Game ID: 22300243
New Orleans Pelicans @ Utah Jazz
Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
UTA 22 21 25 37 105NOP 29 24 24 23 100
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Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
UTA availability going into 11/17 · 2 days' restOUT Kessler missed 3 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Hendricks missed 10 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Sensabaugh missed 10 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Yurtseven back 11/14 after 2, 1 min since (6% of 11)
UTA availability going into 11/19 · 1 day's restOUT Kessler missed 4 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Hendricks missed 11 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Sensabaugh missed 11 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Yurtseven back 11/14 after 2, 1 min since (6% of 11)
UTA availability going into 11/21 · 1 day's restOUT Kessler missed 5 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Hendricks missed 12 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Sensabaugh missed 12 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Yurtseven missed 2 since 11/17, returns tonight: 17 min (147% of 11)
NEW Markkanen 33 to 39 min over the last 5
NEW Collins 28 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Agbaji 20 to 28 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 11/22 · back-to-backOUT Kessler missed 6 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Hendricks missed 13 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Sensabaugh missed 13 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Yurtseven back 11/14 after 2, 9 min since (77% of 11)
NEW Collins 28 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Agbaji 20 to 27 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 11/25 · 2 days' restOUT Kessler missed 7 since 11/08, returns tonight: 21 min (90% of 23)
OUT Hendricks missed 14 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Sensabaugh missed 14 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Yurtseven back 11/14 after 2, 11 min since (97% of 11)
NEW Collins 28 to 34 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 11/27 · 1 day's restOUT Hendricks missed 15 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Sensabaugh missed 15 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Kessler back 11/25 after 7, 21 min since (90% of 23)
BACK Yurtseven back 11/21 after 2, 20 min since (174% of 11)
UTA availability going into 11/29 · 1 day's restOUT Markkanen missed 2 since 11/25, out tonight
OUT Hendricks missed 16 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Sensabaugh missed 16 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Kessler back 11/25 after 7, 23 min since (101% of 23)
BACK Yurtseven back 11/21 after 2, 20 min since (179% of 11)
UTA availability going into 11/30 · back-to-backOUT Markkanen missed 3 since 11/25, out tonight
OUT Hendricks missed 17 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Dunn missed 2 since 11/27, out tonight
OUT Sensabaugh missed 17 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Kessler back 11/25 after 7, 25 min since (107% of 23)
BACK Yurtseven back 11/21 after 2, 19 min since (170% of 11)
UTA availability going into 12/02 · 1 day's restOUT Markkanen missed 4 since 11/25, out tonight
OUT Hendricks missed 18 since 10/27, returns tonight: 18 min (83% of 21)
OUT Dunn missed 3 since 11/27, out tonight
OUT Sensabaugh missed 18 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Potter missed 2 since 11/29, out tonight
BACK Kessler back 11/25 after 7, 25 min since (109% of 23)
NEW Yurtseven 11 to 19 min over the last 5
NOP availability going into 11/18 · back-to-backOUT McCollum missed 6 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Nance Jr. missed 2 since 11/14, out tonight
BACK Jones back 11/14 after 3, 34 min since (110% of 31)
NEW Daniels 22 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Hawkins 17 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Ryan 14 to 22 min over the last 5
NOP availability going into 11/20 · 1 day's restOUT McCollum missed 7 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Nance Jr. missed 3 since 11/14, out tonight
