
Oklahoma City Thunder at New Orleans Pelicans
· National Basketball AssociationWiggins and Carlson lift Thunder past Pelicans 115-100 in regular-season finale

Aaron Wiggins scored a game-high 28 points and Kenrich Williams had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder (68-14), who never trailed and led by as many as 23 points despite resting all of their usual starters.
Dillon Jones added 13 points and 10 rebounds in just his third start this season and Isaiah Joe scored 17 for Oklahoma City, which won its last five regular-season games and 16 of its last 17.
Rookie Antonio Reeves scored 20 points, Jamal Cain added 18 and Lester Quinones 17 for the Pelicans, who had just eight available players as they closed out the season on a seven-game skid.
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl had 10 points and 16 rebounds, and his 3-pointer briefly pulled the Pelicans as close as six at 71-65 before the Thunder pulled away again.
Pelicans: New Orleans' final record of 21-61 is the second worst in franchise history and worst since the 2004-05 team went 18-64.
Regular Season Series
OKC wins series 4-0
Recent Plays
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End of Game | 115 - 100 |
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End of the 4th Quarter | 115 - 100 |
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Lester Quinones makes two point shot | 115 - 100 |
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Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound | 115 - 98 |
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Alex Ducas misses driving floating jump shot | 115 - 98 |
Statistics
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41-98 | FG | 35-91 |
41.8 | Field Goal % | 38.5 |
9-47 | 3PT | 7-38 |
19.1 | Three Point % | 18.4 |
24-27 | FT | 23-30 |
88.9 | Free Throw % | 76.7 |
54 | Rebounds | 47 |
17 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
37 | Defensive Rebounds | 36 |
16 | Assists | 22 |
8 | Steals | 6 |
4 | Blocks | 4 |
10 | Turnovers | 12 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
10 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
9 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 17 |
13 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
60 | Points in Paint | 52 |
25 | Fouls | 19 |
23 | Largest Lead | 0 |
New Orleans Pelicans Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
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Brandon Boston, SG | Out | Apr 28 |
Kelly Olynyk, PF | Out | Apr 28 |
Bruce Brown, SF | Out | Apr 12 |
Karlo Matkovic, C | Out | Apr 12 |
Jordan Hawkins, G | Out | Apr 12 |
Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
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Ousmane Dieng, F | Out | Apr 25 |
Nikola Topic, G | Out | Jan 12 |
Game Information

Location: New Orleans, LA
Attendance: 17,761 · Capacity:
2024-25 Northwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
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68 | 14 | .829 | - | W4 |
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50 | 32 | .610 | 18 | W3 |
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49 | 33 | .598 | 19 | W3 |
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36 | 46 | .439 | 32 | W1 |
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17 | 65 | .207 | 51 | L2 |
2024-25 Southwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
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52 | 30 | .634 | - | L3 |
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48 | 34 | .585 | 4 | W1 |
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39 | 43 | .476 | 13 | L1 |
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34 | 48 | .415 | 18 | W1 |
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21 | 61 | .256 | 31 | L7 |
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