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Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Pelicans

March 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Pelicans 110-101 on 2026-03-03 at home. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Trey Murphy III. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 16 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Luka Dončić as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 15 points (5/14) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	37:40	27	10	7	0	1	7	2	10-22	3-10	4-5	+1
Austin Reaves GS	36:47	15	8	3	2	2	5	3	4-15	2-7	5-5	-1
LeBron James GS	33:28	21	7	7	0	2	5	2	8-12	1-5	4-8	+3
Marcus Smart GS	29:48	10	3	7	4	3	0	2	3-9	2-6	2-2	+13
Deandre Ayton GS	25:08	13	8	1	0	2	2	4	6-8	0-0	1-1	-7
Jaxson Hayes	22:51	8	6	1	0	2	0	1	3-4	0-0	2-2	+16
Luke Kennard	21:14	9	2	1	0	0	2	2	3-5	2-3	1-1	+16
Rui Hachimura	18:37	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-4	2-2	-6
Jake LaRavia	14:27	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	+10
Totals		110	48	29	7	12	21	17	39-83	11-37	21-26

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision), Adou Thiero (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jarred Vanderbilt (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey GS	36:24	18	5	3	2	0	2	0	7-18	2-9	2-2	-9
Zion Williamson GS	33:16	24	4	0	1	0	2	4	10-18	0-0	4-5	-7
Herbert Jones GS	33:16	2	6	5	4	0	1	2	1-7	0-4	0-0	-3
Trey Murphy III GS	32:55	21	8	4	2	0	3	4	7-15	3-7	4-5	-4
Dejounte Murray GS	27:55	15	8	8	1	1	3	3	5-13	2-6	3-3	-3
Derik Queen	19:18	2	2	4	0	1	2	4	0-3	0-0	2-2	+2
Jeremiah Fears	18:48	5	0	2	0	0	4	2	2-6	1-3	0-0	+1
DeAndre Jordan	16:08	6	6	2	1	1	1	2	3-4	0-0	0-0	-7
Bryce McGowens	16:01	6	1	1	1	0	0	3	2-3	0-0	2-2	-13
Yves Missi	5:59	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		101	41	29	12	3	18	24	38-90	8-29	17-19

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

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves Starter 11.7 min
Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves 5.8 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Jake LaRavia 5.1 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves 5.1 min
LeBron James · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 4.3 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III Starter 16.4 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears 3.4 min
DeAndre Jordan · Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones 3.4 min
DeAndre Jordan · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.2 min
DeAndre Jordan · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 2.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Dejounte Murray 16 pts (6/15) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Luka Dončić (35 %, 7 pts) · Marcus Smart (20 %, 5 pts) · Austin Reaves (16 %, 0 pts)
Zion Williamson 11 pts (4/8) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (26 %, 1 pts) · Austin Reaves (12 %, 0 pts) · Jaxson Hayes (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Herbert Jones: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Dejounte Murray: 20 poss., 7 pts (2/6)
Austin Reaves	Trey Murphy III: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/6)
LeBron James	Zion Williamson: 20 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Marcus Smart	Saddiq Bey: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Herbert Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeAndre Jordan: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	DeAndre Jordan: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard	Jeremiah Fears: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Zion Williamson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura	Zion Williamson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Bryce McGowens: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Luka Dončić 15 pts (5/14) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (33 %, 2 pts) · Trey Murphy III (13 %, 3 pts) · Saddiq Bey (11 %, 5 pts)
LeBron James 5 pts (2/6) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (23 %, 0 pts) · Zion Williamson (16 %, 2 pts) · Trey Murphy III (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Saddiq Bey	LeBron James: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Luke Kennard: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Zion Williamson	Deandre Ayton: 18 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Jaxson Hayes: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Trey Murphy III	Marcus Smart: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Austin Reaves: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Herbert Jones	Luka Dončić: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Deandre Ayton: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dejounte Murray	Marcus Smart: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Austin Reaves: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Luke Kennard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Rui Hachimura: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LeBron James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens	Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Luka Dončić: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
DeAndre Jordan	Jaxson Hayes: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Jaxson Hayes: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jake LaRavia: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)