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NEW ORLEANS -- Anthony Davis exuded an unmistakable swagger as he strode slowly toward the charged-up crowd behind the basket where hed just rolled in an off-balance scoop while being fouled. Then, he exchanged a congratulatory five with Arcade Fire singer Win Butler, who was sitting along the baseline.The Pelicans star wasnt going to be denied -- and neither, for that matter, was the rest of his recently resurgent team.Davis finished with 45 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans won their fourth straight game, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-96 on Wednesday night.Were just playing great and when our crowd is into it like they were in it tonight, it gives us juice, said Davis, who hit 17 of 27 shots that included thunderous dunks, 3-pointers and just about everything in between. My teammates are doing a great job of just finding me and vice versa. Were all just locked in, playing well together, clicking.Terrence Jones scored 17 points for New Orleans, which trailed early in the second half before Davis scored eight points during a 13-2 run that gave the Pelicans the lead for good.Im amazed every time at the shots he makes. You know, hes able to do it with double-teams and triple teams -- MVP performance, guard Tim Frazier said. He just came out there and he led us.New Orleans led by as many as 23 points in the fourth quarter and cruised to its sixth victory in eight games. ETwaun Moore added 12 points, and Tim Frazier had 11.Zach LaVine scored 26 for Minnesota, but the Timberwolves lost their third straight.We have to play tougher, Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau said. We are not playing any defense, and if you are not doing that, you cant win.Andrew Wiggins and Gorgui Dieng each had 13 points, and Karl-Anthony Towns grabbed 11 rebounds for Minnesota, which did not shoot well. Wiggins was 2 for 19 and the Wolves hit only 38 percent (33 of 86) of their shots. New Orleans shot 54 percent (45 of 83).We have to change something, said Minnesota guard Ricky Rubio, who did not score and had five assists. We have to change our mentality.TIP-INSTimberwolves: The Timberwolves opened a three-game road trip by dropping to 1-6 on the road this season. ... Minnesota shot 3 of 17 from 3-point range.Pelicans: The Pelicans are 4-0 since Jrue Holidays return. After scoring at least 15 in each of his first three games, he had seven points and eight assists against Minnesota. ... F Dante Cunningham left the game early in the second quarter. Team officials said he had a left knee bruise.STAR POWERThe game featured a pair of dominant former Kentucky big men in Davis and Towns, but it was the Pelicans who owned the paint, where New Orleans outscored Minnesota 66-44. The Pelicans also outrebounded the Wolves, 45-41.I just tried to get into him and be physical, Davis said of his approach against Towns. I know its tough for me when teams get physical with me. Its tough to get into a groove and get into what you like. 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Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday.Kerwin Clark, Stewart Elliott, Julien Leparoux, Glen Murphy, and Scott Stevens are the finalists for the 2017 Santa Anita George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, the track announced Wednesday.The winner will be announced in February after a vote by jockeys throughout the nation. The award recognizes a rider for achievement in the saddle and for personal character. The winner will receive the award at a ceremony at Santa Anita in late winter or spring.Clark, 56, won the $1 million Kentucky Oaks on Lovely Maria in 2015. A Louisiana native, Clark began riding at Fair Grounds in 1976. Through Tuesday, Clark had 2,997 career wins. He currently rides at Delta Downs.Elliott, 51, is well known for winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2004 on Smarty Jones. Elliott has won 4,707 races through Tuesday and is a fixture on the Southern California circuit.Leparoux, 33, is the youngest of the nominees. The Eclipse Award winner as champion apprentice jockey in 2006, Leparoux won the Breeders Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita last month aboard Classic Empire..dddddddddddd Leparoux is currently riding at Gulfstream Park and has won 10 riding titles at Keeneland. Through Tuesday, he had 2,329 wins.Murphy, 50, has been a fixture in New Mexico since his first career win in 1984. Murphy, who has not ridden since October, has won 3,047 Thoroughbred races and 3,169 races on all breeds.Stevens, 55, is currently riding at Turf Paradise and has had a presence there and at Canterbury Park in recent years. A member of the Idaho Racing Hall of Fame, Stevens has won 4,620 races on Thoroughbreds and 4,781 races on all breeds.Stevens was the leading rider at the 2015-16 Turf Paradise meeting, his eighth riding title there. Through Tuesday, Stevens, the older brother of Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, was second in the standings at the Turf Paradise meeting.The Woolf Award is named in honor of the famous rider of the 1940s who died of injuries suffered in a spill at Santa Anita in 1946. ' ' '