Karl-Anthony Towns paces Timberwolves past Pelicans

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 30 points and the host Minnesota Timberwolves defeated New Orleans 113-108 on Sunday to move past the Pelicans into eighth place entering the Western Conference play-in tournament.

Anthony Edwards added 26 points and 13 rebounds, Taurean Prince scored 18 points and Mike Conley had 17 for the Timberwolves (42-40), who tied the Pelicans' regular-season record and won the season series 2-1. They wi