New Orleans Pelicans 130, Detroit Pistons 136 — Recap

March 23, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 130, Detroit Pistons 136. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 27-36 DET; Q2 NOP 32-32 DET; Q3 NOP 32-25 DET; Q4 NOP 39-43 DET.

Top performers (box score): CJ McCollum (NOP) 40 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 16-of-28 shooting; Ronald Holland II (DET) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Jordan Hawkins (NOP) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Jalen Duren (DET) 22 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-11 shooting; Marcus Sasser (DET) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

CJ McCollum

40 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 16-28 FG

Scoring · DET

Ronald Holland II

26 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 10-14 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jordan Hawkins

25 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 8-13 FG

Season highs

Jalen Duren · Season-high 22 pointsKelly Olynyk · Season-high 8 assistsJeremiah Robinson-Earl · Season-high 8 assistsJordan Hawkins · Season-high 6 threes

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	27	32	32	39		130
DET	36	32	25	43		136

🧮 How They Scored

NOPDET

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

69.8%Effective FG%63.3%

16.2%Turnover %6.1%

34.5%Offensive rebound %25.7%

0.198Free-throw rate0.520

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	37	40	5	7	1	—	2	16-28	5-12	3-5	+3
Bruce Brown G	35	12	1	2	—	—	—	5-9	1-2	1-2	—
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	32	13	6	8	—	—	2	4-6	3-5	2-2	-4
Jordan Hawkins G	31	25	3	2	—	—	3	8-13	6-11	3-3	-7
Jose Alvarado G	28	10	4	8	2	—	2	4-8	2-3	—	+2
Kelly Olynyk F	25	10	5	8	—	2	5	4-7	1-3	1-2	-8
Karlo Matkovic F-C	16	8	11	—	—	—	3	4-7	—	—	+11
Jamal Cain F	13	4	1	—	—	1	—	1-2	—	2-2	-9
Antonio Reeves G	3	3	—	—	—	—	—	1-1	1-1	—	-3

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ronald Holland II F	36	26	5	6	1	—	—	10-14	1-3	5-11	+2
Dennis Schroder G	35	16	1	5	2	—	1	4-12	1-5	7-8	-3
Tobias Harris F	32	14	3	4	1	—	—	7-15	0-4	—	-6
Jalen Duren C	29	22	12	2	—	—	3	8-11	—	6-9	-4
Marcus Sasser G	26	20	1	2	1	—	—	6-9	3-4	5-5	+18
Isaiah Stewart F-C	19	9	3	2	—	2	1	4-6	1-1	—	+10
Simone Fontecchio F	19	8	2	1	—	—	—	3-6	2-3	—	+6
Ausar Thompson G-F	9	5	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	5-6	-2
Lindy Waters III F	7	3	—	1	—	—	—	1-2	1-1	—	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Bench	37	40	66.2	36.9	+2.2	21.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	31	25	87.3	23.3	-4.2	10.4
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	32	13	94.5	12.0	+0.5	11.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	35	12	60.7	12.3	0.0	5.0
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	25	10	63.5	26.5	-14.7	8.3
Jose Alvarado	Bench	28	10	62.5	14.1	-3.5	11.7
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	16	8	57.1	26.3	+33.2	8.0
Jamal Cain	Bench	13	4	69.4	10.0	-25.9	4.5
Antonio Reeves	Bench	3	3	150.0	12.5	-19.0	8.2

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ronald Holland II	Bench	36	26	69.0	20.7	+4.5	12.9
Jalen Duren	Bench	29	22	73.5	25.7	-4.6	16.7
Marcus Sasser	Bench	26	20	89.3	16.9	+30.3	13.7
Dennis Schroder	Bench	35	16	51.5	20.5	-4.2	7.3
Tobias Harris	Bench	32	14	46.7	19.2	-9.1	8.4
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	19	9	75.0	15.6	+18.0	8.9
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	19	8	66.7	13.6	+15.4	7.1
Ausar Thompson	Bench	9	5	94.7	20.0	-5.2	3.5
Lindy Waters III	Bench	7	3	75.0	14.3	+35.3	7.8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Paul Reed	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cade Cunningham	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0