Apr 13, 2016 - New Orleans Pelicans at Minnesota Timberwolves

4/13/2016 Minnesota v. New Orleans Game Preview

	New Orleans Pelicans	(30-52, 9-32 away)
	Minnesota Timberwolves	(29-53, 14-27 home)

April 13, 2016 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Target Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Season Series - Tied 2-2

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 19, 2016	Minnesota	New Orleans	99 - 114	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 8, 2016	New Orleans	Minnesota	116 - 102	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 27, 2016	Minnesota	New Orleans	112 - 110	Minnesota	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 13, 2016	New Orleans	Minnesota	109 - 144	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center

2015-2016 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
New Orleans	82	48.2	102.7	38.5	85.9	.448	8.6	23.8	.360	17.3	22.2	.776	9.5	33.1	42.6	22.2	7.7	4.2	13.4	20.9
Minnesota	82	48.5	102.4	37.7	81.3	.464	5.5	16.4	.338	21.4	27.0	.792	10.0	31.5	41.6	23.4	8.0	4.6	15.0	20.7
NOP Opponents	82	48.2	106.5	39.2	83.9	.468	9.2	24.9	.369	18.8	24.0	.783	8.9	35.5	44.4	23.2	7.3	5.2	13.7	19.9
MIN Opponents	82	48.5	106.0	40.0	84.9	.471	9.0	25.5	.355	17.0	22.5	.757	10.7	31.2	41.9	22.6	7.8	5.2	14.9	21.6

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 27, 2016	Minnesota	New Orleans	112 - 110	Minnesota	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 8, 2016	New Orleans	Minnesota	116 - 102	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 19, 2016	Minnesota	New Orleans	99 - 114	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 13, 2015	New Orleans	Minnesota	100 - 88	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 29, 2015	Minnesota	New Orleans	88 - 110	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 23, 2015	New Orleans	Minnesota	92 - 84	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 14, 2014	Minnesota	New Orleans	91 - 139	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 7, 2014	Minnesota	New Orleans	91 - 98	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 29, 2014	New Orleans	Minnesota	77 - 88	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 1, 2014	New Orleans	Minnesota	112 - 124	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 17, 2013	New Orleans	Minnesota	95 - 97	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 2, 2013	New Orleans	Minnesota	86 - 115	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 11, 2013	Minnesota	New Orleans	92 - 104	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 14, 2012	Minnesota	New Orleans	113 - 102	Minnesota	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 7, 2012	Minnesota	New Orleans	90 - 99	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 10, 2012	New Orleans	Minnesota	95 - 89	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 13, 2012	Minnesota	New Orleans	87 - 80	Minnesota	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 25, 2011	New Orleans	Minnesota	95 - 81	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 7, 2011	Minnesota	New Orleans	104 - 92	Minnesota	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 27, 2010	New Orleans	Minnesota	98 - 113	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 11, 2010	Minnesota	New Orleans	86 - 114	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 22, 2010	New Orleans	Minnesota	96 - 94	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 9, 2009	New Orleans	Minnesota	97 - 96	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 4, 2009	Minnesota	New Orleans	89 - 98	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 18, 2009	Minnesota	New Orleans	93 - 94	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 8, 2009	Minnesota	New Orleans	97 - 101	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 23, 2009	New Orleans	Minnesota	108 - 116	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 9, 2008	New Orleans	Minnesota	122 - 90	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 22, 2007	Minnesota	New Orleans	76 - 110	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 26, 2007	Minnesota	New Orleans	103 - 94	Minnesota	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 17, 2007	New Orleans	Minnesota	100 - 82	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 7, 2007	New Orleans	Minnesota	96 - 94	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 2, 2007	Minnesota	New Orleans	83 - 90	New Orleans	Regular Season	Paycom Center
Nov 24, 2006	Minnesota	New Orleans	86 - 79	Minnesota	Regular Season	Paycom Center
Nov 18, 2006	New Orleans	Minnesota	99 - 96	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 11, 2006	New Orleans	Minnesota	100 - 94	New Orleans	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 21, 2005	New Orleans	Minnesota	69 - 88	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 23, 2005	Minnesota	New Orleans	80 - 84	New Orleans	Regular Season	Paycom Center
Apr 18, 2005	Minnesota	New Orleans	102 - 99	Minnesota	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 23, 2005	New Orleans	Minnesota	102 - 107	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 20, 2004	Minnesota	New Orleans	99 - 94	Minnesota	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 6, 2004	New Orleans	Minnesota	92 - 99	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 19, 2004	New Orleans	Minnesota	90 - 97	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 13, 2004	Minnesota	New Orleans	94 - 89	Minnesota	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 14, 2003	New Orleans	Minnesota	93 - 114	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 13, 2002	Minnesota	New Orleans	98 - 102	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center

2015-2016 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	E. Gordon	A. Gee	D. Cunningham	A. Davis	O. Asik
Rotation	T. Evans	T. Douglas	J. Hamilton	R. Anderson	K. Perkins
Rotation	J. Holiday	B. Dejean-Jones	L. Babbitt		A. Ajinca
Rotation	N. Cole
Lim PT	T. Frazier		Q. Pondexter
Lim PT			J. Ennis

2015-2016 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Rubio	A. Wiggins	T. Prince	G. Dieng	K. Towns
Rotation	T. Jones	Z. LaVine	S. Muhammad	N. Bjelica	N. Pekovic
Rotation				K. Garnett	G. Smith
Rotation				A. Payne
Rotation				D. Rudez

