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New York Knicks vs. New Orleans Pelicans

March 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Pelicans 121-116 on 2026-03-24 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Trey Murphy III. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 25 points (11/14) in his matchups, with Jalen Brunson as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 15 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby GS	39:38	21	4	4	3	1	0	4	7-16	5-13	2-2	+17
Jalen Brunson GS	38:41	32	1	7	0	0	2	1	11-19	2-4	8-9	+16
Josh Hart GS	37:56	10	8	3	0	0	1	4	3-8	0-0	4-5	-14
Mikal Bridges GS	37:28	14	2	7	0	1	1	1	5-12	4-10	0-0	-9
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	24:23	21	14	1	0	0	2	3	8-17	2-6	3-3	-11
Jordan Clarkson	20:46	10	3	5	1	0	0	1	4-6	0-0	2-2	+11
Mitchell Robinson	20:44	11	8	0	1	2	1	2	5-5	0-0	1-1	+11
Mohamed Diawara	11:05	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+15
Jose Alvarado	9:19	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Totals		121	41	29	5	4	9	18	44-85	13-33	20-22

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trey Jemison III (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Kolek (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones GS	37:02	13	2	6	0	1	1	5	6-8	1-2	0-0	+2
Trey Murphy III GS	35:31	16	6	2	1	0	0	2	6-15	4-12	0-0	-13
Zion Williamson GS	33:56	22	4	2	1	1	1	3	8-10	0-0	6-8	+15
Dejounte Murray GS	28:02	7	5	12	1	0	1	3	2-12	1-4	2-2	0
Saddiq Bey GS	27:54	18	4	2	0	0	2	4	6-13	4-6	2-2	+1
Karlo Matković	22:33	12	3	1	0	0	0	1	5-6	2-2	0-0	+1
Jeremiah Fears	19:58	21	1	3	2	0	2	0	9-12	3-5	0-0	-5
Derik Queen	18:26	5	5	3	0	1	0	1	2-8	0-3	1-1	-7
Yves Missi	16:38	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-0	0-0	-19
Totals		116	34	33	5	3	7	19	45-88	15-34	11-13

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

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 15.1 min
OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson 7.4 min
Jordan Clarkson · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson 6.2 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Jose Alvarado · Mohamed Diawara 5.1 min
Jordan Clarkson · OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Mohamed Diawara 5.0 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III Starter 13.3 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 8.2 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković 4.4 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.3 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Dejounte Murray 25 pts (11/14) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Brunson (49 %, 6 pts) · Josh Hart (15 %, 2 pts) · OG Anunoby (13 %, 4 pts)
Zion Williamson 14 pts (4/15) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (37 %, 5 pts) · Josh Hart (17 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Brunson (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Dejounte Murray: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Herbert Jones: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
OG Anunoby	Zion Williamson: 24 poss., 5 pts (1/6) · Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Hart	Herbert Jones: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mikal Bridges	Trey Murphy III: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Herbert Jones: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Yves Missi: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jordan Clarkson	Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 8 pts (4/4)
Mitchell Robinson	Yves Missi: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Karlo Matković: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Derik Queen: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Karlo Matković: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jose Alvarado	Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Jalen Brunson 15 pts (6/10) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (43 %, 7 pts) · Saddiq Bey (15 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (14 %, 6 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 20 pts (8/13) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (31 %, 10 pts) · Yves Missi (18 %, 0 pts) · Herbert Jones (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Mikal Bridges: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Herbert Jones	Jalen Brunson: 31 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zion Williamson	OG Anunoby: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 14 poss., 10 pts (4/4)
Dejounte Murray	Josh Hart: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · OG Anunoby: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	OG Anunoby: 14 poss., 11 pts (3/5) · Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Karlo Matković	OG Anunoby: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 7 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Jeremiah Fears	Mikal Bridges: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jose Alvarado: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Yves Missi	Mitchell Robinson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)