New Orleans Pelicans 118, Chicago Bulls 134 — Recap

December 31, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 118, Chicago Bulls 134. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 32-36 CHI; Q2 NOP 30-31 CHI; Q3 NOP 28-30 CHI; Q4 NOP 28-37 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 31 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 12-of-19 shooting; Jordan Poole (NOP) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Isaac Okoro (CHI) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-10 shooting; Tre Jones (CHI) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-7 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

31 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST · 12-19 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jordan Poole

26 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 6-14 FG

Scoring · CHI

Isaac Okoro

24 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-10 FG

Season highs

Isaac Okoro · Season-high 24 pointsJalen Smith · Season-high 14 reboundsTre Jones · Season-high 12 assistsKevon Looney · Season-high 10 rebounds

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 11:43 (NOP 2, CHI 0) · 9-0 run, Q1 5:34–Q1 3:18

CHI 17 largest lead Q4 5:22 (NOP 105, CHI 122) · 9-0 run, Q1 11:09–Q1 9:59

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Isaac Okoro makes 22-foot three point jumper (Tre Jones assists) (Q2 2:41, NOP 56, CHI 59).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NOP	32	30	28	28		118
CHI	36	31	30	37		134

🧮 How They Scored

NOPCHI

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

42Bench points40

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.0%Effective FG%59.2%

8.3%Turnover %6.1%

22.6%Offensive rebound %19.0%

0.276Free-throw rate0.370

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey F	34	16	4	3	0	0	0	6-16	2-7	2-2	-11
Trey Murphy III F	34	15	6	5	0	1	4	6-15	3-11	0-0	-17
Zion Williamson F	29	31	7	3	0	0	1	12-19	0-0	7-9	-6
Jordan Poole G	26	26	3	2	0	0	0	6-14	4-10	10-10	+2
Derik Queen C	25	9	7	4	2	5	2	4-7	0-1	1-2	-19
Jeremiah Fears G	23	5	0	4	0	0	2	2-8	1-2	0-0	-18
Yves Missi C	23	3	6	0	2	3	0	1-3	0-0	1-3	-2
Kevon Looney F	18	2	10	3	0	0	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	-5
Micah Peavy G-F	14	6	2	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	1-1	-5
Jordan Hawkins G	14	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-4	0-0	+1

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaac Okoro F-G	36	24	5	2	1	2	2	8-10	2-4	6-8	+31
Nikola Vucevic C	34	17	8	5	0	0	0	7-13	2-5	1-2	+6
Kevin Huerter G	29	13	6	1	1	2	1	4-9	2-5	3-5	+12
Tre Jones G	27	20	2	12	0	0	1	7-7	1-1	5-6	+16
Matas Buzelis F	27	19	6	2	1	0	0	8-17	2-9	1-4	+11
Jalen Smith F-C	26	14	14	1	1	2	1	5-11	1-5	3-3	+21
Ayo Dosunmu G	25	12	4	6	0	1	0	3-11	2-6	4-4	+2
Patrick Williams F	20	12	2	2	1	0	1	4-8	2-4	2-2	0
Dalen Terry F	10	0	2	2	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-14
Jevon Carter G	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Starter	29	31	67.5	29.5	-12.6	15.9
Saddiq Bey	Starter	34	16	47.4	20.0	-16.1	6.8
Trey Murphy III	Starter	34	15	50.0	22.9	-21.5	6.6
Derik Queen	Starter	25	9	57.1	16.9	-30.3	11.9
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	23	5	31.3	17.5	-41.7	-0.9
Jordan Poole	Bench	26	26	70.7	29.2	+5.4	15.5
Micah Peavy	Bench	14	6	67.6	14.3	-12.5	4.4
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	14	5	35.7	18.4	-0.5	1.3
Yves Missi	Bench	23	3	34.7	7.0	-4.0	4.9
Kevon Looney	Bench	18	2	20.0	11.1	-9.7	8.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Alexander	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Karlo Matkovic	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
Isaac Okoro	Starter	36	24	88.8	18.4	+36.3	12.3
Tre Jones	Starter	27	20	103.7	16.9	+22.0	22.6
Matas Buzelis	Starter	27	19	50.6	30.6	+20.7	6.9
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	34	17	61.2	17.5	+6.4	12.3
Jalen Smith	Starter	26	14	56.8	19.4	+36.8	14.9
Kevin Huerter	Bench	29	13	58.0	16.0	+20.0	8.7
Patrick Williams	Bench	20	12	67.6	19.2	+4.9	16.2
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	25	12	47.0	20.3	+7.8	11.9
Jevon Carter	Bench	06	3	50.0	26.7	-42.4	0.0
Zach Collins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	10	0	0.0	11.5	-59.5	-1.2
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0