Charlotte Hornets 94, New Orleans Pelicans 98 — Recap

March 30, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 94, New Orleans Pelicans 98. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 25-21 NOP; Q2 CHA 27-22 NOP; Q3 CHA 21-31 NOP; Q4 CHA 21-24 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Miles Bridges (CHA) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Nick Smith Jr. (CHA) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Antonio Reeves (NOP) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Jusuf Nurkic (CHA) 13 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-10 shooting; Kelly Olynyk (NOP) 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Miles Bridges

20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 7-16 FG

Scoring · CHA

Nick Smith Jr.

19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-16 FG

Scoring · NOP

Antonio Reeves

16 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 6-10 FG

Season highs

Bruce Brown · Season-high 12 rebounds

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
CHA	25	27	21	21		94
NOP	21	22	31	24		98

🧮 How They Scored

CHANOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

40.4%Effective FG%45.0%

11.0%Turnover %14.5%

24.4%Offensive rebound %23.9%

0.321Free-throw rate0.214

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nick Smith Jr. G	35	19	4	2	—	—	1	7-16	3-5	2-2	-12
K.J. Simpson G	35	9	3	4	2	—	1	3-12	1-5	2-2	-6
Tidjane Salaun F	29	4	7	4	2	—	2	1-7	0-6	2-2	-12
Wendell Moore Jr. G	24	8	5	—	3	—	2	4-8	0-1	—	-1
Miles Bridges F	22	20	6	2	1	—	1	7-16	1-6	5-6	+4
Jusuf Nurkic C	22	13	12	5	1	3	2	4-10	2-4	3-4	+11
Moussa Diabate F	17	6	7	—	—	—	1	1-5	—	4-5	-3
Josh Okogie G	11	6	2	1	2	—	1	1-4	0-2	4-4	+8

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bruce Brown G	31	3	12	2	1	3	1	1-8	0-2	1-2	+7
Jose Alvarado G	30	12	5	4	2	—	5	4-16	1-7	3-3	+1
Antonio Reeves G	28	16	3	2	—	—	2	6-10	4-5	—	-2
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	24	12	3	—	—	—	—	5-10	2-5	—	+6
Yves Missi C	24	8	11	2	—	—	1	3-6	—	2-4	-9
Karlo Matkovic F-C	23	10	5	3	—	1	—	4-9	0-4	2-2	+11
Kelly Olynyk F	20	13	6	2	2	—	3	5-9	—	3-4	-4
Jamal Cain F	2	—	—	—	—	—	1	0-2	0-2	—	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Miles Bridges	Bench	22	20	53.6	33.9	+11.0	19.2
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	35	19	56.3	20.9	-16.2	11.5
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	22	13	55.3	25.0	+21.1	22.4
K.J. Simpson	Bench	35	9	34.9	16.3	-5.4	3.6
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	24	8	50.0	15.6	-5.1	10.5
Josh Okogie	Bench	11	6	52.1	25.0	+35.8	16.9
Moussa Diabate	Bench	17	6	41.7	18.6	-8.3	7.8
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	29	4	25.4	13.9	-17.4	3.7
Grant Williams	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
Antonio Reeves	Bench	28	16	80.0	16.9	-5.0	10.0
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	20	13	60.4	26.9	-10.6	14.5
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	24	12	60.0	16.9	+11.5	11.8
Jose Alvarado	Bench	30	12	34.6	28.6	-1.5	3.3
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	23	10	50.6	17.5	+19.8	15.4
Yves Missi	Bench	24	8	51.5	14.1	-18.7	11.4
Bruce Brown	Bench	31	3	16.9	13.2	+9.4	7.4
Jamal Cain	Bench	2	—	0.0	50.0	-50.0	-75.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0