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Philadelphia 76ers vs. New Orleans Pelicans

January 31, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The 76ers beat the Pelicans 124-114 on 2026-01-31 at home. The 76ers started Joel Embiid, Kelly Oubre Jr., Tyrese Maxey, Dominick Barlow, and VJ Edgecombe. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 10 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Dominick Barlow as his primary defender. Joel Embiid (76ers) scored 19 points (8/21) in his matchups, with Yves Missi as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Joel Embiid GS	39:01	40	11	4	1	2	5	2	13-27	3-5	11-14	+16
VJ Edgecombe GS	37:07	15	3	5	1	0	1	1	6-10	2-5	1-1	+7
Tyrese Maxey GS	35:15	18	5	8	1	0	1	3	7-18	4-9	0-0	+5
Kelly Oubre Jr. GS	30:15	19	10	4	0	0	0	4	7-13	3-7	2-4	+11
Dominick Barlow GS	28:13	8	3	0	2	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	2-2	+14
Trendon Watford	16:47	5	6	4	0	0	0	3	2-5	1-2	0-0	-2
Jared McCain	16:39	12	2	1	0	0	0	3	4-7	4-6	0-0	+4
Quentin Grimes	15:50	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	-3
Adem Bona	12:45	3	6	0	0	2	2	1	1-5	0-0	1-2	-2
Jabari Walker	8:08	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		124	52	28	5	4	9	17	45-94	17-36	17-23

Did not play: Andre Drummond (DNP - Coach's Decision), Justin Edwards (DNP - Coach's Decision), Paul George (DND_LEAGUE_SUSPENSION), Eric Gordon (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kyle Lowry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	37:50	19	9	2	0	1	0	2	8-21	3-11	0-0	-7
Saddiq Bey GS	31:41	34	6	3	0	0	1	1	12-19	4-7	6-6	-8
Herbert Jones GS	30:41	5	1	5	0	0	1	1	2-5	1-3	0-0	-13
Zion Williamson GS	29:51	11	5	2	0	2	2	1	2-6	0-0	7-9	-17
Derik Queen GS	18:43	9	6	2	0	1	3	3	3-8	1-1	2-2	-10
Yves Missi	27:59	7	8	3	0	4	0	2	3-8	0-0	1-2	+4
Jeremiah Fears	21:21	12	4	1	2	1	0	2	4-12	2-4	2-2	+7
Jose Alvarado	17:36	10	2	3	1	0	0	2	3-8	3-8	1-1	-10
Karlo Matković	15:38	2	5	1	2	2	2	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+8
Micah Peavy	8:40	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-4
Totals		114	46	23	5	11	10	16	40-92	15-36	19-22

Did not play: Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Joel Embiid · Kelly Oubre Jr. · Tyrese Maxey · Dominick Barlow · VJ Edgecombe Starter 16.8 min
Joel Embiid · Trendon Watford · Dominick Barlow · Jared McCain · VJ Edgecombe 4.1 min
Joel Embiid · Tyrese Maxey · Dominick Barlow · Jared McCain · VJ Edgecombe 3.2 min
Joel Embiid · Quentin Grimes · Trendon Watford · Jared McCain · VJ Edgecombe 2.6 min
Joel Embiid · Kelly Oubre Jr. · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · Jabari Walker 2.5 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen Starter 14.7 min
Zion Williamson · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Micah Peavy 4.2 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 4.0 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Derik Queen 3.8 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

76ers defense

Zion Williamson 10 pts (4/10) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Dominick Barlow (38 %, 2 pts) · VJ Edgecombe (12 %, 0 pts) · Trendon Watford (10 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 12 pts (4/10) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Jared McCain (36 %, 3 pts) · VJ Edgecombe (12 %, 0 pts) · Tyrese Maxey (8 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Joel Embiid	Yves Missi: 27 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Derik Queen: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/8)
VJ Edgecombe	Trey Murphy III: 22 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Herbert Jones: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Tyrese Maxey	Herbert Jones: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Saddiq Bey: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dominick Barlow	Zion Williamson: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jared McCain	Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Trey Murphy III: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Quentin Grimes	Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trendon Watford	Zion Williamson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Micah Peavy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adem Bona	Yves Missi: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jabari Walker	Zion Williamson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Joel Embiid 19 pts (8/21) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Yves Missi (26 %, 7 pts) · Derik Queen (22 %, 2 pts) · Saddiq Bey (18 %, 6 pts)
Tyrese Maxey 19 pts (7/12) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (24 %, 5 pts) · Herbert Jones (20 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (18 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Tyrese Maxey: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · VJ Edgecombe: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey	Kelly Oubre Jr.: 18 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Joel Embiid: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Zion Williamson	Dominick Barlow: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trendon Watford: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Herbert Jones	VJ Edgecombe: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Tyrese Maxey: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Joel Embiid: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Adem Bona: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	VJ Edgecombe: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jared McCain: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Derik Queen	Joel Embiid: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Dominick Barlow: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Kelly Oubre Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · VJ Edgecombe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Jared McCain: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Tyrese Maxey: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy	Trendon Watford: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tyrese Maxey: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)