||
|:-:|
|[](/OKC) **107 – 83** [](/NOP)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/OKC-vs-NOP-0022300640/box-score) – [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
||
|:-:|
| |
|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Smoothie King Center (18624), **Clock:** Q4 :00.0|
|**Officials:** David Guthrie, CJ Washington, and Mousa Dagher|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Oklahoma City Thunder|22|28|27|30|107|
|New Orleans Pelicans|24|17|23|19|83|
||
|:-:|
| |
|**TEAM STATS**|
|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Oklahoma City Thunder|107|42-88|47.7%|10-33|30.3%|13-14|92.9%|6|52|22|11|11|11|5|
|New Orleans Pelicans|83|32-82|39.0%|9-36|25.0%|10-14|71.4%|8|49|24|16|9|20|5|
||
|:-:|
| |
|**PLAYER STATS**|
||||||||||||||||
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
**[](/OKC) Oklahoma City Thunder**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Luguentz Dort^SF|25:35|4|1-6|0-3|2-2|0|2|2|0|0|1|0|3|9|
|Jalen Williams^PF|30:40|15|7-14|1-4|0-0|0|4|4|7|0|0|1|3|22|
|Chet Holmgren^C|30:16|20|9-16|2-6|0-0|2|11|13|0|1|2|0|1|18|
|Josh Giddey^SG|22:40|4|2-4|0-1|0-0|0|5|5|6|1|1|1|0|13|
|Shai Gilgeous-Alexander^PG|31:32|31|10-21|3-8|8-9|0|4|4|5|2|1|4|0|12|
|Kenrich Williams|13:02|8|4-5|0-1|0-0|1|3|4|0|1|0|1|0|1|
|Jaylin Williams|14:35|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|1|5|6|1|1|0|0|2|1|
|Isaiah Joe|12:31|2|0-3|0-2|2-2|1|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|7|
|Cason Wallace|20:39|12|5-10|2-5|0-0|1|1|2|1|4|0|0|1|18|
|Aaron Wiggins|17:08|8|3-5|2-2|0-0|0|2|2|1|0|0|1|1|11|
|Vasilije Micic|16:32|3|1-2|0-0|1-1|0|2|2|1|0|0|2|0|12|
|Lindy Waters III|02:09|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
|Keyontae Johnson|02:09|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
|Davis Bertans|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Aleksej Pokusevski|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Ousmane Dieng|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Tre Mann|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Olivier Sarr|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**[](/NOP) New Orleans Pelicans**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Brandon Ingram^SF|33:31|12|5-9|0-0|2-5|0|4|4|9|0|2|5|3|-15|
|Trey Murphy III^PF|28:11|6|2-7|1-6|1-2|0|7|7|1|0|0|0|1|-16|
|Jonas Valanciunas^C|20:28|14|6-12|0-0|2-2|5|4|9|0|0|0|2|1|-7|
|Herbert Jones^SG|28:30|14|6-12|2-7|0-0|0|4|4|1|0|1|2|4|-17|
|CJ McCollum^PG|34:40|12|4-15|2-7|2-2|1|5|6|3|2|0|4|4|-20|
|Larry Nance Jr.|21:32|4|2-3|0-0|0-0|1|4|5|3|1|1|0|1|-10|
|Jose Alvarado|12:20|5|2-7|1-6|0-0|0|2|2|3|2|0|1|0|-3|
|Jordan Hawkins|19:52|9|2-5|2-4|3-3|0|1|1|4|0|0|1|1|-8|
|Naji Marshall|13:05|0|0-4|0-3|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|1|-10|
|Dyson Daniels|17:15|5|2-4|1-1|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|1|3|0|-11|
|E.J. Liddell|03:21|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|2|0|1|0|-1|
|Cody Zeller|03:21|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|-1|
|Jeremiah Robinson-Earl|03:21|2|1-3|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|-1|
|Zion Williamson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Matt Ryan|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Dereon Seabron|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
||
|:-:|
|^[rnbapgtgenerator](https://nbaboxscoregenerator.netlify.app/) ^by ^/u/f1uk3r|
by Ciccone7
29 Comments
Frustrating loss. Felt like the looks were there but no one stepped up to the plate tonight. We held them to 58pts until 7min to go in the 3rd so I dont put it on defense/effort. The indecisive turnovers and wide open bricks as a team just shows either nerves/lack of confidence. Its becoming a bad habit when the lights are the brightest.
Still 7-5 in Jan. Need to dig deep these last 3 games.
A 70 point difference in scoring for us between 2 games. Does anybody know if that’s a record?
Ignore any negativity I said in the game thread while drunk.
