New Orleans Pelicans 110, Washington Wizards 98 — Recap

January 5, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 110, Washington Wizards 98. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 33-22 WAS; Q2 NOP 27-23 WAS; Q3 NOP 24-25 WAS; Q4 NOP 26-28 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Kyle Kuzma (WAS) 28 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-23 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Alexandre Sarr (WAS) 18 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Carlton Carrington (WAS) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · WAS

Kyle Kuzma

28 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 13-23 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

25 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · NOP

Trey Murphy III

22 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 8-19 FG

Season highs

Kyle Kuzma · Season-high 28 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	33	27	24	26		110
WAS	22	23	25	28		98

🧮 How They Scored

NOPWAS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.5%Effective FG%50.7%

10.2%Turnover %14.1%

22.5%Offensive rebound %21.6%

0.225Free-throw rate0.130

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones F	38	11	4	1	2	2	1	4-8	1-4	2-2	+2
CJ McCollum G	36	25	3	3	—	1	3	9-18	6-11	1-2	-5
Dejounte Murray G	36	14	10	12	—	—	4	5-14	1-5	3-4	+15
Yves Missi C	33	16	7	1	1	3	1	4-5	—	8-8	+2
Trey Murphy III F	29	22	8	2	2	1	—	8-19	4-10	2-2	+19
Jordan Hawkins G	12	6	2	—	—	—	1	2-10	2-7	—	+17
Jose Alvarado G	12	3	—	3	1	—	—	1-4	1-4	—	-3
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	10	3	4	1	—	—	—	1-2	1-2	—	+10

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Carlton Carrington G	34	16	7	4	1	—	1	6-9	4-7	—	+1
Kyle Kuzma F	31	28	5	1	2	1	3	13-23	2-5	—	-1
Alexandre Sarr C	28	18	11	3	—	—	2	6-9	3-6	3-5	+7
Justin Champagnie F	27	3	5	4	—	1	1	1-6	1-4	—	-13
KyShawn George F	27	1	3	1	1	—	2	0-7	0-6	1-1	-12
Corey Kispert F	26	5	1	—	—	1	1	1-10	0-7	3-3	-20
Jonas Valanciunas C	20	6	7	2	—	1	1	3-5	—	—	-19
Anthony Gill F	7	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Bench	36	25	66.2	26.5	-5.2	10.8
Trey Murphy III	Bench	29	22	55.3	30.3	+33.2	15.5
Yves Missi	Bench	33	16	93.9	13.2	+6.1	13.7
Dejounte Murray	Bench	36	14	44.4	24.4	+23.3	11.9
Herbert Jones	Bench	38	11	61.9	11.5	+5.2	9.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	12	6	30.0	35.5	+65.8	-6.0
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	10	3	75.0	7.4	+41.3	13.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	12	3	37.5	12.9	-8.3	2.8
Javonte Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	31	28	60.9	34.2	-1.5	16.4
Alexandre Sarr	Bench	28	18	80.4	18.6	+11.5	19.6
Carlton Carrington	Bench	34	16	88.9	12.5	-1.6	16.1
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	20	6	60.0	14.0	-46.4	12.1
Corey Kispert	Bench	26	5	22.1	20.0	-37.7	-5.3
Justin Champagnie	Bench	27	3	25.0	10.9	-23.2	3.2
KyShawn George	Bench	27	1	6.7	14.5	-21.4	-7.2
Anthony Gill	Bench	7	—	0.0	6.3	+14.3	-5.1
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0