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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Atlanta Hawks

November 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Hawks beat the Pelicans 115-98 on 2025-11-22 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, Derik Queen, and Micah Peavy. The Hawks started Kristaps Porziņģis, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels, and Zaccharie Risacher. Kristaps Porziņģis (Hawks) scored 14 points (5/18) in his matchups, with Micah Peavy as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 17 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 98

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derik Queen GS 32:19 20 9 3 2 1 2 4 6-14 0-2 8-8 -8
Jeremiah Fears GS 31:26 11 4 4 1 1 3 2 5-13 0-1 1-2 -5
Trey Murphy III GS 30:46 19 9 4 0 0 4 2 6-16 4-10 3-4 -16
Saddiq Bey GS 27:57 18 11 5 1 0 1 3 6-12 1-5 5-6 -8
Micah Peavy GS 27:00 4 3 1 0 0 2 3 2-7 0-3 0-0 +1
Yves Missi 20:35 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 -14
Bryce McGowens 19:59 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 3-5 0-0 3-4 -7
Jordan Hawkins 19:21 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 2-7 1-2 0-0 -12
Jose Alvarado 16:34 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 3-5 2-3 0-0 -12
Kevon Looney 14:03 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 -4
Totals 98 48 21 5 6 14 17 35-84 8-27 20-24

Did not play: Herbert Jones (DND - Injury/Illness), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS 35:34 10 5 3 1 0 1 2 4-11 2-6 0-0 +11
Jalen Johnson GS 34:29 18 11 9 1 1 4 1 6-15 2-4 4-6 +20
Kristaps Porziņģis GS 33:03 30 7 4 0 3 0 5 11-17 2-6 6-7 +5
Dyson Daniels GS 30:46 14 8 4 1 1 1 3 6-15 0-4 2-2 +13
Zaccharie Risacher GS 22:32 8 3 4 1 1 0 3 4-11 0-6 0-2 +6
Vít Krejčí 27:01 21 1 0 0 0 1 1 7-10 7-10 0-0 +10
Mouhamed Gueye 26:51 3 6 0 2 0 0 3 1-3 1-3 0-0 +14
Luke Kennard 23:42 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 2-6 2-5 2-2 +13
Asa Newell 2:36 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -3
Caleb Houstan 2:24 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 -3
Jacob Toppin 1:02 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 115 42 28 6 7 7 20 42-90 17-46 14-19

Did not play: Onyeka Okongwu (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

ATL
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Derik Queen Dyson Daniels: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Mouhamed Gueye: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Jeremiah Fears Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 26 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Dyson Daniels: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Saddiq Bey Jalen Johnson: 29 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Zaccharie Risacher: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Trey Murphy III Zaccharie Risacher: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Vít Krejčí: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy Kristaps Porziņģis: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Mouhamed Gueye: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi Kristaps Porziņģis: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mouhamed Gueye: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens Luke Kennard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins Luke Kennard: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Vít Krejčí: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jose Alvarado Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Vít Krejčí: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Kevon Looney Kristaps Porziņģis: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mouhamed Gueye: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Hawks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Johnson Saddiq Bey: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Jeremiah Fears: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jose Alvarado: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Dyson Daniels Derik Queen: 17 poss., 8 pts (4/10) · Jeremiah Fears: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kristaps Porziņģis Micah Peavy: 16 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Mouhamed Gueye Derik Queen: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevon Looney: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vít Krejčí Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jordan Hawkins: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Zaccharie Risacher Trey Murphy III: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jeremiah Fears: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Kennard Jordan Hawkins: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Bryce McGowens: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Asa Newell Yves Missi: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Micah Peavy: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Houstan Micah Peavy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jacob Toppin Yves Missi: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)