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Atlanta Hawks at New Orleans Pelicans

Saturday, October 31, 2026 · Final · Smoothie King Center

Atlanta Hawks99FinalNew Orleans Pelicans121

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Win probability NOP 100% · ATL 0%
StartEnd Q1End Q2End Q3End Q4ATL50%NOP

Computed by NBAScope (model wp-v1) from the score, the time left and the pre-game Elo expectation — see methodology.

Score margin, minute by minute Above the line: NOP ahead · below: ATL ahead
StartEnd Q1End Q2End Q3End Q4+280+28NOP aheadATL ahead

Scoring runs: NOP 8-0 (Q1 10:08 → Q1 8:42)NOP 8-0 (Q1 4:11 → Q1 3:38)NOP 9-0 (Q1 2:38 → Q2 11:43)NOP 9-0 (Q2 7:35 → Q2 5:45)NOP 9-0 (Q3 1:41 → Q4 11:14)

Team comparison

ATLNOP

35-9143-76Field goals
3857Field goal %
8-467-173-pointers
17413-point %
21-2328-35Free throws
3649Rebounds
1410Offensive rebounds
2027Assists
1115Steals
44Blocks
1925Turnovers
5266Points in the paint
1819Fast-break points
2121Fouls
228Largest lead

Score by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Hawks1830262599
Pelicans35282929121

Atlanta Hawks — players

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker · starter2912211033-120-76-6-12
Jalen Johnson · starter2813740145-111-32-2-20
Onyeka Okongwu · starter2861010113-120-50-0-19
Dyson Daniels · starter278433023-60-22-3-4
CJ McCollum · starter2414221035-92-52-2-18
Luguentz Dort2911301103-91-74-5-15
Kingston Flemings2512264034-81-23-3-17
Aaron Wiggins2310211124-112-70-0-7
Asa Newell1913410015-111-62-2+1
Corey Kispert50010000-10-10-0+1
Dorian Finney-Smith30000000-10-10-0+4
Jock Landale10000000-00-00-0-4

New Orleans Pelicans — players

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jeremiah Fears · starter3120571039-121-21-2+21
Zion Williamson · starter3015643035-80-05-8+22
Trey Murphy III · starter2915551124-101-36-6+24
Herbert Jones · starter2511321015-101-30-0+14
Karlo Matkovic · starter1881011123-42-20-0+17
Saddiq Bey2625614039-131-26-7+8
Derik Queen238841033-60-02-2+9
Bennedict Mathurin197120022-51-32-2-2
Trendon Watford187401022-40-13-40
Bryce McGowens153012100-20-13-4+5
Julian Reese32100011-10-00-0-4
AJ Johnson30000110-10-00-0-4
DeAndre JordanDid not play — coach's decision

