Boston Celtics 118, New Orleans Pelicans 116 — Recap

January 31, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 118, New Orleans Pelicans 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 31-34 NOP; Q2 BOS 28-19 NOP; Q3 BOS 32-33 NOP; Q4 BOS 27-30 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Trey Murphy III (NOP) 40 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 threes on 15-of-20 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Jose Alvarado (NOP) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Trey Murphy III

40 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 8 3PM · 15-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

28 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

27 PTS, 6 REB, 10 AST, 4 3PM · 10-21 FG

Season highs

Trey Murphy III · Season-high 40 pointsTrey Murphy III · Season-high 8 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	31	28	32	27		118
NOP	34	19	33	30		116

🧮 How They Scored

BOSNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.5%Effective FG%58.9%

12.0%Turnover %15.5%

13.2%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.310Free-throw rate0.241

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	39	27	6	10	1	—	5	10-21	4-10	3-5	+4
Jaylen Brown G	35	28	6	4	—	—	1	11-18	3-6	3-4	+2
Derrick White G	34	16	4	3	2	—	1	5-9	3-6	3-4	+2
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	30	16	5	6	3	4	1	5-12	2-7	4-8	+3
Jrue Holiday G	30	4	3	5	1	—	1	2-5	0-1	—	+1
Al Horford C-F	25	4	4	—	—	1	—	1-5	0-2	2-2	-4
Payton Pritchard G	17	3	1	—	3	1	1	1-4	1-3	—	—
Luke Kornet F-C	16	11	2	3	1	1	—	4-4	—	3-3	+2
Sam Hauser F	14	9	4	1	1	—	3	3-6	3-6	—	—

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	39	40	5	4	1	—	4	15-20	8-12	2-3	+3
Jose Alvarado G	34	20	3	6	1	1	1	6-14	3-9	5-6	+1
CJ McCollum G	34	17	2	1	1	—	2	8-19	1-7	0-1	-2
Yves Missi C	30	6	13	—	—	—	3	3-7	—	0-2	-2
Javonte Green G-F	29	6	6	2	3	—	—	0-4	0-2	6-7	+1
Karlo Matkovic F-C	18	7	4	1	1	1	1	3-6	1-1	—	—
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	13	3	5	—	—	—	1	1-2	1-2	—	-4
Dejounte Murray G	8	4	5	—	—	—	3	2-6	—	—	-1
Jamal Cain F	5	3	—	—	—	—	1	1-1	1-1	—	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	35	28	70.9	25.6	+5.5	17.9
Jayson Tatum	Bench	39	27	58.2	32.6	+3.4	13.7
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	30	16	51.5	24.6	+1.1	12.8
Derrick White	Bench	34	16	74.3	15.8	+1.1	11.4
Luke Kornet	Bench	16	11	103.4	13.2	+5.7	20.3
Sam Hauser	Bench	14	9	75.0	25.7	0.0	12.6
Jrue Holiday	Bench	30	4	40.0	9.2	+1.6	5.8
Al Horford	Bench	25	4	34.0	10.3	-3.1	3.4
Payton Pritchard	Bench	17	3	37.5	11.4	-5.3	3.2
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neemias Queta	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Trey Murphy III	Bench	39	40	93.8	24.2	+0.8	19.6
Jose Alvarado	Bench	34	20	60.1	21.0	+1.4	14.5
CJ McCollum	Bench	34	17	43.7	24.7	-2.7	4.0
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	18	7	58.3	15.2	0.0	8.7
Javonte Green	Bench	29	6	42.4	9.6	+3.4	7.0
Yves Missi	Bench	30	6	38.1	14.9	-4.9	4.7
Dejounte Murray	Bench	8	4	33.3	37.5	+0.9	0.0
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	13	3	75.0	9.1	-13.3	7.1
Jamal Cain	Bench	5	3	150.0	20.0	+10.0	-4.2
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0