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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Dallas Mavericks

December 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Mavericks 119-113 on 2025-12-22 at home. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Mavericks started Anthony Davis, P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. Anthony Davis (Mavericks) scored 23 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Derik Queen as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 16 points (5/11) in his matchups, with P.J. Washington as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	37:59	11	5	4	4	0	1	1	4-12	1-4	2-2	+10
Saddiq Bey GS	35:13	19	7	1	0	0	1	2	7-17	0-6	5-5	+12
Derik Queen GS	34:10	19	10	6	2	1	3	3	7-12	0-2	5-6	+13
Jeremiah Fears GS	24:06	12	5	4	1	0	1	1	4-14	1-4	3-4	+7
Herbert Jones GS	21:41	9	2	4	1	0	1	1	4-7	1-2	0-0	-4
Jordan Poole	27:14	14	2	1	0	0	2	3	4-12	2-8	4-4	-1
Zion Williamson	25:05	24	9	3	0	0	1	2	10-14	0-0	4-4	+2
Jose Alvarado	15:36	6	2	3	1	0	1	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	-3
Karlo Matković	13:40	5	6	1	0	1	1	3	2-4	1-3	0-2	-7
Micah Peavy	5:16	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		119	51	28	9	2	12	16	44-97	8-34	23-27

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Davis GS	35:20	35	17	2	1	1	4	4	16-28	1-3	2-3	-11
Cooper Flagg GS	35:01	16	6	6	1	1	2	2	5-11	1-1	5-10	-9
Naji Marshall GS	29:03	15	5	6	0	0	1	2	7-10	1-2	0-0	-6
P.J. Washington GS	28:23	8	8	0	1	2	3	4	3-7	2-3	0-0	-10
Ryan Nembhard GS	24:39	4	4	8	1	0	5	4	2-13	0-4	0-0	-10
Klay Thompson	31:04	20	5	1	1	0	1	1	7-17	5-12	1-3	-1
Caleb Martin	16:46	4	2	3	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-1	+9
Brandon Williams	14:42	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	2-8	0-4	0-0	+7
Daniel Gafford	14:05	3	5	0	2	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	1-2	+1
Jaden Hardy	10:57	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-4	2-2	0
Totals		113	57	29	9	5	16	19	46-104	10-33	11-21

Did not play: Miles Kelly (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dwight Powell (DNP - Coach's Decision), D'Angelo Russell (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 9.4 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen 5.6 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.8 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Jose Alvarado · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.8 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković 3.9 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Anthony Davis · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 7.3 min
Klay Thompson · Anthony Davis · Naji Marshall · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 6.9 min
Klay Thompson · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 3.9 min
Klay Thompson · Caleb Martin · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Jaden Hardy 3.3 min
Klay Thompson · Caleb Martin · Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Anthony Davis 23 pts (7/14) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Derik Queen (53 %, 4 pts) · Zion Williamson (10 %, 4 pts) · Trey Murphy III (8 %, 4 pts)
Cooper Flagg 19 pts (8/16) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (32 %, 7 pts) · Trey Murphy III (22 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (16 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Klay Thompson: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Cooper Flagg: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	P.J. Washington: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Naji Marshall: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Derik Queen	Anthony Davis: 39 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · P.J. Washington: 7 poss., 4 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole	Klay Thompson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Zion Williamson	P.J. Washington: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Naji Marshall: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Ryan Nembhard: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Brandon Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones	Cooper Flagg: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Caleb Martin: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Brandon Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Naji Marshall: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Daniel Gafford: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anthony Davis: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy	Klay Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Caleb Martin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Zion Williamson 16 pts (5/11) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: P.J. Washington (27 %, 3 pts) · Anthony Davis (19 %, 0 pts) · Naji Marshall (18 %, 2 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 6 pts (2/10) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Nembhard (36 %, 0 pts) · Jaden Hardy (14 %, 2 pts) · Brandon Williams (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Davis	Derik Queen: 38 poss., 30 pts (14/22) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cooper Flagg	Herbert Jones: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Klay Thompson	Trey Murphy III: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Naji Marshall	Saddiq Bey: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
P.J. Washington	Saddiq Bey: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Zion Williamson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ryan Nembhard	Jeremiah Fears: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jordan Poole: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Caleb Martin	Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniel Gafford	Karlo Matković: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandon Williams	Jordan Poole: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaden Hardy	Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jose Alvarado: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)