Anthony Edwards scored 44 for the Minnesota Timberwolves; Trey Murphy III scored 33 for the New Orleans Pelicans with 15 rebounds.

Minnesota Timberwolves at New Orleans Pelicans

2025-26 · Regular season Tue, Dec 2, 2025 · 8:00 pm EST · All results that day · Minnesota Timberwolves vs New Orleans Pelicans head-to-head · Minnesota Timberwolves schedule · New Orleans Pelicans schedule

Final · overtime

Away

New Orleans Pelicans

142

Venue: Smoothie King Center

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New Orleans Pelicans 149-142 in overtime on the road on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. Anthony Edwards had 44 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Trey Murphy III had 33 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists for the New Orleans Pelicans.

The Minnesota Timberwolves trailed 68-58 at halftime and came back to win. Their best stretch was the third quarter, won 42-35. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Trey Murphy III (double-double, New Orleans Pelicans), Rudy Gobert (double-double, Minnesota Timberwolves). Bench points: Minnesota Timberwolves 31, New Orleans Pelicans 39. Rudy Gobert had 26 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:14 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Minnesota Timberwolves vs New Orleans Pelicans?: The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New Orleans Pelicans 149-142 in overtime on December 2, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Anthony Edwards scored 44 for the Minnesota Timberwolves; Trey Murphy III scored 33 for the New Orleans Pelicans with 15 rebounds.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	ot	Final
Minnesota Timberwolves	31	27	42	29	20	149
New Orleans Pelicans	25	43	35	26	13	142

Game leaders

Minnesota Timberwolves

Points: 44 Anthony Edwards
Rebounds: 13 Rudy Gobert
Assists: 6 Julius Randle

New Orleans Pelicans

Points: 33 Trey Murphy III
Rebounds: 15 Trey Murphy III
Assists: 6 Derik Queen

Rudy Gobert double-double (26 PTS, 13 REB) · Trey Murphy III double-double (33 PTS, 15 REB)

Minnesota Timberwolves
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Anthony Edwards starter	47:27	44	5	4	0	1	3	16-30	6-13	6-8	4	+14
Rudy Gobert starter	38:03	26	13	2	1	1	0	9-10	0-0	8-10	5	+9
Donte DiVincenzo starter	37:50	15	4	5	2	1	1	5-16	5-15	0-0	2	+6
Jaden McDaniels starter	33:08	17	4	2	1	1	0	7-10	3-3	0-0	3	+5
Julius Randle starter	32:43	16	5	6	0	0	2	6-14	0-3	4-4	4	+4
Naz Reid bench	32:05	18	5	6	2	0	2	6-12	4-8	2-2	4	+5
Jaylen Clark bench	15:14	6	2	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	+11
Mike Conley bench	13:17	5	1	1	1	0	0	1-5	0-4	3-3	0	-5
Terrence Shannon Jr. bench	7:52	2	0	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	2	-13
Rob Dillingham bench	7:20	0	2	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	-1

New Orleans Pelicans
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Trey Murphy III starter	40:55	33	15	4	0	0	1	11-21	4-8	7-7	4	-8
Derik Queen starter	38:41	21	8	6	1	0	2	8-15	0-0	5-8	5	-17
Saddiq Bey starter	35:09	22	6	3	0	0	2	7-12	0-3	8-8	1	+5
Jeremiah Fears starter	33:31	21	3	5	1	1	3	7-13	1-2	6-7	1	-2
Bryce McGowens starter	25:47	6	1	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	2-2	1	-7
Jose Alvarado bench	25:16	14	3	3	1	0	2	5-8	4-4	0-0	3	-12
Jordan Hawkins bench	22:10	10	0	0	0	0	1	3-7	2-3	2-3	1	+2
Micah Peavy bench	20:06	8	1	2	1	0	0	4-6	0-0	0-0	2	-15
Trey Alexander bench	11:43	7	2	1	1	0	0	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	+8
Kevon Looney bench	11:42	0	3	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	+11

Not available: Herbert Jones, Karlo Matkovic, Dejounte Murray, Jordan Poole, Zion Williamson, Yves Missi

