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Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans

February 28, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Jazz 115-105 on 2026-02-28 on the road against the Jazz. The Jazz started Keyonte George, Cody Williams, Kyle Filipowski, Blake Hinson, and Ace Bailey. The Pelicans started DeAndre Jordan, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Bryce McGowens. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 3 points (1/5) in his matchups, with Blake Hinson as his primary defender. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 4 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ace Bailey GS 29:43 13 8 2 1 3 2 4 4-16 3-8 2-2 -4
Kyle Filipowski GS 29:28 12 6 1 1 1 1 4 2-10 0-5 8-9 -10
Keyonte George GS 23:22 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 4-11 1-6 8-10 -15
Cody Williams GS 20:50 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 2-5 0-0 0-0 -18
Blake Hinson GS 16:07 8 5 0 0 0 0 2 3-6 2-3 0-0 -6
Isaiah Collier 32:31 21 3 7 2 1 2 2 7-15 0-2 7-8 -11
Elijah Harkless 28:07 14 3 5 1 0 0 3 5-9 2-4 2-3 +8
Brice Sensabaugh 26:07 10 4 1 1 0 1 1 4-16 2-8 0-1 -1
John Konchar 15:13 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 +7
Kevin Love 9:29 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1-4 1-4 0-0 -6
Oscar Tshiebwe 9:03 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 +6
Totals 105 40 24 10 5 7 20 33-96 12-43 27-33

Did not play: Mo Bamba (DNP - Coach's Decision), Svi Mykhailiuk (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Saddiq Bey GS 39:16 24 5 6 2 0 4 2 7-16 3-8 7-10 +11
Herbert Jones GS 36:00 17 8 7 0 1 2 1 7-16 3-8 0-0 +16
Bryce McGowens GS 33:20 18 4 2 1 0 0 3 6-14 4-10 2-2 +9
DeAndre Jordan GS 12:39 3 7 0 1 0 1 1 1-2 0-0 1-2 +4
Zion Williamson GS 11:04 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 2-2 +7
Jeremiah Fears 34:29 18 11 5 0 2 5 5 5-14 2-8 6-6 +17
Karlo Matković 25:16 8 6 5 1 2 1 4 3-4 0-1 2-2 -3
Derik Queen 18:57 7 9 3 0 1 2 2 3-4 0-0 1-2 +2
Jordan Poole 15:14 11 3 1 0 2 4 2 4-8 3-7 0-0 -10
Yves Missi 11:37 5 3 1 0 3 0 2 2-3 0-0 1-3 +3
Jordan Hawkins 1:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -3
Micah Peavy 1:04 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 115 58 32 5 11 19 23 39-85 15-44 22-29

Did not play: Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Jazz defense

Defender Guarded most
Isaiah Collier Jeremiah Fears: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Bryce McGowens: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Elijah Harkless Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Derik Queen: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ace Bailey Herbert Jones: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Bryce McGowens: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kyle Filipowski Karlo Matković: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/4) · Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keyonte George Herbert Jones: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bryce McGowens: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Brice Sensabaugh Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Cody Williams Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeAndre Jordan: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Konchar Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Poole: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Blake Hinson Zion Williamson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Love Karlo Matković: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yves Missi: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oscar Tshiebwe DeAndre Jordan: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Saddiq Bey Ace Bailey: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Kyle Filipowski: 12 poss., 10 pts (3/4)
Herbert Jones Ace Bailey: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Keyonte George: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens Isaiah Collier: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Keyonte George: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jeremiah Fears Elijah Harkless: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Isaiah Collier: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković Kyle Filipowski: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Ace Bailey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen Isaiah Collier: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Elijah Harkless: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole Elijah Harkless: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Konchar: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
DeAndre Jordan Ace Bailey: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Keyonte George: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi Kyle Filipowski: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Love: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Zion Williamson Kyle Filipowski: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brice Sensabaugh: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins Elijah Harkless: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Collier: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Peavy Ace Bailey: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Filipowski: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)