Phoenix Suns @ New Orleans Pelicans
Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22400330
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 34 20 45 27 126PHX 33 32 28 31 124
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Ingram scores 29 points and healthier Pelicans top the Suns 126-124 to snap a 9-game skid
NEW ORLEANS -- — Brandon Ingram scored 29 points in his return from a five-game absence, Herb Jones capped off his first game back from a shoulder injury by blocking Devin Booker 's last-second shot, and the New Orleans Pelicans snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 126-124 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.
CJ McCollum scored 25 points, but missed a free throw with 3 seconds left, allowing the Suns a final shot for the win or tie. When Booker, who had 28 points, received an inbound pass at the 3-point line, he rose for a shot and had the ball swatted away by Jones, who hadn't played in 18 games.
Jones had one of this four steals with 2:02 left and made a left corner 3 about 13 seconds later to give New Orleans a 121-117 lead. He finished with 12 points.
Trey Murphy scored 19 points, Dejounte Murray scored 17 and rookie center Yves Missi had 12 rebounds for the Pelicans,
Bradley Beal scored 24 points for Phoenix.
Takeaways Suns: Playing without star forward Kevin Durant (left ankle sprain) and center Jusuf Nurkic (right thigh bruise), Phoenix still nearly won.
Pelicans: With five of the top six player in their rotation on the court for the first time since late October, the Pelicans looked far more competitive than they have.
Key moment McCollum hit a driving floater high off the glass to put the Pelicans in front with 35 seconds left and then assisted on Murphy alley-oop dunk that made it 125-121 with 15 seconds left.
Key stat The Pelicans made seven of nine 3-point attempts in the third quarter, when they turned a 65-54 deficit into a 99-93 lead.
Up next The Suns visit Miami on Saturday. The Pelicans host Oklahoma City on Saturday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NOPBB B. Boston
BI B. Ingram
BJ Boston Jr.
CM C. McCollum
DM D. Murray
HJ H. Jones
JG J. Green
JR J. Robinson-Earl
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
PHXBB B. Beal
BB B. Bol
DB D. Booker
GA G. Allen
JO J. Okogie
MM M. Morris
MP M. Plumlee
OI O. Ighodaro
RO R. O'Neale
TJ T. Jones
NOP/PHX 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
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