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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings

February 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Kings 120-94 on 2026-02-09 at home. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Derik Queen. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 3 points (1/6) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 6 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Precious Achiuwa as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones GS	30:20	8	4	6	0	1	1	2	3-11	2-9	0-2	+8
Trey Murphy III GS	28:38	21	2	7	1	0	0	2	8-15	5-11	0-1	+17
Zion Williamson GS	26:42	18	5	6	1	0	2	1	7-11	0-0	4-4	+11
Saddiq Bey GS	25:52	12	4	1	0	0	3	2	5-10	1-5	1-2	+14
Derik Queen GS	23:43	8	5	1	3	1	2	2	4-7	0-1	0-0	+14
Jeremiah Fears	30:11	20	4	3	2	2	3	4	8-14	2-4	2-2	+26
Bryce McGowens	24:08	8	1	3	1	0	0	4	3-7	2-3	0-0	+14
Yves Missi	21:49	7	5	1	0	1	2	1	3-3	0-0	1-3	+9
Karlo Matković	18:55	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	4-6	2-3	2-2	+19
Micah Peavy	4:51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Jordan Hawkins	4:51	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	-1
Totals		120	39	30	8	5	13	18	47-87	16-39	10-16

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAC

Sacramento Kings 94

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Maxime Raynaud GS	38:08	21	19	1	1	0	1	0	8-14	0-1	5-6	-16
Nique Clifford GS	37:19	10	5	6	1	0	3	2	4-16	1-6	1-2	-17
Russell Westbrook GS	20:54	17	2	2	0	0	2	0	7-17	1-6	2-2	-3
Precious Achiuwa GS	20:10	8	3	0	3	1	1	2	4-8	0-0	0-0	-9
DeMar DeRozan GS	19:36	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	3-11	0-2	2-3	-7
Dylan Cardwell	31:49	6	11	1	2	2	0	3	3-5	0-0	0-0	-23
Devin Carter	29:53	12	3	4	1	0	3	0	6-12	0-4	0-2	-22
Daeqwon Plowden	28:24	5	3	2	0	0	1	3	2-9	1-7	0-0	-19
Doug McDermott	7:54	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	-10
Drew Eubanks	5:53	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	-4
Totals		94	50	19	8	3	14	13	40-99	4-31	10-15

Did not play: Keegan Murray (DND - Injury/Illness), Domantas Sabonis (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen Starter 13.1 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 7.9 min
Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 5.9 min
Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 3.6 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Derik Queen 2.9 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud Starter 9.6 min
Daeqwon Plowden · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud · Dylan Cardwell 10.7 min
Russell Westbrook · Daeqwon Plowden · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud · Dylan Cardwell 4.6 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud · Dylan Cardwell 4.0 min
Doug McDermott · Precious Achiuwa · Daeqwon Plowden · Devin Carter · Dylan Cardwell 4.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Russell Westbrook 3 pts (1/6) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (46 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (13 %, 3 pts) · Saddiq Bey (12 %, 0 pts)
Devin Carter 24 pts (10/13) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (36 %, 7 pts) · Bryce McGowens (20 %, 5 pts) · Yves Missi (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Nique Clifford: 28 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Dylan Cardwell: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jeremiah Fears	Devin Carter: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Daeqwon Plowden: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Herbert Jones	Russell Westbrook: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Nique Clifford: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Maxime Raynaud: 25 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · DeMar DeRozan: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zion Williamson	Precious Achiuwa: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Dylan Cardwell: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bryce McGowens	Devin Carter: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Daeqwon Plowden: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey	DeMar DeRozan: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nique Clifford: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Karlo Matković	Dylan Cardwell: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Maxime Raynaud: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Yves Missi	Dylan Cardwell: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Maxime Raynaud: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jordan Hawkins	Maxime Raynaud: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Dylan Cardwell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Peavy	Daeqwon Plowden: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Carter: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Zion Williamson 6 pts (3/5) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Precious Achiuwa (35 %, 0 pts) · Maxime Raynaud (11 %, 4 pts) · Dylan Cardwell (9 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 10 pts (4/13) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Devin Carter (41 %, 4 pts) · Daeqwon Plowden (16 %, 0 pts) · Nique Clifford (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Maxime Raynaud	Derik Queen: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Yves Missi: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford	Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Saddiq Bey: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Dylan Cardwell	Yves Missi: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bryce McGowens: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Devin Carter	Jeremiah Fears: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Bryce McGowens: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Daeqwon Plowden	Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Russell Westbrook	Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Precious Achiuwa	Zion Williamson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
DeMar DeRozan	Herbert Jones: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bryce McGowens: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Doug McDermott	Trey Murphy III: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Herbert Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Drew Eubanks	Yves Missi: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)