New Orleans Pelicans 118, Sacramento Kings 123 — Recap

February 8, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 118, Sacramento Kings 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 31-24 SAC; Q2 NOP 34-30 SAC; Q3 NOP 22-45 SAC; Q4 NOP 31-24 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 40 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists on 16-of-21 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 31 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Domantas Sabonis (SAC) 27 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Zach LaVine (SAC) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

40 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 16-21 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

31 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · SAC

Domantas Sabonis

27 PTS, 16 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 10-18 FG

Season highs

Zion Williamson · Season-high 40 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	31	34	22	31		118
SAC	24	30	45	24		123

🧮 How They Scored

NOPSAC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.5%Effective FG%54.1%

13.3%Turnover %15.3%

9.5%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.256Free-throw rate0.388

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	38	20	6	7	2	—	3	7-18	3-8	3-4	-7
CJ McCollum G	33	31	6	3	1	2	3	10-19	6-11	5-6	+5
Yves Missi C	32	2	13	1	—	4	1	1-6	—	—	+17
Jose Alvarado G	29	5	3	9	3	—	2	2-6	1-5	—	+6
Zion Williamson F	28	40	4	4	2	—	3	16-21	—	8-11	+4
Jordan Hawkins G	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-4	0-2	—	-14
Karlo Matkovic F-C	17	6	2	—	1	1	1	3-3	—	—	-22
Javonte Green G-F	16	—	2	1	1	—	1	0-2	0-2	—	-18
Antonio Reeves G	14	3	1	2	—	—	—	1-3	1-3	—	+14

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	37	22	4	5	1	—	3	7-14	1-7	7-7	+7
Keegan Murray F	36	19	8	—	2	3	2	7-15	2-8	3-3	-4
Domantas Sabonis F	34	27	16	2	—	—	2	10-18	1-3	6-10	-13
Malik Monk G	32	13	4	7	3	—	5	5-14	2-8	1-1	—
Keon Ellis G	32	13	4	2	3	—	1	4-6	3-5	2-4	+14
DeMar DeRozan G	32	11	6	4	—	1	3	4-12	0-3	3-4	-7
Jonas Valanciunas C	14	6	5	1	—	1	1	1-2	—	4-4	+18
Jake LaRavia F	12	7	2	2	1	2	1	3-4	1-2	—	+9

🔬 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	28	40	77.4	38.9	+6.1	28.3
CJ McCollum	Bench	33	31	71.6	31.3	+9.0	18.3
Trey Murphy III	Bench	38	20	50.6	23.9	-5.4	9.5
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	17	6	100.0	9.3	-58.8	6.5
Jose Alvarado	Bench	29	5	41.7	11.4	+9.0	10.7
Antonio Reeves	Bench	14	3	50.0	9.1	+48.1	4.9
Yves Missi	Bench	32	2	16.7	9.0	+21.8	6.5
Javonte Green	Bench	16	—	0.0	7.5	-44.2	-5.8
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	18	—	0.0	8.3	-38.0	-6.0

Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Domantas Sabonis	Bench	34	27	60.3	28.4	-16.7	14.9
Zach LaVine	Bench	37	22	64.4	20.0	+6.9	11.9
Keegan Murray	Bench	36	19	58.2	18.9	-7.4	10.4
Malik Monk	Bench	32	13	45.0	21.8	+1.4	6.3
Keon Ellis	Bench	32	13	83.8	10.7	+17.4	10.2
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	32	11	40.0	20.0	-14.0	5.9
Jake LaRavia	Bench	12	7	87.5	15.6	+35.3	20.2
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	14	6	79.8	13.2	+54.5	9.9
Doug McDermott	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Devin Carter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Crawford	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0