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New Orleans Pelicans vs. New York Knicks

December 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Pelicans 130-125 on 2025-12-29 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Mohamed Diawara. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 25 points (10/14) in his matchups, with Trey Murphy III as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 18 points (6/9) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	38:17	21	6	2	0	0	2	1	8-16	5-10	0-0	-4
Saddiq Bey GS	36:34	26	6	6	2	0	2	3	9-21	4-10	4-5	+1
Zion Williamson GS	28:51	32	5	2	2	2	2	2	11-16	0-0	10-12	-8
Derik Queen GS	28:30	7	9	5	1	2	2	2	3-13	0-2	1-2	-3
Jeremiah Fears GS	22:11	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	-3
Jordan Poole	25:50	26	3	2	0	1	0	2	7-14	4-10	8-8	-2
Kevon Looney	23:58	2	9	3	0	2	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-1
Yves Missi	14:21	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Jordan Hawkins	11:45	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Micah Peavy	9:44	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1-3	1-1	0-0	0
Totals		125	50	27	6	8	11	15	44-96	14-36	23-27

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jose Alvarado (NWT - League Suspension), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Karlo Matković (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK

New York Knicks 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby GS	37:05	23	11	1	3	1	2	3	8-22	1-8	6-6	+16
Jalen Brunson GS	35:32	28	3	10	0	0	1	1	10-23	5-10	3-3	-1
Mikal Bridges GS	34:50	6	5	10	2	1	1	2	3-5	0-1	0-0	+3
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	29:58	12	12	4	0	2	0	4	4-9	2-4	2-2	+6
Mohamed Diawara GS	17:49	18	1	0	2	0	0	0	7-9	4-4	0-0	-12
Miles McBride	18:27	14	3	2	1	0	0	2	4-8	2-5	4-4	+8
Guerschon Yabusele	15:52	9	2	1	0	0	2	2	3-5	3-4	0-0	-6
Jordan Clarkson	13:13	9	2	1	0	0	1	0	3-6	1-3	2-2	+9
Tyler Kolek	12:12	7	2	5	0	0	1	1	2-5	2-4	1-2	+4
Ariel Hukporti	11:40	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Kevin McCullar Jr.	8:58	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+3
Trey Jemison III	4:24	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		130	42	35	8	4	8	19	46-95	20-44	18-19

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 11.3 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 7.2 min
Kevon Looney · Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Jordan Hawkins · Micah Peavy 6.5 min
Kevon Looney · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen 4.1 min
Kevon Looney · Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III 3.6 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mohamed Diawara Starter 11.4 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Tyler Kolek 5.9 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 5.3 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Ariel Hukporti · Mohamed Diawara 3.8 min
Jordan Clarkson · Guerschon Yabusele · OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Ariel Hukporti 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Jalen Brunson 25 pts (10/14) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (30 %, 10 pts) · Saddiq Bey (20 %, 8 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (17 %, 2 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 13 pts (4/7) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Derik Queen (33 %, 2 pts) · Kevon Looney (25 %, 0 pts) · Zion Williamson (10 %, 9 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Jalen Brunson: 21 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Mikal Bridges: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	Mikal Bridges: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jalen Brunson: 14 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Zion Williamson	OG Anunoby: 37 poss., 12 pts (4/6) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 6 poss., 9 pts (2/3)
Derik Queen	Karl-Anthony Towns: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · OG Anunoby: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jordan Poole	Miles McBride: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Jalen Brunson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney	Karl-Anthony Towns: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ariel Hukporti: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Hawkins	Jordan Clarkson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tyler Kolek: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Ariel Hukporti: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Tyler Kolek: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Brunson: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Knicks defense

Zion Williamson 18 pts (6/9) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (57 %, 10 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (12 %, 0 pts) · Mohamed Diawara (9 %, 3 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 16 pts (7/13) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (35 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Brunson (16 %, 5 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
OG Anunoby	Zion Williamson: 36 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Derik Queen: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/6)
Jalen Brunson	Trey Murphy III: 34 poss., 7 pts (3/9) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Mikal Bridges	Saddiq Bey: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Kevon Looney: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara	Derik Queen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Miles McBride	Jordan Poole: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Guerschon Yabusele	Kevon Looney: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Jordan Hawkins: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti	Yves Missi: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevon Looney: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	Micah Peavy: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Jemison III	Yves Missi: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevon Looney: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)