Dunks & Threes: Pro Basketball Analysis

All Games Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Final			W-Prob	pScore		ORTG	#Poss	Pace
	24	Pelicans	47%	120	118	111.3	106	108.9
	25	Bulls	53%	121	134	127.6	105	102.2

Prediction updated: Jan 1, 2026 12:01 AM

Scoring Opportunities

NOP

+16

-10

112

CHI

+12

-7

110

Base

ORB

TOV

Scoring Efficiency

NOP

1.04 52.2%

CHI

1.22 60.9%

Points per Opportunity/ True Shooting %

24 New Orleans Pelicans

PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
Saddiq Bey #41 · SF · 6'8" 215 · 27	33.6	16	47%	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	2-2	100%	4-9	44%	2-7	29%
Trey Murphy III #25 · SG · 6'8" 206 · 26	33.6	15	50%	6	5	0	1	4	3	0	6	0-0	-	3-4	75%	3-11	27%
Zion Williamson #1 · PF · 6'6" 284 · 25	29.5	31	70%	7	3	0	0	1	4	4	3	7-9	78%	12-19	63%	0-0	-
Derik Queen #22 · C · 6'9" 250 · 21	25.4	9	56%	7	4	2	5	2	4	1	6	1-2	50%	4-6	67%	0-1	0%
Jeremiah Fears #0 · PG · 6'3" 190 · 19	22.5	5	31%	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0-0	-	1-6	17%	1-2	50%

Jordan Poole #3 · SG · 6'4" 194 · 27	26.2	26	68%	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	10-10	100%	2-4	50%	4-10	40%
Yves Missi #21 · C · 6'11" 235 · 22	22.7	3	38%	6	0	2	3	0	2	2	4	1-3	33%	1-3	33%	0-0	-
Kevon Looney #55 · C · 6'9" 222 · 30	17.9	2	20%	10	3	0	0	0	2	4	6	0-0	-	1-4	25%	0-1	0%
Jordan Hawkins #24 · SG · 6'5" 190 · 24	14.4	5	36%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	-	1-3	33%	1-4	25%
Micah Peavy #14 · SG · 6'7" 215 · 24	14.2	6	75%	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	1-1	100%	1-2	50%	1-2	50%
Karlo Matković #17 · PF · 6'10" 231 · 25	DNP – Coach's Decision
Trey Alexander #23 · SG · 6'5" 185 · 23	DNP – Coach's Decision
DeAndre Jordan #9 · C · 6'11" 265 · 37	DNP – Coach's Decision
Jose Alvarado #15 · PG · 6'0" 179 · 28	DNP - League Suspension
Bryce McGowens #11 · SG · 6'6" 190 · 23	Inactive - Coaches Decision
Hunter Dickinson #4 · C · 7'1" 255 · 25	Inactive - Coaches Decision
Herbert Jones #2 · SF · 6'7" 206 · 27	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Ankle; Sprain
Dejounte Murray #5 · PG · 6'4" 180 · 29	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Achilles; Rupture
PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
TOTAL	240	118	52%	46	25	4	9	10	24	12	34	22-27	81%	30-60	50%	12-38	32%

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24 New Orleans Pelicans

PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
Saddiq Bey #41 · SF · 6'8" 215 · 27	33.6	16	47%	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	2-2	100%	4-9	44%	2-7	29%
Trey Murphy III #25 · SG · 6'8" 206 · 26	33.6	15	50%	6	5	0	1	4	3	0	6	0-0	-	3-4	75%	3-11	27%
Zion Williamson #1 · PF · 6'6" 284 · 25	29.5	31	70%	7	3	0	0	1	4	4	3	7-9	78%	12-19	63%	0-0	-
Derik Queen #22 · C · 6'9" 250 · 21	25.4	9	56%	7	4	2	5	2	4	1	6	1-2	50%	4-6	67%	0-1	0%
Jeremiah Fears #0 · PG · 6'3" 190 · 19	22.5	5	31%	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0-0	-	1-6	17%	1-2	50%

