Beijing time on January 12, today, the New Orleans Pelicans at home to meet the Minnesota Timberwolves, recently, the Timberwolves are in a pretty good state, they have returned to the top eight in the West, and the Pelicans are still a weak brigade in the West, and there is still a big gap in strength between the two sides. In this battle, the Pelicans sat at home, but the Timberwolves did not hesitate to let go, under the leadership of Towns and Edwards, once stretched the point difference to 14 points, but Ingram was after all a flower show, the last quarter of Ingram God, in the last 1 minute and 13 seconds of the game, Ingram cut 10 points to help the team win, including a three-point kill, leaving only 0.3 seconds for the opponent. In the end, the Pelicans narrowly won 128-125.
After this game, the Pelicans' record was 15-26, ranking third from the bottom in the West, and the Timberwolves' record became 20-21, falling out of the top eight in the West. In this game, Ingram performed well, he played 37 minutes, 11 of 19 shooting (6 of 7 three points) and cut down 33 points, 4 boards, 9 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Ingram used his performance in the last quarter to prove that he is still a potential new star and a big heart player, and also shows a fact from the side that the Lakers' talent for the show is actually quite OK.
In the final moments, Pelicans forward Ingram received Varan's pass from the three-pointer, leaving only 0.3 seconds for the Timberwolves, successfully taking away the game, the plus-minus of in this game in Ingram was +2, the fly in the ointment was that he had the highest 5 turnovers in the game, but the flaws were not hidden, Ingram was undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the team's win, in the past few games, Ingram's state has not been very good, and now the familiar Ingram is finally back. In addition to Ingram, Valanciunas had 13 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists on 7-of-7 shooting, Hart had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, and Jones had 14 points.
Graham 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Walker 9 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists, Hayes 13 points, Temple 5 points and 4 rebounds, Alvarado 3 points and 3 assists, Clark 6 points. For the Timberwolves, in this game, Timberwolves rising star Edwards played 36 minutes and 57 seconds, shooting 10-of-21 from the field, 6-of-12 from three-point range, 2-of-2 from the free throw line, and had 28 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, plus-minus -2. Edwards didn't feel good in the first three quarters, but when it came to the decisive stage of the game, he and Ingram went into matchmaking mode, and in the fourth quarter Edwards shot 7 of 10 and 4 of 5 three-pointers to score 20 points.
Towns played well in this game, playing 41 minutes and 41 seconds, scoring 26 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Russell 18 points and 10 assists, Beasley 18 points and 4 rebounds, Vanderbilt 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, Beverley 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, McDaniels 9 points and 6 rebounds, Prince 5 points. The Timberwolves thought they could take the Pelicans to consolidate the eighth place in the West, but they didn't expect to be disturbed by such a weak brigade as the Pelicans, and Downs was bitter.