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Oklahoma City Thunder at New Orleans Pelicans

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68-14, 32-8 Away
Final
115 - 100

21-61, 14-27 Home

Wiggins and Carlson lift Thunder past Pelicans 115-100 in regular-season finale

Pelicans' season ends with loss to Thunder

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.

Takeaways Thunder: Even with all of its usual starters held out for rest, Oklahoma City was able to build a 20-point lead in the first quarter.

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.

Key moment Kenrich Williams, Carlson and Jones each hit 3s during a 9-0 run that gave the Thunder an 84-67 lead, and Oklahoma City led comfortably from then on.

Key stat The Thunder outrebounded the Pelicans 54-47 and turned 17 offensive rebounds into 21 second-chance points.

Regular Season Series

OKC wins series 4-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 115 - 100
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 115 - 100
4th 19.0 Lester Quinones makes two point shot 115 - 100
4th 24.0 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound 115 - 98
4th 26.2 Alex Ducas misses driving floating jump shot 115 - 98

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originOKC https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/no.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originNO
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 New Orleans Pelicans Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Derik Queen, C Day-To-Day Jul 22
Yves Missi, C Day-To-Day Jul 19
Micah Peavy, G Day-To-Day Jul 19
Herbert Jones, SF Day-To-Day Jul 10
Zion Williamson, PF Day-To-Day Jul 3
Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Thomas Sorber, C Out Sep 5
Jalen Williams, F Day-To-Day Jul 10

Game Information

Smoothie King Center

Location: New Orleans, LA
Attendance: 17,761 · Capacity:

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Denver 0 0 .000 - -
Minnesota 0 0 .000 - -
Portland 0 0 .000 - -
Oklahoma City 0 0 .000 - -
Utah 0 0 .000 - -

2025-26 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New Orleans 0 0 .000 - -
Dallas 0 0 .000 - -
Houston 0 0 .000 - -
San Antonio 0 0 .000 - -
Memphis 0 0 .000 - -
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