New Orleans Pelicans @ Cleveland Cavaliers — Dec 24, 2025

NBA Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH·December 24, 2025
New Orleans Pelicans NOP 8-23, 2-11 Away
118
Final
141
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 17-14, 11-8 Home
1 2 3 4 T
NOP 22 38 31 27 118
CLE 32 37 41 31 141
Leaders
Points
Z.
Z. Williamson F NOP
26 PTS
D.
D. Mitchell G CLE
27 PTS
Rebounds
B.
B. McGowens GF NOP
7 REB
J.
J. Allen C CLE
9 REB
Assists
T.
T. Murphy F NOP
5 AST
D.
D. Garland G CLE
8 AST
Box Scores
Pelicans
Cavaliers
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Pelicans
Cavaliers
45.7% Field Goals 53.3%
42.3% 3-Point FG 40.8%
84% Free Throws 81.8%
43 Rebounds 49
13 OFF 14
30 DEF 35
26 Assists 40
10 Steals 8
2 Blocks 6
16 Turnovers 13
16 Fouls 21
3 Biggest Lead 28
0:15 Time in Lead 46:08
8 Max Pts in Row 9
Four Factors
51.6% eFG% 62.9%
13.2% TOV% 10.6%
27.1% ORB% 31.8%
22.3% FT Rate 8.6%
Play-by-Play
Q4 27 - 31 118 - 141
3PT M. Peavy
118 - 141 0:08
115 - 141 0:32
N. Tomlin 2PT
FT J. Hawkins
115 - 139 1:05
FT J. Hawkins
114 - 139 1:05
2PT J. Hawkins
113 - 139 2:02
111 - 139 2:22
J. Tyson 2PT
2PT M. Peavy
111 - 137 2:34
109 - 137 3:15
J. Tyson 2PT
109 - 135 3:49
D. Hunter 2PT
109 - 133 4:04
J. Allen 3PT
109 - 130 4:37
S. Merrill FT
109 - 129 4:37
S. Merrill FT
2PT B. McGowens
109 - 128 4:59
107 - 128 5:26
J. Allen 2PT
107 - 126 6:08
S. Merrill 3PT
3PT S. Bey
107 - 123 6:16
104 - 123 7:03
J. Allen 2PT
FT D. Queen
104 - 121 7:47
3PT J. Alvarado
103 - 121 8:10
FT Z. Williamson
100 - 121 8:44
FT Z. Williamson
99 - 121 8:44
2PT D. Queen
98 - 121 9:12
96 - 121 9:30
T. Bryant 3PT
2PT Z. Williamson
96 - 118 10:14
94 - 118 10:26
D. Mitchell FT
94 - 117 10:26
D. Mitchell FT
94 - 116 10:26
D. Mitchell FT
94 - 115 11:01
T. Bryant 2PT
3PT J. Alvarado
94 - 113 11:11
91 - 113 11:45
D. Mitchell 3PT
Q3 31 - 41 91 - 110
3PT D. Queen
91 - 110 0:02
88 - 110 0:16
D. Mitchell 2PT
FT D. Queen
88 - 108 0:39
FT D. Queen
87 - 108 0:39
86 - 108 0:50
D. Mitchell 2PT
2PT D. Queen
86 - 106 1:00
84 - 106 1:04
T. Bryant 2PT
84 - 104 1:38
D. Hunter 2PT
2PT D. Queen
84 - 102 1:58
FT Z. Williamson
82 - 102 2:27
81 - 102 2:38
C. Porter 2PT
81 - 100 3:21
J. Tyson 2PT
81 - 98 3:44
T. Bryant 2PT
FT Z. Williamson
81 - 96 4:02
2PT Z. Williamson
80 - 96 4:02
78 - 96 4:12
C. Porter 3PT
FT Z. Williamson
78 - 93 4:27
FT Z. Williamson
77 - 93 4:27
2PT Z. Williamson
76 - 93 4:42
74 - 93 5:02
C. Porter 2PT
74 - 91 5:42
J. Tyson 3PT
74 - 88 6:06
