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Sacramento Kings vs. New Orleans Pelicans

April 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Kings beat the Pelicans 117-113 on 2026-04-03 at home. The Kings started DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Devin Carter, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Yves Missi. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 14 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Precious Achiuwa as his primary defender. Devin Carter (Kings) scored 25 points (9/13) in his matchups, with Jeremiah Fears as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nique Clifford GS	38:39	23	5	6	1	0	4	0	9-16	4-6	1-2	+7
Devin Carter GS	31:41	9	6	3	1	1	2	2	3-10	2-6	1-3	+5
Maxime Raynaud GS	29:00	28	9	4	0	0	1	2	11-14	0-1	6-7	+1
Precious Achiuwa GS	24:51	12	7	2	2	0	3	2	6-10	0-2	0-1	+7
DeMar DeRozan GS	23:28	14	2	5	2	0	0	2	7-11	0-0	0-0	+1
Daeqwon Plowden	30:52	17	3	1	1	0	1	0	5-12	2-8	5-5	+1
Dylan Cardwell	23:38	6	8	1	0	5	2	5	3-3	0-0	0-0	+4
Killian Hayes	19:38	5	3	5	0	0	1	1	1-8	1-5	2-2	-5
Doug McDermott	18:13	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	1-6	1-5	0-0	-1
Totals		117	46	29	7	6	14	16	46-90	10-33	15-20

Did not play: Drew Eubanks (DNP - Injury/Illness), De'Andre Hunter (DNP - Injury/Illness), Keegan Murray (DNP - Injury/Illness)

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New Orleans Pelicans 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	31:48	13	4	4	0	2	3	2	5-9	1-5	2-2	-3
Saddiq Bey GS	29:10	20	1	3	1	0	0	2	7-15	1-6	5-5	-7
Zion Williamson GS	28:31	13	6	3	1	0	4	0	5-11	0-0	3-4	-4
Yves Missi GS	20:22	6	7	2	0	0	0	3	2-5	0-0	2-3	+3
Herbert Jones GS	12:50	3	1	1	1	0	1	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0
Jeremiah Fears	36:59	28	8	6	0	0	1	1	10-19	5-11	3-3	-4
Micah Peavy	31:45	8	3	3	4	0	0	3	2-5	2-3	2-2	+5
Derik Queen	27:38	8	6	2	5	1	2	4	3-10	0-2	2-2	-7
Jordan Hawkins	20:57	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	5-7	4-5	0-0	-3
Totals		113	36	24	12	3	13	18	40-84	14-34	19-21

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Dickinson (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Josh Oduro (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud Starter 10.8 min
Daeqwon Plowden · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud · Dylan Cardwell 6.3 min
DeMar DeRozan · Doug McDermott · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 3.7 min
Doug McDermott · Killian Hayes · Daeqwon Plowden · Nique Clifford · Dylan Cardwell 3.6 min
Doug McDermott · Killian Hayes · Precious Achiuwa · Daeqwon Plowden · Nique Clifford 3.4 min

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New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi Starter 8.2 min
Trey Murphy III · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 7.9 min
Saddiq Bey · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 5.2 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.3 min
Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Micah Peavy 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Kings defense

Zion Williamson 14 pts (6/13) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Precious Achiuwa (28 %, 0 pts) · Dylan Cardwell (20 %, 0 pts) · Nique Clifford (15 %, 6 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 14 pts (5/13) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Devin Carter (27 %, 4 pts) · Killian Hayes (27 %, 3 pts) · Daeqwon Plowden (10 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nique Clifford	Trey Murphy III: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Micah Peavy: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Devin Carter	Jeremiah Fears: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Maxime Raynaud	Derik Queen: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Yves Missi: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Daeqwon Plowden	Saddiq Bey: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Precious Achiuwa	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeMar DeRozan	Micah Peavy: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dylan Cardwell	Derik Queen: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Killian Hayes	Jeremiah Fears: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Micah Peavy: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Doug McDermott	Jordan Hawkins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pelicans defense

Devin Carter 25 pts (9/13) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (31 %, 0 pts) · Herbert Jones (14 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (14 %, 7 pts)
DeMar DeRozan 4 pts (1/3) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Micah Peavy (43 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (21 %, 2 pts) · Yves Missi (7 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jeremiah Fears	Devin Carter: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Killian Hayes: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Micah Peavy	DeMar DeRozan: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nique Clifford: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Murphy III	Nique Clifford: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Devin Carter: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Zion Williamson	Precious Achiuwa: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Dylan Cardwell: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Saddiq Bey	Daeqwon Plowden: 22 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · DeMar DeRozan: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	Maxime Raynaud: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Dylan Cardwell: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Hawkins	Doug McDermott: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nique Clifford: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yves Missi	Maxime Raynaud: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Dylan Cardwell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Herbert Jones	Devin Carter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)