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WAS 4-3
118 – 138
FINAL
NOP 3-4

Washington Wizards 118, New Orleans Pelicans 138 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 118, New Orleans Pelicans 138. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 35-32 NOP; Q2 WAS 30-35 NOP; Q3 WAS 28-35 NOP; Q4 WAS 25-36 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Trey Murphy III (NOP) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; Tre Johnson (WAS) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-8 shooting; Dejounte Murray (NOP) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP
Trey Murphy III
24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 7-14 FG
Scoring · NOP
Saddiq Bey
23 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 9-17 FG
Scoring · WAS
Tre Johnson
20 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 7-13 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

WAS 8 largest lead Q2 10:52 (WAS 23, NOP 15) · 9-0 run, Q2 5:20–Q2 5:20
NOP 23 largest lead Q4 3:52 (WAS 106, NOP 129) · 12-0 run, Q4 9:00–Q4 6:46
Swings 36 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 1 (Q2 5:20, WAS 89, NOP 95).

Linescore

1234 T
WAS 35302825 118
NOP 32353536 138

🧮 How They Scored

WASNOP
40Points in the paint72
9Fast-break points22
20Second-chance points15
10Points off turnovers26
69Bench points48
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
52.7%Effective FG%56.7%
14.2%Turnover %6.8%
28.9%Offensive rebound %30.0%
0.297Free-throw rate0.528

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Leaky Black F 3110421004-112-60-0-17
Julian Reese F 265931221-40-03-4-2
Will Riley F 2519300048-120-13-3-16
Bilal Coulibaly G 245410001-121-72-2-13
Carlton Carrington G 239340023-62-51-1-8
Tre Johnson G 2220410017-134-72-2-2
Anthony Gill F 2211200015-71-30-0-19
Jaden Hardy G 2110330014-100-42-3-17
Trae Young G 1817480044-63-56-80
Alexandre Sarr C 187410113-71-30-0-2
Sharife Cooper G 105140011-30-13-4-4

New Orleans Pelicans

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Trey Murphy III F 2924541007-144-96-6+11
Saddiq Bey F 29231022009-170-45-10+15
Derik Queen C 2513450115-91-22-2+17
Dejounte Murray G 2419622026-90-17-9+15
Jeremiah Fears G 2418571127-161-43-3+5
Zion Williamson F 2320210006-80-08-11+3
Bryce McGowens G 234131111-20-02-2+13
DeAndre Jordan C 192510100-00-02-2+8
Herbert Jones F 174203022-60-10-0+1
Yves Missi C 152200201-10-00-0+15
Karlo Matkovic F-C 45201001-21-12-2-1
Micah Peavy G-F 42000001-20-00-0-1
Jordan Hawkins G 42000001-30-10-0-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Tre Johnson Starter 222072.025.9-4.016.3
Trae Young Starter 181789.327.70.023.6
Alexandre Sarr Starter 18750.017.0-4.96.2
Bilal Coulibaly Starter 24519.421.3-25.5-5.2
Will Riley Bench 251971.327.4-29.68.3
Anthony Gill Bench 221178.614.3-45.77.5
Jaden Hardy Bench 211044.223.1-34.54.5
Carlton Carrington Bench 23969.913.3-12.88.0
Sharife Cooper Bench 10552.526.1-19.012.3
Justin Champagnie Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Trey Murphy III Starter 292472.124.6+18.021.2
Saddiq Bey Starter 292353.728.9+19.516.3
Zion Williamson Starter 232077.922.4+3.516.3
Dejounte Murray Starter 241973.325.4+24.217.7
Herbert Jones Starter 17433.318.2+2.6-2.1
Jeremiah Fears Bench 241852.030.6+7.117.2
Derik Queen Bench 251365.818.0+32.713.6
Karlo Matkovic Bench 04586.827.3-10.018.9
Bryce McGowens Bench 23469.47.4+33.24.2
DeAndre Jordan Bench 192113.62.0+19.08.1
Jordan Hawkins Bench 04233.327.3-10.00.0
Yves Missi Bench 152100.02.9+45.56.7
Micah Peavy Bench 04250.018.2-10.00.0
Kevon Looney Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jordan Poole Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series WAS 0 – 2 NOP
Last 12 meetings · since 2020-21 WAS 3 – 9 NOP
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Washington Wizards 16-47 L8 L10 2-8 Next game recap: @ MIA · Tue, Mar 10
New Orleans Pelicans 21-45 W1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: vs TOR · Wed, Mar 11

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