Tim New Orleans Pelicans membuktikan diri mereka sebagai sebuah ancaman yang serius di musim ini setelah menundukan tim favorit juara, Cleveland Cavaliers dengan skor 123-101. Sang center, DeMarcus Cousins berhasil membukukan triple-double dengan mencetak 29 poin, 12 rebounds, dan juga 10 assists. Sementara rekannya yang bermain di posisi power forward, Anthony Davis turut menyumbangkan 30 poin, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, serta 3 blok.
Berikut di bawah ini adalah statistik lengkap dari kedua tim.
>> New Orleans Pelicans
| NAMA PEMAIN | MENIT | POIN | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOK |
| Dante Cunningham | 31 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Anthony Davis | 36 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 32 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| E’Twaun Moore | 33 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jrue Holiday | 36 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Cheick Diallo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jameer Nelson | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Clark | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Smith | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Allen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Miller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Cooke | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jalen Jones | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> Cleveland Cavaliers
| NAMA PEMAIN | MENIT | POIN | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOK |
| LeBron James | 30 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Love | 27 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Thompson | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iman Shumpert | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Smith | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dwyane Wade | 23 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Korver | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jae Crowder | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Green | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Channing Frye | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cedi Osman | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Calderon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ante Zizic | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