Team statistics
Minnesota Timberwolves	Stat	New Orleans Pelicans
25/29 (86%)	Free throws	30/35 (85%)
32/53 (60%)	2 pointers	38/70 (54%)
20/51 (39%)	3 pointers	12/21 (57%)
52/104 (50%)	Field goals	50/91 (54%)
41	Rebounds	42
31	Defensive rebounds	36
10	Offensive rebounds	6
29	Assists	26
9	Turnovers	12
7	Steals	5
4	Blocks	1
25	Fouls	23
9	Max points in a row	15
19:48	Time spent in lead	26:59
10	Biggest lead	15

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: New Orleans Pelicans ahead)

Largest margin: 15 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 14
Times tied: 14
Largest lead · Minnesota Timberwolves: 10 OT1 0:59
Largest lead · New Orleans Pelicans: 15 Q3 8:07
Longest run: 15-0 New Orleans Pelicans · Q2 2:55 to Q2 0:17

Scoring plays

Q1 · 32 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
11:39	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	2	0
11:25	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	2	2
10:32	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert Free throw	3	2
10:32	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert Free throw	4	2
9:44	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaden McDaniels 3-pt field goal	7	2
9:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	7	3
9:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	7	4
9:09	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	7	6
8:44	Minnesota Timberwolves	Donte DiVincenzo 3-pt field goal	10	6
8:03	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	10	8
7:55	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaden McDaniels 2-pt field goal	12	8
7:47	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	12	10
7:33	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	14	10
7:05	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	16	10
6:53	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	16	12
6:14	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	16	14
5:53	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	16	16
4:47	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	18	16
4:38	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Hawkins Free throw	18	17
4:38	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Hawkins Free throw	18	18
4:09	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 3-pt field goal	21	18
3:33	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mike Conley Free throw	22	18
3:33	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mike Conley Free throw	23	18
3:33	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mike Conley Free throw	24	18
3:00	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	26	18
2:26	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards Free throw	27	18
2:02	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 2-pt field goal	27	20
1:12	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 3-pt field goal	27	23
0:49	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	29	23
0:23	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert Free throw	30	23
0:23	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert Free throw	31	23
0:01	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	31	25

Q2 · 39 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
11:48	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Alexander 3-pt field goal	31	28
10:59	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	32	28
10:59	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	33	28
10:45	New Orleans Pelicans	Bryce McGowens 2-pt field goal	33	30
10:45	New Orleans Pelicans	Bryce McGowens Free throw	33	31
10:25	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid 2-pt field goal	35	31
10:15	New Orleans Pelicans	Bryce McGowens 2-pt field goal	35	33
10:15	New Orleans Pelicans	Bryce McGowens Free throw	35	34
9:41	New Orleans Pelicans	Micah Peavy 2-pt field goal	35	36
9:38	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid 3-pt field goal	38	36
9:30	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	38	38
9:04	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid 2-pt field goal	40	38
8:51	New Orleans Pelicans	Micah Peavy 2-pt field goal	40	40
8:31	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaden McDaniels 2-pt field goal	42	40
8:14	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	42	42
8:01	Minnesota Timberwolves	Donte DiVincenzo 3-pt field goal	45	42
7:31	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	45	44
7:02	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	45	46
6:36	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	45	47
6:36	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	45	48
6:27	Minnesota Timberwolves	Terrence Shannon Jr. Free throw	46	48
6:27	Minnesota Timberwolves	Terrence Shannon Jr. Free throw	47	48
5:42	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Alexander 2-pt field goal	47	50
4:51	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	49	50
4:23	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid 3-pt field goal	52	50
4:14	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	52	51
4:14	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	52	52
3:56	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	52	53
3:16	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid 3-pt field goal	55	53
2:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	55	54
2:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	55	55
2:39	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 3-pt field goal	55	58
2:07	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	55	60
1:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	55	62
1:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	55	63
0:47	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	55	66
0:17	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	55	68
0:06	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	57	68
0:06	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert Free throw	58	68

