The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 128-125 on Dec 23, 2022 at Paycom Center.
Final · Paycom Center
Top performers
- Trey Murphy III led the Pelicans with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assists.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 44 points, 10 rebounds and 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Murphy III | 40 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8-13 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 1 |
| Jaxson Hayes | 28 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 3 |
| CJ McCollum | 36 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5-18 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 2 |
| Naji Marshall | 34 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 8-10 | 3 |
| Herbert Jones | 37 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 7-8 | 5 |
| Jose Alvarado | 22 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-10 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 27 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 |
| Devonte' Graham | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1 |
| Dyson Daniels | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Team | 257 | 123 | 49 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 39-89 | 13-37 | 32-38 | 20 |
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 | 43 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17-29 | 3-4 | 7-9 | 4 |
| Josh Giddey | 34 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9-15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Aleksej Pokusevski | 32 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Jalen Williams | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 4 |
| Luguentz Dort | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 4-7 | 2 |
| Kenrich Williams | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 2 |
| Tre Mann | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Isaiah Joe | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 237 | 120 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 46-97 | 12-31 | 16-23 | 25 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Pelicans · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 22, 2022: SA 117, NO 126 · Next Dec 26, 2022: IND 93, NO 113
- Thunder · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 21, 2022: POR 98, OKC 101 · Next Dec 27, 2022: SA 114, OKC 130