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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Miami Heat

February 11, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Pelicans 123-111 on 2026-02-11 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Derik Queen. The Heat started Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, Simone Fontecchio, Myron Gardner, and Kel'el Ware. Bam Adebayo (Heat) scored 9 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Zion Williamson as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 10 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Bam Adebayo as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Saddiq Bey GS 36:21 14 9 4 0 0 2 2 4-15 4-9 2-2 -21
Zion Williamson GS 33:20 25 4 3 0 0 4 2 12-19 0-0 1-2 -18
Herbert Jones GS 32:47 7 4 2 2 1 4 4 3-6 1-3 0-0 -14
Derik Queen GS 31:07 12 5 0 0 1 1 4 4-8 1-2 3-4 -17
Trey Murphy III GS 27:00 19 4 6 0 0 1 3 7-15 2-8 3-3 -13
Jeremiah Fears 30:51 13 10 8 2 0 1 4 6-18 1-5 0-0 +8
Bryce McGowens 21:15 12 1 3 1 0 0 2 2-5 1-3 7-8 +1
Kevon Looney 13:54 6 9 0 0 1 0 2 3-5 0-0 0-0 +4
Karlo Matković 13:25 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 +10
Totals 111 46 27 5 3 13 23 42-92 11-31 16-19

Did not play: Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yves Missi (DND - Injury/Illness), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bam Adebayo GS 36:59 27 14 4 0 4 3 1 6-19 2-9 13-17 +15
Davion Mitchell GS 27:47 9 1 5 0 0 0 2 3-10 2-6 1-2 +18
Kel'el Ware GS 27:38 16 12 0 1 2 0 2 7-15 2-3 0-0 +18
Simone Fontecchio GS 26:52 15 4 1 2 0 1 3 5-14 4-12 1-1 +23
Myron Gardner GS 22:56 8 10 3 1 1 0 2 3-7 2-5 0-0 +11
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 34:52 23 8 4 3 2 2 2 10-22 0-5 3-4 0
Kasparas Jakučionis 25:19 11 3 4 0 0 1 2 3-7 1-5 4-4 -3
Dru Smith 19:56 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 2-4 0-0 2-3 -12
Nikola Jović 17:41 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 3-4 1-2 1-2 -10
Totals 123 56 25 8 9 8 15 42-102 14-47 25-33

Did not play: Vladislav Goldin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andrew Wiggins (DND - Injury/Illness), Jahmir Young (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

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
Saddiq Bey Simone Fontecchio: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 12 poss., 8 pts (2/4)
Zion Williamson Bam Adebayo: 32 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Herbert Jones Davion Mitchell: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears Dru Smith: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Derik Queen Kel'el Ware: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Bam Adebayo: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Trey Murphy III Myron Gardner: 17 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Davion Mitchell: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Bryce McGowens Kasparas Jakučionis: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Myron Gardner: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevon Looney Bam Adebayo: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 5 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Karlo Matković Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Bam Adebayo Zion Williamson: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Derik Queen: 14 poss., 11 pts (3/5)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Jeremiah Fears: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Herbert Jones: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis Jeremiah Fears: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bryce McGowens: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kel'el Ware Derik Queen: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Kevon Looney: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Davion Mitchell Herbert Jones: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Simone Fontecchio Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Myron Gardner Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Bryce McGowens: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dru Smith Jeremiah Fears: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Jović Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Zion Williamson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)