New Orleans Pelicans 103, Dallas Mavericks 111 — Recap

February 21, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 103, Dallas Mavericks 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 22-32 DAL; Q2 NOP 31-24 DAL; Q3 NOP 29-30 DAL; Q4 NOP 21-25 DAL.

Top performers (box score): Kyrie Irving (DAL) 35 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 29 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 11-of-15 shooting; P.J. Washington (DAL) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Kyrie Irving

35 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

29 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST · 11-15 FG

Scoring · DAL

P.J. Washington

24 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-17 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	22	31	29	21		103
DAL	32	24	30	25		111

🧮 How They Scored

NOPDAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

45.7%Effective FG%57.3%

12.0%Turnover %8.4%

33.3%Offensive rebound %15.2%

0.272Free-throw rate0.360

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	36	20	6	6	2	—	1	7-19	4-8	2-2	-13
CJ McCollum G	30	16	6	5	1	1	2	6-16	2-8	2-4	-11
Jose Alvarado G	30	8	7	4	3	—	1	3-8	1-3	1-1	+4
Zion Williamson F	27	29	7	3	2	—	3	11-15	—	7-11	—
Yves Missi C	24	6	10	1	—	4	3	3-8	—	—	-3
Kelly Olynyk F	24	4	3	3	—	—	1	2-6	0-2	—	+11
Bruce Brown G	22	6	4	—	—	—	—	2-7	0-1	2-2	-20
Karlo Matkovic F-C	21	9	5	1	—	1	2	3-6	0-2	3-3	+1
Jordan Hawkins G	21	5	5	1	—	—	—	1-7	1-3	2-2	-11
Antonio Reeves G	4	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	+2

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyrie Irving G	37	35	2	4	—	1	1	11-22	5-12	8-8	+5
P.J. Washington F	37	24	7	3	2	1	1	8-17	3-8	5-8	+8
Max Christie G	32	16	4	2	1	—	2	6-7	2-3	2-2	+24
Klay Thompson G	25	12	3	3	2	—	1	4-11	4-7	—	-8
Naji Marshall F	24	15	10	1	—	—	1	5-8	1-3	4-5	+6
Dante Exum G	21	4	2	4	1	1	2	1-7	1-4	1-2	-8
Olivier-Maxence Prosper F	15	1	7	1	1	—	—	0-3	0-1	1-2	-1

🔬 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	Bench	27	29	73.1	32.9	-3.4	23.0
Trey Murphy III	Bench	36	20	50.3	23.1	-18.2	12.1
CJ McCollum	Bench	30	16	45.0	27.8	-15.7	7.6
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	21	9	61.5	15.3	+0.1	7.4
Jose Alvarado	Bench	30	8	47.4	11.4	+1.8	12.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	22	6	38.1	14.3	-42.4	3.0
Yves Missi	Bench	24	6	37.5	20.4	-3.9	3.3
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	21	5	31.7	14.5	-25.0	7.9
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	24	4	33.3	11.9	+22.0	2.1
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Herbert Jones	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	4	—	0.0	10.0	+28.2	0.0

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyrie Irving	Bench	37	35	68.6	30.3	+7.5	16.7
P.J. Washington	Bench	37	24	58.5	25.3	+8.8	13.6
Max Christie	Bench	32	16	101.5	13.2	+35.5	13.1
Naji Marshall	Bench	24	15	73.5	19.0	+12.7	25.8
Klay Thompson	Bench	25	12	54.5	19.7	-14.8	9.3
Dante Exum	Bench	21	4	25.4	20.0	-18.2	2.8
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Bench	15	1	12.9	10.5	+5.2	4.2
Brandon Williams	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaden Hardy	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0