OUT Alvarado missed 2 since 11/17, returns tonight: 15 min (84% of 18)
BACK Jones back 11/14 after 3, 32 min since (104% of 31)
NEW Daniels 22 to 34 min over the last 5
NEW Hawkins 17 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Ryan 14 to 22 min over the last 5
NOP availability going into 11/22 · 1 day's restOUT McCollum missed 8 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Nance Jr. missed 4 since 11/14, returns tonight: 12 min (62% of 20)
BACK Jones back 11/14 after 3, 31 min since (100% of 31)
BACK Alvarado back 11/20 after 2, 15 min since (84% of 18)
NEW Daniels 22 to 31 min over the last 5
NEW Hawkins 17 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Ryan 14 to 23 min over the last 4
NOP availability going into 11/24 · 1 day's restOUT McCollum missed 9 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Ryan missed 2 since 11/20, out tonight
BACK Jones back 11/14 after 3, 32 min since (105% of 31)
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/22 after 4, 12 min since (62% of 20)
BACK Alvarado back 11/20 after 2, 17 min since (93% of 18)
NEW Daniels 22 to 31 min over the last 5
NEW Hawkins 17 to 29 min over the last 5
NOP availability going into 11/25 · back-to-backOUT McCollum missed 10 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Ryan missed 3 since 11/20, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/22 after 4, 16 min since (82% of 20)
BACK Alvarado back 11/20 after 2, 16 min since (90% of 18)
NEW Daniels 22 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Hawkins 17 to 27 min over the last 5
NOP availability going into 11/27 · 1 day's restOUT McCollum missed 11 since 11/06, out tonight
OUT Ryan missed 4 since 11/20, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/22 after 4, 15 min since (74% of 20)
BACK Alvarado back 11/20 after 2, 18 min since (99% of 18)
NEW Daniels 22 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Hawkins 17 to 29 min over the last 5
NOP availability going into 11/29 · 1 day's restOUT McCollum missed 12 since 11/06, returns tonight: 28 min (85% of 33)
OUT Ryan missed 5 since 11/20, out tonight
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/22 after 4, 13 min since (67% of 20)
BACK Alvarado back 11/20 after 2, 17 min since (95% of 18)
NEW Daniels 22 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Marshall 19 to 24 min over the last 5
NEW Hawkins 17 to 27 min over the last 5
NOP availability going into 12/01 · 1 day's restOUT Ryan missed 6 since 11/20, out tonight
BACK McCollum back 11/29 after 12, 28 min since (85% of 33)
BACK Nance Jr. back 11/22 after 4, 13 min since (67% of 20)
NEW Valančiūnas 23 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Daniels 22 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Hawkins 17 to 26 min over the last 5
NOP availability going into 12/02 · back-to-backOUT Nance Jr. missed 2 since 11/29, out tonight
OUT Ryan missed 7 since 11/20, out tonight
BACK McCollum back 11/29 after 12, 33 min since (101% of 33)
NEW Valančiūnas 23 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Hawkins 17 to 25 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 124, shooting 44 percent and 32 from three, 24 free throws a game; Markkanen at 23 and Clarkson at 22 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Kessler (7 straight), Hendricks (14 straight), Sensabaugh (14 straight). 2 days' rest. New Orleans comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 108, shooting 51 percent and 40 from three, 26 free throws a game; Williamson at 27 and Ingram at 27 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without McCollum (10 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: New Orleans wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, New Orleans allowing 108 a night to Utah's 124 and the arc, New Orleans at 40 percent from three to Utah's 32. Call it New Orleans 118, Utah 115, Utah keeping it close.
11/17 vs PHX 128-131 — UTA notes
UTA lost 128-131. UTA shot 51% (43 of 85) to PHX's 52%, 16 of 36 from three. Clarkson led with 37 (14 of 26, 5 of 10 from three); Markkanen added 21, Collins 15. Q2 was theirs, 37-34, the deficit cut from 3 to 0, but the other 3 periods went 97-91 against them.