Play-by-play

  1. 0.0End of Game99-121
  2. 0.0End of the 4th Quarter99-121
  3. 16.4NOPshot clock turnover 99-121
  4. 41.6ATLAsa Newell makes running layup (Dyson Daniels assists)99-121
  5. 48.0ATLAsa Newell defensive rebound97-121
  6. 48.0NOPBryce McGowens misses 6-foot floating jump shot97-121
  7. 1:14ATLDyson Daniels lost ball turnover (Bryce McGowens steals)97-121
  8. 1:20NOPJulian Reese offensive foul turnover97-121
  9. 1:20NOPJulian Reese offensive foul97-121
  10. 1:40ATLAsa Newell makes free throw 2 of 297-121
  11. 1:40ATLAsa Newell makes free throw 1 of 296-121
  12. 1:40NOPJulian Reese shooting foul95-121
  13. 1:42NOPAJ Johnson lost ball turnover (Dyson Daniels steals)95-121
  14. 1:47NOPPelicans offensive team rebound95-121
  15. 1:47NOPTrendon Watford misses 23-foot three point jumper95-121
  16. 1:56ATLAaron Wiggins makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot (Corey Kispert assists)95-121
  17. 2:06ATLHawks offensive team rebound93-121
  18. 2:06ATLAJ Johnson blocks Dorian Finney-Smith 's 26-foot three point jumper93-121
  19. 2:13ATLDyson Daniels offensive rebound93-121
  20. 2:13ATLCorey Kispert misses 25-foot three point jumper93-121
  21. 2:26NOPJulian Reese makes tip shot93-121
  22. 2:30NOPJulian Reese offensive rebound93-119
  23. 2:30NOPAJ Johnson misses driving layup93-119
  24. 2:51NOPPelicans defensive team rebound93-119
  25. 2:51ATLAaron Wiggins misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot93-119
  26. 3:04ATLKingston Flemings ejected93-119
  27. 3:04ATLDorian Finney-Smith enters the game for Kingston Flemings93-119
  28. 3:04ATLAaron Wiggins enters the game for CJ McCollum93-119
  29. 3:04ATLDyson Daniels enters the game for Onyeka Okongwu93-119
  30. 3:04ATLAsa Newell enters the game for Luguentz Dort93-119
  31. 3:04NOPBennedict Mathurin enters the game for Karlo Matkovic93-119
  32. 3:04NOPJulian Reese enters the game for Zion Williamson93-119
  33. 3:04NOPTrendon Watford enters the game for Jeremiah Fears93-119
  34. 3:04NOPAJ Johnson enters the game for Trey Murphy III93-119
  35. 3:04NOPJulian Reese technical foul93-119
  36. 3:04ATLKingston Flemings technical foul (Julian Reese draws the foul)93-119
  37. 3:04(03:04) [Hawks] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL REPLAYCENTER)93-119
  38. 3:04ATLHawks Full timeout93-119
  39. 3:04NOPTrey Murphy III makes 1-foot dunk (Zion Williamson assists)93-119
  40. 3:09NOPTrey Murphy III defensive rebound93-117
  41. 3:09ATLBryce McGowens blocks Kingston Flemings 's 5-foot driving layup93-117
  42. 3:21NOPTrey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)93-117
  43. 3:46ATLKingston Flemings makes 13-foot pullup jump shot93-114
  44. 3:57NOPZion Williamson out of bounds lost ball turnover91-114
  45. 3:58NOPZion Williamson offensive rebound91-114
  46. 3:58NOPTrey Murphy III misses two point shot91-114
  47. 4:12ATLKingston Flemings personal foul91-114
  48. 4:27NOPTrey Murphy III defensive rebound91-114
  49. 4:27ATLOnyeka Okongwu misses 26-foot three point jumper91-114
  50. 4:34ATLCorey Kispert enters the game for Nickeil Alexander-Walker91-114
  51. 4:34NOP8 second turnover91-114
  52. 4:42ATLKingston Flemings bad pass turnover (Bryce McGowens steals)91-114
  53. 5:00NOPKarlo Matkovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)91-114
  54. 5:28ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes 14-foot step back jumpshot91-111
  55. 5:46NOPJeremiah Fears makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot89-111
  56. 6:08ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 289-108
  57. 6:08NOP(06:08) [Pelicans] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL STANDS) [Pelicans] charged with a timeout88-108
  58. 6:08NOPPelicans Full timeout88-108
  59. 6:08ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 288-108
  60. 6:08NOPBryce McGowens shooting foul87-108
  61. 6:19NOPZion Williamson makes tip shot87-108
  62. 6:24NOPZion Williamson offensive rebound87-106
  63. 6:24NOPZion Williamson misses driving layup87-106
  64. 6:44NOPKarlo Matkovic defensive rebound87-106
  65. 6:44ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper87-106
  66. 6:49NOPKarlo Matkovic makes tip shot87-106
