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Brooklyn Nets vs. New Orleans Pelicans

December 6, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nets beat the Pelicans 119-101 on 2025-12-06 at home. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann, Nic Claxton, Noah Clowney, and Egor Dëmin. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Bryce McGowens, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 14 points (6/14) in his matchups, with Egor Dëmin as his primary defender. Michael Porter Jr. (Nets) scored 13 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Saddiq Bey as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Michael Porter Jr. GS 33:21 35 9 3 2 1 2 1 14-23 5-10 2-2 +31
Noah Clowney GS 29:41 10 6 0 0 1 2 3 4-11 2-5 0-0 +10
Nic Claxton GS 29:11 14 11 10 0 3 2 1 5-9 0-0 4-6 +24
Terance Mann GS 25:59 10 5 4 0 0 0 2 4-7 1-2 1-1 +25
Egor Dëmin GS 25:03 8 4 7 0 0 3 3 3-5 2-4 0-0 +12
Drake Powell 20:34 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 1-4 1-3 0-0 -4
Ben Saraf 20:14 7 1 4 0 0 1 0 3-8 1-4 0-0 -4
Danny Wolf 18:49 7 4 2 1 1 3 2 3-7 1-2 0-0 -6
Day'Ron Sharpe 18:49 16 3 3 1 1 2 1 7-8 0-0 2-3 -6
Ziaire Williams 14:34 9 1 0 2 0 0 1 3-7 1-5 2-2 +9
Jalen Wilson 3:45 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 119 45 36 6 7 16 17 47-89 14-35 11-14

Did not play: Tyrese Martin (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 34:54 23 5 5 2 0 4 1 10-17 2-7 1-2 -25
Saddiq Bey GS 33:17 18 5 2 0 0 0 0 6-14 2-5 4-4 -20
Jeremiah Fears GS 33:09 14 2 5 1 0 1 0 4-16 0-3 6-7 -22
Derik Queen GS 25:45 6 9 5 1 1 3 4 2-5 0-0 2-2 -12
Bryce McGowens GS 24:27 16 2 2 0 1 1 3 5-8 1-1 5-6 -11
Jose Alvarado 30:00 9 2 6 4 0 4 2 4-6 1-3 0-1 +8
Yves Missi 17:37 4 6 2 0 0 1 2 2-4 0-0 0-0 -7
Micah Peavy 16:11 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1-5 0-1 0-0 +5
Jordan Hawkins 14:04 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 2-5 2-4 0-0 -4
Karlo Matković 10:37 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 1-2 1-1 0-0 -2
Totals 101 36 30 9 3 15 15 37-82 9-25 18-22

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

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.

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Michael Porter Jr. Trey Murphy III: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Clowney Saddiq Bey: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nic Claxton Derik Queen: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jeremiah Fears: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Terance Mann Bryce McGowens: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Egor Dëmin Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Day'Ron Sharpe Yves Missi: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ben Saraf Jose Alvarado: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Bryce McGowens: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Drake Powell Jose Alvarado: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Micah Peavy: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Danny Wolf Micah Peavy: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ziaire Williams Jose Alvarado: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Micah Peavy: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Wilson Saddiq Bey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Trey Murphy III Terance Mann: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Michael Porter Jr.: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Jeremiah Fears Noah Clowney: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Nic Claxton: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Saddiq Bey Michael Porter Jr.: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Noah Clowney: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Derik Queen Nic Claxton: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Noah Clowney: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jose Alvarado Ben Saraf: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drake Powell: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bryce McGowens Egor Dëmin: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Terance Mann: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yves Missi Day'Ron Sharpe: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Danny Wolf: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy Danny Wolf: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Drake Powell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins Terance Mann: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Egor Dëmin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković Danny Wolf: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Noah Clowney: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)