Who won Washington Wizards vs New Orleans Pelicans?

The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Washington Wizards 132-120 on January 3, 2025.

Jordan Poole scored 26 for the Washington Wizards; CJ McCollum scored 50 for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Washington Wizards at New Orleans Pelicans

2024-25 · Regular season Fri, Jan 3, 2025 · 8:00 pm EST · All results that day · Washington Wizards vs New Orleans Pelicans head-to-head · Washington Wizards schedule · New Orleans Pelicans schedule

Final

Away

New Orleans Pelicans

132

Venue: Smoothie King Center

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Washington Wizards 132-120 at home on Friday, January 3, 2025 at Smoothie King Center. CJ McCollum had 50 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists for the New Orleans Pelicans. Jordan Poole had 26 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists for the Washington Wizards.

The New Orleans Pelicans trailed 68-62 at halftime and came back to win. Their best stretch was the fourth quarter, won 35-23. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Yves Missi (double-double, New Orleans Pelicans), Dejounte Murray (double-double, New Orleans Pelicans). Bench points: Washington Wizards 41, New Orleans Pelicans 32. Trey Murphy III had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Washington Wizards vs New Orleans Pelicans?: The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Washington Wizards 132-120 on January 3, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Jordan Poole scored 26 for the Washington Wizards; CJ McCollum scored 50 for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Washington Wizards	37	31	29	23	120
New Orleans Pelicans	29	33	35	35	132

Game leaders

Washington Wizards

Points: 26 Jordan Poole
Rebounds: 10 Jonas Valančiūnas
Assists: 7 Jordan Poole

New Orleans Pelicans

Points: 50 CJ McCollum
Rebounds: 11 Yves Missi
Assists: 12 Dejounte Murray

Yves Missi double-double (12 PTS, 11 REB) · Dejounte Murray double-double (11 PTS, 12 AST)

Washington Wizards
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Bub Carrington starter	36:12	8	3	6	0	2	4-8	0-3	0-0	1	-27
Jordan Poole starter	30:43	26	4	7	1	3	8-18	3-10	7-8	4	-1
Justin Champagnie starter	29:53	12	7	1	3	3	5-8	2-4	0-2	2	-7
Kyle Kuzma starter	28:29	14	7	1	1	2	7-8	0-1	0-2	0	-13
Alexandre Sarr starter	27:18	19	7	5	0	2	7-13	0-2	5-5	4	-17
Malcolm Brogdon bench	24:46	16	3	3	0	1	4-10	0-1	8-8	0	+1
Corey Kispert bench	21:08	8	2	1	0	1	3-5	2-3	0-0	4	-8
Jonas Valančiūnas bench	19:35	9	10	2	0	4	4-9	0-0	1-2	3	+2
Kyshawn George bench	17:28	5	5	1	1	3	2-3	1-2	0-0	5	-2
Patrick Baldwin Jr. bench	1:07	3	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	+3
Jared Butler bench	1:07	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	+3
Anthony Gill bench	1:07	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+3
Jonathan Davis bench	1:07	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+3

Not available: Marvin Bagley III, Saddiq Bey, Bilal Coulibaly

New Orleans Pelicans
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Trey Murphy III starter	34:31	17	5	5	1	2	1	5-19	2-8	5-5	2	-11
Herbert Jones starter	33:16	10	1	6	2	0	1	4-6	2-3	0-0	5	+27
Yves Missi starter	32:27	12	11	3	0	1	1	5-7	0-0	2-4	2	+3
CJ McCollum starter	30:40	50	3	2	0	0	1	18-27	10-16	4-4	2	+21
Dejounte Murray starter	28:17	11	4	12	3	1	1	4-12	0-2	3-3	2	-4
Brandon Boston Jr. bench	26:14	13	4	3	0	1	1	5-7	1-2	2-2	4	+9
Jose Alvarado bench	19:43	5	2	3	3	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	2	+16
Jordan Hawkins bench	16:31	4	2	2	0	1	0	1-6	1-4	1-2	1	-6
Daniel Theis bench	15:27	7	4	0	0	0	1	3-5	0-1	1-2	2	+9
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl bench	2:54	3	1	0	1	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	-4

Not available: Brandon Ingram, Karlo Matkovic, Zion Williamson

Team statistics
Washington Wizards	Stat	New Orleans Pelicans
21/27 (77%)	Free throws	18/22 (81%)
36/56 (64%)	2 pointers	30/55 (54%)
9/28 (32%)	3 pointers	18/41 (43%)
45/84 (53%)	Field goals	48/96 (50%)
48	Rebounds	37
34	Defensive rebounds	24
14	Offensive rebounds	13
28	Assists	36
21	Turnovers	7
6	Steals	10
0	Blocks	6
23	Fouls	22
7	Max points in a row	11
15:15	Time spent in lead	29:00
8	Biggest lead	17

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: New Orleans Pelicans ahead)

Largest margin: 15 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 24
Times tied: 8
Largest lead · Washington Wizards: 8 Q1 0:13
Largest lead · New Orleans Pelicans: 17 Q4 2:53
Longest run: 11-0 New Orleans Pelicans · Q3 10:47 to Q3 9:12