Jordan Poole #3 · SG · 6'4" 194 · 27	26.2	26	68%	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	10-10	100%	2-4	50%	4-10	40%
Yves Missi #21 · C · 6'11" 235 · 22	22.7	3	38%	6	0	2	3	0	2	2	4	1-3	33%	1-3	33%	0-0	-
Kevon Looney #55 · C · 6'9" 222 · 30	17.9	2	20%	10	3	0	0	0	2	4	6	0-0	-	1-4	25%	0-1	0%
Jordan Hawkins #24 · SG · 6'5" 190 · 24	14.4	5	36%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	-	1-3	33%	1-4	25%
Micah Peavy #14 · SG · 6'7" 215 · 24	14.2	6	75%	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	1-1	100%	1-2	50%	1-2	50%
Karlo Matković #17 · PF · 6'10" 231 · 25	DNP – Coach's Decision
Trey Alexander #23 · SG · 6'5" 185 · 23	DNP – Coach's Decision
DeAndre Jordan #9 · C · 6'11" 265 · 37	DNP – Coach's Decision
Jose Alvarado #15 · PG · 6'0" 179 · 28	DNP - League Suspension
Bryce McGowens #11 · SG · 6'6" 190 · 23	Inactive - Coaches Decision
Hunter Dickinson #4 · C · 7'1" 255 · 25	Inactive - Coaches Decision
Herbert Jones #2 · SF · 6'7" 206 · 27	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Ankle; Sprain
Dejounte Murray #5 · PG · 6'4" 180 · 29	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Achilles; Rupture
PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
TOTAL	240	118	52%	46	25	4	9	10	24	12	34	22-27	81%	30-60	50%	12-38	32%

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25 Chicago Bulls

PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
Isaac Okoro #35 · SF · 6'4" 225 · 25	35.6	24	86%	5	2	1	2	2	4	1	4	6-8	75%	6-6	100%	2-4	50%
Nikola Vučević #9 · C · 6'9" 265 · 35	33.5	17	61%	8	5	0	0	0	2	0	8	1-2	50%	5-8	63%	2-5	40%
Tre Jones #30 · PG · 6'1" 190 · 26	27.1	20	100%	2	12	0	0	1	0	0	2	5-6	83%	6-6	100%	1-1	100%
Matas Buzelis #14 · SG · 6'8" 196 · 21	27.0	19	50%	6	2	1	0	0	4	1	5	1-4	25%	6-8	75%	2-9	22%
Jalen Smith #25 · PF · 6'8" 244 · 26	26.3	14	58%	14	1	1	2	1	3	3	11	3-3	100%	4-6	67%	1-5	20%

Kevin Huerter #13 · SG · 6'6" 190 · 27	29.4	13	65%	6	1	1	2	1	3	0	6	3-5	60%	2-4	50%	2-5	40%
Ayo Dosunmu #11 · SG · 6'4" 201 · 26	24.7	12	46%	4	6	0	1	0	1	1	3	4-4	100%	1-5	20%	2-6	33%
Patrick Williams #44 · PF · 6'6" 235 · 24	20.0	12	67%	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	2-2	100%	2-4	50%	2-4	50%
Dalen Terry #7 · SG · 6'6" 210 · 23	10.2	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0-0	-	0-1	0%	0-2	0%
Jevon Carter #5 · PG · 6'0" 190 · 30	6.1	3	50%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	-	0-1	0%	1-2	50%
Julian Phillips #15 · SF · 6'6" 201 · 22	DNP – Coach's Decision
Zach Collins #12 · PF · 6'9" 240 · 28	DND - Injury/Illness \| Right 1st Toe; Sprain
Lachlan Olbrich #47 · C · 6'8" 236 · 22	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Left Ankle; Sprain
Noa Essengue #24 · PF · 6'8" 194 · 19	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Left Shoulder; Surgery
Trentyn Flowers #00 · SF · 6'9" 185 · 21	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Knee; Hyperextension
Emanuel Miller #2 · PF · 6'5" 215 · 26	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Hamstring; Strain
Josh Giddey #3 · PG · 6'7" 214 · 23	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Left Hamstring; Tightness
Coby White #0 · SG · 6'4" 210 · 26	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Calf; Tightness
PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
TOTAL	240	134	61%	49	33	5	7	7	18	8	41	25-34	74%	32-49	65%	15-43	35%

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WIN PROBABILITY | PLAYS

Win Probability

Scoring Margin

Play-by-Play

			Score / W-Prob
Clock	Team	Event	NOP	CHI
Clock	Team	Event	NOP	CHI

SHOOTING

Scoring Efficiency

NOP

1.04 52.2%

CHI

1.22 60.9%

Points per Opportunity/ True Shooting %

Scoring by Shot Type

At the Rim (within 5 feet)

NOP

63%

CHI

68%

Midrange

NOP

25%

CHI

58%

3PT | Effective 3PT

NOP

18.0

32%

47%

CHI

22.5

35%

52%

Free Throws

NOP

81%

CHI

74%

Makes

Effective 3P Makes

Efficiency

Misses

Bars scaled to point value.

