Former LSU player Naz Reid scored eight of his 19 points during a 15-0 surge at the start of the fourth quarter as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New Orleans Pelicans for the second time in three nights, 125-116, on Thursday in the Smoothie King Center.

The game featured 17 lead changes and 13 ties before the surge turned a three point Pelicans' lead into a 12-point Timberwolves' lead.

Former Pelican Julius Randle scored 28 points for Minnesota, Rudy Gobert had 15 points and 12 rebounds, Donte DiVincenzo scored 15, Jaden McDaniels had 14, Jaylen Clark scored 12, and Anthony Edwards — who had tied a Minnesota franchise record with six straight games of 30 or more points — finished with 11 after missing the final 10:32 of the third quarter after committing his fourth foul for the Timb

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