New Orleans Pelicans 114, Chicago Bulls 104 — Recap

December 14, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 114, Chicago Bulls 104. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 21-26 CHI; Q2 NOP 31-21 CHI; Q3 NOP 24-28 CHI; Q4 NOP 38-29 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Trey Murphy III (NOP) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-14 shooting; Kevin Huerter (CHI) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Trey Murphy III

20 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · CHI

Coby White

20 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jeremiah Fears

20 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 7-13 FG

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	21	31	24	38		114
CHI	26	21	28	29		104

🧮 How They Scored

NOPCHI

60Points in the paint46

17Fast-break points17

15Second-chance points15

18Points off turnovers17

50Bench points47

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.5%Effective FG%48.4%

11.9%Turnover %11.6%

31.8%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.269Free-throw rate0.185

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	34	20	10	2	0	0	1	8-14	2-6	2-3	+6
Jeremiah Fears G	28	20	2	3	2	0	3	7-13	1-3	5-6	+12
Zion Williamson F	27	18	6	3	0	0	1	7-14	0-0	4-5	+6
Jordan Poole G	27	16	2	4	2	0	1	6-15	2-9	2-2	+1
Saddiq Bey F	25	10	6	1	2	0	0	4-12	0-2	2-2	+14
Derik Queen C	25	4	8	5	0	1	5	2-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Herbert Jones F	20	10	2	1	0	0	1	3-8	2-7	2-2	+3
Jose Alvarado G	18	3	2	2	1	1	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-6
Bryce McGowens G	14	5	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	3-3	+4
Karlo Matkovic F-C	12	4	4	0	0	1	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	+9
Yves Missi C	11	4	8	0	0	2	2	2-3	0-0	0-2	-1

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vucevic C	31	12	8	4	0	0	0	5-16	2-6	0-0	-11
Coby White G	28	20	5	5	2	0	2	8-18	1-10	3-3	-10
Kevin Huerter G	24	16	3	0	4	0	3	6-12	4-8	0-0	+3
Josh Giddey G	24	11	7	5	0	0	4	4-10	1-3	2-2	-6
Matas Buzelis F	24	9	6	3	1	0	0	3-5	1-3	2-2	-7
Patrick Williams F	24	8	4	2	0	0	0	2-5	2-4	2-4	-13
Tre Jones G	24	6	2	5	2	2	0	2-7	0-4	2-2	-5
Isaac Okoro F-G	24	5	3	1	0	0	0	2-10	1-8	0-0	-1
Dalen Terry F	13	9	3	0	0	0	1	4-5	1-1	0-0	+8
Jalen Smith F-C	12	6	0	1	1	2	2	2-3	0-1	2-2	-10
Zach Collins F-C	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	+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	Starter	34	20	65.3	19.8	+8.6	13.5
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	28	20	63.9	26.8	+19.7	11.8
Saddiq Bey	Starter	25	10	38.8	20.3	+23.2	12.4
Herbert Jones	Starter	20	10	56.3	20.4	+7.0	8.0
Derik Queen	Starter	25	4	50.0	16.1	+3.9	7.2
Zion Williamson	Bench	27	18	55.6	24.3	+8.6	13.4
Jordan Poole	Bench	27	16	50.4	23.6	+1.7	11.1
Bryce McGowens	Bench	14	5	75.3	7.3	+9.8	12.2
Yves Missi	Bench	11	4	51.5	18.8	-11.3	11.5
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	12	4	40.0	15.2	+38.7	8.3
Jose Alvarado	Bench	18	3	50.0	6.7	-18.8	8.7
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 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

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Coby White	Starter	28	20	51.8	31.8	-16.9	15.0
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	31	12	37.5	21.3	-17.2	5.2
Josh Giddey	Starter	24	11	50.6	24.6	-11.3	10.8
Matas Buzelis	Starter	24	9	76.5	10.5	-9.8	19.0
Isaac Okoro	Starter	24	5	25.0	17.9	-6.6	-1.1
Kevin Huerter	Bench	24	16	66.7	24.6	+5.6	12.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	13	9	90.0	17.1	+34.5	13.1
Patrick Williams	Bench	24	8	59.2	12.3	-19.3	6.7
Jalen Smith	Bench	12	6	77.3	20.0	-25.6	5.7
Tre Jones	Bench	24	6	38.1	14.5	-7.4	8.9
Zach Collins	Bench	12	2	53.2	12.0	+12.5	0.0
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0