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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

March 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Pelicans 111-106 on 2026-03-21 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Trey Murphy III. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 9 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Trey Murphy III as his primary defender. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 10 points (5/5) in his matchups, with Donovan Mitchell as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	40:31	10	6	0	1	2	1	2	3-10	2-8	2-2	-6
Saddiq Bey GS	36:23	19	5	4	0	0	1	4	6-14	4-8	3-3	+9
Zion Williamson GS	32:17	25	6	4	1	0	1	3	10-14	0-0	5-9	-9
Herbert Jones GS	31:19	12	3	3	1	1	0	5	4-12	4-11	0-0	-7
Dejounte Murray GS	29:58	12	3	9	1	0	2	0	4-13	1-6	3-3	-2
Yves Missi	24:11	6	10	3	1	3	1	2	3-7	0-0	0-0	+4
Jeremiah Fears	18:02	7	3	3	0	0	1	0	3-11	1-5	0-0	-3
Derik Queen	15:09	9	3	4	3	0	2	1	3-5	0-1	3-3	0
Karlo Matković	12:10	6	1	0	2	1	0	2	3-4	0-1	0-0	-11
Totals		106	40	30	10	7	9	19	39-90	12-40	16-20

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

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	39:00	27	7	3	1	0	1	1	9-23	3-8	6-7	-3
James Harden GS	36:16	20	6	10	1	1	2	2	8-17	4-9	0-0	+14
Sam Merrill GS	32:05	15	10	2	0	0	1	2	5-9	3-7	2-2	+5
Evan Mobley GS	30:26	18	8	3	1	2	2	3	8-10	0-1	2-5	0
Dean Wade GS	23:17	7	5	3	2	0	1	1	3-6	1-4	0-0	+11
Max Strus	24:14	5	8	2	0	0	1	2	2-5	1-4	0-0	-6
Keon Ellis	22:43	7	2	1	1	0	1	3	2-6	0-3	3-4	+13
Thomas Bryant	14:44	11	8	1	0	1	1	2	5-7	0-1	1-2	-6
Dennis Schröder	13:22	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0-4	0-2	1-2	-4
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	3:53	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		111	55	26	6	4	13	17	42-88	12-39	15-22

Did not play: Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III Starter 14.3 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi 6.1 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 5.5 min
Dejounte Murray · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi 4.6 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.5 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley Starter 11.2 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Max Strus · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 8.1 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Max Strus · Keon Ellis 6.7 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Max Strus · Evan Mobley 5.0 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Keon Ellis 4.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Donovan Mitchell 9 pts (3/10) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (28 %, 3 pts) · Saddiq Bey (20 %, 0 pts) · Herbert Jones (18 %, 3 pts)
James Harden 11 pts (4/8) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (31 %, 8 pts) · Herbert Jones (19 %, 0 pts) · Yves Missi (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Donovan Mitchell: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sam Merrill: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Saddiq Bey	James Harden: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Zion Williamson	Dean Wade: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 11 pts (4/6)
Herbert Jones	Evan Mobley: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Dejounte Murray	Sam Merrill: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Keon Ellis: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Yves Missi	James Harden: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Dennis Schröder: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Keon Ellis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derik Queen	Thomas Bryant: 9 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Max Strus: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Karlo Matković	Donovan Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Strus: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Dejounte Murray 10 pts (5/5) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Donovan Mitchell (36 %, 0 pts) · James Harden (24 %, 4 pts) · Sam Merrill (11 %, 2 pts)
Zion Williamson 19 pts (6/12) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Dean Wade (24 %, 0 pts) · Sam Merrill (16 %, 3 pts) · James Harden (13 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Dejounte Murray: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
James Harden	Herbert Jones: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dejounte Murray: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Evan Mobley	Saddiq Bey: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Trey Murphy III: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Max Strus	Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keon Ellis	Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zion Williamson: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Dean Wade	Zion Williamson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Thomas Bryant	Yves Missi: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Derik Queen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Zion Williamson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)