New Orleans knocks off Thunder, 105-101

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson scored 23 points, matched his career high with eight assists, and converted a go-ahead threepoint play with 44 seconds left to lift the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans to a 105-101 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night.

The Pelicans were playing without Brandon Ingram and C.J. McCollum.

The Pelicans slowed down OKC’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from …