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NOP 3-4
118 – 128
FINAL
ORL 2-5

New Orleans Pelicans 118, Orlando Magic 128 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 118, Orlando Magic 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 26-26 ORL; Q2 NOP 33-32 ORL; Q3 NOP 39-33 ORL; Q4 NOP 20-37 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Desmond Bane (ORL) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Anthony Black (ORL) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-10 shooting; Paolo Banchero (ORL) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists on 7-of-16 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-14 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ORL
Desmond Bane
27 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 9-18 FG
Scoring · ORL
Anthony Black
26 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 9-10 FG
Scoring · ORL
Paolo Banchero
23 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST · 7-16 FG
Season highs
Goga Bitadze · Season-high 13 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 11 largest lead Q3 3:06 (NOP 92, ORL 81) · 11-0 run, Q1 4:40–Q1 1:45
ORL 12 largest lead Q1 8:53 (NOP 0, ORL 12) · 9-0 run, Q1 10:54–Q1 8:53
Swings 12 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Paolo Banchero makes free throw 1 of 1 (Q4 4:28, NOP 115, ORL 116).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 4:28 Paolo Banchero makes 3-foot layup (Anthony Black assists)ORL · NOP 115, ORL 115
  • Q4 4:28 Paolo Banchero makes free throw 1 of 1ORL · NOP 115, ORL 116
  • Q4 3:58 Goga Bitadze makes tip shotORL · NOP 115, ORL 118
  • Q4 3:20 Desmond Bane makes 5-foot driving floating jump shotORL · NOP 115, ORL 120
  • Q4 3:03 Zion Williamson makes 6-foot driving floating jump shotNOP · NOP 117, ORL 120
  • Q4 1:38 Desmond Bane makes 7-foot two point shotORL · NOP 117, ORL 122
  • Q4 1:02 Paolo Banchero makes free throw 1 of 2ORL · NOP 117, ORL 123
  • Q4 1:02 Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2ORL · NOP 117, ORL 124
  • Q4 0:51 Trey Murphy III makes technical free throwNOP · NOP 118, ORL 124
  • Q4 0:34 Desmond Bane makes free throw 1 of 2ORL · NOP 118, ORL 125
  • Q4 0:34 Desmond Bane makes free throw 2 of 2ORL · NOP 118, ORL 126
  • Q4 0:23 Desmond Bane makes free throw 1 of 2ORL · NOP 118, ORL 127

Linescore

1234 T
NOP 26333920 118
ORL 26323337 128

🧮 How They Scored

NOPORL
0Points in the paint0
0Fast-break points0
0Second-chance points0
0Points off turnovers0
43Bench points29
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
66.3%Effective FG%59.1%
13.9%Turnover %10.1%
15.2%Offensive rebound %34.4%
0.188Free-throw rate0.427

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Trey Murphy III F 3721760038-153-72-2-11
Zion Williamson F 3222332119-140-04-5-10
Jeremiah Fears G 2816432027-122-30-0-9
Derik Queen C 2810362244-80-02-3-19
Bryce McGowens G 266121002-42-40-0-22
Jordan Poole G 2321021047-116-81-2-3
Micah Peavy G-F 192130001-60-30-0+14
Karlo Matkovic F-C 1811010204-41-12-2+2
Yves Missi C 187500403-40-01-1+7
Jordan Hawkins G 112210001-20-00-0+1

Orlando Magic

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Paolo Banchero F 3923881147-160-29-10+18
Noah Penda G-F 389621002-62-33-4+21
Anthony Black G 3626573049-103-45-7+17
Desmond Bane G 3527542039-181-48-8+17
Goga Bitadze C 32141313207-100-10-0+23
Tristan Da Silva F 1916010004-74-54-4-7
Tyus Jones G 122010001-40-10-0-7
Moritz Wagner C 108220003-70-22-2-6
Jonathan Isaac F 90010000-10-00-0-13
Jase Richardson G 73000001-31-20-0-11
Jamal Cain F 30000000-00-00-0-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Zion Williamson Starter 322267.924.3-15.412.7
Trey Murphy III Starter 372166.123.1-13.211.6
Jeremiah Fears Starter 281666.723.0-15.812.3
Derik Queen Starter 281053.622.8-34.55.8
Bryce McGowens Starter 26675.07.3-42.32.6
Jordan Poole Bench 232188.434.0+2.312.5
Karlo Matkovic Bench 1811112.713.2+12.613.6
Yves Missi Bench 18778.89.8+22.511.1
Jordan Hawkins Bench 11250.08.7+10.68.1
Micah Peavy Bench 19216.715.0+48.5-2.0
DeAndre Jordan Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Kevon Looney Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Trey Alexander Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Desmond Bane Starter 352762.729.1+16.514.2
Anthony Black Starter 362699.420.7+21.718.6
Paolo Banchero Starter 392356.426.1+19.811.7
Goga Bitadze Starter 321470.013.5+37.714.2
Noah Penda Starter 38958.09.1+22.45.5
Tristan Da Silva Bench 191691.319.1-24.315.2
Moritz Wagner Bench 10850.825.9-33.511.3
Jase Richardson Bench 07350.018.8-73.32.8
Tyus Jones Bench 12225.012.5-33.70.0
Jonathan Isaac Bench 0900.05.6-86.80.0
Jamal Cain Bench 0300.00.0-40.0-15.4
Orlando Robinson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jett Howard Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series NOP 0 – 1 ORL
Last 11 meetings · since 2020-21 NOP 2 – 9 ORL
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
New Orleans Pelicans 9-32 L1 L10 1-9 Next game recap: vs DEN · Tue, Jan 13
Orlando Magic 22-18 W1 L10 5-5 Next game recap: vs MEM · Thu, Jan 15

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