{"id":113928,"date":"2025-06-21T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T07:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/113928\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T07:30:19","slug":"poor-shooting-pelicans-have-season-worst-points-total-in-127-81-loss-to-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/113928\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor-shooting Pelicans have season-worst points total in 127-81 loss to Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) &#8211; The struggling Pelicans hit another low Monday night (March 17), flailing their way to a season-low points total in an embarrassing 127-81 loss to the visiting Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">New Orleans made just 5 of 32 3-point shots (15.6 percent) in one of their worst shooting performances of the season. The Pelicans were 28 of 86 from the floor overall (32.6 percent).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Starting guard C.J. McCollum most embodied the futility as the Pelicans (18-51) lost their 51th game of the year, and by 46 points, matching the biggest losing margin in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">McCollum missed 14 of 15 shots &#8212; including all seven of his 3-point attempts &#8212; to wind up with three points in 30 minutes played.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">But McCollum was hardly alone. Backcourt mate Jose Alvarado was 1 for 10 in the game, including 1 for 9 on 3-point attempts, contributing three points in his 28 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">New Orleans\u2019 previous worst scoring output this season came Dec. 1, in a 118-85 loss at New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Zion Williamson led the Pelicans with 30 points, six rebounds and three assists, along with a memorable power dunk over Isaiah Stewart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Pelicans\u2019 Trey Murphy III exited the game after just one minute with an injury to his right shoulder. The team said X-rays were negative for a fracture, but his status for Wednesday\u2019s game in Minnesota was unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Pelicans trailed by 31 points at halftime, 63-32. McCollum (0 for 10), Zion Williamson (1 for 7) and Alvarado (0 for 7) were a combined 1 for 24 from the floor in the first two quarters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Cade Cunningham led Detroit (37-31) with 24 points and Simone Fontecchio added 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Pistons outrebounded the Pelicans, 50-39, and shot nearly 55 percent from the field, including 13 for 35 from long distance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">New Orleans opens a three-game road trip Wednesday in Minneapolis, with the first of back-to-back games against Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">See a spelling or grammar error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox8live.com\/2025\/03\/18\/poor-shooting-pelicans-have-season-worst-points-total-127-81-loss-pistons\/mailto:WVUE-digitalcontent@gray.tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a> to report it. 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