59pts
Anthony Davis
NOPvsDET
Feb 21, 2016
NBA head-to-headModern Rivalry
Detroit Pistons vs New Orleans Pelicans Head-to-Head
New Orleans Pelicans lead the all-time record 30-21 across 51 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The widest margin between these two is 46 points: the Detroit Pistons beat the New Orleans Pelicans 127-81 on March 17, 2025.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026DET
21
vs
NOP
30
51 meetings
All-time
NOP lead 30-21
Recent form
DET 4-6 over the latest 10
Last meeting
DET won 129-108 on Mar 26, 2026
Closeness
9 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 10 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Mar 26, 26
DET 129-108 NOP
DETJan 21, 26
NOP 104-112 DET
DETMar 23, 25
DET 136-130 NOP
DETMar 17, 25
NOP 81-127 DET
DETMar 24, 24
DET 101-114 NOP
NOPNov 2, 23
NOP 125-116 DET
NOPJan 13, 23
DET 110-116 NOP
NOPDec 7, 22
NOP 104-98 DET
NOPFeb 1, 22
DET 101-111 NOP
NOPDec 10, 21
NOP 109-93 DET
NOP| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | DET | NOP | 129–108 | DET |
| Jan 21, 2026 | NOP | DET | 104–112 | DET |
| Mar 23, 2025 | DET | NOP | 136–130 | DET |
| Mar 17, 2025 | NOP | DET | 81–127 | DET |
| Mar 24, 2024 | DET | NOP | 101–114 | NOP |
| Nov 2, 2023 | NOP | DET | 125–116 | NOP |
| Jan 13, 2023 | DET | NOP | 110–116 | NOP |
| Dec 7, 2022 | NOP | DET | 104–98 | NOP |
| Feb 1, 2022 | DET | NOP | 101–111 | NOP |
| Dec 10, 2021 | NOP | DET | 109–93 | NOP |
Last Meeting
Mar 26, 2026Final
DET
129
HOME
NOP
108
AWAY
Pistonswon by21
Pistons' 4th straight in this series·Game 51 of all-time series
Matchup context
New Orleans Pelicans have won 6 of the latest 10 scored meetings. New Orleans Pelicans lead the complete decided record 30-21. The 10-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 2002 to 2026
- 24 seasons
- Average margin
- 10 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 0
- No playoff meeting is present in the source
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
21W
30W
DET
NOP
41%59%
Detroit PistonsNew Orleans Pelicans
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season51 games
21
30
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
Detroit Pistons Biggest Win
127–81+46
Mar 17, 2025
New Orleans Pelicans Biggest Win
109–86+23
Mar 1, 2017
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | DET ↕ | NOP ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
9-16
DET
AWAY
14-12
NOP
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Detroit Pistons: 4 consecutive wins
4
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.0 pts on average
10.0pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
DET-Neutral
Last 1040%
All-Time41.2%
NOP-Neutral
Last 1060%
All-Time58.8%
Last 10 Results
DET / NOP
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 36 of 51 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
5
DET OT Wins
3
NOP OT Wins
2
Biggest OT Game
110-117 on Jan 13, 2020 (1OT)
Largest Leads
DET Biggest Leads
+27pts
Dec 10, 2021
#2:+26 pts·Jan 4, 2007
#3:+25 pts·Mar 1, 2017
NOP Biggest Leads
+25pts
Dec 4, 2004
#2:+24 pts·Jan 14, 2015
#3:+23 pts·Jan 21, 2016
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
19
Feb 1, 2017
Average per Game
5.9
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
16
Feb 25, 2009
Average Ties per Game
5.1
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
22,076
Jan 17, 2009
Lowest
2,700
Feb 24, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
16,156
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
DET45.4%
NOP45.9%
NOP +0.5 pp
3P%
DET32.8%
NOP32.5%
DET +0.3 pp
FT%
DET74.1%
NOP81.2%
NOP +7.1 pp
TS%
DET53.1%
NOP53.9%
NOP +0.8 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
DET Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hamilton | 343 | 19 | 18.1 | 30 |
| Chauncey Billups | 271 | 14 | 19.4 | 32 |
| Tayshaun Prince | 226 | 18 | 12.6 | 28 |
| Andre Drummond | 171 | 11 | 15.6 | 23 |
| Rasheed Wallace | 107 | 10 | 10.7 | 16 |
| Saddiq Bey | 102 | 6 | 17.0 | 25 |
| Blake Griffin | 99 | 4 | 24.8 | 37 |
| Corliss Williamson | 97 | 8 | 12.1 | 21 |
| Antonio McDyess | 92 | 9 | 10.2 | 26 |
| Ben Wallace | 92 | 11 | 8.4 | 22 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 89 | 7 | 12.7 | 20 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 81 | 6 | 13.5 | 38 |
| Reggie Jackson | 81 | 6 | 13.5 | 34 |
| Greg Monroe | 80 | 6 | 13.3 | 28 |
| Tobias Harris | 75 | 4 | 18.8 | 25 |
NOP Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 250 | 8 | 31.3 | 59 |
| Jrue Holiday | 204 | 9 | 22.7 | 37 |
| David West | 169 | 9 | 18.8 | 32 |
| Chris Paul | 157 | 9 | 17.4 | 24 |
| David Wesley | 142 | 8 | 17.8 | 27 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 114 | 5 | 22.8 | 29 |
| Brandon Ingram | 109 | 4 | 27.3 | 31 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 106 | 8 | 13.3 | 20 |
| Baron Davis | 91 | 6 | 15.2 | 19 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 86 | 5 | 17.2 | 33 |
| P.J. Brown | 86 | 10 | 8.6 | 13 |
| Peja Stojakovic | 81 | 5 | 16.2 | 21 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 68 | 6 | 11.3 | 23 |
| Zion Williamson | 68 | 3 | 22.7 | 29 |
| Trey Murphy III | 59 | 4 | 14.8 | 20 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
39pts
Anthony Davis
NOPvsDET
Mar 4, 2015
38pts
Anthony Davis
NOPvsDET
Feb 12, 2018
38pts
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
DETvsNOP
Feb 1, 2017
37pts
Blake Griffin
DETvsNOP
Jan 23, 2019
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
42 games with complete quarter lines
DETNOP
How they create points
36 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Points in paint: NOP +3.6 points36 games
DET highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 25.8
NOP highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 25.3
Widest fingerprint gap
NOP +3.6 points in paint
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.