The Minnesota Timberwolves finished stronger than the New Orleans Pelicans for the second time during their three-night visit.

Two nights after outscoring the Pelicans 20-13 in overtime of a 149-142 victory, the Timberwolves outscored them 37-26 in the fourth quarter of a 125-116 victory on Thursday night.

The rematch featured 17 lead changes and 13 ties before the Timberwolves’ 15-0 run early in the fourth quarter produced the 18th and final lead change as well as control of the outcome for Minnesota (14-8).

“We had a couple of turnovers, we got stagnant against their zone defense and missed a couple of layups, and they got some points in transition and that was the game,” Pelicans interm head coach James Borrego said.

Former Pelican Julius Randle, who scored eight of his 16 points in

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