New Orleans Pelicans 109, Oklahoma City Thunder 95 — Recap

April 29, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 109, Oklahoma City Thunder 95. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 31-20 OKC; Q2 NOP 29-23 OKC; Q3 NOP 19-25 OKC; Q4 NOP 30-27 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 27 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists on 12-of-24 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Luguentz Dort (OKC) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-12 shooting; Theo Maledon (OKC) 16 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-12 shooting; Darius Bazley (OKC) 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

27 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST · 12-24 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

24 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · OKC

Luguentz Dort

17 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 5-12 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	31	29	19	30		109
OKC	20	23	25	27		95

🧮 How They Scored

NOPOKC

64Points in the paint44

8Fast-break points6

13Second-chance points14

23Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.0%Effective FG%44.4%

9.9%Turnover %18.4%

26.8%Offensive rebound %22.6%

0.188Free-throw rate0.225

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson F	34	27	8	6	1	0	0	12-24	0-1	3-4	+19
Lonzo Ball G	32	6	10	6	3	1	1	3-12	0-8	0-0	+6
Brandon Ingram F	31	24	6	3	1	0	2	10-20	1-5	3-4	+8
Eric Bledsoe G	30	7	3	4	0	1	0	3-8	0-4	1-2	+11
Willy Hernangomez C	29	13	10	1	2	1	3	5-8	0-1	3-4	+7
Naji Marshall F	23	8	7	3	1	0	2	2-7	2-3	2-2	+1
James Johnson F	21	12	3	1	2	0	1	5-11	2-5	0-1	+7
Jaxson Hayes C	19	8	7	0	0	2	1	3-5	0-0	2-2	+7
Kira Lewis Jr. G	18	4	0	2	1	0	1	2-6	0-2	0-0	+7
Wenyen Gabriel F	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luguentz Dort G	33	17	3	1	0	0	3	5-12	4-8	3-4	-6
Theo Maledon G	32	16	1	4	0	2	4	5-12	2-6	4-4	-8
Darius Bazley F	32	15	6	3	0	0	5	6-15	0-6	3-5	-12
Moses Brown C	32	5	18	1	2	0	3	2-5	0-0	1-2	-7
Aleksej Pokusevski C	28	8	9	1	1	0	0	3-16	0-4	2-2	+3
Ty Jerome G	19	5	2	4	0	1	3	2-3	1-2	0-0	-11
Svi Mykhailiuk G	18	12	1	0	0	0	0	4-7	2-5	2-2	-8
Isaiah Roby F	16	13	9	2	3	0	2	5-9	2-3	1-1	-7
Gabriel Deck F	15	2	2	2	0	0	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	+1
Charles Brown G	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	-1
Josh Hall F	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-14

🔬 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	34	27	52.4	29.2	+24.7	21.1
Brandon Ingram	Bench	31	24	55.1	30.7	+11.9	18.0
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	29	13	66.6	18.3	+9.8	15.8
James Johnson	Bench	21	12	52.4	20.7	+12.3	7.9
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	19	8	68.0	12.7	+10.9	11.3
Naji Marshall	Bench	23	8	50.8	15.4	-1.9	8.1
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	30	7	39.4	12.2	+14.2	9.2
Lonzo Ball	Bench	32	6	25.0	16.5	+7.3	11.9
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	18	4	33.3	13.7	+11.9	1.4
Wenyen Gabriel	Bench	4	0	0.0	9.1	-41.1	3.8

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luguentz Dort	Bench	33	17	61.8	20.5	-7.0	5.8
Theo Maledon	Bench	32	16	58.1	21.3	-8.9	8.3
Darius Bazley	Bench	32	15	43.6	27.8	-17.4	4.6
Isaiah Roby	Bench	16	13	68.9	26.8	-18.9	27.5
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	18	12	76.1	17.4	-21.2	13.2
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	28	8	23.7	23.9	+3.5	3.0
Ty Jerome	Bench	19	5	83.3	12.5	-22.5	8.7
Moses Brown	Bench	32	5	42.5	11.3	-7.3	12.6
Charles Brown	Bench	9	2	20.0	20.8	-4.8	1.3
Gabriel Deck	Bench	15	2	20.0	16.2	+2.9	-2.6
Josh Hall	Bench	7	0	0.0	5.9	-70.8	-6.0