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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wizards | 26 | 34 | 38 | 28 | 126 |
 Pelicans | 31 | 37 | 31 | 34 | 133 |
WASTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAS | 44-9247.8% | 21-4546.7% | 17-2085.0% | 42 | 35 | 19 |
| NOP | 50-8956.2% | 10-3231.3% | 23-2979.3% | 39 | 36 | 10 |
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New Orleans Pelicans133| 35 | 18 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 4-6 | 0 | −15 | +2.6 | |||||||
| 34 | 36 | 15-21 | 0-0 | 6-9 | 0 | +2 | +13.2 | |||||||
| 33 | 26 | 9-17 | 3-9 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +6.6 | |||||
| 27 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −7.4 | ||||||
| 15 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | +4.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 13 | 3-9 | 3-9 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +18 | +3.4 | ||||||
| 24 | 13 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +21 | +0.7 | ||||||
| 22 | 7 | 3-7 | 0-4 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +17 | −0.3 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | −4 | +3.9 | ||||||||
| Team | 133 | 50-8956.2% | 10-3231.3% | 39 | 36 | 10 | 21 | 23-2979.3% | 8 | 14 | 6 | |||
Bench 37 points on 13 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Matt Ryan, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, E.J. Liddell and Jordan Hawkins (coach’s decision).
Washington Wizards126| 40 | 43, Career high (his best before, 25) | 13-24 | 6-10, Career high (his best before, 5) | 11-13 | 0 | +14 | +14.4 | |||||||
| 40 | 14 | 5-7 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7.6 | ||||||
| 35 | 19 | 7-15 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 30 | 14 | 6-14 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | −1 | +2.0 | |||||||
| 27 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −9.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 20 | 7-15 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +1.5 | ||||||
| 17 | 8 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −4.0 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.2 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −2.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.5 | |
| Team | 126 | 44-9247.8% | 21-4546.7% | 42 | 35 | 19 | 22 | 17-2085.0% | 15 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 30 points on 10 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Johnny Davis, Anthony Gill and Patrick Baldwin Jr. (coach’s decision).
Pelicans133Wizards126ClickTap 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.
Zion Williamson scored 36 points (30 in the paint), and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Washington Wizards 133-126.
Williamson’s driving layup put the Pelicans ahead for good with 5:13 left in the fourth quarter.
The Wizards got within 129-126 on Jordan Poole’s 30-foot 3-pointer with 21 seconds to play, but Trey Murphy III answered with 2 free throws, and the Wizards got no closer.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Wizards 13-0.
CJ McCollum had 26 points (11 in the first quarter) and 6 assists.
For the Wizards, Deni Avdija had a career-high 43 points and 15 rebounds, and Corey Kispert added 20 points and 6 assists off the bench. Tyus Jones had 14 points and 15 assists.
The Wizards made 21 3-pointers, 6 of them by Avdija and 5 by Poole. They turned it over 19 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Pelicans outscored the Wizards 74-44 in the paint. The Pelicans outscored the Wizards 33-16 in 9 minutes with Williamson, Marshall, Jones, Murphy and Alvarado on the floor together.
New Orleans PelicansWashington WizardsPS, 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
110 points from the field on 88 shots: 10.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 29-35 | 82.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-16 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-6 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-7 | 14.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-25 | 36.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deni Avdija | 39 | 18 | 9-15 | +3 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 9 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Eugene Omoruyi | 7 | 3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Corey Kispert | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 11 | 5-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 40 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyus Jones | 29 | 9 | 3-5 | 0 |
| Jordan Poole | 11 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Corey Kispert | 8 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Bilal Coulibaly | 6 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 9 | 3-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilal Coulibaly | 24 | 4 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Corey Kispert | 15 | 4 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Deni Avdija | 14 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Tyus Jones | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 7 | 2-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 24 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.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
WAS
50/50
NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
Poole 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Jones 12 AST)
Q4 6:19
19.2%
77→58
Williamson 3' Driving Layup (36 PTS) (McCollum 6 AST)
Q4 4:50
14.9%
62→77
Jones 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Poole 5 AST)
Q4 5:30
14.4%
71→56
Poole 27' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Jones 11 AST)
Q4 11:12
12.9%
66→53
McCollum 25' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Ingram 3 AST)
Q2 4:42
12.7%
82→95
