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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Indiana Pacers

December 20, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Pacers 128-109 on 2025-12-20 at home. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Bennedict Mathurin, and Quenton Jackson. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 23 points (10/17) in his matchups, with Zion Williamson as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 9 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Pascal Siakam as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	32:59	17	6	4	0	0	2	3	5-8	2-5	5-5	+27
Saddiq Bey GS	27:52	18	5	3	1	0	1	1	6-14	1-4	5-5	+14
Derik Queen GS	27:10	17	10	4	1	0	2	4	8-8	1-1	0-0	+22
Jeremiah Fears GS	22:30	5	3	1	0	0	4	2	2-6	0-1	1-2	-9
Herbert Jones GS	12:07	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	2-6	1-2	0-0	+16
Jordan Poole	31:35	16	2	6	0	1	2	4	4-10	1-7	7-9	+20
Zion Williamson	23:29	29	7	1	1	0	2	2	9-14	0-0	11-13	+6
Jose Alvarado	21:59	3	1	1	1	0	2	4	1-5	1-4	0-0	+11
Karlo Matković	19:53	6	9	2	1	1	1	4	3-5	0-1	0-0	-5
Micah Peavy	14:36	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	3-4	2-2	0-0	-5
Yves Missi	2:55	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-1
Jordan Hawkins	2:55	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		128	49	25	6	2	16	25	45-85	9-27	29-34

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	30:51	22	5	3	1	0	3	2	6-14	2-7	8-11	-8
Andrew Nembhard GS	27:01	7	3	5	0	0	1	1	2-11	1-4	2-2	-29
Bennedict Mathurin GS	26:45	4	4	2	1	0	2	2	2-9	0-5	0-0	-32
Jay Huff GS	21:18	9	6	2	0	1	0	5	3-8	0-4	3-3	-20
Quenton Jackson GS	17:02	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	1-3	0-2	0-2	-7
Johnny Furphy	23:12	18	2	0	0	0	1	3	7-10	1-3	3-3	+12
Jarace Walker	20:05	7	5	3	1	1	0	1	2-11	1-8	2-3	-11
Ethan Thompson	18:57	7	2	2	1	0	1	4	3-7	1-5	0-0	+1
T.J. McConnell	17:31	16	4	8	2	0	2	0	8-10	0-2	0-0	+6
James Wiseman	14:44	6	3	0	0	0	1	4	3-5	0-0	0-0	+15
Isaiah Jackson	11:58	4	5	1	0	1	1	2	1-4	0-0	2-4	-14
Garrison Mathews	10:36	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	2-2	2-2	1-2	-8
Totals		109	42	28	7	4	14	26	40-94	8-42	21-30

Did not play: Tony Bradley (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 3.6 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković 4.5 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen 4.5 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen 4.3 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Micah Peavy 3.3 min

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Quenton Jackson Starter 11.5 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · James Wiseman · Ethan Thompson · Johnny Furphy 4.9 min
Garrison Mathews · James Wiseman · Quenton Jackson · Jarace Walker · Johnny Furphy 4.5 min
Andrew Nembhard · Isaiah Jackson · Bennedict Mathurin · Jarace Walker · Johnny Furphy 2.5 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Garrison Mathews · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin 2.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Pascal Siakam 23 pts (10/17) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (40 %, 15 pts) · Saddiq Bey (24 %, 4 pts) · Trey Murphy III (10 %, 2 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 14 pts (6/8) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (47 %, 5 pts) · Saddiq Bey (13 %, 5 pts) · Zion Williamson (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Bennedict Mathurin: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Andrew Nembhard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole	Andrew Nembhard: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · T.J. McConnell: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Saddiq Bey	Pascal Siakam: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Garrison Mathews: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Derik Queen	Jay Huff: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · James Wiseman: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Zion Williamson	Pascal Siakam: 27 poss., 15 pts (7/9) · Jarace Walker: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	T.J. McConnell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Quenton Jackson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ethan Thompson: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Isaiah Jackson: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · James Wiseman: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Peavy	Johnny Furphy: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Ethan Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones	Andrew Nembhard: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bennedict Mathurin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi	James Wiseman: 3 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jarace Walker: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Garrison Mathews: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Quenton Jackson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pacers defense

Zion Williamson 9 pts (3/8) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Pascal Siakam (28 %, 0 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (18 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Jackson (12 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 13 pts (6/10) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Quenton Jackson (21 %, 0 pts) · Ethan Thompson (19 %, 0 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (19 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin	Trey Murphy III: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Zion Williamson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pascal Siakam	Saddiq Bey: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Zion Williamson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andrew Nembhard	Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jay Huff	Derik Queen: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Karlo Matković: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker	Karlo Matković: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Furphy	Micah Peavy: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Quenton Jackson	Jeremiah Fears: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ethan Thompson	Jordan Poole: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
T.J. McConnell	Jose Alvarado: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
James Wiseman	Derik Queen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Karlo Matković: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Garrison Mathews	Jordan Poole: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson	Karlo Matković: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Zion Williamson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)