That said, if you shoot 36 threes and lose by twenty… maybe do something besides shoot threes bc the lane is clustered.
From 153 to 83 points. Best way to describe this squad is inconsistent
**That was a masterpiece… of dogshit**
It’s tough to win when you’re missing all of your uncontested shots. See y’all tomorrow.
I get off work at 7pm on Fridays. I live in Ohio so the game starts at 8. I always look forward to Friday games as a kick starter to my weekend.
Is it just me or do we get crushed regularly on Friday night games?
Obviously the loss is not what we wanted to see. It just shows us the difference a game can make. Last game the Pelicans couldn’t miss from 3, this game they hit about 1/4 of their 3’s and the Thunder couldn’t miss and got every break.
We all know Willie starts the game with an offensive game plan and a defensive game plan. Are the coaches capable of making defensive adjustments during the game? I haven’t seen that much backdoor action since I made the mistake of pulling into that rest area in Slidell. And it lasted from the start of the game to the closing buzzer.
Lets hope the next game plan is better and Z is on the floor. Because that sucked to watch.
Ingram stinks
Getting smacked by every contender recently gotta tell Griff something….
didnt expect a win without zion, but man. i’m getting really tired of this team playing like the 96 bulls one game and the ’11 bobcats the next game
BI with only 9 shots, TM3 shooting like shit, and Jonas played himself off the floor lol oh and every 3 was like wide open tonight.. just one of those nights
Can they stop abandoning post ups if it isn’t there the first time? Let Z, BI or JV repost, they are bailing small teams out with that. Also BI with no Z needs to take more shots. And Willie you are allowed to change your rotation if someone is off or if someone is hot. Naji played like shit and he stayed in, Hawk hit a couple of shots and got taken out. It’s super annoying watching that happen every game. You know one of the reasons Pop is an all time great coach? He doesn’t mind benching anyone if they are playing like shit and he will ride the hot hand even if it’s the 12th man on the bench. Blah I guess it’s Milwaukee time. Hopefully they can come out aggressively tomorrow.
So… Is ATL on fire sale yet. Could use a Dejonte Murray.
26 combined minutes by Jose and Naji with only Zion down…
Incoming overreactions, what’s on the menu tonight boys?
Can we talk about Brandon Ingram? I am his biggest fan, but he’s been terrible in January. Why isn’t he taking more shots? I have no idea why.
This game might be the final nail in the coffin for JV’s pelican tenure.
BI has not taken 20 shots in idk how long. Every shot he takes is extremely difficult.
CJ is cool during the regular season for stretches but we NEED a point guard. BI and Zion are the best passers and are forced to take the toughest shots. Who is going to get them easy looks. CJ cannot score reliably versus good defenses especially if one of the big 2 are out.
Our bench has been pathetic this entire year and Trey having his worst shooting slump has made it noticeable. We couldn’t even win non SGA minutes.
The correlation to us winning games is simple. If CJ and Herb hit their 3s then we win. You know why… because the defense cares more about stopping Zion and BI.
Griff please make a move.
When Herb shoots well, we either win or always have a chance to win. Also Trey and Jose took more 3’s than Hawk..
I’ll be really interested to see if these games actually make Griff do a good trade, cause there’s a couple specific problems with this team that could be addressed by consolidating a few players
BI took 9 shots and not a single fucking 3 point attempt. We cannot justify paying the 40 mil(ish) he’s going for after this season. You simply cannot disappear like he does and demand the contract he’ll be looking for
Y’all are pushovers if y’all think Bi deserves a max contract 🤣
I was at the game and noticed BI had to be physical to get his midrange shot off tonight. On Dort he was lowering his shoulder to created space. I found that he missed nearly all those shots where he had to get physical.
If you don’t like that, you don’t like Pelicans basketball.
This is the same team the pels lost in the play in too last year except OKC added Chet. Not surprised at all we lost without our best player. It’s so frustrating this team was never allowed to just be bad and accumulate young talent to play with Zion. We traded AD and drafted Zion and were immediately expected to build around Zion/BI/Lonzo/Jrue. OKC traded PG and got a guy who turned into an MVP candidate after having zero expectations for 3 years.
can’t ever make our shots when it matters…
Cody Zeller is a former Hornet
*Also, former Hornet, Chris Paul
Adjustments, or lack of them, from coaching down to players is what consistently loses us games.
Games like this is what concerns me about this team. I know Zion was out…but this game was sloppy throughout. This was the type of game where you need your stars to takeover…and our stars seem incapable.
This team is the opposite of what you want. When our role players play well…we win. When our role players struggle…we lose.
That is a serious problem. Our star players have got to show they can takeover games.