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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Boston Celtics

October 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Pelicans 122-90 on 2025-10-27 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Jordan Poole, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Yves Missi, and Jeremiah Fears. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Josh Minott. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 19 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Saddiq Bey as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 19 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Payton Pritchard as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 90

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jordan Poole GS	34:20	22	2	4	1	1	3	5-14	3-8	9-9	-16
Trey Murphy III GS	33:37	7	5	5	0	0	2	3-11	0-4	1-2	-15
Jeremiah Fears GS	26:31	2	2	2	1	4	2	1-11	0-4	0-0	-31
Herbert Jones GS	22:40	11	2	0	0	2	5	3-8	2-4	3-4	-29
Yves Missi GS	19:26	11	7	3	0	1	2	3-4	0-0	5-5	-9
Saddiq Bey	24:15	11	2	0	2	3	0	4-9	3-7	0-0	-7
Derik Queen	21:41	12	3	0	1	1	4	3-7	0-1	6-6	-7
Jose Alvarado	21:40	5	3	2	2	1	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	-3
Jordan Hawkins	15:05	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-5	0-2	0-0	-11
DeAndre Jordan	10:58	7	5	0	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	1-2	-5
Micah Peavy	3:16	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Karlo Matković	3:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-9
Bryce McGowens	3:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-9
Totals		90	35	17	7	13	19	28-84	9-36	25-28

BOS

Boston Celtics 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White GS	31:03	11	3	7	0	1	1	2	5-14	1-9	0-0	+21
Payton Pritchard GS	30:41	18	3	8	1	0	1	2	7-15	2-7	2-2	+27
Josh Minott GS	28:04	15	9	1	1	1	0	3	6-9	1-3	2-2	+42
Jaylen Brown GS	24:19	15	7	4	0	0	3	5	5-9	1-3	4-6	+4
Neemias Queta GS	22:10	6	11	0	0	4	1	3	3-8	0-0	0-0	+10
Anfernee Simons	32:08	25	6	1	1	0	2	3	9-17	6-13	1-1	+9
Sam Hauser	26:00	9	3	2	1	1	1	1	3-10	3-10	0-0	+16
Luka Garza	19:18	16	6	1	0	0	1	4	5-7	3-4	3-4	+14
Baylor Scheierman	13:58	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+7
Xavier Tillman	6:30	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Chris Boucher	3:01	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-6
Jordan Walsh	1:24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Ron Harper Jr.	1:24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		122	54	25	5	7	11	24	46-95	18-53	12-15

Did not play: Hugo González (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears Starter 6.1 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Jordan Hawkins · Derik Queen 5.7 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 4.6 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen 3.5 min
DeAndre Jordan · Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen 3.4 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Josh Minott Starter 13.0 min
Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 4.2 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Josh Minott 3.4 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Chris Boucher · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta 3.0 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Xavier Tillman · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 2.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Jaylen Brown 19 pts (5/12) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (31 %, 6 pts) · Trey Murphy III (30 %, 0 pts) · Herbert Jones (13 %, 3 pts)
Anfernee Simons 10 pts (2/13) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Poole (24 %, 8 pts) · Jose Alvarado (18 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Hawkins (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jordan Poole	Payton Pritchard: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Anfernee Simons: 14 poss., 8 pts (1/1)
Trey Murphy III	Derrick White: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jaylen Brown: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	Sam Hauser: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylen Brown: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Jose Alvarado	Anfernee Simons: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Josh Minott: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Anfernee Simons: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derik Queen	Luka Garza: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Neemias Queta: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Herbert Jones	Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Neemias Queta: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luka Garza: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jordan Hawkins	Anfernee Simons: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeAndre Jordan	Neemias Queta: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jaylen Brown: 2 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Baylor Scheierman: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens	Josh Minott: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anfernee Simons: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Luka Garza: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Jeremiah Fears 19 pts (7/14) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Payton Pritchard (29 %, 3 pts) · Derrick White (17 %, 0 pts) · Josh Minott (16 %, 6 pts)
Jordan Poole 8 pts (3/10) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Minott (30 %, 0 pts) · Sam Hauser (19 %, 0 pts) · Anfernee Simons (14 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anfernee Simons	Jose Alvarado: 17 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Jordan Poole: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Payton Pritchard	Jeremiah Fears: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jose Alvarado: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derrick White	Trey Murphy III: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Jeremiah Fears: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Minott	Jordan Poole: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Sam Hauser	Jordan Poole: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Brown	Herbert Jones: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Neemias Queta	Yves Missi: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeAndre Jordan: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Luka Garza	Derik Queen: 13 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Yves Missi: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Baylor Scheierman	Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Poole: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman	Yves Missi: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Chris Boucher	Derik Queen: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Hawkins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr.	Bryce McGowens: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh	Jordan Hawkins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)