Utah Jazz @ New Orleans Pelicans
Monday, January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22400605
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final
NOP 19 30 33 28 13 123UTA 38 31 20 21 9 119
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McCollum leads Pelicans to franchise-best 25-point comeback in a 123-119 OT win over the Jazz
NEW ORLEANS -- — CJ McCollum scored six of his 45 points in overtime and the New Orleans Pelicans orchestrated the largest comeback in franchise history, overcoming a 25-point deficit to beat Utah Jazz 123-119 on Monday night.
Dejounte Murry had 26 points and 11 assists, and Trey Murphy III added 24 points for the Pelicans, who won for the fifth time in six games despite playing without forward Zion Williamson and center Yves Missi (both non-COVID illnesses).
Keyonte George scored 23 points and Isaiah Collier had 20 points and 11 assists for the Jazz. Walker Kessler had 19 points and 13 rebounds and Kyle Filipowski added 17 rebounds and 11 points.
A 24-3 run gave the Pelicans their first lead on Jose Alvarado 's transition 3 from the left corner, which made it 90-89.
Utah went back up 99-92, but McCollum, who had 25 points in the second half, pulled the Pelicans back with three clutch 3s in the last six minutes of regulation.
Kessler's putback put Utah in front with 33 seconds left, but Murray's layup tied it at 110, setting up overtime.
Utah scored the game's first 14 points and led by as many as 22.
Takeaways Jazz: Utah lost despite outrebounding New Orleans 63-45, outscoring the Pelicans 60-40 in the paint and scoring 23 second-chance points. Lauri Markkanen missed his fourth straight game (lower back). Collin Sexton was rested.
Pelicans: Murphy has hit at least two 3s in 33 straight games, a franchise record. Williamson has missed 34 of 44 games this season. Brandon Ingram missed his 20th straight game with a left ankle sprain.
Key moment Murphy took a cross-court pass from McCollum and buried a right-wing 3 to put the Pelicans up 121-117 with 34 seconds left in overtime.
Key stat New Orleans made 26 of 52 shots (50%) after halftime, including 9 of 21 3s.
Up next On Wednesday, the Jazz visit Oklahoma City and New Orleans hosts Milwaukee.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NOPCM C. McCollum
DM D. Murray
DT D. Theis
JA J. Alvarado
JG J. Green
JH J. Hawkins
JR J. Robinson-Earl
KM K. Matković
MA Matkovic
TM T. Murphy III
UTABS B. Sensabaugh
CW C. Williams
DE D. Eubanks
EH E. Harkless
IC I. Collier
KF K. Filipowski
KG K. George
PM P. Mills
SM S. Mykhailiuk
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
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