New Orleans Pelicans 119, Indiana Pacers 127 — Recap

January 16, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 119, Indiana Pacers 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 33-31 IND; Q2 NOP 33-42 IND; Q3 NOP 27-29 IND; Q4 NOP 26-25 IND.

Top performers (box score): Jay Huff (IND) 29 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-17 shooting; Pascal Siakam (IND) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists on 10-of-12 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · IND

Jay Huff

29 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 13-17 FG

Scoring · IND

Pascal Siakam

27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

27 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST · 10-12 FG

Season highs

Jay Huff · Season-high 29 pointsT.J. McConnell · Season-high 9 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

NOP 5 largest lead Q1 0:56 (NOP 33, IND 28) · 13-0 run, Q2 2:48–Q2 1:12

IND 16 largest lead Q2 3:03 (NOP 50, IND 66) · 10-0 run, Q2 7:04–Q2 5:27

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 10 times

Ahead for good: Jay Huff makes 2-foot reverse layup (Pascal Siakam assists) (Q2 7:28, NOP 43, IND 45).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NOP	33	33	27	26		119
IND	31	42	29	25		127

🧮 How They Scored

NOPIND

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

20Bench points33

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.9%Effective FG%58.9%

7.8%Turnover %6.2%

21.1%Offensive rebound %27.7%

0.366Free-throw rate0.119

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	38	22	4	5	1	1	1	7-21	5-14	3-4	+1
Zion Williamson F	33	27	6	7	1	0	3	10-12	0-0	7-10	+3
Saddiq Bey F	32	20	4	1	0	0	0	6-10	2-3	6-8	0
Jeremiah Fears G	31	16	6	5	2	0	0	5-9	2-4	4-4	+8
Derik Queen C	28	14	12	3	0	0	1	5-11	0-0	4-4	-2
Yves Missi C	20	2	3	0	0	3	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	-6
Jordan Poole G	17	11	2	1	0	0	1	4-7	3-4	0-0	-14
Bryce McGowens G	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	-10
Karlo Matkovic F-C	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-2	0-0	-11
Jordan Hawkins G	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-9

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam F	34	27	6	5	0	1	1	11-22	4-8	1-2	+11
Andrew Nembhard G-F	33	19	3	10	0	0	3	7-13	2-6	3-3	+9
Aaron Nesmith G-F	33	12	4	1	1	0	0	5-13	2-8	0-1	-4
Jay Huff F-C	29	29	9	1	2	2	0	13-17	3-6	0-0	+13
Johnny Furphy G	29	7	4	2	1	1	1	3-8	1-4	0-0	+6
Jarace Walker F	21	6	1	3	0	1	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	+2
Tony Bradley C	19	3	9	3	0	2	0	1-4	0-0	1-2	-5
T.J. McConnell G	16	8	2	9	0	0	1	4-8	0-1	0-0	+1
Ben Sheppard G	15	4	3	2	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	1-2	-1
Quenton Jackson G	11	12	2	1	1	0	1	5-7	0-1	2-2	+8

🔬 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	33	27	82.3	25.0	+2.5	17.0
Trey Murphy III	Starter	38	22	48.3	28.9	-2.2	6.7
Saddiq Bey	Starter	32	20	74.0	18.3	+4.1	8.9
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	31	16	74.3	16.2	+12.5	13.0
Derik Queen	Starter	28	14	54.9	22.6	-6.0	12.3
Jordan Poole	Bench	17	11	78.6	21.1	-42.4	14.6
Bryce McGowens	Bench	16	4	66.7	8.1	-36.0	4.9
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	15	3	37.5	12.5	-36.7	1.6
Yves Missi	Bench	20	2	33.3	11.1	-17.6	0.0
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	10	0	0.0	8.3	-40.9	0.0
Trey Alexander	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Micah Peavy	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jay Huff	Starter	29	29	85.3	25.0	+21.3	21.9
Pascal Siakam	Starter	34	27	59.0	28.8	+14.0	13.2
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	33	19	66.3	21.8	+13.2	13.2
Aaron Nesmith	Starter	33	12	44.6	16.3	-2.0	2.6
Johnny Furphy	Starter	29	7	43.8	13.2	+10.3	3.8
Quenton Jackson	Bench	11	12	76.1	34.6	+32.0	21.4
T.J. McConnell	Bench	16	8	50.0	23.1	+7.1	15.6
Jarace Walker	Bench	21	6	60.0	9.8	+7.3	3.8
Ben Sheppard	Bench	15	4	41.0	13.5	-3.4	4.6
Tony Bradley	Bench	19	3	30.7	10.6	-17.3	9.8
Ethan Thompson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Micah Potter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kam Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0