The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New Orleans Pelicans 117-112 on Dec 26, 2021 at Paycom Center.
Final · Paycom Center
Top performers
- Josh Hart led the Pelicans with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
New Orleans Pelicans box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hart | 38 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10-17 | 3-7 | 6-6 | 3 |
| Garrett Temple | 35 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9-17 | 2-8 | 2-3 | 4 |
| Herbert Jones | 37 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 3 |
| Devonte' Graham | 32 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-13 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 19 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 4 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 17 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Brandon Ingram | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Trey Murphy III | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jared Harper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Team | 205 | 98 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35-84 | 10-39 | 18-19 | 18 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Oklahoma City Thunder box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 35 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11-20 | 1-5 | 8-13 | 4 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 32 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8-10 | 2-4 | 6-8 | 3 |
| Luguentz Dort | 32 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5-14 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 2 |
| Kenrich Williams | 21 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Ty Jerome | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1 |
| Aleksej Pokusevski | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Derrick Favors | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Josh Giddey | 28 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 184 | 85 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31-70 | 7-26 | 16-25 | 16 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Pelicans · 2021-22 season · Previous Dec 23, 2021: NO 110, ORL 104 · Next Dec 28, 2021: CLE 104, NO 108
- Thunder · 2021-22 season · Previous Dec 23, 2021: OKC 101, PHX 113 · Next Dec 28, 2021: OKC 111, SAC 117