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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Los Angeles Lakers

November 14, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Pelicans 118-104 on 2025-11-14 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Kevon Looney, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Jeremiah Fears. The Lakers started Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 17 points (7/22) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 20 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 104

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 38:54 35 7 0 1 0 6 2 13-21 3-7 6-6 -25
Saddiq Bey GS 36:32 11 7 7 1 0 1 0 3-13 3-8 2-2 -14
Herbert Jones GS 34:27 13 5 3 1 1 2 5 4-14 1-8 4-6 -15
Jeremiah Fears GS 28:42 19 4 3 7 0 3 2 8-16 2-2 1-2 -24
Kevon Looney GS 10:56 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -7
Derik Queen 29:22 9 10 5 0 1 5 4 4-10 0-1 1-2 -2
Jose Alvarado 21:22 8 2 2 1 0 1 3 3-8 2-4 0-0 +7
Karlo Matković 12:58 4 3 0 0 1 1 2 2-2 0-0 0-0 +11
Yves Missi 10:18 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -8
Jordan Hawkins 9:09 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 +11
Micah Peavy 7:20 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-2 0-2 0-0 -4
Totals 104 42 24 11 3 20 23 39-89 12-34 14-18

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Luka Dončić GS 40:13 24 7 12 2 1 3 1 6-16 3-8 9-13 +30
Austin Reaves GS 38:54 31 4 7 1 1 4 3 9-16 2-6 11-13 +16
Deandre Ayton GS 35:34 20 16 2 2 1 4 5 10-11 0-0 0-0 +35
Rui Hachimura GS 35:04 14 4 0 1 0 1 0 6-10 2-5 0-0 +30
Marcus Smart GS 34:25 13 5 5 2 0 2 4 6-15 1-10 0-0 +7
Jake LaRavia 21:41 6 3 0 3 2 2 1 3-4 0-0 0-0 +4
Jaxson Hayes 12:26 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 -21
Jarred Vanderbilt 11:19 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 1-4 1-2 0-0 -19
Dalton Knecht 10:24 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2-5 1-3 0-0 -12
Totals 118 45 28 13 5 17 17 44-84 10-34 20-26

Did not play: Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Adou Thiero (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

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
Trey Murphy III Marcus Smart: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Austin Reaves: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Saddiq Bey Rui Hachimura: 37 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Austin Reaves: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones Luka Dončić: 39 poss., 6 pts (2/8) · Rui Hachimura: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen Deandre Ayton: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears Austin Reaves: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Marcus Smart: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Jose Alvarado Jake LaRavia: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Marcus Smart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Karlo Matković Jaxson Hayes: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dalton Knecht: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney Deandre Ayton: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yves Missi Deandre Ayton: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins Austin Reaves: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jake LaRavia: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luka Dončić Herbert Jones: 42 poss., 12 pts (4/7) · Micah Peavy: 10 poss., 4 pts (0/4)
Austin Reaves Trey Murphy III: 26 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Jose Alvarado: 15 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Deandre Ayton Derik Queen: 24 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Kevon Looney: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Rui Hachimura Saddiq Bey: 41 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Marcus Smart Jeremiah Fears: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jake LaRavia Jose Alvarado: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Karlo Matković: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derik Queen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt Derik Queen: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jose Alvarado: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)