  67. 6:53NOPKarlo Matkovic offensive rebound87-104
  68. 6:53NOPJeremiah Fears misses driving layup87-104
  69. 7:10ATLKingston Flemings enters the game for Dyson Daniels87-104
  70. 7:10NOPKarlo Matkovic enters the game for Derik Queen87-104
  71. 7:10ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 287-104
  72. 7:10ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 286-104
  73. 7:10NOPDerik Queen shooting foul85-104
  74. 7:19NOPBryce McGowens enters the game for Saddiq Bey85-104
  75. 7:19NOPDerik Queen traveling turnover85-104
  76. 7:37ATLOnyeka Okongwu makes two point shot85-104
  77. 7:43ATLOnyeka Okongwu offensive rebound83-104
  78. 7:43ATLLuguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point jumper83-104
  79. 7:51ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker offensive rebound83-104
  80. 7:51ATLOnyeka Okongwu misses 25-foot three point jumper83-104
  81. 7:55ATLCJ McCollum enters the game for Kingston Flemings83-104
  82. 7:55NOPZion Williamson enters the game for Trendon Watford83-104
  83. 7:55NOPSaddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 283-104
  84. 7:55NOPSaddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 283-103
  85. 7:55ATLKingston Flemings shooting foul83-102
  86. 8:17NOPDerik Queen defensive rebound83-102
  87. 8:17ATLDyson Daniels misses 25-foot three point jumper83-102
  88. 8:30ATLNickeil Alexander-Walker enters the game for Aaron Wiggins83-102
  89. 8:30NOPTrendon Watford makes free throw 2 of 283-102
  90. 8:30NOPTrendon Watford makes free throw 1 of 283-101
  91. 8:30ATLOnyeka Okongwu shooting foul83-100
  92. 8:38ATLOnyeka Okongwu enters the game for Asa Newell83-100
  93. 8:38NOPJeremiah Fears enters the game for Bennedict Mathurin83-100
  94. 8:38NOPTrey Murphy III enters the game for Herbert Jones83-100
  95. 8:40NOPPelicans defensive team rebound83-100
  96. 8:40ATLAsa Newell misses 26-foot three point jumper83-100
  97. 8:49NOPSaddiq Bey makes 10-foot step back jumpshot83-100
  98. 9:15ATLKingston Flemings makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Aaron Wiggins assists)83-98
  99. 9:24NOPHerbert Jones makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Saddiq Bey assists)80-98
  100. 9:45ATLKingston Flemings makes free throw 2 of 280-96
  101. 9:45ATLKingston Flemings makes free throw 1 of 279-96
  102. 9:45NOPHerbert Jones shooting foul78-96
  103. 10:07ATL(10:07) [Hawks] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL OVERTURNED) [Hawks] retain their timeout78-96
  104. 10:07NOPTrendon Watford offensive foul turnover78-96
  105. 10:07NOPTrendon Watford offensive foul78-96
  106. 10:07ATLHawks Full timeout78-96
  107. 10:14ATLAsa Newell makes tip shot78-96
  108. 10:20ATLAsa Newell offensive rebound76-96
  109. 10:20ATLAaron Wiggins misses running pullup jump shot76-96
  110. 10:26ATLLuguentz Dort defensive rebound76-96
  111. 10:26NOPBennedict Mathurin misses driving floating jump shot76-96
  112. 10:43NOPDerik Queen defensive goaltending violation76-96
  113. 10:43ATLLuguentz Dort makes running layup (Kingston Flemings assists)76-96
  114. 10:48NOPDerik Queen bad pass turnover (Kingston Flemings steals)74-96
  115. 10:56NOPDerik Queen defensive rebound74-96
  116. 10:56ATLKingston Flemings misses 19-foot pullup jump shot74-96
  117. 11:01ATLKingston Flemings offensive rebound74-96
  118. 11:01ATLKingston Flemings misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot74-96
  119. 11:14NOPBennedict Mathurin makes driving layup (Derik Queen assists)74-96
  120. 11:30NOPDerik Queen defensive rebound74-94
  121. 11:30ATLKingston Flemings misses driving layup74-94
  122. 11:39NOPTrendon Watford makes driving layup74-94
  123. 11:48NOPTrendon Watford defensive rebound74-92
  124. 11:48ATLAsa Newell misses driving layup74-92
  125. 12:00ATLDyson Daniels enters the game for Jalen Johnson74-92

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2026-01-07NOP 100 – 117 ATLHawks won
2025-11-22ATL 115 – 98 NOPHawks won
2024-12-02NOP 112 – 124 ATLHawks won
2024-11-03ATL 126 – 111 NOPHawks won
2024-03-10NOP 116 – 103 ATLPelicans won
2023-11-04ATL 123 – 105 NOPHawks won
2023-02-07ATL 107 – 116 NOPPelicans won
2022-11-05NOP 121 – 124 ATLHawks won