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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 27 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 114 |
 Kings | 40 | 30 | 17 | 19 | 106 |
NOPTeam statsSAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 42-8648.8% | 13-3240.6% | 17-2373.9% | 47 | 22 | 15 |
| SAC | 38-8146.9% | 7-2035.0% | 23-2592.0% | 34 | 25 | 12 |
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New Orleans Pelicans114| 44 | 41 | 14-25 | 3-5 | 10-12 | +1 | +16.5 | ||||||||
| 41 | 20 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 38 | 12 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −8.2 | ||||||
| 34 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | +13 | −6.6 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −2.1 | |
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 18 | 7-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +2.7 | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −3.7 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.8 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.3 | |||||
| Team | 114 | 42-8648.8% | 13-3240.6% | 47 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 17-2373.9% | 10 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 35 points on 14 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Charles Cooke and Jalen Jones (coach’s decision); Anthony Davis (injury/illness).
Sacramento Kings106| 30 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.5 | |||||
| 30 | 12 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +3.9 | ||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −12 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 20 | 12 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.2 | |||||
| 16 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.5 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 10 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.4 | |||||
| 25 | 14 | 4-13 | 1-1 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.4 | ||||
| 24 | 10 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | −5 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +3 | +4.2 | ||||||||
| 15 | 11 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | +4.4 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.8 | ||||
| Team | 106 | 38-8146.9% | 7-2035.0% | 34 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 23-2592.0% | 5 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 56 points on 18 for 43 shooting
Did not play: Malachi Richardson and Frank Mason III (coach’s decision).
Pelicans114Kings106ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
DeMarcus Cousins had 41 points and 23 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans rallied from 19 points down in the first quarter to beat the Sacramento Kings 114-106.
The Pelicans trailed 25-6 with 5:38 left in the first quarter and 70-56 at halftime. They were still down 75-56 with 10:44 left in the third quarter, with a 5% chance to win, and outscored the Kings 58-31 the rest of the way.
Cousins put it away with 33.8 seconds left, tipping in his own miss for a 114-106 lead.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Kings 10-6. Cousins scored 5 of the Pelicans’ 10 on 2 for 3 shooting.
Jrue Holiday had 20 points (11 in the third quarter) and 7 assists, and Jameer Nelson added 18 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 6 assists off the bench.
For the Kings, De'Aaron Fox scored 14 points off the bench, and Zach Randolph added 13 points and 9 rebounds. The Kings had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Pelicans shot 48.8% from the field and 40.6% from 3 to the Kings’ 46.9% and 35.0%. The Kings outscored the Pelicans 56-35 off the bench. The Pelicans scored the last 9 points of the game. The Pelicans outscored the Kings 51-35 in 21 minutes with Nelson, Holiday, Cunningham, Cousins and Moore on the floor together.
New Orleans PelicansSacramento KingsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Pelicans’ chance bottomed out at 5% (3rd quarter, 10:44 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
97 points from the field on 86 shots: 3.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-31 | 67.7% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-16 | 31.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-7 | 42.9% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-13 | 30.8% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-19 | 47.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Cauley-Stein | 38 | 15 | 7-11 | +2 |
| Kosta Koufos | 28 | 4 | 2-6 | −6 |
| Zach Randolph | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| George Hill | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 12 | 5-8 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 89 possessions. He usually scores about 32 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Hill | 23 | 5 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Garrett Temple | 17 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Buddy Hield | 9 | 6 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 7 | 3-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Hill | 22 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 22 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Garrett Temple | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 8 | 3-8 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
SAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
SAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Moore 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Clark 1 AST)
Q4 3:57
27.1%
57→29
Cousins 25' 3PT Jump Shot (37 PTS) (Holiday 7 AST)
Q4 2:21
24.8%
59→34
Cauley-Stein 18' Jump Shot (10 PTS) (G. Hill 5 AST)
Q4 3:04
16.5%
29→46
Nelson 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Cousins 1 AST)
Q1 5:31
16.1%
93→77
Randolph 8' Hook Shot (5 PTS) (G. Hill 3 AST)
Q1 5:54
16.0%
79→95
