Charlotte Hornets @ New Orleans Pelicans
Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22401085
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 21 22 31 24 98CHA 25 27 21 21 94
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Alvarado has go-ahead 3-point play in the Pelicans' 98-94 win over the Hornets
NEW ORLEANS -- — Jose Alvarado had a go-ahead three-point play on a reverse layup with 31 seconds left and the New Orleans Pelicans outlasted the Charlotte Hornets 98-94 on Sunday night.
With New Orleans down 94-93 after Nick Smith Jr .'s 3-pointer, Alvarado scored on the drive and drew a foul on DaQuan Jeffries to set up the three-point play. Jeffries then threw the ball away, and Keion Brooks Jr . iced it with a layup.
Brooks led New Orleans with 17 points. Antonio Reeves added 16, Kelly Olynyk had 13 and Alvarado and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl each had 12.
Miles Bridges led Charlotte with 20 points, and Smith had 19. Jusuf Nurkic had 13 points and 12 rebounds. The Hornets have lost five straight.
Takeaways Hornets: Charlotte played its second game since learning that guard LaMelo Ball would miss the rest of the season because of ankle and wrist injuries. KJ Simpson , a rookie on a two-way contract, started in place of Bell against New Orleans and in a loss at Toronto on Friday.
Pelicans: Scoring leader Zion Williamson (low back contusion) missed his fifth straight game. CJ McCollum (right foot contusion) sat out for the third game in a row.
Key moment Alvarado gave New Orleans the lead with his three-point play.
Key stat Charlotte shot 35.2% from the field.
Up next The Hornets host Utah on Monday night. The Pelicans are at the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJeNuOkSi 5 11 +5 4 11 36 1 5 20 2 2 100 0 6 6 4 2 1 0 0
CHA Bridges, Jeffries, Nurkić, Okogie, Simpson
in Bridges, Jeffries, Nurkić, Okogie, Simpson
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJeNuSaSi 1 3 -1 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
CHA Bridges, Jeffries, Nurkić, Salaün, Simpson
in Salaün
out Okogie
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JeNuSaSiJr 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHA Jeffries, Nurkić, Salaün, Simpson, Smith Jr.
in Smith Jr.
out Bridges
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DiGiSaSiJr 1 2 -1 1 5 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHA Diabaté, Gibson, Salaün, Simpson, Smith Jr.
in Diabaté, Gibson
out Jeffries, Nurkić
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DiGiJrSaJr 4 8 +2 3 8 38 0 0 0 2 2 100 2 6 8 1 0 1 2 0
CHA Diabaté, Gibson, Moore Jr., Salaün, Smith Jr.
in Moore Jr.
out Simpson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrOkSaSi :51 0 -5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
CHA Bridges, Moore Jr., Okogie, Salaün, Simpson
in Bridges, Okogie, Simpson
out Diabaté, Gibson, Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrNuOkSi 1 7 +7 1 4 25 0 2 0 2 2 100 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 3
CHA Bridges, Moore Jr., Nurkić, Okogie, Simpson
in Nurkić
out Salaün
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrNuOkSiJr 3 5 +1 3 6 50 1 2 50 1 1 100 2 5 7 2 0 0 2 0
CHA Bridges, Nurkić, Okogie, Simpson, Smith Jr.
in Smith Jr.
out Moore Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JeNuSaSiJr 2 6 +3 2 3 67 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
CHA Jeffries, Nurkić, Salaün, Simpson, Smith Jr.
in Jeffries, Salaün
out Bridges, Okogie
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JeJrNuSaJr 1 3 +1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 50 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
CHA Jeffries, Moore Jr., Nurkić, Salaün, Smith Jr.
in Moore Jr.
out Simpson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GiJeJrSaJr 3 6 -2 2 5 40 0 1 0 4 4 100 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
CHA Gibson, Jeffries, Moore Jr., Salaün, Smith Jr.
in Gibson
out Nurkić
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJeNuSaSi 3 6 -5 3 5 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1
CHA Bridges, Jeffries, Nurkić, Salaün, Simpson
in Bridges, Nurkić, Simpson
out Gibson, Moore Jr., Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJeJrNuSi 2 7 +6 1 2 50 1 2 50 2 2 100 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2
CHA Bridges, Jeffries, Moore Jr., Nurkić, Simpson
in Moore Jr.
out Salaün
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJeJrSiJr 1 0 -4 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
CHA Bridges, Jeffries, Moore Jr., Simpson, Smith Jr.
in Smith Jr.
out Nurkić
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JeJrNuSiJr 3 2 -5 1 5 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
CHA Jeffries, Moore Jr., Nurkić, Simpson, Smith Jr.
in Nurkić
out Bridges
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DiGiJrSiJr 4 6 -2 3 9 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 2
CHA Diabaté, Gibson, Moore Jr., Simpson, Smith Jr.
