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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Indiana Pacers

October 21, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Pacers beat the Pelicans 123-120 on 2026-10-21 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, Yves Missi, and Jeremiah Fears. The Pacers started Kelly Oubre Jr., Pascal Siakam, Ivica Zubac, Andrew Nembhard, and Tyrese Haliburton. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 19 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Zion Williamson as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 25 points (9/17) in his matchups, with Andrew Nembhard as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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New Orleans Pelicans 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dejounte Murray GS	34:21	23	3	7	2	3	4	2	9-18	2-5	3-3	-6
Zion Williamson GS	32:08	22	3	3	3	0	3	3	7-16	2-4	6-6	+1
Trey Murphy III GS	31:33	11	4	1	0	0	0	2	4-11	2-5	1-1	-8
Yves Missi GS	29:55	13	14	5	2	3	1	3	5-6	0-0	3-4	-7
Jeremiah Fears GS	20:56	8	3	1	0	0	1	3	2-10	1-5	3-4	-12
Saddiq Bey	23:37	13	5	0	0	0	2	1	4-9	2-4	3-3	+1
Derik Queen	18:05	10	10	1	2	0	1	3	2-4	0-0	6-6	+4
Bennedict Mathurin	17:52	11	3	2	1	0	0	3	3-7	0-3	5-6	-5
Herbert Jones	16:54	5	2	0	1	0	1	3	2-4	1-1	0-0	+5
Jordan Poole	14:39	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0-4	0-3	4-4	+12
Totals		120	49	23	11	6	14	24	38-89	10-30	34-37

Did not play: Malik Dia (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Karlo Matković (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jaron Pierre Jr. (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), Julian Reese (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), Trendon Watford (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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Indiana Pacers 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	35:17	30	8	1	1	0	2	3	13-23	1-3	3-8	+6
Andrew Nembhard GS	33:40	18	2	9	1	0	2	4	6-10	0-3	6-7	+9
Ivica Zubac GS	33:38	16	15	0	0	2	1	5	7-12	0-0	2-4	+11
Tyrese Haliburton GS	33:32	23	2	12	1	0	3	0	8-15	2-6	5-5	-4
Kelly Oubre Jr. GS	27:44	4	2	3	1	1	1	3	2-5	0-3	0-0	+8
Obi Toppin	24:42	20	3	1	2	0	0	3	7-12	4-9	2-3	+3
Jarace Walker	18:31	3	6	2	0	1	4	2	1-6	1-3	0-0	-5
Quenton Jackson	15:32	6	4	1	3	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	2-2	0
Ben Sheppard	12:10	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	1-3	1-2	0-0	-2
Larry Nance Jr.	5:14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-11
Totals		123	43	29	9	4	13	26	47-90	9-30	20-29

Did not play: Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Johnny Furphy (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Jay Huff (DNP - Coach's Decision), T.J. McConnell (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Aaron Nesmith (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Jalen Slawson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Braden Smith (Inactive - G League - Two-Way)

Lineups

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New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears Starter 18.1 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Bennedict Mathurin · Derik Queen 9.3 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi 7.8 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Derik Queen 3.4 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bennedict Mathurin · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 2.0 min

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Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kelly Oubre Jr. · Pascal Siakam · Ivica Zubac · Andrew Nembhard · Tyrese Haliburton Starter 13.2 min
Ivica Zubac · Obi Toppin · Tyrese Haliburton · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 6.1 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Obi Toppin · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 5.1 min
Kelly Oubre Jr. · Pascal Siakam · Ivica Zubac · Tyrese Haliburton · Quenton Jackson 3.1 min
Pascal Siakam · Ivica Zubac · Andrew Nembhard · Obi Toppin · Tyrese Haliburton 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Pascal Siakam 19 pts (7/12) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (52 %, 9 pts) · Saddiq Bey (20 %, 8 pts) · Dejounte Murray (5 %, 2 pts)
Andrew Nembhard 16 pts (5/12) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (27 %, 3 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (22 %, 6 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (19 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Dejounte Murray	Tyrese Haliburton: 34 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Andrew Nembhard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Zion Williamson	Pascal Siakam: 41 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Obi Toppin: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Trey Murphy III	Andrew Nembhard: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Yves Missi	Ivica Zubac: 47 poss., 9 pts (4/4) · Pascal Siakam: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey	Pascal Siakam: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Obi Toppin: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Andrew Nembhard: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Tyrese Haliburton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derik Queen	Obi Toppin: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Ivica Zubac: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bennedict Mathurin	Andrew Nembhard: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tyrese Haliburton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones	Jarace Walker: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Haliburton: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jordan Poole	Ben Sheppard: 10 poss., 4 pts (0/0) · Quenton Jackson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)

Pacers defense

Jeremiah Fears 25 pts (9/17) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Andrew Nembhard (45 %, 7 pts) · Tyrese Haliburton (16 %, 6 pts) · Quenton Jackson (9 %, 2 pts)
Derik Queen 10 pts (3/8) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: Ivica Zubac (29 %, 2 pts) · Obi Toppin (29 %, 3 pts) · Larry Nance Jr. (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Zion Williamson: 29 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Saddiq Bey: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Ivica Zubac	Yves Missi: 44 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Derik Queen: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tyrese Haliburton	Dejounte Murray: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Herbert Jones: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Andrew Nembhard	Jeremiah Fears: 22 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Trey Murphy III: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dejounte Murray: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Obi Toppin	Derik Queen: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Zion Williamson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker	Herbert Jones: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Quenton Jackson	Jordan Poole: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dejounte Murray: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Ben Sheppard	Jordan Poole: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Larry Nance Jr.	Derik Queen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yves Missi: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)