50pts
Giannis Antetokounmpo
MILvsNOP
Jan 29, 2023
NBA head-to-headModern Rivalry
Milwaukee Bucks vs New Orleans Pelicans Head-to-Head
New Orleans Pelicans lead the all-time record 29-22 across 51 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The highest-scoring meeting between these two came on February 4, 2026: New Orleans Pelicans 137, Milwaukee Bucks 141, 278 points in all.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026MIL
22
vs
NOP
29
51 meetings
All-time
NOP lead 29-22
Recent form
MIL 8-2 over the latest 10
Last meeting
MIL won 139-118 on Feb 20, 2026
Closeness
7 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 9.3 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Feb 20, 26
NOP 118-139 MIL
MILFeb 4, 26
MIL 141-137 NOP
MILApr 10, 25
MIL 136-111 NOP
MILApr 6, 25
NOP 107-111 MIL
MILMar 28, 24
NOP 107-100 MIL
NOPJan 27, 24
MIL 141-117 NOP
MILJan 29, 23
MIL 135-110 NOP
MILDec 19, 22
NOP 119-128 MIL
MILJan 1, 22
MIL 136-113 NOP
MILDec 17, 21
NOP 116-112 MIL
NOP| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2026 | NOP | MIL | 118–139 | MIL |
| Feb 4, 2026 | MIL | NOP | 141–137 | MIL |
| Apr 10, 2025 | MIL | NOP | 136–111 | MIL |
| Apr 6, 2025 | NOP | MIL | 107–111 | MIL |
| Mar 28, 2024 | NOP | MIL | 107–100 | NOP |
| Jan 27, 2024 | MIL | NOP | 141–117 | MIL |
| Jan 29, 2023 | MIL | NOP | 135–110 | MIL |
| Dec 19, 2022 | NOP | MIL | 119–128 | MIL |
| Jan 1, 2022 | MIL | NOP | 136–113 | MIL |
| Dec 17, 2021 | NOP | MIL | 116–112 | NOP |
Last Meeting
Feb 20, 2026Final
NOP
118
HOME
MIL
139
AWAY
Buckswon by21
Bucks' 4th straight in this series·Game 51 of all-time series
Matchup context
Milwaukee Bucks have won 8 of the latest 10 scored meetings. New Orleans Pelicans lead the complete decided record 29-22. The 9.3-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 2002 to 2026
- 24 seasons
- Average margin
- 9.3 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 0
- No playoff meeting is present in the source
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
22W
29W
MIL
NOP
43%57%
Milwaukee BucksNew Orleans Pelicans
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season51 games
22
29
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
Milwaukee Bucks Biggest Win
135–110+25
Jan 29, 2023
New Orleans Pelicans Biggest Win
102–81+21
Dec 3, 2012
Decade Breakdown
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Season by Season
| Season ↓ | MIL ↕ | NOP ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
7-18
MIL
AWAY
11-15
NOP
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Milwaukee Bucks: 4 consecutive wins
4
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 9.3 pts on average
9.3pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
MIL↑Trending Up
Last 1080%
All-Time43.1%
NOP↓Trending Down
Last 1020%
All-Time56.9%
Last 10 Results
MIL / NOP
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 37 of 51 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
4
MIL OT Wins
0
NOP OT Wins
4
Biggest OT Game
109-101 on Feb 8, 2007 (2OT)
Largest Leads
MIL Biggest Leads
+28pts
Mar 21, 2003
#2:+26 pts·Feb 7, 2004
#3:+26 pts·Jan 27, 2003
NOP Biggest Leads
+29pts
Jan 29, 2021
#2:+27 pts·Jan 29, 2023
#3:+27 pts·Apr 3, 2007
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
24
Mar 7, 2014
Average per Game
8.7
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
18
Dec 23, 2005
Average Ties per Game
6.6
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
18,717
Feb 25, 2018
Lowest
1,440
Jan 29, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
15,063
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
MIL46.5%
NOP44.9%
MIL +1.6 pp
3P%
MIL34.5%
NOP36.9%
NOP +2.4 pp
FT%
MIL78.4%
NOP76.5%
MIL +1.9 pp
TS%
MIL54.8%
NOP54.0%
MIL +0.8 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
MIL Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 414 | 17 | 24.4 | 50 |
| Khris Middleton | 304 | 16 | 19.0 | 31 |
| Michael Redd | 292 | 11 | 26.6 | 40 |
| Andrew Bogut | 118 | 8 | 14.8 | 26 |
| Jrue Holiday | 115 | 5 | 23.0 | 40 |
| Ersan Ilyasova | 106 | 10 | 10.6 | 23 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 102 | 6 | 17.0 | 29 |
| Jabari Parker | 97 | 5 | 19.4 | 33 |
| Mo Williams | 94 | 6 | 15.7 | 30 |
| Brook Lopez | 91 | 8 | 11.4 | 16 |
| Charlie Bell | 78 | 7 | 11.1 | 21 |
| Malcolm Brogdon | 69 | 5 | 13.8 | 18 |
| John Henson | 68 | 7 | 9.7 | 14 |
| Donte DiVincenzo | 62 | 6 | 10.3 | 24 |
| Pat Connaughton | 59 | 8 | 7.4 | 9 |
NOP Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 320 | 12 | 26.7 | 43 |
| David West | 251 | 12 | 20.9 | 28 |
| Chris Paul | 169 | 10 | 16.9 | 30 |
| Brandon Ingram | 141 | 6 | 23.5 | 32 |
| Jrue Holiday | 126 | 7 | 18.0 | 36 |
| Zion Williamson | 106 | 4 | 26.5 | 34 |
| P.J. Brown | 101 | 8 | 12.6 | 20 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 89 | 4 | 22.3 | 24 |
| Tyson Chandler | 86 | 6 | 14.3 | 20 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 84 | 6 | 14.0 | 21 |
| Lonzo Ball | 83 | 5 | 16.6 | 27 |
| Tyreke Evans | 72 | 5 | 14.4 | 25 |
| JJ Redick | 71 | 4 | 17.8 | 31 |
| Josh Hart | 69 | 7 | 9.9 | 15 |
| Rasual Butler | 65 | 6 | 10.8 | 17 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
43pts
Anthony Davis
NOPvsMIL
Mar 9, 2015
40pts
Jrue Holiday
MILvsNOP
Dec 17, 2021
40pts
Michael Redd
MILvsNOP
Jan 28, 2004
38pts
Giannis Antetokounmpo
MILvsNOP
Feb 25, 2021
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
MILNOP
How they create points
37 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Q1 scoring: MIL +1.7 points42 games
MIL highest-scoring quarter
Q3 · 27.3
NOP highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 26.8
Widest fingerprint gap
MIL +1.7 q1 scoring
Questions about this record: Milwaukee Bucks vs New Orleans Pelicans
How do recent Milwaukee Bucks vs New Orleans Pelicans results compare with the complete record?
Milwaukee Bucks have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. New Orleans Pelicans lead the complete decided record 29-22. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.
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.