Pelicans close overtime on 10-0 run, beat Jazz 120-113

Saddiq Bey scored 22 points off the bench and the New Orleans Pelicans closed overtime on a 10-0 run to beat the Utah Jazz 120-113 on Wednesday, November 4.

The Pelicans scored 10 straight points in overtime to go ahead 114-110, and Bey's 15-foot pull-up jumper with 39.3 seconds left made it 116-110. Bey made 9 of 14 shots.

New Orleans needed a fourth-quarter rally to get there. Utah scored 43 points in the third quarter and led 85-72 early in the fourth, its largest lead, before a 10-0 Pelicans run cut the deficit to 87-86.

The rest of regulation stayed even. The teams traded the lead 23 times and were tied 14 times, and Utah held an 89-88 edge with five minutes left in the fourth quarter.

After Bey's jumper, Zion Williamson made two free throws for a 118-110 lead. Lauri Markkanen hit a 30-foot 3-pointer, set up by Keyonte George, with 2.7 seconds left. Dejounte Murray closed it with two free throws with 0.9 seconds to go.

Williamson led New Orleans with 23 points and made 11 of 13 free throws. Murray scored 20 and went 11-of-11 at the line. Derik Queen added 20 points off the bench. Trey Murphy III did not play, out with bilateral patella tendinopathy.

George had 39 points on 14-of-26 shooting for Utah, with nine assists and four steals. Markkanen finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds. The Jazz (1-7) made only 11 of 47 3-point attempts and turned the ball over 20 times.

The free throw line decided much of the night. New Orleans (4-4) made 39 of 43, while Utah made 20 of 30. The Pelicans' bench outscored Utah's 51-29, and New Orleans outscored the Jazz 32-24 over the final five minutes of regulation and overtime.

Up next

Pelicans: home against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, November 6.

Jazz: at the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, November 6.