New Orleans Pelicans 116, San Antonio Spurs 121 — Recap

December 8, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 116, San Antonio Spurs 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 34-28 SAS; Q2 NOP 28-43 SAS; Q3 NOP 25-21 SAS; Q4 NOP 29-29 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Victor Wembanyama (SAS) 25 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Stephon Castle (SAS) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Yves Missi (NOP) 18 points, 14 rebounds, null assists on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAS

Victor Wembanyama

25 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · NOP

Trey Murphy III

25 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · SAS

Stephon Castle

22 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 8-15 FG

Season highs

Trey Murphy III · Season-high 25 pointsCharles Bassey · Season-high 12 reboundsDejounte Murray · Season-high 11 assists

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	34	28	25	29		116
SAS	28	43	21	29		121

🧮 How They Scored

NOPSAS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.1%Effective FG%51.6%

6.8%Turnover %10.9%

25.0%Offensive rebound %37.2%

0.241Free-throw rate0.333

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	38	25	6	5	1	1	1	8-16	4-10	5-5	-9
Herbert Jones F	38	12	3	1	2	1	1	5-10	1-4	1-2	-2
CJ McCollum G	34	19	4	5	—	—	2	8-18	3-8	—	-16
Dejounte Murray G	34	18	6	11	—	2	2	6-20	1-7	5-5	+1
Yves Missi C	32	18	14	—	1	2	—	6-13	—	6-7	-2
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	19	5	5	1	2	1	1	2-5	1-2	—	+1
Jamal Cain F	10	2	1	1	1	1	—	1-2	0-1	—	-5
Antonio Reeves G	4	—	—	1	1	—	—	0-2	0-1	—	+2
Trey Jemison C	3	—	1	—	—	—	—	0-1	—	0-2	—

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julian Champagnie F	35	12	6	—	—	1	1	5-13	2-8	—	-6
Stephon Castle G	34	22	5	4	1	—	4	8-15	2-5	4-5	-8
Harrison Barnes F	32	16	1	3	1	—	—	4-6	3-5	5-6	+20
Chris Paul G	31	6	7	10	2	—	2	2-7	2-6	—	+4
Devin Vassell G-F	28	7	4	4	—	1	1	3-11	0-4	1-1	-1
Victor Wembanyama F-C	26	25	10	1	—	3	3	9-16	3-7	4-4	+5
Jeremy Sochan F	23	7	5	1	2	2	—	2-6	0-2	3-4	+14
Charles Bassey G	18	16	12	—	—	4	1	6-12	—	4-7	+5
Keldon Johnson F	11	8	2	4	1	—	1	2-5	0-2	4-4	-7
Zach Collins F-C	3	2	3	—	—	—	—	1-2	—	—	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Trey Murphy III	Bench	38	25	68.7	21.3	-6.8	14.7
CJ McCollum	Bench	34	19	52.8	23.3	-18.0	8.1
Dejounte Murray	Bench	34	18	40.5	30.4	+3.1	10.5
Yves Missi	Bench	32	18	56.0	21.9	+2.3	12.5
Herbert Jones	Bench	38	12	55.1	12.9	-2.5	4.8
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	19	5	50.0	12.5	+10.0	5.9
Jamal Cain	Bench	10	2	50.0	8.7	-17.3	5.4
Javonte Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Jemison	Bench	3	—	0.0	18.2	0.0	-25.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	4	—	0.0	16.7	+16.7	-4.3

San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Victor Wembanyama	Bench	26	25	70.4	33.3	+7.1	19.9
Stephon Castle	Bench	34	22	64.0	23.6	-13.7	12.3
Harrison Barnes	Bench	32	16	92.6	10.8	+24.7	11.0
Charles Bassey	Bench	18	16	53.1	32.7	+15.4	19.1
Julian Champagnie	Bench	35	12	46.2	16.1	-10.2	4.6
Keldon Johnson	Bench	11	8	59.2	25.8	-26.9	14.7
Devin Vassell	Bench	28	7	30.6	16.7	-3.4	3.3
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	23	7	45.1	12.5	+22.0	7.7
Chris Paul	Bench	31	6	42.9	12.3	+6.3	10.5
Zach Collins	Bench	3	2	50.0	25.0	-16.7	9.5
Sandro Mamukelashvili	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Malaki Branham	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blake Wesley	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sidy Cissoko	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0