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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Philadelphia 76ers

February 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the 76ers 126-111 on 2026-02-21 at home. The Pelicans started DeAndre Jordan, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Derik Queen. The 76ers started Andre Drummond, Kelly Oubre Jr., Tyrese Maxey, Dominick Barlow, and VJ Edgecombe. Tyrese Maxey (76ers) scored 17 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 6 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Dominick Barlow as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson GS	32:49	21	6	8	3	1	1	3	7-14	0-0	7-8	+24
Herbert Jones GS	32:09	14	1	3	1	1	2	2	5-11	2-5	2-2	+1
DeAndre Jordan GS	31:30	6	15	0	0	4	2	0	2-3	0-0	2-4	+13
Saddiq Bey GS	26:54	20	4	2	0	0	3	4	7-14	4-7	2-2	+3
Derik Queen GS	20:53	10	9	0	0	0	3	3	2-5	1-1	5-6	+1
Bryce McGowens	26:44	13	1	1	0	0	0	4	4-5	3-4	2-4	+3
Jeremiah Fears	24:56	7	7	6	0	0	2	2	2-10	0-3	3-6	+11
Jordan Poole	24:28	23	3	5	1	0	0	3	8-15	5-11	2-2	+21
Karlo Matković	18:14	12	3	0	0	2	1	4	3-3	2-2	4-4	0
Jordan Hawkins	1:23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Totals		126	49	25	5	8	14	25	40-81	17-34	29-38

Did not play: Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyrese Maxey GS	36:14	27	3	7	5	0	5	2	9-23	2-11	7-8	-4
VJ Edgecombe GS	35:19	14	5	3	0	0	1	2	5-14	1-5	3-3	-16
Kelly Oubre Jr. GS	33:17	25	5	2	1	0	0	4	7-15	4-10	7-8	-7
Dominick Barlow GS	28:56	9	5	0	1	2	1	3	3-9	0-1	3-5	-14
Andre Drummond GS	21:10	5	12	1	1	1	2	4	2-7	0-2	1-2	-16
Quentin Grimes	25:48	11	1	3	0	1	1	1	3-9	2-7	3-4	-16
Adem Bona	21:25	4	10	1	0	1	0	5	1-2	0-0	2-2	+2
Jabari Walker	16:23	9	6	1	1	0	0	3	3-5	2-3	1-1	+5
Cameron Payne	13:07	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	2-7	1-6	0-0	-6
Justin Edwards	6:04	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-7
Tyrese Martin	2:17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+4
Totals		111	47	19	10	5	10	25	36-94	12-46	27-33

Did not play: Kyle Lowry (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trendon Watford (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DeAndre Jordan · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Derik Queen Starter 11.0 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 8.8 min
DeAndre Jordan · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Bryce McGowens 4.4 min
DeAndre Jordan · Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears 3.4 min
DeAndre Jordan · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Bryce McGowens · Derik Queen 2.7 min

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andre Drummond · Kelly Oubre Jr. · Tyrese Maxey · Dominick Barlow · VJ Edgecombe Starter 13.7 min
Cameron Payne · Quentin Grimes · Jabari Walker · Adem Bona · VJ Edgecombe 5.7 min
Kelly Oubre Jr. · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · Adem Bona · VJ Edgecombe 3.9 min
Andre Drummond · Cameron Payne · Quentin Grimes · Tyrese Maxey · Dominick Barlow 3.1 min
Quentin Grimes · Jabari Walker · Adem Bona · Justin Edwards · VJ Edgecombe 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Tyrese Maxey 17 pts (6/15) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (39 %, 5 pts) · Bryce McGowens (16 %, 8 pts) · Zion Williamson (12 %, 0 pts)
VJ Edgecombe 13 pts (4/12) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (25 %, 3 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (15 %, 2 pts) · Bryce McGowens (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zion Williamson	Dominick Barlow: 24 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jabari Walker: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
DeAndre Jordan	Andre Drummond: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Adem Bona: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones	Tyrese Maxey: 31 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	VJ Edgecombe: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears	VJ Edgecombe: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cameron Payne: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Bryce McGowens	Tyrese Maxey: 12 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · VJ Edgecombe: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole	Quentin Grimes: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · VJ Edgecombe: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	Kelly Oubre Jr.: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Dominick Barlow: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Adem Bona: 12 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · Quentin Grimes: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Jabari Walker: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

76ers defense

Zion Williamson 6 pts (2/7) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Dominick Barlow (22 %, 3 pts) · Kelly Oubre Jr. (21 %, 1 pts) · Jabari Walker (14 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 10 pts (3/10) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: VJ Edgecombe (29 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Payne (15 %, 0 pts) · Quentin Grimes (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tyrese Maxey	Herbert Jones: 40 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Bryce McGowens: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
VJ Edgecombe	Saddiq Bey: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Saddiq Bey: 20 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Zion Williamson: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Dominick Barlow	Derik Queen: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Zion Williamson: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Quentin Grimes	Jordan Poole: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Andre Drummond	DeAndre Jordan: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Derik Queen: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Adem Bona	Karlo Matković: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · DeAndre Jordan: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jabari Walker	Zion Williamson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cameron Payne	Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Poole: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Justin Edwards	Jordan Poole: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Martin	Bryce McGowens: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)