Oklahoma City Thunder 123, New Orleans Pelicans 118 — Recap

April 12, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (play-in tournament): Oklahoma City Thunder 123, New Orleans Pelicans 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 32-29 NOP; Q2 OKC 25-34 NOP; Q3 OKC 39-24 NOP; Q4 OKC 27-31 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 32 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Josh Giddey (OKC) 31 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Luguentz Dort (OKC) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

32 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · OKC

Josh Giddey

31 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

30 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 10-19 FG

Season highs

Luguentz Dort · Season-high 27 pointsJaylin Williams · Season-high 8 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
OKC	32	25	39	27		123
NOP	29	34	24	31		118

🧮 How They Scored

OKCNOP

58Points in the paint52

13Fast-break points10

24Second-chance points23

21Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.6%Effective FG%53.4%

6.2%Turnover %9.9%

27.7%Offensive rebound %35.9%

0.348Free-throw rate0.345

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	42	31	9	10	0	1	2	11-22	3-7	6-7	—
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	41	32	5	3	3	1	2	11-22	2-5	8-8	—
Jalen Williams G-F	40	11	4	2	2	1	1	4-14	0-5	3-4	—
Luguentz Dort G	36	27	5	1	0	1	0	8-14	4-8	7-8	—
Jaylin Williams F	32	8	8	8	1	0	0	3-9	1-7	1-2	—
Isaiah Joe G	19	3	2	1	0	0	1	1-5	1-3	0-0	—
Aaron Wiggins G	14	7	1	0	1	0	0	2-3	0-1	3-3	—
Dario Saric F	11	4	3	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	—
Lindy Waters III F	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	44	21	4	2	1	0	1	6-16	4-10	5-5	—
CJ McCollum G	41	14	2	4	2	1	0	5-15	1-5	3-4	—
Herbert Jones F	39	20	5	5	1	1	3	7-16	1-5	5-6	—
Brandon Ingram F	38	30	6	7	0	1	4	10-19	1-2	9-11	—
Jonas Valanciunas C	30	16	18	3	0	0	1	7-9	1-1	1-2	—
Josh Richardson G-F	17	9	2	4	1	1	1	4-6	1-3	0-0	—
Jaxson Hayes C	17	6	9	2	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	2-2	—
Naji Marshall F	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	—
Kira Lewis Jr. G	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	—

🔬 Advanced Stats

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	41	32	62.7	27.3	+16.5	14.9
Josh Giddey	Bench	42	31	61.8	25.7	-2.0	16.6
Luguentz Dort	Bench	36	27	77.1	19.5	+12.2	11.5
Jalen Williams	Bench	40	11	34.9	18.3	+2.1	3.2
Jaylin Williams	Bench	32	8	40.5	13.9	+38.7	9.1
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	14	7	81.0	14.3	-40.7	8.8
Dario Saric	Bench	11	4	66.7	15.4	-45.5	9.9
Isaiah Joe	Bench	19	3	30.0	12.5	+4.8	0.6
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lindy Waters III	Bench	05	0	0.0	0.0	-16.7	-6.3
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	38	30	62.9	29.8	-18.7	14.2
Trey Murphy III	Bench	44	21	57.7	18.1	-4.2	7.0
Herbert Jones	Bench	39	20	53.6	22.7	-20.4	7.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	30	16	81.0	15.5	-12.5	19.3
CJ McCollum	Bench	41	14	41.8	17.0	+12.0	4.9
Josh Richardson	Bench	17	9	75.0	20.0	+19.2	14.5
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	17	6	104.2	8.9	+2.1	16.5
Naji Marshall	Bench	09	2	50.0	11.8	+50.0	0.0
Garrett Temple	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dyson Daniels	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	05	0	0.0	20.0	-100.0	-4.7