New Orleans Pelicans 112, Oklahoma City Thunder 117 — Recap

December 26, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 112, Oklahoma City Thunder 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 18-32 OKC; Q2 NOP 31-25 OKC; Q3 NOP 32-32 OKC; Q4 NOP 31-28 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 31 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Josh Hart (NOP) 29 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Aaron Wiggins (OKC) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-10 shooting; Garrett Temple (NOP) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (OKC) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

31 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · NOP

Josh Hart

29 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · OKC

Aaron Wiggins

24 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 8-10 FG

Season highs

Josh Hart · Season-high 29 pointsAaron Wiggins · Season-high 24 pointsGarrett Temple · Season-high 22 points

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	18	31	32	31		112
OKC	32	25	32	28		117

🧮 How They Scored

NOPOKC

54Points in the paint48

17Fast-break points9

11Second-chance points12

20Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.8%Effective FG%55.2%

8.6%Turnover %10.7%

21.6%Offensive rebound %15.6%

0.298Free-throw rate0.360

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	38	29	10	4	3	1	3	10-17	3-7	6-6	-5
Herbert Jones F	37	15	6	1	1	1	0	5-12	2-5	3-3	+1
Garrett Temple G-F	35	22	6	1	1	2	1	9-17	2-8	2-3	+10
Devonte' Graham G	32	15	2	8	1	0	1	5-13	3-8	2-2	0
Willy Hernangomez C	23	14	6	2	0	0	1	4-8	0-0	6-9	+5
Jaxson Hayes C	19	15	6	1	1	0	1	5-9	0-1	5-5	-13
Tomas Satoransky G-F	17	2	5	4	1	0	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	-13
Trey Murphy III F	15	0	5	2	0	0	0	0-6	0-6	0-0	+7
Gary Clark F	13	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Brandon Ingram F	9	0	2	2	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-12
Jared Harper G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	35	31	4	5	1	3	1	11-20	1-5	8-13	+5
Aaron Wiggins G	32	24	6	1	0	0	2	8-10	2-4	6-8	0
Luguentz Dort G	32	13	2	1	4	0	2	5-14	1-7	2-3	+13
Josh Giddey G	28	0	10	10	0	1	3	0-8	0-2	0-0	-6
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	26	15	7	1	0	0	1	5-9	3-6	2-2	+9
Theo Maledon G	21	12	5	0	2	0	0	3-5	2-3	4-4	+2
Kenrich Williams G-F	21	10	5	0	0	0	0	4-7	2-3	0-0	-1
Ty Jerome G	15	5	1	3	1	0	2	2-8	1-5	0-1	+1
Derrick Favors F-C	12	0	2	2	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Mike Muscala F-C	10	5	4	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+6
Aleksej Pokusevski C	8	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Josh Hart	Bench	38	29	73.8	24.5	-3.2	18.0
Garrett Temple	Bench	35	22	60.0	21.3	+12.7	10.7
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	19	15	67.0	26.7	-33.3	18.1
Herbert Jones	Bench	37	15	56.3	14.1	+2.5	7.1
Devonte' Graham	Bench	32	15	54.0	18.7	0.0	9.2
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	23	14	58.5	22.8	+7.5	12.2
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	17	2	16.7	17.4	-35.1	5.5
Brandon Ingram	Bench	9	0	0.0	18.2	-70.5	2.5
Trey Murphy III	Bench	15	0	0.0	15.0	+14.2	0.0
Gary Clark	Bench	13	0	0.0	6.7	-18.8	2.2
Jared Harper	Bench	3	0	0.0	20.0	-3.3	-40.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	35	31	60.3	31.0	+3.5	13.5
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	32	24	88.8	19.8	0.0	13.4
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	26	15	75.9	17.2	+13.5	11.5
Luguentz Dort	Bench	32	13	42.4	21.5	+16.5	3.8
Theo Maledon	Bench	21	12	88.8	14.9	+4.5	19.1
Kenrich Williams	Bench	21	10	71.4	14.6	-2.2	12.8
Ty Jerome	Bench	15	5	29.6	29.4	+3.1	0.0
Mike Muscala	Bench	10	5	125.0	8.3	+27.3	21.1
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	8	2	50.0	16.7	+35.3	3.1
Josh Giddey	Bench	28	0	0.0	16.4	-7.8	6.2
Derrick Favors	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.6	-41.0	4.0