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Preview: Wolves at Pelicans

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 21 three-pointers for the second consecutive contest.

New Orleans has lost three of its last four matchups, including a 111-94 defeat versus the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the New Orleans defeat.