{"id":535775,"date":"2026-03-12T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535775\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:18:11","slug":"pelicans-122-111-raptors-12-mar-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535775\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans 122-111 Raptors (12 Mar, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW ORLEANS — \u2014 Trey Murphy III<\/a> scored 28 points, Dejounte Murray<\/a> added 27 and the New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> beat the Toronto Raptors<\/a> 122-111 on Wednesday night, spoiling Brandon Ingram<\/a>‘s return to the city where he played for six seasons.<\/p>\n

Murray had his highest-scoring game since his return from a torn right Achilles tendon<\/a> that sidelined him for more than a year. Zion Williamson<\/a> added 19 points for the Pelicans, who have won seven of 10.<\/p>\n

In his first game at New Orleans since he was traded to Toronto in February of last year, Ingram finished with 22 points. The 10-year veteran also surpassed 11,000 points for his career.<\/p>\n

Immanuel Quickley<\/a> scored 25 points for Toronto, which has lost six of eight. This defeat dropped the Raptors from fifth to seventh in the Eastern Conference, one-half game behind Orlando and Miami.<\/p>\n

Murphy shot 8 of 12 from the field and 5 of 8 from 3-point range. Both teams made 14 3-pointers, but New Orleans did it on 29 attempts (48.3%) and Toronto needed 44 (31.8%).<\/p>\n

The Pelicans led 60-58 at halftime and expanded their lead to 18 points in the third quarter. The Raptors got back within two early in the fourth, but New Orleans responded with an 8-0 run and Toronto never got closer than six the rest of the way. Murphy put it away when he hit a 3 with 2:19 left for a 116-101 lead.<\/p>\n

During the first quarter, the Pelicans played a video tribute<\/a> to Ingram, who averaged 17.6 points and made his first All-Star Game during his time in New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Raptors: Host Phoenix on Friday.<\/p>\n

Pelicans: At Houston on Friday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW ORLEANS — \u2014 Trey Murphy III scored 28 points, Dejounte Murray added 27 and the New Orleans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-535775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}