New Orleans Pelicans @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Monday, February 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK | Game ID: 22400761
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 33 39 30 35 137NOP 20 30 28 23 101
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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31 and Thunder make franchise-record 27 3s in 137-101 rout of Pelicans
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points in three quarters as the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the New Orleans Pelicans 137-101 on Monday night.
Oklahoma City hit a franchise-record 27 3-pointers, despite no individual making more than four. Eleven players drained at least one for a team that made 49% of its 55 3-point tries.
Aaron Wiggins scored 24 points and Jalen Williams added 16 for the Thunder, who won their sixth straight game.
Chet Holmgren had 12 points, six rebounds and five blocks in his second game back since missing three months with a fractured pelvic bone. The 7-foot-1 forward played 25 minutes — up from 22 last Friday against Toronto.
Oklahoma City improved to an NBA-best 43-9, while the Pelicans dropped to a Western Conference-worst 12-41.
Trey Murphy III scored 23 points and Zion Williamson added 17 for the Pelicans.
The Thunder led 72-50 at halftime and set an Oklahoma City record with 14 3-pointers in the first half. The Thunder nearly matched that with 13 in the second half.
Takeaways Pelicans: With Dejounte Murray out for the season with a ruptured right Achilles tendon and CJ McCollum out for personal reasons, the Pelicans lacked the firepower to compete.
Thunder: Oklahoma City scored 40 points off 23 forced turnovers. The Thunder continue to force opponents into mistakes and now, with Holmgren back, they are elite at protecting the rim.
Key moment Holmgren hit a 3-pointer for Oklahoma City's first points, then had two emphatic blocks against Karlo Matkovic 30 seconds apart in the opening minutes of the game to set the tone defensively.
Key stat The Thunder bench scored 31 points in the first half. Wiggins had 14 points and made two 3-pointers and Alex Caruso scored 12 points and hit four 3s before the break.
Up next The Pelicans host Sacramento on Wednesday. The Thunder host Miami on Wednesday.
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This story has been corrected. A previous version had an incorrect final score.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCAC A. Caruso
AD A. Ducas
AF A. Flagler
AW A. Wiggins
BC B. Carlson
CH C. Holmgren
DJ D. Jones
IH I. Hartenstein
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
JW Jay. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
NOPAR A. Reeves
JA J. Alvarado
JC J. Cain
JG J. Green
JH J. Hawkins
JR J. Robinson-Earl
KB K. Brooks Jr.
KM K. Matković
MA Matkovic
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
ZW Z. Williamson
OKC/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