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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Houston Rockets

March 29, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Pelicans 134-102 on 2026-03-29 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Yves Missi. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 9 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Saddiq Bey as his primary defender. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 15 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Reed Sheppard as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 102

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Yves Missi GS	31:10	8	5	1	0	4	0	3	2-4	0-0	4-8	-5
Saddiq Bey GS	31:05	18	7	1	0	1	1	1	7-13	4-6	0-0	-7
Herbert Jones GS	29:44	10	3	2	0	0	2	4	3-10	2-6	2-2	-5
Dejounte Murray GS	28:12	19	4	6	1	1	1	1	8-14	1-3	2-2	-3
Zion Williamson GS	25:18	18	4	3	0	0	1	3	6-8	0-0	6-8	-11
Derik Queen	23:58	13	3	1	0	1	2	1	5-12	1-3	2-4	-35
Jeremiah Fears	22:05	12	2	5	2	1	2	3	4-14	1-4	3-4	-26
Karlo Matković	16:57	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	-25
Micah Peavy	16:14	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-18
Jordan Poole	6:11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-16
Jordan Hawkins	5:27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Kevon Looney	3:39	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		102	36	19	4	9	10	18	37-86	9-29	19-28

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 134

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	34:55	14	8	5	3	0	0	0	5-10	0-1	4-6	+32
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	33:18	20	4	3	0	2	0	3	7-15	4-9	2-2	+16
Alperen Sengun GS	31:46	36	13	7	3	3	0	2	12-23	5-7	7-8	+26
Kevin Durant GS	28:46	20	4	6	1	0	2	1	7-16	1-7	5-5	+1
Reed Sheppard GS	21:19	6	2	2	0	1	1	2	2-6	2-5	0-0	-10
Aaron Holiday	25:10	9	3	2	0	0	1	1	3-8	3-7	0-0	+41
Tari Eason	22:19	15	8	1	1	0	0	1	6-12	3-5	0-0	+15
Clint Capela	16:09	6	14	3	0	2	1	4	3-6	0-0	0-0	+6
Jae'Sean Tate	13:24	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	2-3	0-1	0-0	+27
Josh Okogie	5:28	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+4
Jeff Green	3:43	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Isaiah Crawford	3:43	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		134	59	33	9	8	6	17	49-105	18-44	18-21

Did not play: Dorian Finney-Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Yves Missi Starter 17.1 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.3 min
Saddiq Bey · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 3.8 min
Dejounte Murray · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Karlo Matković · Yves Missi 3.8 min
Karlo Matković · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 3.7 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard Starter 12.3 min
Aaron Holiday · Jae'Sean Tate · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson 9.7 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 5.5 min
Kevin Durant · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 4.4 min
Jeff Green · Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Josh Okogie · Isaiah Crawford 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Kevin Durant 9 pts (3/8) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (34 %, 3 pts) · Herbert Jones (27 %, 3 pts) · Yves Missi (11 %, 1 pts)
Alperen Sengun 17 pts (6/13) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (30 %, 8 pts) · Yves Missi (24 %, 2 pts) · Saddiq Bey (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Saddiq Bey	Kevin Durant: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amen Thompson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi	Alperen Sengun: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones	Reed Sheppard: 21 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Kevin Durant: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Dejounte Murray	Amen Thompson: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Zion Williamson	Alperen Sengun: 18 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	Jae'Sean Tate: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jeremiah Fears	Aaron Holiday: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Clint Capela: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Clint Capela: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Micah Peavy	Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole	Amen Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Holiday: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Josh Okogie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Crawford: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney	Alperen Sengun: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jae'Sean Tate: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Rockets defense

Dejounte Murray 15 pts (6/11) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Reed Sheppard (35 %, 6 pts) · Amen Thompson (16 %, 4 pts) · Tari Eason (14 %, 2 pts)
Zion Williamson 11 pts (3/6) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (42 %, 4 pts) · Alperen Sengun (15 %, 3 pts) · Tari Eason (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Yves Missi: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevin Durant	Herbert Jones: 32 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alperen Sengun	Yves Missi: 18 poss., 10 pts (3/9) · Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Zion Williamson: 22 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday	Jeremiah Fears: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Herbert Jones: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Dejounte Murray: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Reed Sheppard	Dejounte Murray: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Herbert Jones: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Clint Capela	Derik Queen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yves Missi: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jae'Sean Tate	Derik Queen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Okogie	Micah Peavy: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Hawkins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeff Green	Karlo Matković: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford	Micah Peavy: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)