Timberwolves vs. Pelicans: Play-by-play, highlights and reactions

Chase Hughes @ChaseHughesNBCS

Tonight’s @Larry Nance Jr jersey auction supports ReNEW Laurel Elementary! 👏
Bid here: https://t.co/xrVtpWCPIT

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The Wizards now lead the Suns by 19 points midway through the 2nd quarter. Rui Hachimura is once again hot off the bench: 11 pts in 9 min on 5-5 FG. – 7:46 PM

Tonight’s starting 5⃣: pic.twitter.com/D7i9BYJXzs – 7:43 PM

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Christian Clark @cclark_13

Starters:
CJ McCollum
Naji Marshall
Trey Murphy
Zion Williamson
Jonas Valanciunas – 7:37 PM

In front of another sold out crowd, tonight’s starting 5!
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Tonight’s @MayoClinic Status Report:
Kyle Anderson (Back Spasms), Jordan McLaughlin (Left Calf Strain), Taurean Prince (Right Shoulder Subluxation), and Karl-Anthony Towns (Right Calf Strain) are OUT at New Orleans. pic.twitter.com/roW37lvUNx – 7:33 PM

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I feel significantly better about the Wolves odds on Friday in Milwaukee than I do tonight in New Orleans
Still intrigued by this one. Particularly curious to see if we get both Naz and Rudy in the starting lineup. Think I’d go 2 bigs all night, including playing Knight at the 4 – 7:21 PM

Roll call – where are you watching/listening from tonight? 👀
🏀: Timberwolves
🕖: 7 pm CT
📺: @BallySportsNO
📻: @995WRNO pic.twitter.com/saRyKwRphy – 7:15 PM

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always love. 🫶 pic.twitter.com/EdhvOBhl1T – 7:03 PM

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you only have until tip off tonight to play #CourtsideChallenge for your chance to win!
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Pulling up 🔥
#UltraDrip | @MichelobULTRA pic.twitter.com/rRYL9owMMF – 7:02 PM

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Chris Finch also said pregame that Taurean Prince continues to do on-court work but that he doesn’t know what that means for a potential return date.
So I’d still chalk Prince, Towns and McLaughlin as out indefinitely. Anderson’s return sounds significantly more imminent. – 6:54 PM

Larry Nance Jr @Larrydn22

Another home game => Another jersey auction
Get your signed and personalized #22 jersey while supporting NOLA public schools!
Tonight we’re representing ReNEW Laurel Elementary
neworlns.co/LarryJerseys – 6:53 PM

Christopher Hine @Christopher Hine

Chris Finch said pregame that Jordan McLaughlin will have his calf reevaluated in a week. So sounds like he will be out at least the next five games. – 6:35 PM

Chris Finch also said Jordan McLaughlin’s injury will be re-evaluated in about a week. He said Taurean Prince is getting closer, doing more on-court activities, but tough to put a timetable on what that means for his return. – 6:35 PM

Christopher Hine @Christopher Hine

Chris Finch said Kyle Anderson is out tonight, but they hope to get him back for Friday’s game. – 6:33 PM

Kyle Anderson is out tonight, for Chris Finch – 6:30 PM

Rudy’s in the building.
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GT always looking spiffy 😮‍💨
@ankr pic.twitter.com/JOsiWbywol – 6:26 PM

NOLA looks. 💧 pic.twitter.com/rklmIow1Nd – 6:17 PM

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Watch Live: Willie Green
#Pelicans | @verizon
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1… – 6:16 PM

Zion is back 💪💪
🏀: Timberwolves
🕖: 7 pm CT
📺: @BallySportsNO
📻: @995WRNO pic.twitter.com/iCSOC7hlbM – 6:13 PM

vote @D’Angelo Russell » https://t.co/Kd7AuJTV74 pic.twitter.com/usc4BGQtZe – 5:58 PM

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Oleh Kosel @Oleh Kosel

Tonight’s matchup against the Timberwolves marks the eighth sellout of the season for the Pelicans.
Friday’s contest against the 76ers will be the ninth.
A consistent reminder that New Orleans IS a basketball town!! https://t.co/BpvVI7JgqU pic.twitter.com/DzWQ1zXVMw – 5:42 PM

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Dave Early @DavidEarly

To begin 4th Harden scores or assists on 8 straight Sixers pts cutting 9 point Wiz lead to 3 in 1.5 minutes. He drops 10 in under 2 min himself. Embiid reenters the game with 7:23. Harden never scores again.
Love point Beard but they NEED to get him and Jo scoring together more pic.twitter.com/f2PA0YkI2a – 4:56 PM

The #Pelicans host the Timberwolves in front of a sold-out @SmoothieKingCtr tonight!
@ErinESummers with a preview
#WBD | @Ibotta pic.twitter.com/elYR1D40HP – 4:27 PM

Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer

🌟 x 📲
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Join us for Wednesday’s episode of @PodcastPelicans as we discuss numerous topics with radio studio host @Gkatt_17. Also hear from a jovial Jaxson Hayes, as he fondly recalls Christmas Eve at the Valanciunas household and the slick work of JV and Naji: https://t.co/eRMqnZOs2H pic.twitter.com/BblfLDhWcy – 4:22PM

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New episode of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗱 drops tomorrow (3 pm CT)
Preview 👀 pic.twitter.com/ByNKniqRux – 3:50 PM

Time to look back at some of our best 3s of 2022 🤩👌 pic.twitter.com/H2yopmyG3y – 3:38 PM

JakeMadison @NOLAJake

Locked On Pelicans is live!
🏀 Should the Pels be looking to trade for another All-Star?
🏀 How Jaxson Hayes gets minutes on a fully healthy team
🏀 Is the top seed realistic?
🎧 https://t.co/ryymQQcjwa

Watch on YouTube!
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Let’s bounce back. 🐺 pic.twitter.com/ZbS3i0wOGG – 3:09 PM

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Justin Kubatko @jkubatko

📅 On this day in 2019, the Holiday brothers — Jrue (Pelicans), Aaron (Pacers), and Justin (Pacers) — all played in the Pelicans’ 120-98 win over the Pacers. They became the first trio of brothers in NBA history to appear in the same game.
Blackberries: open.substack.com/pub/statitudes… – 3:03 PM

On today’s show, @JaceFrederick and I put together a list of things that have played out that we did not expect happening prior to the start of the season.
Some of them were positives!
(We also get into a potential Naz Reid trade I’ve been thinkin about)
open.spotify.com/episode/69x6fk… – 2:51 PM

Interesting comp for the Wolves post KAT injury is tonight’s opponent, the Pelicans.
Brandon Ingram got hurt on Nov 25th, KAT on Nov 28th. Since Nov 29th…
Pels: 9-4, No. 8 offense, No. 4 defense, 4th in net rating
Wolves: 6-7, No. 15 offense, No. 22 defense, 19th in net rating – 2:31 PM