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NOP 3-4
101 – 110
FINAL
LAL 6-2

New Orleans Pelicans 101, Los Angeles Lakers 110 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 101, Los Angeles Lakers 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 33-31 LAL; Q2 NOP 18-23 LAL; Q3 NOP 27-22 LAL; Q4 NOP 23-34 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Luka Doncic (LAL) 27 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists on 10-of-18 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL
Luka Doncic
27 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 10-22 FG
Scoring · NOP
Zion Williamson
24 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST · 10-18 FG
Scoring · NOP
Trey Murphy III
21 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 7-15 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 8 largest lead Q4 7:20 (NOP 94, LAL 86) · 10-0 run, Q1 7:33–Q1 6:19
LAL 10 largest lead Q2 7:36 (NOP 37, LAL 47) · 14-0 run, Q4 7:06–Q4 3:13
Swings 18 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Austin Reaves makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists) (Q4 5:04, NOP 94, LAL 96).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 4:29 Luka Doncic makes 6-foot driving floating jump shotLAL · NOP 94, LAL 98
  • Q4 3:13 LeBron James makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)LAL · NOP 94, LAL 100
  • Q4 3:02 Zion Williamson makes two point shotNOP · NOP 96, LAL 100
  • Q4 2:31 Zion Williamson makes layup (Dejounte Murray assists)NOP · NOP 98, LAL 100
  • Q4 2:04 Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2LAL · NOP 98, LAL 101
  • Q4 2:04 Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2LAL · NOP 98, LAL 102
  • Q4 1:34 Marcus Smart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)LAL · NOP 98, LAL 105
  • Q4 1:00 Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point jumperLAL · NOP 98, LAL 108
  • Q4 0:55 Dejounte Murray makes layupNOP · NOP 100, LAL 108
  • Q4 0:55 Dejounte Murray makes free throw 1 of 1NOP · NOP 101, LAL 108
  • Q4 0:42 Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2LAL · NOP 101, LAL 109
  • Q4 0:42 Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2LAL · NOP 101, LAL 110

Linescore

1234 T
NOP 33182723 101
LAL 31232234 110

🧮 How They Scored

NOPLAL
60Points in the paint50
18Fast-break points28
8Second-chance points15
21Points off turnovers29
21Bench points24
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
46.7%Effective FG%53.6%
15.5%Turnover %18.2%
21.3%Offensive rebound %26.2%
0.211Free-throw rate0.313

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Saddiq Bey F 3718532027-182-92-2-9
Zion Williamson F 33244010210-180-04-5-7
Trey Murphy III F 3321842037-153-74-5-4
Herbert Jones F 332654011-70-40-0-3
Dejounte Murray G 2815881135-132-63-3-3
Jeremiah Fears G 195020042-61-30-0+1
Derik Queen C 192240120-30-02-2+2
DeAndre Jordan C 166621113-40-00-0-7
Bryce McGowens G 166111002-30-02-2-13
Yves Missi C 62100001-30-00-0-2

Los Angeles Lakers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Luka Doncic F-G 382710701710-223-104-5+1
Austin Reaves G 3715832254-152-75-5-1
LeBron James F 3321770258-121-54-8+3
Marcus Smart G 3010374303-92-62-2+13
Deandre Ayton C 2513810226-80-01-1-7
Jaxson Hayes C 238610203-40-02-2+16
Luke Kennard G 219210023-52-31-1+16
Rui Hachimura F 192200000-40-42-2-6
Jake LaRavia F 145221002-41-20-0+10

🔬 Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Zion Williamson Starter 332459.426.5-9.210.2
Trey Murphy III Starter 332161.024.7-5.613.9
Saddiq Bey Starter 371847.722.0-12.410.1
Dejounte Murray Starter 281552.424.6-4.915.7
Herbert Jones Starter 33214.39.6-2.85.3
DeAndre Jordan Bench 16675.012.5-25.016.8
Bryce McGowens Bench 16677.310.3-35.17.9
Jeremiah Fears Bench 19541.720.0+2.5-4.5
Yves Missi Bench 06233.318.8-16.76.3
Derik Queen Bench 19225.813.0+8.4-1.8
Kevon Looney Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jordan Poole Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jordan Hawkins Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Karlo Matkovic Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Micah Peavy Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Luka Doncic Starter 382755.834.10.015.1
LeBron James Starter 332167.723.8+4.115.6
Austin Reaves Starter 371543.624.7-0.17.4
Deandre Ayton Starter 251377.016.1-14.614.2
Marcus Smart Starter 301050.613.3+21.714.8
Luke Kennard Bench 21982.713.5+30.46.0
Jaxson Hayes Bench 23882.09.1+34.412.6
Jake LaRavia Bench 14562.510.5+33.311.2
Rui Hachimura Bench 19220.511.6-15.4-1.5
Maxi Kleber Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jarred Vanderbilt Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Kobe Bufkin Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Dalton Knecht Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Bronny James Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Adou Thiero Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series NOP 0 – 4 LAL
Last 22 meetings · since 2020-21 NOP 6 – 16 LAL
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
New Orleans Pelicans 19-44 L2 L10 6-4 Next game recap: @ SAC · Thu, Mar 5
Los Angeles Lakers 37-24 W3 L10 5-5 Next game recap: @ DEN · Thu, Mar 5

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