San Antonio Spurs @ New Orleans Pelicans
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22400833
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 16 33 30 30 109SAS 30 21 32 20 103
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Trey Murphy III scores 24 points, Zion Williamson adds 18 and the Pelicans beat the Spurs 109-103
NEW ORLEANS -- — Trey Murphy III scored 24 points, Zion Williamson added 18 and the New Orleans Pelicans completed a two-game home game sweep of the San Antonio Spurs , 109-103 on Tuesday night.
The Pelicans overcame a 19-point hole in the first half despite shooting 7 of 31 from 3-point range for the game.
Yves Missi had 10 points and 11 rebounds, and newly acquired Kelly Olynyk had 12 rebounds, after pulling down 15 rebounds in a 114-96 victory over the Spurs on Sunday night.
Devin Vassell led San Antonio with 20 points, and De’Aaron Fox had 15 points and nine assists. Fox struggled, however, with 6-of-21 shooting and six turnovers, including an up-and-down call with the Spurs trailing 107-103 with 23.4 seconds left.
The Spurs led 35-16 early in the second quarter but New Orleans closed the period on a 33-16 run to cut the Spurs’ lead to 51-49 at the half.
Takeaways Spurs: Since being acquired on Feb. 3, Fox has yet to play any of his nine games with the team in San Antonio. Two “home” games against Phoenix and Detroit were played in Austin, Texas. Fox is set to extend that streak to 11 with two more road games this week against Houston and Memphis. Chris Paul became the first player in NBA history to score at least 500 points and dish out 400 assists in 19 different seasons. He finished with 12 points and 10 assists.
Pelicans: Murphy went 3 of 10 on 3-pointers. He twisted his ankle with two minutes left but remained in the game.
Key moment The Pelicans trailed the entire game until Jordan Hawkins hit a driving layup with 10:19 left, part of a 12-4 run that gave New Orleans a 91-87 lead.
Key stat New Orleans missed 18 of its first 22 3-point shots but overcame that poor shooting by dominating points in the paint, 66-44.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SASBB B. Biyombo
CP C. Paul
DF D. Fox
DV D. Vassell
HB H. Barnes
JC J. Champagnie
JS J. Sochan
KJ K. Johnson
SC S. Castle
SM S. Mamukelashvili
NOPAR A. Reeves
BB B. Brown
CM C. McCollum
JA J. Alvarado
JH J. Hawkins
KM K. Matković
KO K. Olynyk
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
ZW Z. Williamson
SAS/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