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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Milwaukee Bucks

February 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Bucks beat the Pelicans 139-118 on 2026-02-20 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Bryce McGowens, and Derik Queen. The Bucks started Kyle Kuzma, Kevin Porter Jr., Jericho Sims, Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. Cam Thomas (Bucks) scored 9 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Jeremiah Fears as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 6 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Bobby Portis Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey GS	36:00	22	6	3	3	1	2	0	7-14	2-7	6-6	-18
Herbert Jones GS	31:38	8	4	3	0	0	1	5	3-10	0-6	2-2	-19
Bryce McGowens GS	30:19	10	1	0	2	0	0	4	5-12	0-3	0-1	-15
Zion Williamson GS	30:17	32	2	2	0	0	0	1	13-17	0-0	6-8	-6
Derik Queen GS	28:02	18	9	4	3	2	4	3	7-10	0-0	4-6	-15
Jeremiah Fears	28:51	16	4	5	2	0	3	0	7-13	0-3	2-5	-10
Jordan Poole	25:03	3	4	3	0	0	0	2	1-6	1-4	0-0	-12
Karlo Matković	24:52	9	7	2	0	2	2	2	4-4	1-1	0-0	-5
Jordan Hawkins	4:58	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Totals		118	37	22	10	5	13	17	47-87	4-25	20-28

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

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks 139

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ryan Rollins GS	34:31	27	2	6	4	2	2	1	10-15	7-10	0-0	+14
Kevin Porter Jr. GS	32:21	25	2	7	2	1	1	2	10-15	0-1	5-6	+12
AJ Green GS	29:54	0	2	4	1	0	2	2	0-4	0-4	0-0	+22
Kyle Kuzma GS	25:03	14	3	4	1	0	1	1	6-11	2-5	0-0	+15
Jericho Sims GS	18:51	4	6	1	0	2	2	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	+21
Bobby Portis	27:03	17	11	1	0	1	0	3	8-12	1-3	0-0	0
Ousmane Dieng	22:25	10	2	1	0	1	2	1	3-6	1-1	3-4	+8
Pete Nance	21:44	10	5	2	0	1	1	2	4-8	2-4	0-0	+5
Cam Thomas	20:47	27	3	1	0	0	2	1	11-17	1-6	4-6	+2
Andre Jackson Jr.	2:27	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Gary Trent Jr.	2:27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	2:27	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+2
Totals		139	37	28	9	8	13	17	55-92	15-36	14-18

Did not play: Gary Harris (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Bryce McGowens · Derik Queen Starter 9.1 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 5.5 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 4.9 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković 3.6 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.2 min

MIL

Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · Jericho Sims · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green Starter 13.2 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Kevin Porter Jr. · Cam Thomas · Ousmane Dieng · Pete Nance 6.4 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Cam Thomas · Ryan Rollins · Ousmane Dieng · Pete Nance 5.5 min
Bobby Portis Jr. · Kyle Kuzma · Kevin Porter Jr. · Ryan Rollins · AJ Green 5.0 min
Kyle Kuzma · Cam Thomas · Ryan Rollins · Pete Nance · AJ Green 4.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Cam Thomas 9 pts (4/7) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (20 %, 3 pts) · Herbert Jones (18 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (14 %, 0 pts)
Kevin Porter Jr. 12 pts (4/11) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (23 %, 2 pts) · Herbert Jones (15 %, 4 pts) · Bryce McGowens (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Saddiq Bey	Kevin Porter Jr.: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · AJ Green: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Zion Williamson	Jericho Sims: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 13 poss., 8 pts (4/5)
Herbert Jones	AJ Green: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ousmane Dieng: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Bryce McGowens	Ryan Rollins: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	Jericho Sims: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Kyle Kuzma: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Ousmane Dieng: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Ryan Rollins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jordan Poole	Pete Nance: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ryan Rollins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Bobby Portis Jr.: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ousmane Dieng: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Cam Thomas: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyle Kuzma: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bucks defense

Zion Williamson 6 pts (3/6) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Bobby Portis Jr. (29 %, 4 pts) · AJ Green (16 %, 0 pts) · Kyle Kuzma (14 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 9 pts (4/9) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Rollins (27 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Porter Jr. (22 %, 4 pts) · Cam Thomas (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Ryan Rollins	Bryce McGowens: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin Porter Jr.	Herbert Jones: 17 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Jeremiah Fears: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
AJ Green	Saddiq Bey: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyle Kuzma	Saddiq Bey: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 8 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Bobby Portis Jr.	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Karlo Matković: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Ousmane Dieng	Jordan Poole: 18 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Pete Nance	Derik Queen: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cam Thomas	Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jericho Sims	Derik Queen: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Karlo Matković: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Jackson Jr.	Karlo Matković: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Trent Jr.	Bryce McGowens: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)