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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Dallas Mavericks

March 16, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Mavericks 129-111 on 2026-03-16 at home. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Yves Missi. The Mavericks started P.J. Washington, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 14 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Yves Missi as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 11 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Naji Marshall as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey GS	35:00	23	6	3	1	0	1	1	8-18	1-6	6-6	+1
Trey Murphy III GS	32:44	17	7	7	2	1	2	2	7-15	2-9	1-2	+10
Herbert Jones GS	28:39	10	3	4	0	2	1	3	4-9	1-3	1-1	+8
Zion Williamson GS	28:31	27	4	1	1	0	1	1	11-13	0-0	5-9	+5
Yves Missi GS	28:10	4	10	5	0	5	2	1	1-4	0-0	2-4	-2
Jeremiah Fears	24:41	17	6	5	1	0	3	2	7-14	3-7	0-2	+18
Derik Queen	20:44	9	6	2	1	2	2	1	2-4	1-1	4-4	+14
Karlo Matković	19:50	13	10	1	1	0	0	2	5-7	2-2	1-1	+20
Jordan Poole	18:11	4	1	2	0	2	1	3	2-9	0-6	0-1	+10
Jordan Hawkins	1:45	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	2-2	+3
Micah Peavy	1:45	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	+3
Totals		129	57	31	7	12	14	16	48-95	11-35	22-34

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dejounte Murray (DNP - Injury/Illness)

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Naji Marshall GS	32:54	32	8	7	0	0	0	3	12-24	2-4	6-8	-6
Max Christie GS	31:31	12	4	0	2	0	0	1	4-7	4-6	0-0	+2
P.J. Washington GS	31:10	18	7	2	1	0	0	1	7-13	4-8	0-0	-6
Cooper Flagg GS	29:59	21	7	8	2	1	4	1	10-21	0-3	1-2	+1
Ryan Nembhard GS	25:14	2	4	5	0	0	3	2	1-8	0-2	0-0	-3
Marvin Bagley III	18:50	9	9	1	1	0	0	4	4-7	1-1	0-0	-14
John Poulakidas	17:50	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	1-5	1-5	0-0	-19
Khris Middleton	17:40	6	4	1	2	0	2	2	2-9	2-7	0-0	-20
Dwight Powell	12:31	1	3	1	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	1-2	-6
AJ Johnson	12:11	4	2	1	0	1	1	2	2-5	0-1	0-0	0
Brandon Williams	5:11	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-16
Tyler Smith	4:59	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1-3	0-2	1-2	-3
Totals		111	51	27	10	3	11	22	44-104	14-39	9-14

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi Starter 15.2 min
Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 7.2 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears 4.6 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.1 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 2.9 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 13.4 min
Marvin Bagley III · P.J. Washington · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 5.0 min
Dwight Powell · Tyler Smith · AJ Johnson · Ryan Nembhard · John Poulakidas 4.7 min
Marvin Bagley III · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · John Poulakidas 3.1 min
Khris Middleton · Dwight Powell · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · AJ Johnson 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Cooper Flagg 14 pts (6/13) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Yves Missi (21 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (18 %, 2 pts) · Herbert Jones (17 %, 3 pts)
Naji Marshall 15 pts (5/12) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (21 %, 6 pts) · Saddiq Bey (20 %, 0 pts) · Derik Queen (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Saddiq Bey	Naji Marshall: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cooper Flagg: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Trey Murphy III	Max Christie: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · John Poulakidas: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zion Williamson	P.J. Washington: 20 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Naji Marshall: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Herbert Jones	Ryan Nembhard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Max Christie: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Yves Missi	Marvin Bagley III: 21 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Cooper Flagg: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Ryan Nembhard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Williams: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Derik Queen	P.J. Washington: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naji Marshall: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Dwight Powell: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · P.J. Washington: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jordan Poole	Max Christie: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · John Poulakidas: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Micah Peavy	Dwight Powell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Nembhard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Tyler Smith: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · AJ Johnson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Mavericks defense

Zion Williamson 11 pts (4/11) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Naji Marshall (25 %, 4 pts) · P.J. Washington (20 %, 2 pts) · Cooper Flagg (14 %, 2 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 8 pts (4/9) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Williams (17 %, 0 pts) · Naji Marshall (16 %, 4 pts) · Max Christie (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Naji Marshall	Zion Williamson: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Max Christie	Trey Murphy III: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
P.J. Washington	Yves Missi: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Zion Williamson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cooper Flagg	Herbert Jones: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Saddiq Bey: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ryan Nembhard	Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Poulakidas	Jordan Poole: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Khris Middleton	Karlo Matković: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III	Yves Missi: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Derik Queen: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dwight Powell	Karlo Matković: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson	Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandon Williams	Jeremiah Fears: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Karlo Matković: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Smith	Trey Murphy III: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2)