New Orleans Pelicans 128, Utah Jazz 121 — Recap

March 2, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 128, Utah Jazz 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 30-26 UTA; Q2 NOP 36-31 UTA; Q3 NOP 25-34 UTA; Q4 NOP 37-30 UTA.

Top performers (box score): Keyonte George (UTA) 28 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Kelly Olynyk (NOP) 26 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists on 11-of-18 shooting; Brice Sensabaugh (UTA) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · UTA

Keyonte George

28 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 9-21 FG

Scoring · NOP

Kelly Olynyk

26 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-14 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

25 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 10-18 FG

Season highs

Kelly Olynyk · Season-high 26 pointsOscar Tshiebwe · Season-high 13 rebounds

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	30	36	25	37		128
UTA	26	31	34	30		121

🧮 How They Scored

NOPUTA

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.3%Effective FG%55.7%

9.3%Turnover %7.9%

29.5%Offensive rebound %18.6%

0.127Free-throw rate0.148

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	36	20	6	6	2	1	4	8-20	3-13	1-1	+12
CJ McCollum G	33	25	3	8	—	1	3	10-18	5-12	—	+16
Zion Williamson F	29	24	6	9	2	—	1	11-18	0-1	2-3	+2
Yves Missi C	28	8	7	—	1	1	—	4-6	—	—	+10
Kelly Olynyk F	26	26	9	4	1	—	1	10-14	3-4	3-5	+19
Jose Alvarado G	24	3	—	2	—	—	—	1-7	1-5	—	-6
Bruce Brown G	22	8	8	2	2	—	—	3-6	1-2	1-2	-9
Jordan Hawkins G	22	8	4	3	—	—	2	3-8	2-6	—	-3
Karlo Matkovic F-C	20	6	5	1	—	2	—	3-5	0-1	0-2	-6

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keyonte George G	31	28	3	6	—	—	3	9-21	5-11	5-6	-2
Brice Sensabaugh F	31	21	2	4	—	—	1	9-18	3-9	—	-16
Isaiah Collier G	29	11	2	8	1	2	—	3-8	0-2	5-5	-22
Kyle Filipowski C	28	12	11	7	—	—	3	5-12	2-4	0-1	-32
Micah Potter F	22	8	6	3	1	1	—	3-7	2-6	—	+4
Oscar Tshiebwe F-C	20	16	13	1	1	—	—	8-9	—	—	+25
Johnny Juzang G	18	8	2	1	—	—	1	3-9	1-7	1-1	-3
Cody Williams F	17	5	—	1	—	—	—	2-4	1-1	—	+9

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	26	26	80.2	25.4	+37.0	20.7
CJ McCollum	Bench	33	25	69.4	26.6	+26.3	11.8
Zion Williamson	Bench	29	24	62.1	26.0	+3.0	18.3
Trey Murphy III	Bench	36	20	48.9	27.0	+12.3	8.1
Bruce Brown	Bench	22	8	58.1	12.7	-21.4	14.1
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	22	8	50.0	18.9	-9.1	6.5
Yves Missi	Bench	28	8	66.7	8.5	+18.2	8.0
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	20	6	51.0	13.0	-12.0	4.1
Jose Alvarado	Bench	24	3	21.4	11.3	-9.6	-0.9
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jamal Cain	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Keyonte George	Bench	31	28	59.2	34.7	-3.1	12.9
Brice Sensabaugh	Bench	31	21	58.3	25.0	-25.5	9.5
Oscar Tshiebwe	Bench	20	16	88.9	17.6	+57.3	26.9
Kyle Filipowski	Bench	28	12	48.2	22.4	-51.6	10.6
Isaiah Collier	Bench	29	11	53.9	13.9	-34.4	10.3
Micah Potter	Bench	22	8	57.1	13.5	+6.3	13.4
Johnny Juzang	Bench	18	8	42.4	20.8	-9.5	1.9
Cody Williams	Bench	17	5	62.5	9.5	+25.0	5.1
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Taylor Hendricks	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0