Oklahoma City Thunder 119, New Orleans Pelicans 109 — Recap

December 7, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 119, New Orleans Pelicans 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 35-23 NOP; Q2 OKC 42-28 NOP; Q3 OKC 22-29 NOP; Q4 OKC 20-29 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 31 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Jalen Williams (OKC) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Dejounte Murray (NOP) 26 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Herbert Jones (NOP) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-10 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

31 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · OKC

Jalen Williams

27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · NOP

Dejounte Murray

26 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 8-15 FG

Season highs

Dejounte Murray · Season-high 26 pointsHerbert Jones · Season-high 24 pointsCJ McCollum · 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	35	42	22	20		119
NOP	23	28	29	29		109

🧮 How They Scored

OKCNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.0%Effective FG%55.1%

16.0%Turnover %17.4%

28.6%Offensive rebound %18.6%

0.247Free-throw rate0.391

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Williams G-F	35	27	6	5	4	—	4	10-19	4-9	3-5	+18
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	34	31	2	4	—	—	4	10-18	1-3	10-12	-2
Luguentz Dort G	31	14	5	1	2	1	—	5-10	4-7	—	+3
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	29	12	12	5	1	—	3	5-8	—	2-2	+14
Cason Wallace G	27	5	7	2	3	—	4	2-6	1-4	—	+3
Alex Caruso G	24	14	2	3	2	—	2	6-7	2-3	—	+5
Ajay Mitchell G	19	10	3	4	—	1	1	4-8	0-1	2-2	+11
Aaron Wiggins G	15	2	3	2	1	1	—	1-5	0-3	—	+10
Isaiah Joe G	14	—	3	1	—	—	—	0-2	0-2	—	-3
Kenrich Williams G-F	12	4	2	—	—	—	—	2-2	—	—	-9

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	38	11	5	8	2	2	2	5-19	0-9	1-2	+7
Herbert Jones F	37	24	4	4	—	1	5	8-10	2-4	6-7	-5
Dejounte Murray G	36	26	9	5	4	—	4	8-15	3-8	7-10	-12
Trey Murphy III F	34	16	3	2	5	1	2	5-9	3-6	3-3	-2
Yves Missi C	29	8	7	—	1	2	—	3-6	—	2-2	-15
Brandon Ingram F	19	5	1	3	1	—	2	1-4	1-2	2-2	-21
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	17	6	3	2	1	—	1	2-5	1-4	1-1	+15
Javonte Green G-F	9	2	1	—	—	—	1	1-1	—	—	-11

🔬 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	34	31	66.6	33.3	-2.7	12.4
Jalen Williams	Bench	35	27	63.7	29.8	+27.6	16.5
Alex Caruso	Bench	24	14	100.0	15.5	+7.7	16.7
Luguentz Dort	Bench	31	14	70.0	13.7	+7.9	9.2
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	29	12	67.6	16.9	+24.8	15.5
Ajay Mitchell	Bench	19	10	56.3	19.6	+25.1	11.6
Cason Wallace	Bench	27	5	41.7	15.2	+7.2	6.0
Kenrich Williams	Bench	12	4	100.0	7.7	-30.3	6.6
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	15	2	20.0	14.3	+30.3	4.6
Isaiah Joe	Bench	14	—	0.0	6.3	-9.4	0.0
Branden Carlson	Bench	00	—	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
Dejounte Murray	Bench	36	26	67.0	27.4	-15.8	19.5
Herbert Jones	Bench	37	24	91.7	20.9	-7.7	12.3
Trey Murphy III	Bench	34	16	77.5	15.0	-2.8	11.3
CJ McCollum	Bench	38	11	27.7	25.6	+10.4	3.5
Yves Missi	Bench	29	8	58.1	10.8	-20.6	10.4
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	17	6	55.1	14.6	+46.1	9.4
Brandon Ingram	Bench	19	5	51.2	17.1	-60.3	4.0
Javonte Green	Bench	9	2	100.0	9.5	-59.8	2.1
Jamal Cain	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Jemison	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0