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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Los Angeles Lakers

January 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Pelicans 111-103 on 2026-01-06 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 7 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 21 points (7/11) in his matchups, with LeBron James as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 103

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	39:04	42	5	3	0	0	0	2	14-26	6-17	8-9	-8
Herbert Jones GS	34:55	3	3	0	1	0	1	2	1-9	1-6	0-0	+2
Zion Williamson GS	33:20	15	4	5	1	1	3	4	7-13	0-0	1-5	-7
Derik Queen GS	31:42	10	13	8	2	0	4	2	5-10	0-1	0-0	-4
Jeremiah Fears GS	19:55	9	4	2	2	0	2	0	4-13	1-6	0-0	-7
Jose Alvarado	22:44	5	4	6	1	0	1	2	2-6	1-5	0-0	+7
Jordan Poole	18:19	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	0-4	0-3	0-0	-8
Yves Missi	15:41	8	6	2	0	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	2-2	-4
Micah Peavy	14:29	5	2	1	1	0	1	2	2-3	1-1	0-0	-10
Karlo Matković	9:51	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	2-3	0-1	2-2	-1
Totals		103	44	28	8	2	15	19	40-91	10-40	13-18

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	37:29	30	2	10	2	1	5	2	11-22	3-10	5-9	+2
Marcus Smart GS	36:39	13	6	4	1	1	4	3	5-10	3-7	0-0	+14
Jake LaRavia GS	34:46	5	5	0	2	0	0	3	2-4	0-2	1-2	0
LeBron James GS	33:09	30	8	8	2	1	1	2	10-19	3-5	7-7	+10
Deandre Ayton GS	31:54	18	11	3	1	2	1	0	9-16	0-0	0-0	+13
Jarred Vanderbilt	29:22	7	8	4	2	0	0	5	3-4	0-1	1-2	+3
Jaxson Hayes	16:06	2	3	0	1	1	2	2	1-2	0-0	0-1	-5
Dalton Knecht	10:56	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2-5	2-4	0-0	+5
Nick Smith Jr.	9:39	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0-3	0-2	0-0	-2
Totals		111	44	30	11	6	14	21	43-85	11-31	14-21

Did not play: Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxi Kleber (DNP - Coach's Decision), Gabe Vincent (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 9.1 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen 7.6 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 5.0 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 3.4 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi 2.8 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia Starter 15.9 min
Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Jake LaRavia 9.2 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Dalton Knecht 4.7 min
LeBron James · Jarred Vanderbilt · Jaxson Hayes · Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht 3.6 min
Jarred Vanderbilt · Luka Dončić · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia · Nick Smith Jr. 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Luka Dončić 7 pts (3/10) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (46 %, 3 pts) · Zion Williamson (13 %, 2 pts) · Trey Murphy III (10 %, 2 pts)
LeBron James 10 pts (4/10) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Derik Queen (25 %, 4 pts) · Zion Williamson (20 %, 0 pts) · Herbert Jones (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Jake LaRavia: 31 poss., 14 pts (5/7) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/6)
Herbert Jones	Luka Dončić: 34 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jake LaRavia: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zion Williamson	Deandre Ayton: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · LeBron James: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derik Queen	Deandre Ayton: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · LeBron James: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jose Alvarado	Marcus Smart: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nick Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Marcus Smart: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jake LaRavia: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jordan Poole	Jarred Vanderbilt: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Marcus Smart: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Jaxson Hayes: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Deandre Ayton: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Micah Peavy	Dalton Knecht: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Jaxson Hayes: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Zion Williamson 21 pts (7/11) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (42 %, 7 pts) · Luka Dončić (14 %, 3 pts) · Deandre Ayton (12 %, 2 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 10 pts (4/7) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Marcus Smart (50 %, 6 pts) · Jake LaRavia (21 %, 0 pts) · Deandre Ayton (10 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Herbert Jones: 34 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jake LaRavia	Trey Murphy III: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart	Jeremiah Fears: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Jose Alvarado: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
LeBron James	Zion Williamson: 27 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Herbert Jones: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Deandre Ayton	Derik Queen: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/8) · Yves Missi: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Yves Missi: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derik Queen: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Jordan Poole: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Micah Peavy: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nick Smith Jr.	Jose Alvarado: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Poole: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)