Winners of three straight games, the Minnesota Timberwolves (7-9) visit New Orleans for a matchup versus the New Orleans Pelicans (3-15) on Monday night at Smoothie King Center. Minnesota is fresh off of an impressive 43-point victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night, which is an NBA-best margin of victory this season. Wolves guard D'Angelo Russell led all scorers with 28 points as the team knocked down 20 three-pointers for the second consecutive contest.
New Orleans’ point guard position was in flux this weekend, because after appearing in each of the season’s first 16 games, starter Devonte’ Graham (left foot soreness) was sidelined vs. the Clippers and Indiana. Graham is listed as questionable for Monday’s home contest vs. Minnesota, meaning there again may be ample opportunity for Tomas Satoransky and second-year pro Kira