J. Allen FT
74 - 87 7:09
D. Mitchell 3PT
2PT J. Fears
74 - 84 7:51
72 - 84 7:57
D. Mitchell 2PT
2PT D. Queen
72 - 82 8:08
70 - 82 8:23
S. Merrill 3PT
70 - 79 8:44
D. Garland 3PT
3PT D. Queen
70 - 76 8:57
2PT D. Queen
67 - 76 10:04
65 - 76 10:24
D. Mitchell 2PT
3PT B. McGowens
65 - 74 10:40
62 - 74 10:59
D. Garland 3PT
2PT T. Murphy
62 - 71 11:20
60 - 71 11:30
D. Mitchell 2PT
Q2 38 - 37 60 - 69
60 - 69 0:04
S. Merrill 3PT
2PT T. Murphy
60 - 66 0:13
58 - 66 0:34
S. Merrill 3PT
2PT Z. Williamson
58 - 63 0:58
56 - 63 1:12
D. Mitchell 2PT
56 - 61 3:04
D. Mitchell 2PT
2PT Z. Williamson
56 - 59 3:11
FT Z. Williamson
54 - 59 3:27
2PT Z. Williamson
53 - 59 3:27
2PT S. Bey
51 - 59 3:54
49 - 59 4:12
J. Allen 2PT
3PT T. Murphy
49 - 57 4:24
46 - 57 4:35
S. Merrill 3PT
FT J. Fears
46 - 54 4:50
FT J. Fears
45 - 54 4:50
44 - 54 5:00
S. Merrill 2PT
2PT Y. Missi
44 - 52 5:19
42 - 52 5:29
D. Hunter 2PT
2PT T. Murphy
42 - 50 5:44
40 - 50 5:54
D. Garland 2PT
FT Y. Missi
40 - 48 6:09
2PT Y. Missi
39 - 48 6:09
2PT J. Fears
37 - 48 6:43
35 - 48 6:54
J. Allen 2PT
2PT Y. Missi
35 - 46 7:09
33 - 46 7:24
D. Wade 2PT
2PT B. McGowens
33 - 44 7:34
31 - 44 8:13
D. Wade 3PT
3PT J. Fears
31 - 41 8:42
FT J. Fears
28 - 41 9:07
FT J. Fears
27 - 41 9:07
FT Z. Williamson
26 - 41 9:20
2PT Z. Williamson
25 - 41 9:20
23 - 41 9:28
T. Bryant FT
23 - 40 9:28
T. Bryant 2PT
FT B. McGowens
23 - 38 10:15
22 - 38 10:25
D. Mitchell 2PT
22 - 36 11:13
C. Porter FT
22 - 35 11:13
C. Porter FT
22 - 34 11:34
J. Tyson 2PT
Q1 22 - 32 22 - 32
22 - 32 0:28
J. Tyson 2PT
3PT J. Hawkins
22 - 30 0:40
FT D. Queen
19 - 30 0:50
FT D. Queen
18 - 30 0:50
17 - 30 1:10
J. Tyson 3PT
17 - 27 1:48
J. Tyson 2PT
17 - 25 3:15
C. Porter 3PT
2PT Z. Williamson
17 - 22 4:06
15 - 22 4:37
T. Bryant 3PT
2PT K. Matković
15 - 19 4:57
13 - 19 5:34
J. Allen 2PT
13 - 17 5:59
D. Hunter 2PT
2PT Z. Williamson
13 - 15 6:07
11 - 15 6:36
D. Hunter 2PT
2PT S. Bey
11 - 13 7:31
9 - 13 7:48
D. Wade 3PT
2PT T. Murphy
9 - 10 8:06
7 - 10 8:41
D. Garland 2PT
2PT S. Bey
7 - 8 8:53
5 - 8 9:12
D. Mitchell 2PT
2PT S. Bey
5 - 6 9:22
3 - 6 10:08
D. Wade 3PT
3 - 3 11:21
S. Merrill 3PT
3PT T. Murphy
3 - 0 11:36
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: CLE +28 Times Tied: 1
Head-to-Head
Cavaliers leads 1-0
Final
NOP Pelicans
24311827
100
CLE Cavaliers
29403623
128
Rocket Arena
Cleveland, OH, US · 19,432 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Date
December 24, 2025
Time
12:30 am
Duration
48 min