The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Charlotte Hornets 98-94 on Mar 30, 2025 at Smoothie King Center.
Final · Smoothie King Center
Top performers
- Miles Bridges led the Hornets with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
- Kelly Olynyk led the Pelicans with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
Charlotte Hornets 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Bridges | 22 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7-16 | 1-6 | 5-6 | 1 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 22 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 2 |
| KJ Simpson | 35 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-12 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Wendell Moore Jr. | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Josh Okogie | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 1 |
| Moussa Diabate | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 2 |
| Taj Gibson | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Tidjane Salaun | 29 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 5 |
| Team | 175 | 70 | 43 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 23-66 | 4-24 | 20-23 | 15 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Olynyk | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 |
| Jose Alvarado | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4-16 | 1-7 | 3-3 | 1 |
| Karlo Matkovic | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-9 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Yves Missi | 24 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 |
| Elfrid Payton | 19 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jamal Cain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 118 | 45 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 17-49 | 1-13 | 10-13 | 7 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Hornets · 2024-25 season · Previous Mar 28, 2025: CHA 97, TOR 108 · Next Mar 31, 2025: UTAH 106, CHA 110
- Pelicans · 2024-25 season · Previous Mar 28, 2025: GS 111, NO 95 · Next Apr 2, 2025: NO 98, LAC 114