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Game Thread: Pelicans to face seriously depleted Timberwolves squad

The Bird Writes | January 24, 2021

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The New Orleans Pelicans are catching the Minnesota Timberwolves without several key players. In addition to Karl-Anthony Towns and Juancho Hernangomez out due to Covid-19 Health and Safety Protocols — please get well soon, guys! — the Wolves will also be without D’Angelo Russell (rest).

Minnesota @Timberwolves Status Report in advance of Jan. 23 vs. New Orleans:

PROBABLE
Okogie – Left Hamstring Strain

QUESTIONABLE
Rubio – Health & Safety Protocols

OUT
Hernangómez – Health & Safety Protocols
Russell - Rest
Towns – Health & Safety Protocols— Timberwolves PR (@Twolves_PR) January 23, 2021

According to head coach Ryan Saunders in pregame, the plan was to sit Russell before tonight due to him carrying a heavier workload this season.












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