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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Detroit Pistons

January 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Pelicans 112-104 on 2026-01-21 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Jalen Duren, Ausar Thompson, and Daniss Jenkins. Jalen Duren (Pistons) scored 9 points (2/11) in his matchups, with Yves Missi as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 3 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Tobias Harris as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	34:52	17	4	2	2	1	5	0	6-19	2-9	3-3	-5
Saddiq Bey GS	28:42	20	3	2	2	0	3	2	4-12	1-5	11-11	-5
Derik Queen GS	23:05	5	4	8	1	1	4	2	2-2	0-0	1-2	-8
Jeremiah Fears GS	20:09	12	5	0	2	0	1	2	4-8	0-2	4-4	-12
Zion Williamson GS	14:41	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	2-5	0-0	0-3	-10
Jordan Poole	27:51	11	2	2	2	0	1	3	4-17	0-7	3-4	+4
Micah Peavy	26:43	17	7	2	4	1	1	0	7-11	3-5	0-0	-1
Yves Missi	26:22	4	6	2	0	2	1	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	-2
Karlo Matković	14:19	5	2	0	0	1	0	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	+3
Bryce McGowens	13:08	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	3-3	-3
Kevon Looney	10:08	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		104	46	19	13	6	17	20	36-86	7-32	25-30

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

DET

Detroit Pistons 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tobias Harris GS	30:30	10	6	3	0	0	3	2	4-13	2-6	0-0	+8
Jalen Duren GS	29:47	20	15	3	1	2	2	3	7-11	0-0	6-6	+13
Duncan Robinson GS	29:27	15	4	3	1	1	2	2	5-11	4-9	1-2	+20
Ausar Thompson GS	28:17	12	9	3	3	0	0	2	5-10	0-0	2-2	+12
Daniss Jenkins GS	26:34	17	1	4	2	2	5	3	5-12	2-6	5-7	+5
Isaiah Stewart	23:51	8	6	3	0	2	2	2	3-7	1-4	1-1	-9
Marcus Sasser	20:47	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	3-11	1-5	2-2	+1
Ronald Holland II	18:19	6	2	2	2	0	0	3	2-4	1-1	1-2	-1
Jaden Ivey	18:16	7	1	1	0	0	3	3	2-5	2-5	1-2	-7
Javonte Green	14:12	8	2	0	3	1	1	1	3-4	2-3	0-0	-2
Totals		112	47	26	12	8	18	21	39-88	15-39	19-24

Did not play: Paul Reed (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 8.5 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 4.9 min
Kevon Looney · Jordan Poole · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 4.7 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.8 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 3.3 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson · Daniss Jenkins Starter 15.1 min
Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Jaden Ivey · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson 5.2 min
Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Jaden Ivey · Marcus Sasser · Ronald Holland II 4.6 min
Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Marcus Sasser · Ronald Holland II · Daniss Jenkins 4.4 min
Tobias Harris · Isaiah Stewart · Jaden Ivey · Marcus Sasser · Ronald Holland II 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Jalen Duren 9 pts (2/11) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Yves Missi (28 %, 0 pts) · Zion Williamson (21 %, 0 pts) · Derik Queen (18 %, 0 pts)
Daniss Jenkins 6 pts (2/8) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (37 %, 4 pts) · Jordan Poole (23 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Ausar Thompson: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Duncan Robinson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Saddiq Bey	Duncan Robinson: 21 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Tobias Harris: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/4)
Jordan Poole	Marcus Sasser: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Daniss Jenkins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Derik Queen	Tobias Harris: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jalen Duren: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Ronald Holland II: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jaden Ivey: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Yves Missi	Jalen Duren: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Javonte Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Daniss Jenkins: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jalen Duren: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zion Williamson	Jalen Duren: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Stewart: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Karlo Matković	Tobias Harris: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Stewart: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bryce McGowens	Marcus Sasser: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Javonte Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney	Isaiah Stewart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Ivey: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Pistons defense

Zion Williamson 3 pts (1/3) in 40 possessions

Guarded by: Tobias Harris (34 %, 3 pts) · Jalen Duren (15 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Stewart (13 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 12 pts (4/9) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Daniss Jenkins (38 %, 8 pts) · Tobias Harris (13 %, 0 pts) · Duncan Robinson (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tobias Harris	Zion Williamson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jalen Duren	Derik Queen: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Yves Missi: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Ausar Thompson	Saddiq Bey: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Duncan Robinson	Trey Murphy III: 27 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniss Jenkins	Jeremiah Fears: 18 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Stewart	Yves Missi: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kevon Looney: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Sasser	Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Micah Peavy: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II	Jordan Poole: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden Ivey	Jordan Poole: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Javonte Green	Yves Missi: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)