MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Saddiq Bay scored 30 points, including two free throws with 10.8 seconds remaining, helping the New Orleans Pelicans overcome an 18-point second-half deficit in a 119-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Zion Williamson added 29 points and Trey Murphy III scored 26 as the Pelicans snapped a three-game skid.<\/p>\n
kAm|:??6D@E2 E@@< 2 3C:67 @?6\\A@:?E =625 H:E9 d_ D64@?5D C6>2:?:?8 @? 2 b\\A@:?E6C 3J q@?6D wJ=2?5[ 3FE (:==:2>D@? 4@?G6CE65 2 E9C66\\A@:?E A=2J E@ AFE E96 !6=:42?D FA “f\\“d H:E9 bd]d D64@?5D E@ A=2J]k^Am<\/p>\n
kAmp?E9@?J t5H2C5DV D9@E 76== D9@CE 2?5 q6J 8C23365 E96 C63@F?5 2?5 H2D 7@F=65 3J yF=:FD #2?5=6 H:E9 `_]g D64@?5D E@ A=2J]k^Am<\/p>\n
kAmt5H2C5D 7:?:D965 H:E9 bd A@:?ED \ud83d\ude15 E96 =@DD[ :?4=F5:?8 ab \ud83d\ude15 E96 7:CDE 92=7] #2?5=6 25565 ac A@:?ED[ H9:=6 #F5J v@36CE 8C23365 `e C63@F?5D E@ 8@ H:E9 9:D `a A@:?ED]k^Am<\/p>\n
kAm!6=:42?D C@@<:6 s6C:< “F66? D4@C65 `f A@:?ED 2?5 H2D c 7@C c 7C@> b\\A@:?E C2?86] w6 6?E6C65 92G:?8 >256 ;FDE `_ D9@ED 7C@> 566A 2== D62D@?]k^Am<\/p>\n
kAm%96 %:>36CH@=G6D =65 ff\\dh 62C=J \ud83d\ude15 E96 E9:C5 BF2CE6C 3FE H2E4965 E92E =625 6G2A@C2E6 >:5H2J E9C@F89 E96 7@FCE9] |FCA9J 4@??64E65 7C@> b\\A@:?E C2?86 @? 4@?D64FE:G6 A@DD6DD:@?D E@ 3C:67=J 4FE :E E@ 7@FC A@:?ED =2E6 \ud83d\ude15 E96 E9:C5[ 2?5 q6J D4@C65 7:G6 DEC2:89E A@:?ED E@ E:6 :E 2E `_a \ud83d\ude15 E96 7@FCE9]k^Am<\/p>\n
kAm|:??6D@E2VD y256? |4s2?:6=D H2D \ud83d\ude15 7@F= EC@F3=6 E9C@F89@FE] w6 A:4<65 FA 9:D E9:C5 7@F= 62C=J \ud83d\ude15 E96 D64@?5 BF2CE6C 2?5 H2D H9:DE=65 7@C 9:D 7@FCE9 62C=J \ud83d\ude15 E96 E9:C5] %92E 7@C465 (@=G6D 4@249 r9C:D u:?49 E@ EFC? E@ 2 ?F>36C @7 F?:BF6 =:?6FAD[ :?4=F5:?8 2 D62D@?\\9:89 `_ >:?FE6D 7@C D6=5@>\\FD65 y@9??J yFK2?8]k^Am<\/p>\n
kAm%96 (@=G6D DECF88=65 E@ D=@H (:==:2>D@? \ud83d\ude15 E96 A2:?E] %96 !6=:42?D DE2C 4@??64E65 @? “ @7 9:D `b D9@ED[ 2== \ud83d\ude15 E96 A@DE]k^Am<\/p>\n
k9am&A ?6IEk^9am<\/p>\n
kAm!6=:42?Di w@DE $24C2>6?E@ @? |@?52J]k^Am<\/p>\n
kAm%:>36CH@=G6Di w@DE E96 {@D p?86=6D r=:AA6CD @? $F?52J]k^Am<\/p>\n
kAm\u2014\\k^Am<\/p>\n
kAm}qpi k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^?32Qm9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^?32k^2mk^Am<\/p>\n
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Saddiq Bay scored 30 points, including two free throws with 10.8 seconds remaining, helping the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,736,152,1407,6,446,1408,478,470,4073,4072,675,79083,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-588490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-men","10":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","11":"tag-national-basketball-association","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-basketball","14":"tag-nba-teams","15":"tag-new-orleans","16":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","17":"tag-neworleans","18":"tag-neworleanspelicans","19":"tag-pelicans","20":"tag-pelicans-timberwolves-score","21":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116029985083390989","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}