New Orleans Pelicans 119, Chicago Bulls 113 — Recap

January 14, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 119, Chicago Bulls 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 29-33 CHI; Q2 NOP 24-26 CHI; Q3 NOP 33-27 CHI; Q4 NOP 33-27 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Trey Murphy III (NOP) 32 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Zach LaVine (CHI) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 22 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists on 10-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Trey Murphy III

32 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · CHI

Zach LaVine

25 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

22 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 10-16 FG

Season highs

Nikola Vucevic · Season-high 15 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
NOP	29	24	33	33		119
CHI	33	26	27	27		113

🧮 How They Scored

NOPCHI

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.3%Effective FG%51.5%

7.7%Turnover %12.4%

23.5%Offensive rebound %40.0%

0.230Free-throw rate0.119

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	37	32	6	4	3	1	—	9-20	2-13	12-12	—
Dejounte Murray G	34	15	7	7	1	—	2	4-14	4-11	3-3	-9
CJ McCollum G	29	8	4	5	1	—	—	3-13	2-7	—	-8
Javonte Green G-F	29	7	4	1	4	2	—	3-6	0-1	1-1	+2
Zion Williamson F	24	21	7	9	—	1	4	10-14	—	1-4	+7
Jordan Hawkins G	20	9	1	—	—	1	1	4-10	1-6	—	+15
Yves Missi C	17	4	7	—	—	—	1	2-2	—	—	-1
Jose Alvarado G	16	12	3	3	1	—	—	4-8	4-8	—	+19

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	38	25	7	5	1	—	5	10-22	4-6	1-3	+6
Nikola Vucevic C	35	22	15	2	1	1	3	10-16	1-2	1-2	+6
Coby White G	34	22	3	4	—	—	—	8-17	1-8	5-5	-6
Josh Giddey G	34	7	13	12	4	1	2	2-12	1-6	2-2	-8
Lonzo Ball G	25	11	8	6	1	1	3	4-10	3-8	—	+10
Patrick Williams F	20	8	1	1	—	1	1	3-7	2-4	—	-19
Jalen Smith F-C	14	13	4	—	—	—	1	6-9	1-4	—	-17
Julian Phillips F	14	—	2	1	—	2	—	0-2	0-2	—	+1
Matas Buzelis F	12	5	4	—	—	—	—	2-6	1-3	—	-2
Dalen Terry F	6	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	-7

🔬 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	37	32	63.3	28.1	+2.9	19.0
Zion Williamson	Bench	24	21	66.6	32.2	+19.9	18.9
Dejounte Murray	Bench	34	15	49.0	21.0	-7.7	10.7
Jose Alvarado	Bench	16	12	75.0	20.0	+60.2	17.9
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	20	9	45.0	22.0	+32.4	3.3
CJ McCollum	Bench	29	8	30.8	18.8	-9.5	2.9
Javonte Green	Bench	29	7	54.3	8.2	+8.4	8.4
Yves Missi	Bench	17	4	100.0	7.7	+3.5	9.7
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

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	38	25	53.6	27.7	+4.6	8.9
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	35	22	65.2	20.0	+3.5	14.2
Coby White	Bench	34	22	57.3	20.7	-16.3	10.7
Jalen Smith	Bench	14	13	72.2	29.4	-61.5	14.1
Lonzo Ball	Bench	25	11	55.0	18.1	+12.5	10.7
Patrick Williams	Bench	20	8	57.1	17.0	-41.8	3.1
Josh Giddey	Bench	34	7	27.2	16.5	-15.8	12.2
Matas Buzelis	Bench	12	5	41.7	18.8	-11.3	9.7
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	6	—	0.0	0.0	-58.8	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	14	—	0.0	5.1	-0.3	2.8