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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 17 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 92 |
 Thunder | 17 | 26 | 31 | 20 | 94 |
NOPTeam statsOKC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 37-9638.5% | 11-3928.2% | 7-977.8% | 52 | 22 | 14 |
| OKC | 37-8543.5% | 10-3231.3% | 10-1376.9% | 44 | 21 | 13 |
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Oklahoma City Thunder94| 40 | 19 | 8-18 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 0 | +8 | −3.7 | |||||||
| 39 | 28 | 11-24 | 0-3 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.1 | |||||
| 35 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.6 | |||||
| 32 | 15 | 6-14 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-2 | +1 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 20 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −6.4 | |||||
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| 19 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.9 | |||||
| 16 | 6 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +2.4 | |||
| 15 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −3.1 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +0.9 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.5 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +4.2 | ||||
| Team | 94 | 37-8543.5% | 10-3231.3% | 44 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 10-1376.9% | 8 | 5 | 7 | |||
Bench 24 points on 9 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Bismack Biyombo, Lindy Waters III, Mike Muscala and Ousmane Dieng (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans92| 44 | 21 | 8-18 | 5-12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 39 | 20 | 9-22 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −4.9 | |||||||
| 37 | 12 | 5-17 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −9.6 | |||||||
| 33 | 8 | 2-10 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | −6.1 | |||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −2 | +6.5 | |||||||
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| 19 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.7 | ||||
| 19 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.1 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | +1 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.7 | |
| Team | 92 | 37-9638.5% | 11-3928.2% | 52 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 7-977.8% | 18 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 18 points on 8 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Cody Zeller, Matt Ryan, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, E.J. Liddell and Jordan Hawkins (coach’s decision).
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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.
Chet Holmgren had 15 points (8 in the paint) and 11 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New Orleans Pelicans 94-92 for a 1-0 lead in the first-round series.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 13-foot floater put the Thunder ahead for good with 32 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Pelicans got within 93-92 on CJ McCollum’s 11-foot fadeaway with 26 seconds to play, but Holmgren answered with a free throw, and the Pelicans got no closer. They had the ball in a tie game with 1:04 left, but Holmgren blocked Larry Nance Jr.’s layup. It would have put the Pelicans ahead. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but McCollum missed a 30-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Thunder 7-6. In the fourth quarter, McCollum had 2 steals, one of them leading to Brandon Ingram’s driving layup that put the Pelicans ahead 90-88, and the Pelicans scored 5 points off them.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points.
For the Pelicans, Trey Murphy III had 21 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 3 blocks, and McCollum added 20 points and 6 assists. Jonas Valančiūnas had 13 points and 20 rebounds.
The Thunder outscored the Pelicans 20-7 on the fast break.
Oklahoma City ThunderNew Orleans PelicansPS, 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).
84 points from the field on 85 shots: 10.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-28 | 46.4% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-15 | 53.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-10 | 60.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-22 | 31.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Jones | 38 | 2 | 1-4 | −15 |
| Trey Murphy III | 12 | 2 | 1-8 | −3 |
| CJ McCollum | 8 | 11 | 5-7 | +8 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 6 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 11 | 5-10 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 36 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Ingram | 23 | 2 | 1-2 | −5 |
| Trey Murphy III | 19 | 6 | 3-8 | 0 |
| Naji Marshall | 12 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 10 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 5 | 2-4 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 31 | 5 | 2-7 | −4 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 12 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Trey Murphy III | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Herbert Jones | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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.
OKC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
OKC
Highest Leverage Moments
Gilgeous-Alexander 20' Pullup Jump Shot (25 PTS)
Q4 1:36
27.0%
29→56
Gilgeous-Alexander 13' Driving Floating Jump Shot (27 PTS)
Q4 0:33
22.2%
55→77
McCollum 11' Turnaround Fadeaway (20 PTS)
Q4 0:27
18.8%
92→73
Ingram 2' Running Finger Roll Layup (12 PTS)
Q4 3:34
17.6%
55→37
Gilgeous-Alexander Free Throw 1 of 1 (28 PTS)
Q4 0:33
14.4%
77→92
