POST-GAME REACTION: Alvarado’s 3-pointer sends Pelicans past Hornets for first win of the season
POST-GAME REACTION: Alvarado’s 3-pointer sends Pelicans past Hornets for first win of the season
Finally, *** win for the Pelicans and it felt like they were about to be 0 and 7 after the Hornets hit them with *** 23-2 run from the end of the second quarter into the third quarter. It felt like they were really going to lose when they were down 7 points with about 3 minutes left in the game, but the Pels close out the game very strong with an 11-0 run to pick up that first W. the win. Solidifies all the work that they put in everything that we’re teaching, you know, sometimes it can be difficult when we know that our processes are there. We’re teaching the right things guys are working at it and they don’t get the results, um, so this confirms what they’re doing, how hard we’re working. And yes, Jose Alvarado’s 3 was *** huge reason why the Pelicans won this game, but another huge reason why they got this W, their rookie Derrick Queen, all 12 of his points coming in the 4th quarter. We needed. Every ounce of what he gave us, um, even when he made that mistake, if you watch his teammates, they all corral around him and they just told him, hey, OK, next play, we made *** mistake, turn over next play, but he, he, he had done so much for us even leading to that point. Um, in the minutes that he played and after the game, Jose Alvarado did joke or not jokingly say that 3 pointer wasn’t supposed to be for him. They drew that play up for someone else and that someone else was of course Trey Murphy, but it worked out for the Pelicans in the blender Sharif Ishak, WDSU News.
POST-GAME REACTION: Alvarado’s 3-pointer sends Pelicans past Hornets for first win of the season
POST-GAME REACTION: Alvarado’s 3-pointer sends Pelicans past Hornets for first win of the season
Updated: 10:18 PM CST Nov 4, 2025
Jose Alvarado made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 16 seconds left and the New Orleans Pelicans won for the first time this season by beating the Charlotte Hornets 116-112 on Tuesday night.Trey Murphy III scored 21 points for the Pelicans, who had dropped their first six games. Their victory left the Brooklyn Nets (0-7) as the NBA’s only winless team.Alvarado added 18 points and fellow reserve Saddiq Bey had 17 for the Pelicans, who announced earlier Tuesday that Zion Williamson would miss at least a week because of a strained left hamstring.Miles Bridges scored 22 points and rookie Kon Knueppel had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Hornets, who played without LaMelo Ball for a second straight game because of a right ankle injury.Trailing by two at halftime, Charlotte opened the third quarter with an 11-0 run to take a lead it held all the way until Alvarado dribbled right and pulled up for his go-ahead shot.Rookie Derik Queen then came up with his fourth steal of the game after Charlotte inbounded and Murphy made two free throws to make it 115-112. Bridges missed a tying 3-point attempt and Bey made a free throw to close the scoring.Queen scored all of his 12 points in the final quarter and also had eight rebounds and seven assists in 18 minutes.Up nextHornets: Visit Miami on Friday.Pelicans: Visit Dallas on Wednesday.
NEW ORLEANS —
Jose Alvarado made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 16 seconds left and the New Orleans Pelicans won for the first time this season by beating the Charlotte Hornets 116-112 on Tuesday night.
Trey Murphy III scored 21 points for the Pelicans, who had dropped their first six games. Their victory left the Brooklyn Nets (0-7) as the NBA’s only winless team.
Alvarado added 18 points and fellow reserve Saddiq Bey had 17 for the Pelicans, who announced earlier Tuesday that Zion Williamson would miss at least a week because of a strained left hamstring.
Miles Bridges scored 22 points and rookie Kon Knueppel had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Hornets, who played without LaMelo Ball for a second straight game because of a right ankle injury.
Trailing by two at halftime, Charlotte opened the third quarter with an 11-0 run to take a lead it held all the way until Alvarado dribbled right and pulled up for his go-ahead shot.
Rookie Derik Queen then came up with his fourth steal of the game after Charlotte inbounded and Murphy made two free throws to make it 115-112. Bridges missed a tying 3-point attempt and Bey made a free throw to close the scoring.
Queen scored all of his 12 points in the final quarter and also had eight rebounds and seven assists in 18 minutes.
Up next
Hornets: Visit Miami on Friday.
Pelicans: Visit Dallas on Wednesday.