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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Chicago Bulls

November 24, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Bulls 143-130 on 2025-11-24 at home. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Bulls started Coby White, Patrick Williams, Ayo Dosunmu, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 12 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Trey Murphy III as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 11 points (3/15) in his matchups, with Patrick Williams as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 143

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	36:09	20	4	4	2	0	1	3	7-16	4-10	2-3	+20
Saddiq Bey GS	34:29	20	13	3	2	0	0	2	8-16	3-8	1-4	+4
Zion Williamson GS	29:37	29	1	2	2	1	2	2	8-14	0-0	13-16	+2
Jeremiah Fears GS	24:17	15	4	3	0	0	1	1	4-9	2-3	5-6	+4
Derik Queen GS	16:56	8	5	4	1	1	1	4	4-9	0-0	0-0	-5
Jose Alvarado	31:56	16	8	8	2	0	2	2	7-16	2-9	0-0	+14
Yves Missi	29:15	14	14	0	0	3	2	4	7-11	0-0	0-0	+14
Micah Peavy	19:50	10	3	2	4	0	0	1	5-9	0-2	0-2	+13
Bryce McGowens	17:31	11	3	2	0	0	1	2	3-4	2-3	3-4	-1
Totals		143	55	28	13	5	10	21	53-104	13-35	24-35

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

CHI

Chicago Bulls 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Coby White GS	35:16	24	5	6	1	0	5	1	7-15	3-10	7-10	-1
Josh Giddey GS	35:03	21	7	6	0	0	5	3	6-12	4-10	5-6	-13
Ayo Dosunmu GS	32:10	28	2	1	0	0	1	1	11-16	2-4	4-5	+6
Patrick Williams GS	27:26	6	4	2	0	0	1	3	2-9	2-7	0-0	-7
Matas Buzelis GS	21:14	10	4	0	0	2	2	3	4-8	2-5	0-0	-23
Tre Jones	27:39	10	2	11	0	0	0	3	2-4	0-1	6-9	-10
Jalen Smith	26:22	13	6	1	0	0	2	3	4-6	3-5	2-2	+3
Jevon Carter	18:04	11	1	1	1	0	0	2	4-7	3-6	0-0	-13
Julian Phillips	14:37	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	3-3	1-1	0-0	-1
Noa Essengue	2:09	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-6
Totals		130	33	29	4	3	17	21	43-82	20-50	24-32

Did not play: Emanuel Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lachlan Olbrich (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 6.1 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi 10.1 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 4.3 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 2.7 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Micah Peavy 2.6 min

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Coby White · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 5.0 min
Coby White · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 5.8 min
Jevon Carter · Coby White · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Julian Phillips 4.4 min
Coby White · Jalen Smith · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 3.8 min
Jevon Carter · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey · Julian Phillips 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Coby White 12 pts (5/9) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (19 %, 3 pts) · Jose Alvarado (16 %, 2 pts) · Saddiq Bey (15 %, 3 pts)
Josh Giddey 14 pts (5/14) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (27 %, 8 pts) · Derik Queen (15 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Ayo Dosunmu: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Coby White: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Saddiq Bey	Josh Giddey: 21 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Ayo Dosunmu: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jose Alvarado	Ayo Dosunmu: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Tre Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zion Williamson	Patrick Williams: 23 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · Jalen Smith: 9 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Yves Missi	Jalen Smith: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jeremiah Fears	Tre Jones: 16 poss., 4 pts (0/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Micah Peavy	Julian Phillips: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Josh Giddey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derik Queen	Josh Giddey: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Patrick Williams: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bryce McGowens	Julian Phillips: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Zion Williamson 11 pts (3/15) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Patrick Williams (37 %, 0 pts) · Coby White (14 %, 4 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (13 %, 4 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 12 pts (4/4) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Tre Jones (31 %, 0 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (23 %, 6 pts) · Coby White (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Coby White	Jose Alvarado: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Josh Giddey	Saddiq Bey: 26 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Micah Peavy: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ayo Dosunmu	Trey Murphy III: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Patrick Williams	Zion Williamson: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Derik Queen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Jones	Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 12 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Jalen Smith	Yves Missi: 24 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Matas Buzelis	Trey Murphy III: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jevon Carter	Jose Alvarado: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Bryce McGowens: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	Micah Peavy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Noa Essengue	Derik Queen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yves Missi: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)