Washington Wizards 120, New Orleans Pelicans 132 — Recap

January 3, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 120, New Orleans Pelicans 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 37-29 NOP; Q2 WAS 31-33 NOP; Q3 WAS 29-35 NOP; Q4 WAS 23-35 NOP.

Top performers (box score): CJ McCollum (NOP) 50 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 10 threes on 18-of-27 shooting; Jordan Poole (WAS) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Alexandre Sarr (WAS) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists on 7-of-13 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-19 shooting; Kyle Kuzma (WAS) 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

CJ McCollum

50 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 10 3PM · 18-27 FG

Scoring · WAS

Jordan Poole

26 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · WAS

Alexandre Sarr

19 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 7-13 FG

Season highs

CJ McCollum · Season-high 50 pointsCJ McCollum · Season-high 10 threes

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
WAS	37	31	29	23		120
NOP	29	33	35	35		132

🧮 How They Scored

WASNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.3%Effective FG%57.7%

19.7%Turnover %5.2%

41.9%Offensive rebound %25.6%

0.260Free-throw rate0.214

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Carlton Carrington G	36	8	3	6	—	—	2	4-8	0-3	—	-27
Jordan Poole G	31	26	4	7	1	—	3	8-18	3-10	7-8	-1
Justin Champagnie F	30	12	7	1	3	—	3	5-8	2-4	0-2	-7
Kyle Kuzma F	28	14	7	1	1	—	2	7-8	0-1	0-2	-13
Alexandre Sarr C	27	19	7	5	—	—	2	7-13	0-2	5-5	-17
Corey Kispert F	21	8	2	1	—	—	1	3-5	2-3	—	-8
Jonas Valanciunas C	20	9	10	2	—	—	4	4-9	—	1-2	+2
KyShawn George F	17	5	5	1	1	—	3	2-3	1-2	—	-2
Patrick Baldwin Jr. F	1	3	—	—	—	—	—	1-1	1-1	—	+3
Anthony Gill F	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+3

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	35	17	5	5	1	2	1	5-19	2-8	5-5	-11
Herbert Jones F	33	10	1	6	2	—	1	4-6	2-3	—	+27
Yves Missi C	32	12	11	3	—	1	1	5-7	—	2-4	+3
CJ McCollum G	31	50	3	2	—	—	1	18-27	10-16	4-4	+21
Dejounte Murray G	28	11	4	12	3	1	1	4-12	0-2	3-3	-4
Jose Alvarado G	20	5	2	3	3	—	—	2-6	1-4	—	+16
Jordan Hawkins G	17	4	2	2	—	1	—	1-6	1-4	1-2	-6
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	3	3	1	—	1	—	—	1-1	1-1	—	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jordan Poole	Bench	31	26	60.4	32.0	+0.4	11.9
Alexandre Sarr	Bench	27	19	62.5	25.4	-19.4	11.4
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	28	14	78.8	15.5	-18.5	11.3
Justin Champagnie	Bench	30	12	67.6	16.7	-6.9	8.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	20	9	45.5	29.2	+8.1	8.2
Corey Kispert	Bench	21	8	80.0	11.3	-24.2	3.8
Carlton Carrington	Bench	36	8	50.0	11.0	-29.6	5.2
KyShawn George	Bench	17	5	83.3	14.3	+1.0	2.7
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	Bench	1	3	150.0	50.0	+150.0	100.0
Anthony Gill	Bench	1	—	0.0	0.0	+150.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Bench	31	50	86.9	39.0	+26.4	28.0
Trey Murphy III	Bench	35	17	40.1	24.7	-17.6	6.2
Yves Missi	Bench	32	12	68.5	12.2	+0.6	9.4
Dejounte Murray	Bench	28	11	41.3	18.9	-8.2	12.4
Herbert Jones	Bench	33	10	83.3	8.6	+36.0	6.4
Jose Alvarado	Bench	20	5	41.7	13.6	+40.0	7.9
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	17	4	29.1	16.3	-19.1	1.9
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	3	3	150.0	14.3	-57.1	30.3
Javonte Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0