11/19 vs PHX 137-140 — UTA notes
UTA lost 137-140 in 2 overtimes. UTA took 13 more shots (115 to 102), fed by 27 offensive rebounds, but shot 42% to PHX's 49%, 15 of 46 from three, and went to the line 32 times to PHX's 26 — 26 points from the stripe to their 22. The glass went 59-44 for them. Markkanen led with 38 (15 of 27, 2 of 10 from three, 6 of 9 at the line); Horton-Tucker added 25, Clarkson 22. Q3 was theirs, 28-24, the deficit cut from 5 to 1, but the other 5 periods went 116-109 against them. Agbaji's -14 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/21 @ LAL 99-131 — UTA notes
UTA lost 99-131. UTA took 12 more shots (98 to 86), fed by 13 offensive rebounds, but shot 39% to LAL's 57%, 11 of 44 from three, and got to the line 16 times to LAL's 27. The glass went 42-52 against them. Yurtseven led with 18 (8 of 11); Collins added 15, Sexton 14. Q4 was theirs, 24-29, but the other 3 periods went 102-75 against them. Collins's -29 in 25 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/22 @ POR 105-121 — UTA notes
UTA lost 105-121. UTA shot 47% (37 of 79) to POR's 51%, 10 of 31 from three, and went to the line 26 times to POR's 15 — 21 points from the stripe to their 10. UTA turned it over 21 times to POR's 13, and POR turned those into 9 steals. Markkanen led with 24 (9 of 18, 1 of 6 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); George added 16, Olynyk 13. Q3 was theirs, 27-24, the deficit cut from 19 to 16, but the other 3 periods went 97-78 against them. Sexton's -16 in 11 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/25 vs NOP 105-100 — UTA notes
UTA won 105-100. UTA shot 44% (38 of 87) to NOP's 42%, 15 of 43 from three. UTA turned it over 23 times to NOP's 13, and NOP turned those into 15 steals. The glass went 52-42 for them. Sexton led with 16 (5 of 13, 3 of 8 from three); George added 15, Olynyk 13. The hinge was Q4, 37-23: UTA came in trailing by 9 and left it ahead by 5. UTA trailed 43-53 at the half and won the second half 62-47.
11/27 vs NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 125, shooting 44 percent and 34 from three, 24 free throws a game; Markkanen at 23 and Clarkson at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Hendricks (15 straight), Sensabaugh (15 straight). One day's rest. New Orleans comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 107, shooting 49 percent and 35 from three, 25 free throws a game; Ingram at 28 and Williamson at 28 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without McCollum (11 straight). One day's rest.
So: New Orleans wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, New Orleans allowing 107 a night to Utah's 125 and the turnovers, Utah giving it away 17 times a game to New Orleans's 13. Call it New Orleans 117, Utah 114, Utah keeping it close.
11/29 @ MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Memphis comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 99 a night and allowing 110, shooting 41 percent and 30 from three, 24 free throws a game; Bane at 20 and Jackson Jr. at 20 a game. That is 4 straight losses. Without Morant (16 straight), Smart (5 straight), Kennard (5 straight). 2 days' rest. Utah comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 121, shooting 42 percent and 32 from three, 24 free throws a game; Markkanen at 24 and Clarkson at 14 a game. Without Markkanen (2 straight), Hendricks (16 straight), Sensabaugh (16 straight). One day's rest.
So: Memphis wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Utah giving it away 17 times a game to Memphis's 11 and the defense, Memphis allowing 110 a night to Utah's 121. Call it Memphis 113, Utah 111, Utah keeping it close.
11/30 @ MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Minnesota comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 105, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 28 free throws a game; Edwards at 27 and Towns at 20 a game. Without McDaniels (4 straight). One day's rest. Utah comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 114, shooting 42 percent and 34 from three, 20 free throws a game; Collins at 14 and George at 13 a game. Without Markkanen (3 straight), Hendricks (17 straight), Dunn (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Minnesota wins, and the game turns on the line, where Minnesota takes 28 free throws a game to Utah's 20 and the defense, Minnesota allowing 105 a night to Utah's 114. Call it Minnesota 117, Utah 104, Minnesota by 13.
