New Orleans Pelicans 119, Boston Celtics 120 — Recap

January 12, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 119, Boston Celtics 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 35-29 BOS; Q2 NOP 26-33 BOS; Q3 NOP 27-28 BOS; Q4 NOP 31-30 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 38 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-30 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Dejounte Murray (NOP) 26 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (BOS) 19 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

38 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 14-30 FG

Scoring · NOP

Trey Murphy III

30 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · NOP

Dejounte Murray

26 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 8-19 FG

Season highs

Dejounte Murray · Season-high 6 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
NOP	35	26	27	31		119
BOS	29	33	28	30		120

🧮 How They Scored

NOPBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.0%Effective FG%50.0%

8.8%Turnover %9.0%

14.0%Offensive rebound %38.3%

0.289Free-throw rate0.228

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	39	30	6	4	—	—	3	10-17	5-10	5-5	-4
CJ McCollum G	38	13	4	5	—	1	1	5-15	1-6	2-3	+11
Dejounte Murray G	35	26	9	8	1	1	1	8-19	6-9	4-5	+7
Zion Williamson F	28	16	7	3	5	—	2	5-15	0-2	6-7	+4
Yves Missi C	26	7	4	4	—	1	2	2-4	—	3-4	+7
Javonte Green G-F	20	10	4	—	2	—	—	4-6	2-4	—	+4
Jordan Hawkins G	13	2	1	—	—	—	—	1-2	0-1	—	-10
Jose Alvarado G	12	9	—	—	—	—	—	3-5	3-4	—	-8

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	39	16	8	7	—	—	4	6-14	0-2	4-4	—
Jayson Tatum F	36	38	11	1	1	1	3	14-30	2-10	8-10	-9
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	34	19	11	1	—	3	1	7-19	3-9	2-3	-8
Jrue Holiday G	32	8	4	6	1	1	1	3-8	1-4	1-2	-1
Derrick White G	30	6	4	2	3	1	2	1-6	0-5	4-4	-1
Payton Pritchard G	24	11	1	4	—	—	—	4-10	3-8	—	+12
Al Horford C-F	23	11	7	—	—	1	—	4-6	3-4	—	-3
Luke Kornet F-C	14	8	7	1	—	—	—	4-6	—	—	+13
Sam Hauser F	9	3	2	1	—	—	—	1-2	1-2	—	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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	30	78.1	25.3	-4.9	15.3
Dejounte Murray	Bench	35	26	61.3	26.5	+7.7	16.7
Zion Williamson	Bench	28	16	44.2	29.0	+7.9	14.2
CJ McCollum	Bench	38	13	39.8	19.3	+10.8	3.5
Javonte Green	Bench	20	10	83.3	14.6	+18.5	13.8
Jose Alvarado	Bench	12	9	90.0	20.0	-26.8	9.9
Yves Missi	Bench	26	7	60.8	13.6	+13.0	6.8
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	13	2	50.0	7.4	-38.5	1.4
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	36	38	55.2	40.0	-10.0	17.6
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	34	19	46.8	23.1	-14.1	8.8
Jaylen Brown	Bench	39	16	50.8	19.0	0.0	8.6
Al Horford	Bench	23	11	91.7	11.1	+1.4	13.6
Payton Pritchard	Bench	24	11	55.0	17.2	+24.0	7.5
Jrue Holiday	Bench	32	8	45.0	10.7	+0.2	7.3
Luke Kornet	Bench	14	8	66.7	18.2	+46.4	12.0
Derrick White	Bench	30	6	38.7	12.2	-3.2	3.6
Sam Hauser	Bench	9	3	75.0	8.7	+4.1	9.2
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