Pelicans Beat Hawks 121-99 for Second Straight Win: Bey Drops 25 on Former Team
The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Atlanta Hawks 121-99 at Smoothie King Center on October 31, a second straight win after an 0-4 start that lifted them to 2-4. Saddiq Bey came off the bench to score a season-high 25 points on nine-of-13 shooting, with six rebounds and four steals, against his former team. Rookie Jeremiah Fears added 20 points and seven assists, his second straight 20-point game, while Zion Williamson and Trey Murphy III scored 15 apiece.
New Orleans shot 56.6 percent, scored 66 points in the paint and led by as many as 28, winning the quarters 35-18, 28-30, 29-26 and 29-25. The win also ended a four-game losing streak against Atlanta.
CJ McCollum scored 14 for Atlanta in his first game back in New Orleans since being traded away in June 2025; a tribute video was played for him. Jalen Johnson had 13 points before leaving in the fourth quarter with a sprained ankle. The Hawks committed a season-high 19 turnovers that became 34 Pelicans points and shot eight of 46 from three-point range.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 萨迪克·贝，Zafer摄，维基共享资源CC BY-SA 4.0 / Saddiq Bey, photo by Zafer, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