Q3 · 37 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
11:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	58	69
11:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	58	70
10:58	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	60	70
10:54	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	60	72
10:54	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	60	73
10:20	Minnesota Timberwolves	Donte DiVincenzo 3-pt field goal	63	73
10:10	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	63	75
9:55	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	65	75
9:55	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards Free throw	66	75
9:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	66	77
9:18	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert Free throw	67	77
8:36	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	67	80
8:07	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	67	82
7:55	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid 3-pt field goal	70	82
7:39	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	72	82
7:39	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards Free throw	73	82
7:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	73	85
7:01	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaden McDaniels 3-pt field goal	76	85
6:34	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 3-pt field goal	76	88
6:12	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaden McDaniels 3-pt field goal	79	88
5:49	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	79	90
5:20	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 3-pt field goal	82	90
5:03	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	82	91
5:03	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	82	92
4:37	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	82	94
4:27	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 3-pt field goal	85	94
4:05	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards Free throw	86	94
4:05	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards Free throw	87	94
3:33	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	87	97
2:21	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	89	97
2:02	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 3-pt field goal	92	97
1:20	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaylen Clark 3-pt field goal	95	97
0:56	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Hawkins 3-pt field goal	95	100
0:32	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	97	100
0:32	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert Free throw	98	100
0:14	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Hawkins 3-pt field goal	98	103
0:00	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mike Conley 2-pt field goal	100	103

Q4 · 31 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
11:44	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 3-pt field goal	103	103
11:22	New Orleans Pelicans	Micah Peavy 2-pt field goal	103	105
11:10	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards Free throw	104	105
11:04	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	106	105
9:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	106	107
9:26	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaylen Clark 3-pt field goal	109	107
9:12	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Hawkins 2-pt field goal	109	109
8:33	Minnesota Timberwolves	Donte DiVincenzo 3-pt field goal	112	109
8:13	New Orleans Pelicans	Micah Peavy 2-pt field goal	112	111
7:58	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	112	112
7:58	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	112	113
7:24	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	112	115
7:00	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	112	116
7:00	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	112	117
7:00	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	112	118
6:46	Minnesota Timberwolves	Donte DiVincenzo 3-pt field goal	115	118
6:05	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid Free throw	116	118
6:05	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid Free throw	117	118
5:44	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 3-pt field goal	117	121
5:01	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	119	121
4:54	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Alexander 2-pt field goal	119	123
4:07	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaden McDaniels 2-pt field goal	121	123
3:14	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	121	124
2:56	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert Free throw	122	124
2:00	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	122	125
1:49	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 3-pt field goal	125	125
1:30	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	125	126
1:30	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	125	127
1:03	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	125	129
0:36	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaden McDaniels 2-pt field goal	127	129
0:03	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	129	129

OT1 · 18 scoring plays

Scoring plays · OT1
Time left	Team	Play	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
4:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	129	130
4:19	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	131	130
4:02	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	131	132
3:44	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	132	132
3:44	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	133	132
3:07	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	135	132
2:49	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	137	132
1:56	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	139	132
1:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	139	134
1:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	139	135
1:26	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	141	135
1:10	Minnesota Timberwolves	Anthony Edwards 2-pt field goal	143	135
0:59	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	145	135
0:56	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	145	137
0:43	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	147	137
0:35	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	147	139
0:27	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	149	139
0:18	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	149	142

2025-26 season series

After this game: Minnesota Timberwolves 1-0. Final series: Minnesota Timberwolves 3-1.

Dec 2: Minnesota Timberwolves 149 at New Orleans Pelicans 142 (this game)
Dec 4: Minnesota Timberwolves 125 at New Orleans Pelicans 116
Feb 6: New Orleans Pelicans 119 at Minnesota Timberwolves 115
Apr 12: New Orleans Pelicans 126 at Minnesota Timberwolves 132

Highlights

Pelicans 142 - 149 Timberwolves — Full Highlights (YouTube)

Game statistics · retrieved Oct 9, 2026 02:29.

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