamson	Jonathan Kuminga: 38 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Jaden McDaniels: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Ayo Dosunmu: 18 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Jaylen Clark: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Trey Murphy III	Jaden McDaniels: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · LaMelo Ball: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Dejounte Murray	Ayo Dosunmu: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Jaden McDaniels: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Saddiq Bey	Trey Lyles: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Karlo Matković	Rudy Gobert: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Joan Beringer: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Trendon Watford	Trey Lyles: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Jaden McDaniels: 7 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Herbert Jones	Ayo Dosunmu: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bones Hyland: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Rudy Gobert: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Joan Beringer: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Bennedict Mathurin	LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Jeremiah Fears 22 pts (8/15) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Ayo Dosunmu (43 %, 8 pts) · Jaden McDaniels (13 %, 5 pts) · LaMelo Ball (12 %, 0 pts)
Zion Williamson 20 pts (7/10) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Jonathan Kuminga (49 %, 6 pts) · Jaden McDaniels (21 %, 4 pts) · LaMelo Ball (11 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaden McDaniels	Trey Murphy III: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Zion Williamson: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Ayo Dosunmu	Jeremiah Fears: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Dejounte Murray: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jonathan Kuminga	Zion Williamson: 36 poss., 6 pts (1/1) · Dejounte Murray: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
LaMelo Ball	Dejounte Murray: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Trey Lyles	Saddiq Bey: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trendon Watford: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Rudy Gobert	Karlo Matković: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark	Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bones Hyland	Herbert Jones: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Joan Beringer	Karlo Matković: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)