New Orleans Pelicans 95, Charlotte Hornets 102 — Recap

February 2, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 95, Charlotte Hornets 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 30-23 CHA; Q2 NOP 34-26 CHA; Q3 NOP 18-29 CHA; Q4 NOP 13-24 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Trey Murphy III (NOP) 27 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 17 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 4-of-13 shooting; Grant Williams (CHA) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-7 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-21 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Trey Murphy III

27 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

24 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

17 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 4-13 FG

Season highs

Herbert Jones · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 22 largest lead Q2 3:21 (NOP 56, CHA 34) · 15-0 run, Q1 3:14–Q1 0:49

CHA 10 largest lead Q4 1:15 (NOP 90, CHA 100) · 10-0 run, Q3 11:01–Q3 9:38

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: LaMelo Ball makes 1-foot driving dunk (Q4 10:28, NOP 82, CHA 83).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NOP	30	34	18	13		95
CHA	23	26	29	24		102

🧮 How They Scored

NOPCHA

42Points in the paint32

16Fast-break points10

2Second-chance points16

22Points off turnovers11

18Bench points34

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

45.8%Effective FG%47.1%

6.9%Turnover %14.2%

9.8%Offensive rebound %31.0%

0.298Free-throw rate0.318

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	37	27	1	4	1	0	2	10-20	3-8	4-4	-10
Herbert Jones F	36	12	7	2	1	1	0	4-9	4-7	0-0	-8
Saddiq Bey F	35	8	3	5	1	0	0	2-12	1-6	3-4	-6
Derik Queen C	31	16	8	3	3	1	2	5-9	1-2	5-6	-9
Zion Williamson F	31	14	11	4	0	0	1	5-13	0-0	4-9	-7
Jose Alvarado G	30	3	0	3	0	0	0	1-7	1-6	0-0	+2
Jeremiah Fears G	15	9	2	0	2	1	1	3-7	1-2	2-2	0
Karlo Matkovic F-C	14	2	1	2	1	1	0	1-5	0-3	0-0	+1
Yves Missi C	11	4	1	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+2

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	37	16	8	4	1	0	2	7-21	2-12	0-0	+7
Kon Knueppel G-F	36	17	9	2	0	0	4	4-13	4-12	5-6	+11
Miles Bridges F	31	9	4	1	0	0	2	3-11	0-4	3-4	+13
LaMelo Ball G	30	24	8	5	2	0	2	8-20	3-14	5-5	+24
Moussa Diabate F	28	2	9	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Grant Williams F	19	16	9	1	0	0	1	5-7	2-4	4-4	-10
Sion James G	19	3	5	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	1-2	-13
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	18	10	7	1	0	3	2	3-5	0-0	4-6	+7
Collin Sexton G	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	-4
Josh Green G	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-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	Starter	37	27	62.0	28.8	-11.7	14.8
Derik Queen	Starter	31	16	68.7	21.2	-10.7	15.7
Zion Williamson	Starter	31	14	41.3	25.7	-15.9	10.3
Herbert Jones	Starter	36	12	66.7	11.5	-11.1	11.2
Saddiq Bey	Starter	35	8	29.1	18.9	-7.3	4.8
Jeremiah Fears	Bench	15	9	57.1	26.5	0.0	12.2
Yves Missi	Bench	11	4	100.0	12.5	+9.1	4.7
Jose Alvarado	Bench	30	3	21.4	11.1	+6.6	-3.6
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	14	2	20.0	17.2	+10.5	3.3
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Poole	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Micah Peavy	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Starter	30	24	54.1	32.9	+37.3	20.1
Kon Knueppel	Starter	36	17	54.3	22.7	+16.3	11.2
Brandon Miller	Starter	37	16	38.1	25.6	+8.2	7.6
Miles Bridges	Starter	31	9	35.3	20.8	+19.6	-1.4
Moussa Diabate	Starter	28	2	50.0	2.8	+5.3	10.8
Grant Williams	Bench	19	16	91.3	20.0	-20.3	23.6
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	18	10	65.4	23.8	+13.7	15.0
Collin Sexton	Bench	12	5	62.5	16.7	-7.7	4.5
Sion James	Bench	19	3	52.1	8.5	-22.9	4.6
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Green	Bench	10	0	0.0	4.3	-10.0	-7.8
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0