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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings

October 29, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Pelicans beat the Kings 132-120 on 2026-10-29 at home. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Karlo Matković, and Jeremiah Fears. The Kings started Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis, De'Andre Hunter, Precious Achiuwa, and Darius Acuff Jr. Darius Acuff Jr. (Kings) scored 26 points (9/15) in his matchups, with Jeremiah Fears as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 22 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Darius Acuff Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 132

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones GS	32:11	16	4	1	2	0	3	4	7-12	0-3	2-3	+27
Trey Murphy III GS	31:42	19	5	3	1	0	0	2	6-12	2-7	5-8	+4
Zion Williamson GS	30:42	22	6	2	5	1	3	0	10-12	0-0	2-4	+5
Jeremiah Fears GS	29:21	22	8	13	2	4	3	2	9-16	3-5	1-3	+3
Karlo Matković GS	27:31	12	4	1	3	1	2	2	4-7	1-4	3-4	+5
Saddiq Bey	24:01	10	4	3	0	0	1	0	3-7	1-2	3-3	-8
Derik Queen	22:14	9	2	3	1	0	4	0	4-7	1-2	0-0	+8
Bennedict Mathurin	18:39	10	3	2	0	0	2	0	3-6	2-4	2-2	+9
Trendon Watford	17:18	8	1	2	3	0	1	3	2-3	0-1	4-5	+7
Bryce McGowens	6:21	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	0
Totals		132	38	32	18	6	20	13	50-85	10-29	22-32

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Precious Achiuwa GS	40:36	24	9	2	4	0	1	5	12-17	0-2	0-1	+1
Darius Acuff Jr. GS	40:31	34	6	14	0	0	6	4	13-26	3-11	5-5	+3
Domantas Sabonis GS	40:18	9	15	7	2	1	7	4	4-7	0-0	1-2	-12
Zach LaVine GS	38:49	21	3	5	3	1	3	2	7-17	3-10	4-6	-25
De'Andre Hunter GS	37:28	24	5	1	0	0	3	1	7-13	4-8	6-6	-9
Emanuel Sharp	18:12	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	+13
Alex Karaban	12:21	6	0	0	1	0	3	3	2-3	2-3	0-0	-10
Malik Monk	7:52	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-13
Nique Clifford	3:53	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Totals		120	40	31	11	2	25	22	46-88	12-37	16-20

Did not play: Leaky Black (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonathan Mogbo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Daeqwon Plowden (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears Starter 14.4 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trendon Watford · Bennedict Mathurin · Derik Queen 16.3 min
Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 5.4 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 4.6 min
Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 1.8 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis · De'Andre Hunter · Precious Achiuwa · Darius Acuff Jr. Starter 19.0 min
Domantas Sabonis · De'Andre Hunter · Precious Achiuwa · Darius Acuff Jr. · Emanuel Sharp 8.7 min
Zach LaVine · Precious Achiuwa · Alex Karaban · Darius Acuff Jr. · Emanuel Sharp 4.7 min
Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis · Malik Monk · De'Andre Hunter · Precious Achiuwa 2.9 min
Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Acuff Jr. · Emanuel Sharp 2.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Darius Acuff Jr. 26 pts (9/15) in 94 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (40 %, 7 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (20 %, 8 pts) · Herbert Jones (11 %, 3 pts)
Zach LaVine 16 pts (5/8) in 90 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (26 %, 4 pts) · Saddiq Bey (20 %, 3 pts) · Trey Murphy III (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zion Williamson	Precious Achiuwa: 35 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Domantas Sabonis: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Trey Murphy III	De'Andre Hunter: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Zach LaVine: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Darius Acuff Jr.: 38 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · De'Andre Hunter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Herbert Jones	Zach LaVine: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · De'Andre Hunter: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Karlo Matković	Domantas Sabonis: 34 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Precious Achiuwa: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey	Zach LaVine: 18 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · De'Andre Hunter: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Derik Queen	Domantas Sabonis: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Precious Achiuwa: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bennedict Mathurin	Darius Acuff Jr.: 18 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Malik Monk: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Trendon Watford	Alex Karaban: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens	Zach LaVine: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Darius Acuff Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Jeremiah Fears 22 pts (8/16) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Darius Acuff Jr. (52 %, 17 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (12 %, 0 pts) · Domantas Sabonis (11 %, 0 pts)
Derik Queen 17 pts (8/15) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Domantas Sabonis (36 %, 4 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (30 %, 4 pts) · Darius Acuff Jr. (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Domantas Sabonis	Zion Williamson: 37 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Darius Acuff Jr.	Jeremiah Fears: 37 poss., 17 pts (6/11) · Bennedict Mathurin: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Precious Achiuwa	Karlo Matković: 28 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Zion Williamson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zach LaVine	Herbert Jones: 35 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
De'Andre Hunter	Trey Murphy III: 30 poss., 11 pts (3/4) · Saddiq Bey: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Emanuel Sharp	Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Karaban	Trendon Watford: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malik Monk	Bennedict Mathurin: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford	Saddiq Bey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)