in Diabaté, Gibson
out Jeffries, Nurkić
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGiJrSaJr 3 4 -1 2 6 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 2 0
CHA Bridges, Gibson, Moore Jr., Salaün, Smith Jr.
in Bridges, Salaün
out Diabaté, Simpson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrDiJrSaJr 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHA Bridges, Diabaté, Moore Jr., Salaün, Smith Jr.
in Diabaté
out Gibson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DiJeSaSiJr 8 15 -2 4 11 36 3 5 60 4 5 80 1 5 6 3 1 0 2 7
CHA Diabaté, Jeffries, Salaün, Simpson, Smith Jr.
in Jeffries, Simpson
out Bridges, Moore Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBrMiOlRe 6 10 -4 5 12 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 9 4 0 1 3 2
NOP Alvarado, Brown, Missi, Olynyk, Reeves
in Alvarado, Brown, Missi, Olynyk, Reeves
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrMaPaReRo :49 2 +1 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
NOP Brown, Matković, Payton, Reeves, Robinson-Earl
in Matković, Payton, Robinson-Earl
out Alvarado, Missi, Olynyk
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrMaPaQuRo 1 3 +1 1 1 100 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
NOP Brown, Matković, Payton, Quinones, Robinson-Earl
in Quinones
out Reeves
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrMaPaQuRo 4 6 -2 3 9 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 2
NOP Brooks Jr., Matković, Payton, Quinones, Robinson-Earl
in Brooks Jr.
out Brown
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlJrMaOlRe 2 5 +1 1 2 50 0 1 0 3 3 100 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1
NOP Alvarado, Brooks Jr., Matković, Olynyk, Reeves
in Alvarado, Olynyk, Reeves
out Payton, Quinones, Robinson-Earl
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlCaMiOlRe 2 2 -3 1 5 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
NOP Alvarado, Cain, Missi, Olynyk, Reeves
in Cain, Missi
out Brooks Jr., Matković
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlJrBrMiRo 3 5 -4 2 5 40 1 3 33 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
NOP Alvarado, Brooks Jr., Brown, Missi, Robinson-Earl
in Brooks Jr., Brown, Robinson-Earl
out Cain, Olynyk, Reeves
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrBrMaPaRo 1 2 +1 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
NOP Brooks Jr., Brown, Matković, Payton, Robinson-Earl
in Matković, Payton
out Alvarado, Missi
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrMaOlPaRe 3 8 +2 3 6 50 0 1 0 2 2 100 2 1 3 1 0 2 1 2
NOP Brown, Matković, Olynyk, Payton, Reeves
in Olynyk, Reeves
out Brooks Jr., Robinson-Earl
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBrMiOlRe 4 12 -1 3 6 50 3 3 100 3 4 75 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 1
NOP Alvarado, Brown, Missi, Olynyk, Reeves
in Alvarado, Missi
out Matković, Payton
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlJrBrMiOl 1 4 +4 2 4 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1
NOP Alvarado, Brooks Jr., Brown, Missi, Olynyk
in Brooks Jr.
out Reeves
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlJrBrMaRo 3 7 +5 3 5 60 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 0
NOP Alvarado, Brooks Jr., Brown, Matković, Robinson-Earl
in Matković, Robinson-Earl
out Missi, Olynyk
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JrMaPaQuRo 7 13 +3 5 13 38 2 7 29 1 1 100 0 7 7 4 2 2 3 1
NOP Brooks Jr., Matković, Payton, Quinones, Robinson-Earl
in Payton, Quinones
out Alvarado, Brown
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlMaPaReRo :51 2 +2 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
NOP Alvarado, Matković, Payton, Reeves, Robinson-Earl
in Alvarado, Reeves
out Brooks Jr., Quinones
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlMiPaReRo :55 0 -2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
NOP Alvarado, Missi, Payton, Reeves, Robinson-Earl
in Missi
out Matković
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBrMiReRo 2 2 +2 1 3 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 1
NOP Alvarado, Brown, Missi, Reeves, Robinson-Earl
in Brown
out Payton
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlJrBrMiRe 4 12 -1 3 7 43 1 3 33 3 6 50 3 2 5 2 1 0 0 2
NOP Alvarado, Brooks Jr., Brown, Missi, Reeves
in Brooks Jr.
out Robinson-Earl
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CHADJ D. Jeffries
JN J. Nurkić
JO J. Okogie
KS K. Simpson
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diabaté
NS N. Smith Jr.
NU Nurkic
SA Salaun
TG T. Gibson
TS T. Salaün
WM W. Moore Jr.
NOPAR A. Reeves
BB B. Brown
EP E. Payton
JA J. Alvarado
JC J. Cain
JR J. Robinson-Earl
KB K. Brooks Jr.
KM K. Matković
KO K. Olynyk
LQ L. Quinones
YM Y. Missi
CHA/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