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Memphis Grizzlies vs. New Orleans Pelicans

October 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Grizzlies beat the Pelicans 128-122 on 2025-10-22 at home. The Grizzlies started Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, Ja Morant, and Jaylen Wells. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Jordan Poole, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Yves Missi. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 22 points (9/11) in his matchups, with Olivier-Maxence Prosper as his primary defender. Ja Morant (Grizzlies) scored 16 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope GS	30:43	15	4	3	0	0	3	3	2-8	2-7	9-9	-2
Ja Morant GS	28:41	35	3	3	1	0	2	2	13-20	2-6	7-8	0
Jaylen Wells GS	27:32	14	3	4	1	0	2	3	4-8	4-8	2-5	+11
Jaren Jackson Jr. GS	26:37	18	8	1	0	6	5	6	7-14	0-4	4-4	+5
Jock Landale GS	25:21	10	4	0	0	2	1	6	3-7	1-3	3-4	-4
Santi Aldama	24:13	5	6	2	1	2	2	5	2-7	0-3	1-3	+9
Cedric Coward	22:13	14	3	1	2	1	0	2	5-5	0-0	4-4	+24
Javon Small	19:19	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+6
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	15:29	10	5	0	0	0	0	2	3-5	0-1	4-4	-10
Cam Spencer	12:14	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-3	1-2	-4
John Konchar	7:38	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		128	39	20	5	12	17	29	41-80	11-37	35-43

Did not play: PJ Hall (DNP - Coach's Decision), GG Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones GS	36:10	17	9	3	3	1	2	6	6-14	3-5	2-2	+11
Zion Williamson GS	33:28	27	9	5	5	0	3	2	10-21	0-0	7-12	0
Trey Murphy III GS	31:52	13	7	3	0	0	1	4	5-15	1-6	2-2	-3
Jordan Poole GS	31:13	17	0	2	0	0	0	3	6-14	3-7	2-2	+1
Yves Missi GS	23:09	5	7	1	1	1	3	5	2-4	0-0	1-2	+14
Saddiq Bey	29:35	13	6	3	1	0	0	2	5-12	1-5	2-4	-13
Jeremiah Fears	18:19	17	0	2	0	0	2	2	7-10	0-1	3-3	-10
Jordan Hawkins	17:01	8	4	1	0	0	1	1	2-2	2-2	2-2	-7
Derik Queen	14:30	3	5	0	0	1	0	3	1-4	0-1	1-2	-11
Hunter Dickinson	4:43	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-12
Totals		122	47	20	10	4	14	30	45-98	10-27	22-31

Did not play: Jose Alvarado (DNP - Coach's Decision), Micah Peavy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jaden Springer (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MEM

Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Jaren Jackson Jr. · Jock Landale · Ja Morant · Jaylen Wells Starter 6.6 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Jaren Jackson Jr. · Santi Aldama · Cedric Coward · Javon Small 5.6 min
Jock Landale · Ja Morant · Santi Aldama · Olivier-Maxence Prosper · Jaylen Wells 4.1 min
Jock Landale · Ja Morant · Santi Aldama · Cam Spencer · Jaylen Wells 3.8 min
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Jock Landale · Ja Morant · Santi Aldama · Olivier-Maxence Prosper 3.5 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi Starter 9.7 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III 7.5 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi 5.5 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.0 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Grizzlies defense

Zion Williamson 22 pts (9/11) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Olivier-Maxence Prosper (22 %, 6 pts) · Jaren Jackson Jr. (18 %, 4 pts) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (13 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 10 pts (4/6) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Javon Small (27 %, 0 pts) · Ja Morant (22 %, 7 pts) · Jaylen Wells (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Trey Murphy III: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jordan Poole: 11 poss., 7 pts (1/1)
Ja Morant	Herbert Jones: 24 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Jeremiah Fears: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Zion Williamson: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Yves Missi: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylen Wells	Jordan Poole: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Jock Landale	Yves Missi: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Derik Queen: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Cedric Coward	Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Santi Aldama	Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Javon Small	Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Spencer	Jordan Hawkins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Herbert Jones: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
John Konchar	Herbert Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Ja Morant 16 pts (6/12) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (41 %, 5 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (18 %, 4 pts) · Trey Murphy III (13 %, 2 pts)
Jaren Jackson Jr. 19 pts (8/20) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Yves Missi (24 %, 2 pts) · Zion Williamson (19 %, 2 pts) · Derik Queen (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zion Williamson	Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Herbert Jones	Ja Morant: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Cam Spencer: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Murphy III	Santi Aldama: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jordan Poole	Jaylen Wells: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	Cedric Coward: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Santi Aldama: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Yves Missi	Jock Landale: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaren Jackson Jr.: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Ja Morant: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Javon Small: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Hawkins	Javon Small: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Spencer: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · John Konchar: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hunter Dickinson	Jaren Jackson Jr.: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jock Landale: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)