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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. New Orleans Pelicans

February 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Timberwolves 119-115 on 2026-02-06 on the road against the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 8 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Julius Randle as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 23 points (9/14) in his matchups, with Saddiq Bey as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards GS	37:21	35	5	4	0	2	1	1	11-22	5-9	8-9	-12
Julius Randle GS	36:54	24	8	7	0	1	0	3	9-18	0-5	6-6	-3
Rudy Gobert GS	33:03	12	16	2	3	2	0	2	5-12	0-0	2-4	+3
Donte DiVincenzo GS	25:49	6	3	2	1	0	2	2	2-10	2-7	0-0	-6
Jaden McDaniels GS	21:53	6	1	2	0	0	2	5	2-8	0-3	2-2	+1
Bones Hyland	30:25	20	3	2	1	0	1	1	6-11	4-8	4-4	-5
Naz Reid	25:13	7	3	3	2	1	2	1	3-9	1-5	0-0	+1
Jaylen Clark	14:04	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Johnny Juzang	10:08	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+3
Joan Beringer	5:10	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-1	-4
Totals		115	47	22	7	7	9	18	40-95	13-40	22-26

Did not play: Enrique Freeman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	37:20	26	6	5	0	1	3	3	9-15	6-10	2-2	+9
Saddiq Bey GS	34:17	30	9	5	1	0	1	1	10-21	3-10	7-7	+4
Derik Queen GS	32:35	17	8	3	0	1	0	4	6-11	4-4	1-2	-5
Zion Williamson GS	31:56	29	4	1	0	0	3	2	11-13	0-0	7-9	+7
Herbert Jones GS	22:38	2	4	5	3	0	4	3	1-4	0-3	0-0	0
Jeremiah Fears	27:59	2	1	4	0	1	4	3	1-7	0-3	0-0	+5
Bryce McGowens	27:47	11	1	4	0	1	0	3	4-6	2-3	1-2	+2
Yves Missi	15:22	2	4	1	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+9
Karlo Matković	7:23	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Micah Peavy	2:43	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Totals		119	39	29	5	5	16	20	43-80	15-34	18-22

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

Lineups

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels Starter 8.6 min
Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels · Bones Hyland 5.0 min
Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Anthony Edwards · Johnny Juzang · Jaylen Clark 4.8 min
Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Bones Hyland · Jaylen Clark 3.4 min
Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Bones Hyland · Johnny Juzang · Joan Beringer 3.3 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen Starter 11.5 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 6.0 min
Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 5.0 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 4.9 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Derik Queen 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Timberwolves defense

Zion Williamson 8 pts (2/7) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Julius Randle (42 %, 8 pts) · Naz Reid (16 %, 0 pts) · Jaden McDaniels (8 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 13 pts (4/13) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Bones Hyland (44 %, 7 pts) · Anthony Edwards (10 %, 6 pts) · Julius Randle (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Edwards	Bryce McGowens: 23 poss., 16 pts (6/6) · Herbert Jones: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Julius Randle	Zion Williamson: 26 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Derik Queen: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Rudy Gobert	Derik Queen: 33 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bones Hyland	Jeremiah Fears: 23 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Donte DiVincenzo	Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Herbert Jones: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Naz Reid	Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Zion Williamson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden McDaniels	Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark	Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Juzang	Trey Murphy III: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Joan Beringer	Yves Missi: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Anthony Edwards 23 pts (9/14) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (24 %, 6 pts) · Bryce McGowens (23 %, 5 pts) · Trey Murphy III (19 %, 6 pts)
Julius Randle 18 pts (6/9) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (38 %, 4 pts) · Saddiq Bey (20 %, 8 pts) · Derik Queen (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Jaden McDaniels: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Saddiq Bey	Anthony Edwards: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Julius Randle: 14 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Zion Williamson	Julius Randle: 27 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jaden McDaniels: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Rudy Gobert: 39 poss., 10 pts (3/6) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Bones Hyland: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Naz Reid: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Bryce McGowens	Anthony Edwards: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Johnny Juzang: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones	Donte DiVincenzo: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bones Hyland: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Joan Beringer: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rudy Gobert: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Karlo Matković	Naz Reid: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julius Randle: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Naz Reid: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)