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NOP 3-4
128 – 107
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WAS 4-3

New Orleans Pelicans 128, Washington Wizards 107 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 128, Washington Wizards 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 28-26 WAS; Q2 NOP 32-24 WAS; Q3 NOP 40-34 WAS; Q4 NOP 28-23 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Trey Murphy III (NOP) 35 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 7 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 31 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists on 12-of-14 shooting; Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; KyShawn George (WAS) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Tristan Vukcevic (WAS) 15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists on 4-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP
Trey Murphy III
35 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 7 3PM · 13-24 FG
Scoring · NOP
Zion Williamson
31 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 12-14 FG
Scoring · NOP
Jeremiah Fears
21 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 9-15 FG
Season highs
Derik Queen · Season-high 16 reboundsDerik Queen · Season-high 12 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 26 largest lead Q4 1:03 (NOP 128, WAS 102) · 10-0 run, Q4 5:43–Q4 3:27
WAS 1 largest lead Q1 9:22 (NOP 8, WAS 9) · 7-0 run, Q1 10:26–Q1 9:22
Swings 8 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Jeremiah Fears makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Q2 7:26, NOP 38, WAS 37).

Linescore

1234 T
NOP 28324028 128
WAS 26243423 107

🧮 How They Scored

NOPWAS
0Points in the paint0
0Fast-break points0
0Second-chance points0
0Points off turnovers0
21Bench points54
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
59.5%Effective FG%48.9%
13.9%Turnover %15.8%
25.6%Offensive rebound %21.2%
0.253Free-throw rate0.379

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Trey Murphy III F 36358440113-247-162-3+32
Derik Queen C 351416120257-130-20-0+18
Jeremiah Fears G 3221563069-152-41-1+20
Zion Williamson F 29314320112-140-07-13+22
Bryce McGowens G 296110002-61-51-2+18
Micah Peavy G-F 289111004-91-40-0+5
Jordan Hawkins G 207402012-50-13-3-2
Yves Missi C 133920101-50-01-2+3
Jordan Poole G 120010030-20-10-0-6
Karlo Matkovic F-C 52300101-20-10-0-4
Trey Alexander G 20000000-00-00-0-1

Washington Wizards

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Carlton Carrington G 2911541024-103-80-0-1
Bilal Coulibaly G 298541122-61-23-6-26
Alexandre Sarr C 2514130135-110-24-8-31
Tre Johnson G 2512123023-72-54-4-29
KyShawn George F 2415521036-133-60-0-15
Malaki Branham F 2410212112-32-34-4+14
Tristan Vukcevic F 2315420524-140-47-10+10
Justin Champagnie F 2212940006-120-20-0-5
Khris Middleton F 214211032-50-20-1-24
AJ Johnson G 166611013-60-10-0+3
Anthony Gill F 30000000-00-00-0-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Trey Murphy III Starter 363569.128.3+38.822.5
Zion Williamson Starter 293178.624.1+28.725.1
Jeremiah Fears Starter 322168.025.6+23.113.7
Derik Queen Starter 351453.820.0+20.217.7
Bryce McGowens Starter 29643.69.9+28.60.0
Micah Peavy Bench 28950.012.7+9.70.9
Jordan Hawkins Bench 20755.412.5-6.016.5
Yves Missi Bench 13325.518.2+13.614.0
Karlo Matkovic Bench 5250.012.5-34.628.6
DeAndre Jordan Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Kevon Looney Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jordan Poole Bench 1200.015.6-21.4-24.2
Trey Alexander Bench 0200.00.0-45.00.0
Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
KyShawn George Starter 241557.728.6-31.210.0
Alexandre Sarr Starter 251448.228.3-50.01.6
Tre Johnson Starter 251268.518.0-48.36.5
Bilal Coulibaly Starter 29846.315.5-45.73.8
Khris Middleton Starter 21436.815.4-53.1-1.1
Tristan Vukcevic Bench 231540.833.3+22.68.9
Justin Champagnie Bench 221250.020.7-3.315.1
Carlton Carrington Bench 291155.016.0+1.59.3
Malaki Branham Bench 2410105.09.5+25.915.1
AJ Johnson Bench 16650.016.3+13.013.2
Marvin Bagley III Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Anthony Gill Bench 0300.00.0-3.60.0
Will Riley Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series NOP 1 – 0 WAS
Last 11 meetings · since 2020-21 NOP 8 – 3 WAS
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
New Orleans Pelicans 9-31 W1 L10 1-9 Next game recap: @ ORL · Sun, Jan 11
Washington Wizards 10-27 L2 L10 5-5 Next game recap: @ PHX · Sun, Jan 11

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