NBA Final Intelligence

NOP 3-4
133 โ€“ 123
FINAL
SAC 1-6

New Orleans Pelicans 133, Sacramento Kings 123 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 133, Sacramento Kings 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 26-30 SAC; Q2 NOP 41-33 SAC; Q3 NOP 38-28 SAC; Q4 NOP 28-32 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Precious Achiuwa (SAC) 29 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-16 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists on 10-of-14 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Russell Westbrook (SAC) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท SAC
29 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM ยท 12-16 FG
Scoring ยท NOP
23 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST ยท 10-14 FG
Scoring ยท NOP
21 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM ยท 7-14 FG
Season highs
Drew Eubanks ยท Season-high 11 rebounds

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

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

NOP 17 largest lead Q3 2:06 (NOP 100, SAC 83) ยท 9-0 run, Q2 10:14โ€“Q2 9:09
SAC 9 largest lead Q1 4:26 (NOP 11, SAC 20) ยท 18-0 run, Q1 2:10โ€“Q2 11:03
Swings 15 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup (Q3 4:57, NOP 82, SAC 81).

Linescore

1234 T
NOP 26413828 133
SAC 30332832 123

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

NOPSAC
68Points in the paint70
19Fast-break points21
11Second-chance points9
10Points off turnovers17
50Bench points39
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
56.1%Effective FG%55.2%
9.1%Turnover %6.2%
31.1%Offensive rebound %20.8%
0.276Free-throw rate0.219

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Saddiq Bey F 3320100016-113-55-6+6
Trey Murphy III F 3221742117-144-63-4+13
Zion Williamson F 29239510310-140-03-5+5
Jeremiah Fears G 2813660016-141-40-0+7
Bryce McGowens G 2614621205-101-33-3+10
Derik Queen C 2612950104-100-34-40
Karlo Matkovic F-C 259920314-91-30-0+22
Herbert Jones F 2412321024-122-92-2-6
Yves Missi C 167212423-30-01-1-7
Micah Peavy G-F 12000000-10-12-20

Sacramento Kings

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Precious Achiuwa F 412912512012-161-34-6-1
Russell Westbrook G 34192102027-152-63-5-4
Malik Monk G 3018140017-142-82-2-13
DeMar DeRozan G 2715221016-160-23-50
Maxime Raynaud C 2610510025-90-00-0-5
Drew Eubanks F 22151100007-90-11-3-5
Nique Clifford G 217530013-81-20-0-2
Daeqwon Plowden G-F 186111102-42-40-0-16
Patrick Baldwin Jr. F 60100000-30-30-0-7
Doug McDermott F 40100000-20-10-0-8

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Zion Williamson Starter 292371.026.0+7.815.7
Trey Murphy III Starter 322166.620.5+17.812.0
Saddiq Bey Starter 332073.319.5+10.37.8
Herbert Jones Starter 241246.623.4-10.76.5
Yves Missi Starter 167101.712.2-14.912.7
Bryce McGowens Bench 261461.815.1+16.713.5
Jeremiah Fears Bench 281346.420.5+16.07.2
Derik Queen Bench 261251.017.1+4.313.1
Karlo Matkovic Bench 25950.015.2+39.79.1
Micah Peavy Bench 01253.2100.00.025.0
DeAndre Jordan Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Kevon Looney Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jordan Poole Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jordan Hawkins Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Precious Achiuwa Starter 412977.818.8-2.517.4
Russell Westbrook Starter 341955.222.6-6.89.6
DeMar DeRozan Starter 271541.226.4-3.94.4
Maxime Raynaud Starter 261055.616.7-10.35.0
Nique Clifford Starter 21743.817.0-1.95.5
Malik Monk Bench 301860.521.3-24.28.5
Drew Eubanks Bench 221572.718.2-15.920.4
Daeqwon Plowden Bench 18675.09.3-40.05.9
Doug McDermott Bench 0400.016.7-61.4-8.5
Devin Carter Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Patrick Baldwin Jr. Bench 0600.018.8-53.8-18.9

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series NOP 2 โ€“ 0 SAC
Last 22 meetings ยท since 2020-21 NOP 14 โ€“ 8 SAC
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
New Orleans Pelicans 20-44 W1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: @ PHX ยท Fri, Mar 6
Sacramento Kings 14-50 L3 L10 2-8 Next game recap: vs CHI ยท Sun, Mar 8

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