12/02 vs POR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 101 a night and allowing 108, shooting 42 percent and 35 from three, 19 free throws a game; George at 14 and Clarkson at 14 a game. Without Markkanen (4 straight), Hendricks (18 straight), Dunn (3 straight). One day's rest. Portland comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 108, shooting 47 percent and 43 from three, 19 free throws a game; Grant at 25 and Brogdon at 18 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Simons (17 straight), Murray (3 straight), Mays (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Utah wins, and the game turns on the arc, Portland at 43 percent from three to Utah's 35 and the glass, where Utah has been plus-2 a night and Portland minus-5. Call it Utah 110, Portland 109, Portland keeping it close.
11/18 vs MIN 120-121 — NOP notes
NOP lost 120-121. NOP shot 51% (44 of 86) to MIN's 54%, 12 of 29 from three. Ingram led with 30 (11 of 24, 1 of 6 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); Valančiūnas added 26, Hawkins 15. Q1 was theirs, 35-27, but the other 3 periods went 94-85 against them. They led by as many as 15.
11/20 vs SAC 129-93 — NOP notes
NOP won 129-93. NOP shot 54% (50 of 92) to SAC's 38%, 12 of 28 from three. The glass went 55-36 for them. Ingram led with 31 (11 of 18, 5 of 5 from three); Williamson added 26, Jones 18. The hinge was Q3, 34-16: a lead of 13 became 31, and the lead reached 41. Jones was the night's best plus/minus at +39.
11/22 vs SAC 117-112 — NOP notes
NOP won 117-112. NOP shot 47% (41 of 87) to SAC's 45%, 7 of 30 from three. NOP turned it over 10 times to SAC's 15. The glass went 48-38 for them. Williamson led with 25 (10 of 16, 5 of 7 at the line); Ingram added 23, Valančiūnas 15. The hinge was Q2, 32-20: a lead of 2 became 14, and the lead reached 17. Marshall was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
11/24 @ LAC 116-106 — NOP notes
NOP won 116-106. NOP shot 49% (43 of 88) to LAC's 46%, 10 of 24 from three, and went to the line 27 times to LAC's 17 — 20 points from the stripe to their 11. The glass went 50-39 for them. Williamson led with 32 (13 of 25, 6 of 9 at the line); Ingram added 30, Jones 14. The hinge was Q1, 36-23: from level to 13 ahead, and the lead reached 21. Jones was the night's best plus/minus at +22.
11/25 @ UTA 100-105 — NOP notes
NOP lost 100-105. NOP shot 42% (39 of 93) to UTA's 44%, 11 of 36 from three. NOP turned it over 13 times to UTA's 23. The glass went 42-52 against them. Ingram led with 26 (10 of 22, 1 of 4 from three, 5 of 8 at the line); Hawkins added 25, Jones 13. Q1 was theirs, 29-22, but the other 3 periods went 83-71 against them. They led by as many as 13. Daniels's -18 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/27 @ UTA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 125, shooting 44 percent and 34 from three, 24 free throws a game; Markkanen at 23 and Clarkson at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Hendricks (15 straight), Sensabaugh (15 straight). One day's rest. New Orleans comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 107, shooting 49 percent and 35 from three, 25 free throws a game; Ingram at 28 and Williamson at 28 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without McCollum (11 straight). One day's rest.
So: New Orleans wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, New Orleans allowing 107 a night to Utah's 125 and the turnovers, Utah giving it away 17 times a game to New Orleans's 13. Call it New Orleans 117, Utah 114, Utah keeping it close.
11/29 vs PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 106, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 26 free throws a game; Williamson at 27 and Ingram at 27 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without McCollum (12 straight). One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 110, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 31 free throws a game; Embiid at 32 and Maxey at 26 a game. Without Oubre Jr. (9 straight), House Jr. (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: New Orleans wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New Orleans has been plus-7 a night and Philadelphia plus-3 and the line, where Philadelphia takes 31 free throws a game to New Orleans's 26. Call it New Orleans 114, Philadelphia 113, Philadelphia keeping it close.