Total Points

Pelicans

PLAYER	PTS	TS%	TSM / TSA
Z. Williamson	31	70%	15.5 / 22
J. Poole	26	68%	13.0 / 19
S. Bey	16	47%	8.0 / 17
T. Murphy	15	50%	7.5 / 15
D. Queen	9	56%	4.5 / 8
M. Peavy	6	75%	3.0 / 4
J. Fears	5	31%	2.5 / 8
J. Hawkins	5	36%	2.5 / 7
Y. Missi	3	38%	1.5 / 4
K. Looney	2	20%	1.0 / 5

TS Makes

TS Misses

Total Points

Bulls

PLAYER	PTS	TS%	TSM / TSA
I. Okoro	24	86%	12.0 / 14
T. Jones	20	100%	10.0 / 10
M. Buzelis	19	50%	9.5 / 19
N. Vučević	17	61%	8.5 / 14
J. Smith	14	58%	7.0 / 12
K. Huerter	13	65%	6.5 / 10
A. Dosunmu	12	46%	6.0 / 13
P. Williams	12	67%	6.0 / 9
J. Carter	3	50%	1.5 / 3
D. Terry	0	-	0.0 / 3

TS Makes

TS Misses

MATCHUP

Reg Season Avg		Game Stats
Efficiency & Pace		This Game
Efficiency	20 113.3 25 112.2	NOP 111.3 CHI 127.6 +16.3
Pace	11 101.3 3 103.3	NOP 108.9 +6.7 CHI 102.2
Avg. Poss. Time	22 14.1 28 13.6	NOP 13.2 −0.9 CHI 14.1
Four Factors		This Game
EFG %	27 52.7% 14 54.7%	NOP 49.0% CHI 59.2% +10.2%
TO %	11 13.2% 20 14.1%	NOP 8.3% CHI 7.8% −0.5%
ORB %	8 27.0% 27 23.1%	NOP 22.6% +3.6% CHI 19.0%
FTrt	8 28.4 22 24.6	NOP 27.6 CHI 37.0 +9.4
Misc. Stats		This Game
AST %	26 59.6% 7 67.2%	NOP 59.5% CHI 70.2% +10.7%
STL %	10 8.7% 26 7.4%	NOP 3.8% CHI 4.8% +1.0%
BLK %	7 10.1% 15 9.0%	NOP 18.4% +6.7% CHI 11.7%

Season averages charted by z-score with a range of -2 and 2.

Reg Season Avg		Game Stats
Shooting Efficiency		This Game
TS%	25 55.4% 17 56.5%	NOP 52.2% CHI 60.9% +8.7%
Rim FG%	29 61.5% 30 61.4%	NOP 62.5% CHI 67.6% +5.1%
Mid FG%	30 36.6% 15 43.7%	NOP 25.0% CHI 58.3% +33.3%
3P %	24 34.7% 19 35.6%	NOP 31.6% CHI 34.9% +3.3%
FT %	14 78.4% 18 77.6%	NOP 81.5% +8.0% CHI 73.5%
Shot Distribution		This Game
Rim Att. %	1 42.8% 3 38.2%	NOP 40.8% +0.6% CHI 40.2%
Mid Att. %	5 21.7% 1 17.5%	NOP 20.4% CHI 13.0% −7.4%
3P Att. %	27 35.5% 8 44.3%	NOP 38.8% CHI 46.7% +8.0%

Season averages charted by z-score with a range of -2.79 and 2.79.

Game Totals	NOP	CHI
Possessions	106	105
Possession Minutes	23.4	24.7
Points	118	134
Rebounds	46	49
Assists	25	33
Steals	4	5
Blocks	9	7
Turnovers (Team)	10 (0)	7 (2)
Fouls	24	18
Off. Rebounds (Team)	12 (4)	8 (4)
Def. Rebounds (Team)	34 (2)	41 (3)
Field Goals	42-98	47-92
At-the-Rim FG	25-40	25-37
Midrange FG	5-20	7-12
2-Point FG	30-60	32-49
3-Point FG	12-38	15-43
Free Throws	22-27	25-34
Fast Break Pts	15	25
2nd Chance Pts	21	13
Points in Paint	56	60
Pts off Turnovers	11	20
Bench Points	42	40
Biggest Lead	2	17

Scoring Opportunities

Scoring Efficiency

WIN PROBABILITY | PLAYS

Win Probability

Scoring Margin

Play-by-Play

SHOOTING

Scoring Efficiency

Scoring by Shot Type

Total Points

Total Points

MATCHUP

Reg Season Avg

Reg Season Avg