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New Orleans Pelicans 118, Boston Celtics 144 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 118, Boston Celtics 144. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 25-44 BOS; Q2 NOP 26-38 BOS; Q3 NOP 31-34 BOS; Q4 NOP 36-28 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 36 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-29 shooting; Derik Queen (NOP) 25 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists on 9-of-14 shooting; Sam Hauser (BOS) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP
Jeremiah Fears
36 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 13-29 FG
Scoring · NOP
Derik Queen
25 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST · 9-14 FG
Scoring · BOS
Sam Hauser
24 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 8 3PM · 8-13 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 2 largest lead Q1 11:08 (NOP 2, BOS 0) · 15-0 run, Q2 9:41–Q2 6:38
BOS 41 largest lead Q3 8:17 (NOP 58, BOS 99) · 11-0 run, Q3 2:35–Q3 1:09
Swings 1 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Jaylen Brown makes two point shot (Derrick White assists) (Q1 8:14, NOP 9, BOS 11).

Linescore

1234 T
NOP 25263136 118
BOS 44383428 144

🧮 How They Scored

NOPBOS
48Points in the paint40
18Fast-break points26
15Second-chance points14
17Points off turnovers18
32Bench points75
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
49.4%Effective FG%69.3%
11.5%Turnover %11.2%
18.6%Offensive rebound %27.3%
0.307Free-throw rate0.156

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jeremiah Fears G 44363630113-293-107-11-32
Derik Queen C 39251141329-140-27-9-24
Micah Peavy G-F 362210001-70-30-0-5
Jordan Poole G 2911331053-102-53-5-40
Kevon Looney F 250631010-20-20-0-29
Jordan Hawkins G 2320530048-152-42-2+3
Trey Alexander G 1510210004-102-40-0+2
Hunter Dickinson C 52000001-10-00-0-11

Boston Celtics

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jaylen Brown G 2923311078-132-35-7+24
Payton Pritchard G 29213101017-145-92-2+29
Sam Hauser F 2824640008-138-120-0+21
Hugo González G 2510413004-72-40-0+11
Baylor Scheierman G 259220013-62-51-1+5
Jordan Walsh G 226221102-42-40-0+17
Nikola Vucevic C 1914450105-73-51-2+15
Luka Garza C 1614621216-130-32-3-2
Derrick White G 169251013-93-90-0+18
Neemias Queta C 1371020113-31-10-0+13
Ron Harper Jr. F 127011003-71-40-0-8
Max Shulga G 60200010-00-00-0-13

🔬 Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Jeremiah Fears Starter 443653.230.7-35.610.2
Derik Queen Starter 392569.619.6-29.216.7
Jordan Poole Starter 291145.123.6-62.51.7
Micah Peavy Starter 36214.37.4-7.7-4.0
Kevon Looney Starter 2500.04.9-50.14.9
Jordan Hawkins Bench 232063.031.3+3.413.8
Trey Alexander Bench 151050.027.0+13.16.2
Hunter Dickinson Bench 052100.07.1-81.15.8
DeAndre Jordan Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Bryce McGowens Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Sam Hauser Starter 282492.319.1+30.619.2
Jaylen Brown Starter 292371.532.9+36.47.1
Derrick White Starter 16950.025.6+46.212.3
Neemias Queta Starter 137116.712.9+44.625.6
Jordan Walsh Starter 22675.07.5+35.47.6
Payton Pritchard Bench 292170.621.6+41.116.6
Nikola Vucevic Bench 191488.816.7+28.220.1
Luka Garza Bench 161448.934.1-5.612.1
Hugo González Bench 251071.410.9+16.88.2
Baylor Scheierman Bench 25969.911.3+9.15.4
Ron Harper Jr. Bench 12750.022.6-25.68.9
Max Shulga Bench 0600.07.1-94.9-2.1
John Tonje Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Amari Williams Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series NOP 0 – 2 BOS
Last 12 meetings · since 2020-21 NOP 2 – 10 BOS
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
New Orleans Pelicans 26-55 L1 L10 1-9 Next game recap: @ MIN · Sun, Apr 12
Boston Celtics 55-26 W1 L10 8-2 Next game recap: vs ORL · Sun, Apr 12

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