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
42	Alexis Ajinca	C	59	14.6	6.0	2.5	5.3	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.839	1.3	3.3	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.3
33	Ryan Anderson	PF	66	30.4	17.0	6.0	14.1	.427	2.0	5.4	.366	3.0	3.5	.873	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.7
3	Omer Asik	C	68	17.3	4.0	1.5	2.9	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.6	.545	1.8	4.3	6.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.8
8	Luke Babbitt	SF	47	18.0	7.0	2.6	6.1	.422	0.9	2.3	.404	0.8	1.1	.780	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.9
30	Norris Cole	G	45	26.6	10.6	4.4	10.8	.405	0.7	2.3	.324	1.2	1.4	.800	0.2	3.1	3.4	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	2.3
33	Dante Cunningham	F	80	24.6	6.0	2.3	5.2	.451	0.7	2.2	.316	0.7	1.0	.695	0.7	2.2	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	2.2
23	Anthony Davis	PF	61	35.5	24.3	9.2	18.6	.493	0.6	1.8	.324	5.3	7.0	.758	2.1	8.1	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.4
31	Bryce Dejean-Jones	G	14	19.9	5.6	2.0	4.9	.406	0.9	2.3	.375	0.8	1.5	.524	0.6	2.9	3.4	1.1	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.2
16	Toney Douglas	G	61	20.7	8.7	3.0	7.3	.411	1.3	3.3	.399	1.4	1.6	.848	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	1.1	0.1	1.0	2.1
4	James Ennis	GF	9	31.3	15.9	5.6	11.1	.500	2.7	5.6	.480	2.1	2.7	.792	1.9	2.0	3.9	2.0	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.9
1	Tyreke Evans	G	25	30.6	15.2	5.4	12.6	.433	1.3	3.4	.388	3.0	3.7	.796	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.6	1.3	0.3	2.9	2.6
10	Tim Frazier	G	16	29.3	13.1	4.8	10.6	.450	0.8	1.9	.419	2.8	3.7	.763	0.9	3.5	4.4	7.5	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.6
15	Alonzo Gee	SF	73	22.4	4.5	1.8	3.5	.518	0.2	0.8	.283	0.6	0.9	.667	0.8	2.5	3.4	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.8	2.3
10	Eric Gordon	G	45	32.9	15.2	5.1	12.3	.418	2.5	6.5	.384	2.5	2.8	.888	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.7	1.0	0.3	1.6	2.2
25	Jordan Hamilton	SF	11	27.6	11.4	4.5	10.5	.422	1.2	4.1	.289	1.3	1.9	.667	1.1	4.5	5.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.2
11	Jrue Holiday	G	65	28.2	16.8	6.3	14.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.336	2.8	3.3	.843	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.3
5	Kendrick Perkins	C	37	14.6	2.5	1.1	2.0	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.7	.440	0.7	2.8	3.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.7
20	Quincy Pondexter	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
88	Nemanja Bjelica	PF	60	17.9	5.1	1.8	3.9	.468	0.8	2.1	.384	0.7	0.9	.727	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.6
5	Gorgui Dieng	FC	82	27.1	10.1	3.8	7.1	.532	0.1	0.2	.300	2.5	3.0	.827	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.7	1.1	1.2	1.7	2.7
21	Kevin Garnett	PF	38	14.6	3.2	1.4	3.0	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.667	0.4	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.8
1	Tyus Jones	PG	37	15.5	4.2	1.5	4.2	.359	0.4	1.4	.302	0.8	1.1	.718	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.9	0.8	0.1	0.9	0.9
8	Zach LaVine	SG	82	28.0	14.0	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4
15	Shabazz Muhammad	GF	82	20.5	10.5	3.9	8.3	.465	0.5	1.9	.289	2.3	3.0	.764	1.2	2.0	3.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.1
33	Adreian Payne	C	52	9.3	2.5	1.0	2.8	.363	0.2	0.6	.281	0.3	0.5	.654	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5
14	Nikola Pekovic	PF	12	13.0	4.5	1.6	4.2	.380	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.800	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.8
12	Tayshaun Prince	F	77	19.0	2.9	1.3	3.0	.445	0.1	0.3	.174	0.2	0.2	.684	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8
9	Ricky Rubio	G	76	30.6	10.1	2.9	7.7	.374	0.8	2.5	.326	3.5	4.1	.847	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.7	2.1	0.1	2.5	2.6
10	Damjan Rudez	SF	33	8.4	2.3	0.8	1.9	.403	0.5	1.5	.340	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0
4	Greg Smith	C	18	10.7	2.4	1.0	1.8	.562	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.9	.412	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.6
32	Karl-Anthony Towns	C	82	32.0	18.3	7.6	14.0	.543	0.4	1.1	.341	2.7	3.4	.811	2.8	7.7	10.4	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.2	3.0
22	Andrew Wiggins	F	81	35.1	20.7	7.3	16.0	.459	0.7	2.3	.300	5.3	7.0	.761	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.0	1.0	0.6	2.2	2.0

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4/13/2016 Minnesota v. New Orleans Game Preview

Season Series - Tied 2-2

2015-2016 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2015-2016 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

2015-2016 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

New Orleans Pelicans Last 10 Games

Minnesota Timberwolves Last 10 Games