12/01 vs SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 110, shooting 48 percent and 32 from three, 28 free throws a game; Williamson at 29 and Ingram at 24 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 124, shooting 45 percent and 32 from three, 20 free throws a game; Vassell at 22 and Wembanyama at 19 a game. That is 5 straight losses. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: New Orleans wins, and the game turns on the defense, New Orleans allowing 110 a night to San Antonio's 124 and the line, where New Orleans takes 28 free throws a game to San Antonio's 20. Call it New Orleans 121, San Antonio 110, New Orleans by 11.
12/02 @ CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Chicago comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 118, shooting 45 percent and 38 from three, 20 free throws a game; DeRozan at 22 and White at 20 a game. One day's rest. New Orleans comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 109, shooting 49 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; Williamson at 26 and Ingram at 22 a game. Without Nance Jr. (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: New Orleans wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New Orleans has been plus-4 a night and Chicago minus-3 and the defense, New Orleans allowing 109 a night to Chicago's 118. Call it New Orleans 113, Chicago 111, Chicago keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NOPBI B. Ingram
CZ C. Zeller
DD D. Daniels
HJ H. Jones
JA J. Alvarado
JH J. Hawkins
JV J. Valančiūnas
LN L. Nance Jr.
NM N. Marshall
VA Valanciunas
UTACS C. Sexton
JC J. Collins
KD K. Dunn
KG K. George
KO K. Olynyk
OA O. Agbaji
OY O. Yurtseven
SF S. Fontecchio
TH T. Horton-Tucker
WK W. Kessler
NOP/UTA the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Jazz use big 4th quarter to rally past Pelicans, 105-100
SALT LAKE CITY -- — Collin Sexton and a ragtag group for the Utah Jazz turned it on down the stretch.
Sexton scored 10 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter in Utah's 105-100 comeback victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night.
The Jazz (5-11) were missing their two top scorers, Lauri Markkanen (hamstring) and Jordan Clarkson (illness), for the first of two straight games between the teams in Utah.
“Just making the right reads, not trying to make the home run play and just making a simple play and find the open guy,” Sexton said. “We made some really good plays and we got some really good shots out of it.”
Rookie Keyonte George scored 15 and Kelly Olynyk added 13 for the Jazz, set to face the Pelicans again Monday night.
“It was just opportunity all around,” George said.” For me, it just gave me a chance to even step up a little bit more, be a little bit more aggressive, and use my voice a lot more.”
The Pelicans (9-8) rested Zion Williamson , who had averaged 27.3 points over his last four games, and fell to 1/3 without their star forward.
New Orleans had won three in a row and five of six but ran out of gas against the Jazz, who outscored the Pelicans 37-23 in the fourth quarter.
Simone Fontecchio , who had 10 points, made a driving layup to give the Jazz — who had lost four straight — a 103-95 lead with 1:11 to play.
The Pelicans made a last-gasp rally and had a chance to tie, but Dyson Daniels traveled with 9.9 seconds left and George made two free throws with 5.7 remaining to seal it.
Coming off a late Friday night game in Los Angeles against the Clippers, the Pelicans faded when the Jazz finally found their offense after committing 24 turnovers.
“It was really tough back-to-back,” Pelicans coach Willie Green said. “They made some momentum plays. We allowed some momentum plays to turn the game and that was the difference.”
The Jazz chose to double Brandon Ingram , who had 26 points, and let other Pelicans players step up and make them pay. No one could.
Ingram went 2 for 7 in the final period.
Olynyk’s 3-pointer with 7:46 remaining capped a 19-7 run to give the Jazz their first lead since the first quarter.
“Guys started getting confidence," Ingram said. "Kelly Olynyk hit some big shots. Collin Sexton hit some big shots.”
The Pelicans led most of the game — by as many as 13 points — and had a 77-66 advantage late in the third quarter.