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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Atlanta Hawks

October 31, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Pelicans beat the Hawks 121-99 on 2026-10-31 at home. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Karlo Matković, and Jeremiah Fears. The Hawks started CJ McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Onyeka Okongwu, Jalen Johnson, and Dyson Daniels. Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks) scored 7 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Jeremiah Fears as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 16 points (6/13) in his matchups, with CJ McCollum as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jeremiah Fears GS	30:41	20	5	7	1	0	3	3	9-12	1-2	1-2	+21
Zion Williamson GS	30:06	15	6	4	3	0	3	2	5-8	0-0	5-8	+22
Trey Murphy III GS	28:58	15	5	5	1	1	2	2	4-10	1-3	6-6	+24
Herbert Jones GS	24:48	11	3	2	1	0	1	4	5-10	1-3	0-0	+14
Karlo Matković GS	18:10	8	10	1	1	1	2	3	3-4	2-2	0-0	+17
Saddiq Bey	25:54	25	6	1	4	0	3	1	9-13	1-2	6-7	+8
Derik Queen	22:55	8	8	4	1	0	3	1	3-6	0-0	2-2	+9
Bennedict Mathurin	19:02	7	1	2	0	0	2	1	2-5	1-3	2-2	-2
Trendon Watford	17:54	7	4	0	1	0	2	1	2-4	0-1	3-4	0
Bryce McGowens	15:24	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	0-2	0-1	3-4	+5
AJ Johnson	3:04	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Julian Reese	3:04	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		121	49	27	15	4	23	21	43-76	7-17	28-35

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

ATL

Atlanta Hawks 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker GS	28:46	12	2	1	1	0	3	1	3-12	0-7	6-6	-12
Jalen Johnson GS	27:56	13	7	4	0	1	4	3	5-11	1-3	2-2	-20
Onyeka Okongwu GS	27:54	6	10	1	0	1	1	5	3-12	0-5	0-0	-19
Dyson Daniels GS	27:13	8	4	3	3	0	2	1	3-6	0-2	2-3	-4
CJ McCollum GS	24:23	14	2	2	1	0	3	3	5-9	2-5	2-2	-18
Luguentz Dort	28:34	11	3	0	1	1	0	3	3-9	1-7	4-5	-15
Kingston Flemings	24:39	12	2	6	4	0	3	3	4-8	1-2	3-3	-17
Aaron Wiggins	22:51	10	2	1	1	1	2	2	4-11	2-7	0-0	-7
Asa Newell	18:44	13	4	1	0	0	1	0	5-11	1-6	2-2	+1
Corey Kispert	4:34	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Dorian Finney-Smith	3:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+4
Jock Landale	1:22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		99	36	20	11	4	19	21	35-91	8-46	21-23

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears Starter 10.6 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trendon Watford · Bennedict Mathurin · Derik Queen 13.3 min
Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 4.1 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears 3.9 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 3.5 min

ATL

Atlanta Hawks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CJ McCollum · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jalen Johnson · Dyson Daniels Starter 14.3 min
Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Asa Newell · Kingston Flemings 5.8 min
Luguentz Dort · Jalen Johnson · Aaron Wiggins · Asa Newell · Kingston Flemings 5.3 min
Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Dyson Daniels · Asa Newell · Kingston Flemings 3.4 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Corey Kispert · Aaron Wiggins · Dyson Daniels · Asa Newell 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Nickeil Alexander-Walker 7 pts (3/5) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (25 %, 2 pts) · Trey Murphy III (21 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (11 %, 3 pts)
CJ McCollum 19 pts (7/11) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (33 %, 9 pts) · Herbert Jones (19 %, 5 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zion Williamson	Luguentz Dort: 19 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Onyeka Okongwu: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jeremiah Fears	Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kingston Flemings: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Trey Murphy III	CJ McCollum: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	Jalen Johnson: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Aaron Wiggins: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/6)
Herbert Jones	Aaron Wiggins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · CJ McCollum: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Derik Queen	Asa Newell: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Onyeka Okongwu: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Onyeka Okongwu: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jalen Johnson: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bennedict Mathurin	Kingston Flemings: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Aaron Wiggins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trendon Watford	Luguentz Dort: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bryce McGowens	CJ McCollum: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Reese	Asa Newell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dyson Daniels: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson	Dyson Daniels: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Hawks defense

Jeremiah Fears 16 pts (6/13) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: CJ McCollum (37 %, 9 pts) · Nickeil Alexander-Walker (14 %, 2 pts) · Kingston Flemings (14 %, 0 pts)
Derik Queen 11 pts (4/9) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Asa Newell (32 %, 2 pts) · Onyeka Okongwu (19 %, 2 pts) · Luguentz Dort (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Johnson	Herbert Jones: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luguentz Dort	Zion Williamson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Trey Murphy III: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Onyeka Okongwu	Karlo Matković: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Zion Williamson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dyson Daniels	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
CJ McCollum	Jeremiah Fears: 24 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kingston Flemings	Bennedict Mathurin: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins	Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Trendon Watford: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Asa Newell	Derik Queen: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Bennedict Mathurin: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Corey Kispert	Bryce McGowens: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Trendon Watford: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Johnson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jock Landale	Derik Queen: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)