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Sacramento Kings vs. New Orleans Pelicans

March 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Kings 133-123 on 2026-03-05 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Yves Missi. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 20 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Precious Achiuwa as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 14 points (4/12) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Precious Achiuwa GS	40:53	29	12	5	1	2	0	2	12-16	1-3	4-6	-1
Russell Westbrook GS	33:33	19	2	10	2	0	2	3	7-15	2-6	3-5	-4
DeMar DeRozan GS	27:19	15	2	2	1	0	1	1	6-16	0-2	3-5	0
Maxime Raynaud GS	26:27	10	5	1	0	0	2	2	5-9	0-0	0-0	-5
Nique Clifford GS	21:20	7	5	3	0	0	1	3	3-8	1-2	0-0	-2
Malik Monk	30:06	18	1	4	0	0	1	2	7-14	2-8	2-2	-13
Drew Eubanks	21:33	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	7-9	0-1	1-3	-5
Daeqwon Plowden	17:41	6	1	1	1	1	0	2	2-4	2-4	0-0	-16
Killian Hayes	10:54	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-1	2-2	+11
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	5:55	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-3	0-0	-7
Doug McDermott	4:19	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-8
Totals		123	42	29	5	3	7	19	50-99	8-31	15-23

Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 133

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey GS	32:47	20	1	0	0	0	1	2	6-11	3-5	5-6	+6
Trey Murphy III GS	31:53	21	7	4	2	1	1	3	7-14	4-6	3-4	+13
Zion Williamson GS	28:50	23	9	5	1	0	3	5	10-14	0-0	3-5	+5
Herbert Jones GS	24:24	12	3	2	1	0	2	0	4-12	2-9	2-2	-6
Yves Missi GS	15:44	7	2	1	2	4	2	0	3-3	0-0	1-1	-7
Jeremiah Fears	27:46	13	6	6	0	0	1	5	6-14	1-4	0-0	+7
Bryce McGowens	26:31	14	6	2	1	2	0	0	5-10	1-3	3-3	+10
Derik Queen	26:08	12	9	5	0	1	0	1	4-10	0-3	4-4	0
Karlo Matković	25:18	9	9	2	0	3	1	2	4-9	1-3	0-0	+22
Micah Peavy	0:39	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	0
Totals		133	52	27	7	11	11	18	49-98	12-34	23-27

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud Starter 15.7 min
Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Killian Hayes · Precious Achiuwa · Daeqwon Plowden 7.3 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Precious Achiuwa 5.4 min
Doug McDermott · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Patrick Baldwin Jr. · Daeqwon Plowden 3.1 min
Russell Westbrook · Malik Monk · Killian Hayes · Precious Achiuwa · Maxime Raynaud 2.9 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi Starter 9.7 min
Saddiq Bey · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 9.6 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 3.9 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.4 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Derik Queen 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Kings defense

Zion Williamson 20 pts (8/12) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Precious Achiuwa (63 %, 8 pts) · Nique Clifford (9 %, 2 pts) · Russell Westbrook (8 %, 2 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 21 pts (7/14) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Malik Monk (25 %, 7 pts) · Russell Westbrook (16 %, 4 pts) · Daeqwon Plowden (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Precious Achiuwa	Zion Williamson: 39 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Derik Queen: 14 poss., 11 pts (5/5)
Russell Westbrook	Herbert Jones: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Malik Monk	Bryce McGowens: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jeremiah Fears: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
DeMar DeRozan	Saddiq Bey: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Maxime Raynaud	Yves Missi: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Karlo Matković: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nique Clifford	Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Eubanks	Karlo Matković: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derik Queen: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Daeqwon Plowden	Trey Murphy III: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Killian Hayes	Bryce McGowens: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Patrick Baldwin Jr.	Derik Queen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Saddiq Bey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Doug McDermott	Saddiq Bey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Russell Westbrook 14 pts (4/12) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (30 %, 5 pts) · Trey Murphy III (19 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (14 %, 5 pts)
Malik Monk 6 pts (1/3) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Bryce McGowens (29 %, 3 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (20 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Nique Clifford: 21 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	DeMar DeRozan: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Russell Westbrook: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Zion Williamson	Precious Achiuwa: 40 poss., 12 pts (6/8) · Russell Westbrook: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Malik Monk: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Daeqwon Plowden: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Herbert Jones	Russell Westbrook: 21 poss., 5 pts (1/6) · DeMar DeRozan: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens	Malik Monk: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Derik Queen	Drew Eubanks: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Drew Eubanks: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Maxime Raynaud: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Yves Missi	Maxime Raynaud: 27 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Precious Achiuwa: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Precious Achiuwa: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 1 poss., 2 pts (0/0)