New Orleans Pelicans 108, Los Angeles Lakers 124 — Recap

April 4, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 108, Los Angeles Lakers 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 30-25 LAL; Q2 NOP 23-37 LAL; Q3 NOP 31-31 LAL; Q4 NOP 24-31 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 35 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Jose Alvarado (NOP) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 27 points, null rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Karlo Matkovic (NOP) 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

Luka Doncic

35 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · LAL

Austin Reaves

30 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jose Alvarado

27 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 10-21 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	30	23	31	24		108
LAL	25	37	31	31		124

🧮 How They Scored

NOPLAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.9%Effective FG%62.0%

11.4%Turnover %11.6%

33.3%Offensive rebound %28.6%

0.290Free-throw rate0.354

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jose Alvarado G	28	27	4	5	—	—	4	10-21	6-10	1-3	-8
Yves Missi C	28	13	11	2	1	1	—	5-8	—	3-5	-15
Jamal Cain F	27	11	1	1	4	—	—	4-7	3-6	—	-3
Bruce Brown G	26	1	6	1	—	—	1	0-5	0-1	1-2	-12
Antonio Reeves G	23	10	—	—	—	—	1	4-10	2-7	—	-8
Kelly Olynyk F	22	12	3	2	—	1	2	4-8	0-1	4-6	-15
Karlo Matkovic F-C	21	15	6	2	1	—	—	6-7	1-2	2-2	-1
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	18	8	3	—	1	—	2	2-3	2-2	2-2	—

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Doncic F-G	36	35	6	6	—	—	2	10-21	4-10	11-11	+12
Austin Reaves G	36	30	3	7	1	—	1	8-13	6-9	8-9	+17
LeBron James F	33	27	—	8	2	—	1	9-17	2-7	7-8	+7
Dorian Finney-Smith F	32	5	2	2	—	—	1	2-4	1-3	—	+3
Jaxson Hayes C	24	6	12	—	1	2	1	3-4	—	—	+8
Dalton Knecht F	20	12	1	—	—	—	1	5-10	2-6	—	+12
Gabe Vincent G	18	5	3	1	1	—	1	2-4	1-3	—	+6
Jordan Goodwin G	18	2	5	2	1	—	2	1-4	0-3	—	+7
Jarred Vanderbilt F	16	2	3	—	—	—	1	1-2	—	—	+11
Trey Jemison C	5	—	1	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jose Alvarado	Bench	28	27	60.5	36.6	-19.9	16.2
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	21	15	95.2	18.6	+0.8	19.6
Yves Missi	Bench	28	13	63.7	14.3	-30.8	16.7
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	22	12	56.4	23.2	-37.2	5.2
Jamal Cain	Bench	27	11	78.6	11.9	-5.6	7.8
Antonio Reeves	Bench	23	10	50.0	22.0	-12.2	0.9
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	18	8	103.1	16.2	+6.9	8.9
Bruce Brown	Bench	26	1	8.5	10.4	-26.3	-1.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Bench	36	35	67.7	35.9	+20.2	21.6
Austin Reaves	Bench	36	30	88.4	22.8	+23.6	19.3
LeBron James	Bench	33	27	65.8	30.6	+14.1	15.4
Dalton Knecht	Bench	20	12	60.0	25.0	+35.8	9.2
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	24	6	75.0	9.1	+14.2	13.2
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	32	5	62.5	6.9	+3.0	3.2
Gabe Vincent	Bench	18	5	62.5	12.2	+16.7	4.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	16	2	50.0	8.1	+29.7	3.4
Jordan Goodwin	Bench	18	2	25.0	14.0	+19.4	0.0
Trey Jemison	Bench	5	—	0.0	9.1	-7.6	0.0