New Orleans Pelicans 113, Sacramento Kings 117 — Recap

April 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 113, Sacramento Kings 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 30-21 SAC; Q2 NOP 36-34 SAC; Q3 NOP 26-30 SAC; Q4 NOP 21-32 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Maxime Raynaud (SAC) 28 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists on 11-of-14 shooting; Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 28 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Nique Clifford (SAC) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Daeqwon Plowden (SAC) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAC

Maxime Raynaud

28 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST · 11-14 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jeremiah Fears

28 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · SAC

Nique Clifford

23 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 9-16 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 17 largest lead Q2 4:25 (NOP 55, SAC 38) · 12-0 run, Q1 6:56–Q1 4:20

SAC 4 largest lead Q4 0:02 (NOP 113, SAC 117) · 12-0 run, Q2 9:51–Q2 7:55

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Daeqwon Plowden makes free throw 1 of 3 (Q4 2:37, NOP 109, SAC 110).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NOP	30	36	26	21		113
SAC	21	34	30	32		117

🧮 How They Scored

NOPSAC

48Points in the paint62

26Fast-break points10

11Second-chance points22

20Points off turnovers22

58Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.0%Effective FG%60.4%

12.2%Turnover %12.6%

17.9%Offensive rebound %27.5%

0.250Free-throw rate0.220

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jeremiah Fears G	37	28	8	6	0	0	1	10-19	5-11	3-3	-4
Trey Murphy III F	32	13	4	4	0	2	3	5-9	1-5	2-2	-3
Micah Peavy G-F	32	8	3	3	4	0	0	2-5	2-3	2-2	+5
Saddiq Bey F	29	20	1	3	1	0	0	7-15	1-6	5-5	-7
Zion Williamson F	29	13	6	3	1	0	4	5-11	0-0	3-4	-4
Derik Queen C	28	8	6	2	5	1	2	3-10	0-2	2-2	-7
Jordan Hawkins G	21	14	0	0	0	0	2	5-7	4-5	0-0	-3
Yves Missi C	20	6	7	2	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	2-3	+3
Herbert Jones F	13	3	1	1	1	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	0

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nique Clifford G	39	23	5	6	1	0	4	9-16	4-6	1-2	+7
Devin Carter G	32	9	6	3	1	1	2	3-10	2-6	1-3	+5
Daeqwon Plowden G-F	31	17	3	1	1	0	1	5-12	2-8	5-5	+1
Maxime Raynaud C	29	28	9	4	0	0	1	11-14	0-1	6-7	+1
Precious Achiuwa F	25	12	7	2	2	0	3	6-10	0-2	0-1	+7
Dylan Cardwell C	24	6	8	1	0	5	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	+4
DeMar DeRozan G	23	14	2	5	2	0	0	7-11	0-0	0-0	+1
Doug McDermott F	18	3	3	2	0	0	0	1-6	1-5	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Saddiq Bey	Starter	29	20	58.1	25.0	-7.4	11.2
Zion Williamson	Starter	29	13	50.9	25.4	-6.6	9.3
Trey Murphy III	Starter	32	13	65.8	17.3	-6.2	9.7
Yves Missi	Starter	20	6	47.5	13.3	+7.0	7.3
Herbert Jones	Starter	13	3	50.0	14.3	+8.2	0.0
Jeremiah Fears	Bench	37	28	68.9	25.3	-2.2	18.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	21	14	100.0	20.0	+1.8	9.2
Derik Queen	Bench	28	8	36.8	20.0	-10.3	5.1
Micah Peavy	Bench	32	8	68.0	8.8	+11.6	7.9
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Poole	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Alexander	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Dickinson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Maxime Raynaud	Starter	29	28	82.0	26.5	+5.2	23.6
Nique Clifford	Starter	39	23	68.1	23.3	+10.0	12.2
DeMar DeRozan	Starter	23	14	63.6	21.6	+2.1	15.9
Precious Achiuwa	Starter	25	12	57.5	20.3	+8.9	9.3
Devin Carter	Starter	32	9	39.8	18.1	+11.1	4.5
Daeqwon Plowden	Bench	31	17	59.9	17.5	-0.3	10.0
Dylan Cardwell	Bench	24	6	100.0	8.6	+8.7	9.3
Doug McDermott	Bench	18	3	25.0	13.3	-5.7	0.0
Drew Eubanks	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
De'Andre Hunter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keegan Murray	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0