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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Utah Jazz

November 4, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Pelicans beat the Jazz 120-113 on 2026-11-04 at home. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Karlo Matković, and Jeremiah Fears. The Jazz started Lauri Markkanen, Jaxson Hayes, Keyonte George, Ace Bailey, and Darryn Peterson. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 6 points (1/7) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 15 points (7/8) in his matchups, with Keyonte George as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Dejounte Murray GS 44:30 20 8 4 4 0 4 2 4-7 1-3 11-11 +17
Zion Williamson GS 37:35 23 4 2 1 2 2 4 6-14 0-0 11-13 +7
Herbert Jones GS 36:57 2 5 1 0 1 1 4 1-7 0-3 0-0 +23
Jeremiah Fears GS 34:01 19 6 2 2 0 2 4 6-16 1-4 6-6 -2
Karlo Matković GS 20:37 5 4 2 0 1 1 3 2-3 1-1 0-0 -9
Saddiq Bey 29:19 22 4 3 1 0 1 1 9-14 2-4 2-3 0
Derik Queen 27:15 20 9 6 0 1 2 2 8-21 0-2 4-4 +2
Trendon Watford 19:35 7 3 2 1 1 3 4 1-1 0-0 5-6 +7
Bennedict Mathurin 15:11 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 1-6 0-3 0-0 -10
Totals 120 48 23 9 6 17 26 38-89 5-20 39-43

Did not play: AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Reese (DNP - Coach's Decision)

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Keyonte George GS 43:35 39 2 9 4 1 3 3 14-27 2-9 9-13 0
Lauri Markkanen GS 38:38 21 10 4 1 2 3 4 6-15 5-12 4-6 -11
Ace Bailey GS 35:24 15 5 1 0 1 3 6 6-14 1-9 2-3 0
Darryn Peterson GS 30:02 7 2 7 0 0 2 1 2-8 0-5 3-4 -12
Jaxson Hayes GS 21:16 2 7 1 0 1 4 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 -13
Josh Okogie 25:55 3 6 1 0 1 2 5 1-3 1-2 0-0 -12
Josh Green 23:16 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 3-7 1-5 0-0 +4
Svi Mykhailiuk 17:03 6 3 0 1 0 1 2 3-8 0-3 0-0 +12
Mo Bamba 14:45 7 10 1 0 1 0 3 3-5 0-0 1-2 +8
Brice Sensabaugh 11:57 6 2 0 2 0 2 0 2-4 1-2 1-2 -14
Isaiah Collier 3:10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 +3
Totals 113 49 24 8 7 20 33 41-94 11-47 20-30

Did not play: Tony Bradley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kyle Filipowski (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

UTA
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz

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
Dejounte Murray Ace Bailey: 28 poss., 8 pts (1/4) · Darryn Peterson: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Zion Williamson Jaxson Hayes: 27 poss., 4 pts (0/2) · Josh Okogie: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Herbert Jones Keyonte George: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Lauri Markkanen: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jeremiah Fears Darryn Peterson: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Keyonte George: 11 poss., 4 pts (0/2)
Saddiq Bey Josh Green: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Josh Okogie: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Derik Queen Josh Okogie: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/9) · Mo Bamba: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Karlo Matković Lauri Markkanen: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaxson Hayes: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Trendon Watford Lauri Markkanen: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Brice Sensabaugh: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bennedict Mathurin Keyonte George: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Darryn Peterson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Jazz defense

Defender Guarded most
Keyonte George Jeremiah Fears: 27 poss., 8 pts (4/4) · Herbert Jones: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Lauri Markkanen Herbert Jones: 22 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Zion Williamson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ace Bailey Zion Williamson: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Dejounte Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Darryn Peterson Dejounte Murray: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie Derik Queen: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Green Saddiq Bey: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Dejounte Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Karlo Matković: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Svi Mykhailiuk Dejounte Murray: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mo Bamba Derik Queen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Brice Sensabaugh Trendon Watford: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Herbert Jones: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Collier Zion Williamson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)