Los Angeles Lakers 109, New Orleans Pelicans 129 — Recap

December 31, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 109, New Orleans Pelicans 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 33-42 NOP; Q2 LAL 24-32 NOP; Q3 LAL 32-30 NOP; Q4 LAL 20-25 NOP.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 34 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists on 8-of-12 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

34 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

26 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

26 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST · 8-12 FG

Season highs

Larry Nance Jr. · Season-high 10 reboundsCJ McCollum · Season-high 9 assists

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
LAL	33	24	32	20		109
NOP	42	32	30	25		129

🧮 How They Scored

LALNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.9%Effective FG%61.5%

12.9%Turnover %10.0%

10.3%Offensive rebound %31.6%

0.325Free-throw rate0.310

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	37	34	5	8	—	1	4	12-24	3-7	7-8	-11
Austin Reaves G	36	20	2	9	1	1	—	7-12	1-5	5-6	-19
Anthony Davis F-C	35	20	10	3	—	5	3	7-15	0-2	6-8	-17
Taurean Prince F	34	15	1	4	2	2	2	5-9	4-7	1-1	-12
Max Christie G	29	7	7	—	2	—	2	3-11	1-6	—	-8
Jarred Vanderbilt F	21	4	2	—	1	—	1	2-4	0-1	—	-13
Jaxson Hayes C	10	—	2	—	—	—	—	0-1	—	—	-6
Rui Hachimura F	8	4	1	1	1	—	1	1-1	—	2-2	-4

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	38	26	5	8	3	2	3	10-18	4-7	2-5	+17
CJ McCollum G	36	22	5	9	1	1	1	8-19	6-11	—	+15
Zion Williamson F	32	26	4	6	—	—	4	8-12	—	10-12	+12
Herbert Jones F	29	13	4	1	—	—	—	5-9	3-5	—	+8
Jonas Valanciunas C	25	13	8	1	1	1	—	4-7	—	5-5	+3
Larry Nance Jr. F	23	11	10	3	—	—	1	3-4	1-1	4-4	+17
Naji Marshall F	21	6	5	3	—	—	—	3-8	0-3	—	+10
Jose Alvarado G	20	8	3	1	4	2	1	3-8	2-5	—	+8
Dyson Daniels G	8	3	1	—	—	—	1	1-1	1-1	—	+6
Jordan Hawkins G	8	1	2	1	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	1-1	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	37	34	61.8	37.3	-14.3	15.4
Anthony Davis	Bench	35	20	54.0	27.2	-22.4	9.0
Austin Reaves	Bench	36	20	68.3	18.3	-27.0	14.9
Taurean Prince	Bench	34	15	79.4	14.5	-16.9	7.7
Max Christie	Bench	29	7	31.8	18.8	-18.1	3.4
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	21	4	50.0	10.4	-29.5	3.3
Rui Hachimura	Bench	8	4	106.4	16.7	-31.0	10.1
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	10	—	0.0	4.2	-32.7	-2.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	38	26	64.4	25.6	+24.7	12.1
Zion Williamson	Bench	32	26	75.2	29.7	+23.4	13.0
CJ McCollum	Bench	36	22	57.9	23.0	+20.0	12.2
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	25	13	70.7	15.5	+8.2	14.1
Herbert Jones	Bench	29	13	72.2	12.9	+13.3	6.5
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	23	11	95.5	12.5	+35.8	16.7
Jose Alvarado	Bench	20	8	50.0	19.6	+20.8	11.7
Naji Marshall	Bench	21	6	37.5	15.7	+18.7	5.9
Dyson Daniels	Bench	8	3	150.0	11.8	+56.5	4.2
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	8	1	34.7	5.6	+23.5	11.1
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0