Scoring plays

Q1 · 33 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
11:36	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	0	2
11:02	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	0	4
10:35	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	0	6
10:17	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 2-pt field goal	2	6
9:46	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole 2-pt field goal	4	6
9:33	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi Free throw	4	7
9:03	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	4	10
8:27	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	4	13
7:49	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	6	13
7:27	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 3-pt field goal	9	13
7:03	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 2-pt field goal	9	15
6:50	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 2-pt field goal	11	15
6:31	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	13	15
6:05	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	15	15
6:05	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr Free throw	16	15
5:53	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	16	17
5:36	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	18	17
5:27	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 2-pt field goal	18	19
5:22	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole 2-pt field goal	20	19
5:22	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole Free throw	21	19
4:45	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	23	19
4:33	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi Free throw	23	20
4:06	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	23	22
3:47	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	25	22
3:29	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 2-pt field goal	25	24
3:16	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	28	24
2:45	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	30	24
2:03	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	30	26
1:41	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 3-pt field goal	33	26
1:24	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 3-pt field goal	33	29
0:39	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon 2-pt field goal	35	29
0:13	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon Free throw	36	29
0:13	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon Free throw	37	29

Q2 · 34 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
11:40	New Orleans Pelicans	Daniel Theis 2-pt field goal	37	31
11:03	New Orleans Pelicans	Brandon Boston Jr. 3-pt field goal	37	34
10:15	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon Free throw	38	34
10:15	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon Free throw	39	34
10:03	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	39	37
9:18	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 3-pt field goal	39	40
8:55	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 3-pt field goal	42	40
8:41	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	42	43
8:20	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon 2-pt field goal	44	43
8:01	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 2-pt field goal	44	45
7:46	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	46	45
7:31	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	46	47
7:17	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	46	50
6:23	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 2-pt field goal	48	50
5:45	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole 2-pt field goal	50	50
5:22	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	53	50
4:56	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	53	51
4:56	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	53	52
4:31	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	53	54
4:27	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole Free throw	54	54
4:27	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole Free throw	55	54
3:52	New Orleans Pelicans	Brandon Boston Jr. 2-pt field goal	55	56
3:31	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	57	56
3:18	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	57	59
2:50	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	59	59
2:47	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	59	60
2:14	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	61	60
1:24	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	61	62
1:16	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon Free throw	62	62
1:16	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon Free throw	63	62
1:00	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 2-pt field goal	65	62
0:45	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole Free throw	66	62
0:01	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon Free throw	67	62
0:01	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon Free throw	68	62

Q3 · 32 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
11:46	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 3-pt field goal	68	65
11:27	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole 2-pt field goal	70	65
10:47	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	70	67
10:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 2-pt field goal	70	69
10:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray Free throw	70	70
9:42	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	70	73
9:12	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	70	76
8:55	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	72	76
8:28	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	72	79
8:09	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 2-pt field goal	74	79
7:44	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 2-pt field goal	74	81
7:27	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole 2-pt field goal	76	81
7:11	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	78	81
7:04	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum Free throw	78	82
7:04	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum Free throw	78	83
6:31	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	78	86
6:13	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	80	86
5:58	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	80	87
5:58	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III Free throw	80	88
5:36	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 3-pt field goal	83	88
5:14	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	83	90
4:52	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 2-pt field goal	83	92
4:52	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole Free throw	84	92
4:02	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	87	92
3:28	Washington Wizards	Kyshawn George 2-pt field goal	89	92
2:25	New Orleans Pelicans	Daniel Theis 2-pt field goal	89	94
2:06	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	91	94
1:34	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon 2-pt field goal	93	94
1:15	New Orleans Pelicans	Brandon Boston Jr. 2-pt field goal	93	96
1:00	Washington Wizards	Jonas Valančiūnas Free throw	94	96
0:51	New Orleans Pelicans	Daniel Theis Free throw	94	97
0:39	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 3-pt field goal	97	97

Q4 · 33 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
11:03	Washington Wizards	Malcolm Brogdon 2-pt field goal	99	97
10:42	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Hawkins Free throw	99	98
10:30	Washington Wizards	Corey Kispert 2-pt field goal	101	98
10:20	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Hawkins 3-pt field goal	101	101
9:45	New Orleans Pelicans	Brandon Boston Jr. 2-pt field goal	101	103
9:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 3-pt field goal	101	106
8:44	New Orleans Pelicans	Brandon Boston Jr. Free throw	101	107
8:44	New Orleans Pelicans	Brandon Boston Jr. Free throw	101	108
8:16	Washington Wizards	Justin Champagnie 2-pt field goal	103	108
7:53	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	103	111
7:15	New Orleans Pelicans	Brandon Boston Jr. 2-pt field goal	103	113
6:32	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 3-pt field goal	103	116
6:04	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	103	118
5:51	Washington Wizards	Bub Carrington 2-pt field goal	105	118
5:29	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	105	120
5:02	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr Free throw	106	120
5:02	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr Free throw	107	120
4:41	New Orleans Pelicans	Daniel Theis 2-pt field goal	107	122
4:26	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr Free throw	108	122
4:26	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr Free throw	109	122
4:12	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	109	124
3:57	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	111	124
3:17	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum Free throw	111	125
3:17	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum Free throw	111	126
2:53	New Orleans Pelicans	CJ McCollum 2-pt field goal	111	128
2:41	Washington Wizards	Alexandre Sarr 2-pt field goal	113	128
2:17	Washington Wizards	Kyle Kuzma 2-pt field goal	115	128
1:56	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	115	130
1:54	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole Free throw	116	130
1:54	Washington Wizards	Jordan Poole Free throw	117	130
1:07	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray Free throw	117	131
1:07	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray Free throw	117	132
0:11	Washington Wizards	Patrick Baldwin Jr. 3-pt field goal	120	132

2024-25 season series

After this game: New Orleans Pelicans 1-0. Final series: New Orleans Pelicans 2-0.

Jan 3: Washington Wizards 120 at New Orleans Pelicans 132 (this game)
Jan 5: New Orleans Pelicans 110 at Washington Wizards 98

Highlights

New Orleans Pelicans 132-120 Washington Wizards — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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