Sacramento Kings @ New Orleans Pelicans
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22400777
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 26 37 23 25 111SAC 34 31 27 27 119
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Ellis' 27 points off the bench helps the Kings hold on to beat Williamson and the Pelicans 119-111
NEW ORLEANS -- — Keon Ellis hit seven 3-pointers during a 27-point performance, Zach LaVine scored 20 of his 23 points in the second half, and the Sacramento Kings beat the New Orleans Pelicans 119-111 on Wednesday night.
DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points and Malik Monk added 17 for the Kings, who broke open a close game in the last five minutes with an 11-2 run that began with LaVine's 3 and ended with DeRozan's 16-foot turnaround.
Domantas Sabonis had 16 points and 15 rebounds — his 48th double-double in 51 games this season — for Sacramento, which has won three straight.
Zion Williamson scored a game-high 33 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Pelicans, who've lost 10 straight for the second time this season.
Trey Murphy III scored 19 points, Jose Alvarado added 18 and CJ McCollum 14 for the Pelicans, who were competitive for much of a game that had 13 lead changes and 12 ties before fading late.
Takeaways Kings: Sacramento won despite being outscored 70-40 in the paint. The Kings outrebounded New Orleans 48-40, shot better from outside and outscored New Orleans 21-15 from the foul line
Pelicans: Bruce Brown was the first reserve off the bench in what also was his debut for New Orleans. He scored four points in 26 minutes. Newly acquired center Kelly Olynyk did not play. Reserve center Karlo Matkovic fouled out after playing just 15 minutes.
Key moment Soon after rookie Antonio Reeves ' corner 3 had pulled the Pelicans to 104-102 with 5:36 left, LaVine responded with his 3 from the right wing to spark the Kings' decisive run.
Key stat Sacramento shot 16 for 45 (35.6%) from 3-point range, while New Orleans went just 8 of 32 (25%) from deep.
Up next The teams meet again in New Orleans on Thursday. ------
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SACDD D. DeRozan
DS D. Sabonis
JL J. LaRavia
JV J. Valančiūnas
KE K. Ellis
KM K. Murray
MM M. Monk
TL T. Lyles
ZL Z. LaVine
NOPAR A. Reeves
BB B. Brown
CM C. McCollum
JA J. Alvarado
JG J. Green
JH J. Hawkins
KM K. Matković
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
ZW Z. Williamson
SAC/NOP 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