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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Charlotte Hornets

November 4, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Hornets 116-112 on 2025-11-04 at home. The Pelicans started Kevon Looney, Jordan Poole, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Jeremiah Fears. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Collin Sexton, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. Collin Sexton (Hornets) scored 9 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Jose Alvarado as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 8 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Collin Sexton as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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New Orleans Pelicans 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	37:14	21	3	3	1	1	1	0	7-16	5-10	2-2	+3
Herbert Jones GS	35:55	11	5	1	1	0	2	3	4-9	3-5	0-0	+1
Jordan Poole GS	27:02	11	2	6	0	0	3	4	3-14	1-6	4-4	-1
Jeremiah Fears GS	17:27	11	3	0	1	0	0	1	4-10	1-2	2-2	-17
Kevon Looney GS	14:58	0	4	2	0	1	1	2	0-3	0-1	0-0	-22
Jose Alvarado	30:33	18	3	6	2	0	1	1	7-11	4-7	0-0	+21
Saddiq Bey	26:47	17	4	0	0	0	0	3	6-9	3-5	2-4	+8
Derik Queen	17:58	12	8	7	4	0	3	3	5-7	0-0	2-3	+13
Jordan Hawkins	17:02	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	+1
Karlo Matković	15:04	13	6	2	0	1	1	2	6-7	0-0	1-4	+13
Totals		116	39	27	9	3	12	20	43-90	17-38	13-19

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

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Charlotte Hornets 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	37:02	22	8	3	1	0	1	2	7-19	3-11	5-7	0
Kon Knueppel GS	32:21	20	12	2	0	0	2	3	7-16	3-10	3-3	+7
Sion James GS	31:19	6	5	2	1	1	2	3	1-4	1-2	3-4	-7
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	30:09	10	11	2	1	4	2	4	4-4	0-0	2-2	+8
Collin Sexton GS	29:39	17	0	5	1	0	5	2	6-14	2-6	3-4	+12
Tre Mann	24:24	18	2	2	2	0	4	2	8-13	2-6	0-0	-9
Moussa Diabaté	17:51	6	5	2	2	1	1	3	2-3	0-0	2-4	-12
KJ Simpson	13:17	8	3	0	0	0	1	2	3-6	1-2	1-2	-13
Liam McNeeley	12:59	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	-2
Pat Connaughton	10:58	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-4
Totals		112	49	20	8	6	19	23	39-82	13-38	21-28

Did not play: Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision), Grant Williams (DNP - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

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New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevon Looney · Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears Starter 13.2 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Jordan Hawkins · Derik Queen 6.0 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Jose Alvarado · Jordan Hawkins · Derik Queen 5.0 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Jordan Hawkins 3.8 min
Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen 3.5 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James Starter 11.9 min
Pat Connaughton · Collin Sexton · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 6.0 min
Miles Bridges · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · KJ Simpson · Liam McNeeley 5.7 min
Miles Bridges · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · KJ Simpson · Sion James 4.3 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Liam McNeeley 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Collin Sexton 9 pts (3/10) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Jose Alvarado (29 %, 3 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (19 %, 2 pts) · Saddiq Bey (12 %, 2 pts)
Tre Mann 12 pts (4/6) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Jose Alvarado (29 %, 6 pts) · Jordan Hawkins (16 %, 0 pts) · Herbert Jones (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Sion James: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Miles Bridges: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Herbert Jones	Miles Bridges: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Liam McNeeley: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Collin Sexton: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tre Mann: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jordan Poole	Kon Knueppel: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Sion James: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	Miles Bridges: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Pat Connaughton: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Derik Queen	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 19 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Moussa Diabaté: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jordan Hawkins	Pat Connaughton: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tre Mann: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Collin Sexton: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tre Mann: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Moussa Diabaté: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevon Looney	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Moussa Diabaté: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Jeremiah Fears 8 pts (3/5) in 31 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Sexton (32 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (20 %, 2 pts) · Tre Mann (14 %, 3 pts)
Jordan Poole 11 pts (3/6) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (30 %, 2 pts) · Kon Knueppel (24 %, 0 pts) · Collin Sexton (10 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Miles Bridges	Herbert Jones: 24 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kon Knueppel	Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jordan Poole: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Derik Queen: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevon Looney: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Collin Sexton	Jose Alvarado: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Jose Alvarado: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Moussa Diabaté	Karlo Matković: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
KJ Simpson	Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Jordan Hawkins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Liam McNeeley	Herbert Jones: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)