The Detroit Pistons beat the New Orleans Pelicans 127-81 on Mar 17, 2025 at Smoothie King Center.
Final · Smoothie King Center
Top performers
- Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.
- Zion Williamson led the Pelicans with 30 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
Detroit Pistons 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cunningham | 30 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 3 |
| Simone Fontecchio | 22 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9-10 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Dennis Schroder | 19 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 0 |
| Malik Beasley | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-14 | 3-12 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Ronald Holland II | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 3 |
| Tobias Harris | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 2 |
| Jalen Duren | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 |
| Ausar Thompson | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Stewart | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Paul Reed | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Marcus Sasser | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 234 | 127 | 48 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 46-82 | 13-34 | 22-29 | 19 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Williamson | 28 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9-18 | 0-0 | 12-15 | 3 |
| Yves Missi | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 |
| Kelly Olynyk | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3 |
| Karlo Matkovic | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 |
| Jordan Hawkins | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2-11 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 |
| CJ McCollum | 30 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-15 | 0-7 | 1-5 | 0 |
| Jose Alvarado | 28 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-10 | 1-9 | 0-1 | 3 |
| Mo Bamba | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Trey Murphy III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 189 | 70 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23-72 | 4-27 | 20-30 | 11 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Pistons · 2024-25 season · Previous Mar 15, 2025: OKC 113, DET 107 · Next Mar 19, 2025: DET 116, MIA 113
- Pelicans · 2024-25 season · Previous Mar 15, 2025: NO 115, SA 119 · Next Mar 19, 2025: NO 119, MIN 115