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New Orleans Pelicans vs. San Antonio Spurs

December 8, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Pelicans 135-132 on 2025-12-08 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Luke Kornet, Devin Vassell, and Stephon Castle. Stephon Castle (Spurs) scored 18 points (8/10) in his matchups, with Trey Murphy III as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 4 points (2/3) in his matchups, with Stephon Castle as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 132

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	37:48	32	3	4	2	1	1	1	13-21	2-6	4-5	+12
Saddiq Bey GS	36:14	17	6	2	0	0	0	1	7-11	1-3	2-2	+19
Derik Queen GS	33:07	33	10	10	0	3	4	3	11-15	0-1	11-13	+14
Herbert Jones GS	25:40	17	6	4	4	1	0	4	6-10	0-3	5-5	+14
Jeremiah Fears GS	20:42	5	3	4	1	0	2	4	2-8	1-2	0-0	+1
Jose Alvarado	31:11	10	3	6	1	1	1	3	4-7	2-5	0-0	-8
Bryce McGowens	23:31	8	1	2	0	0	0	3	3-5	1-3	1-1	-19
Micah Peavy	13:14	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2-7	0-2	0-0	-20
Yves Missi	7:38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Karlo Matković	7:16	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-15
Jordan Hawkins	3:39	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-11
Totals		132	33	35	8	6	9	23	51-88	7-26	23-26

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

SAS

San Antonio Spurs 135

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Harrison Barnes GS	35:07	24	2	1	0	2	3	9-15	4-7	2-2	-17
De'Aaron Fox GS	30:26	14	4	7	1	4	0	4-11	2-5	4-4	-4
Devin Vassell GS	27:14	5	3	3	0	0	2	1-5	1-4	2-2	-9
Luke Kornet GS	25:39	6	8	1	0	1	5	3-6	0-0	0-0	-10
Stephon Castle GS	23:03	18	5	5	0	3	4	5-15	1-2	7-8	-2
Julian Champagnie	28:53	17	6	3	2	0	1	5-9	5-9	2-2	+13
Dylan Harper	25:51	22	3	6	0	2	0	10-16	1-3	1-2	+3
Keldon Johnson	16:43	12	6	2	0	0	3	5-8	1-1	1-2	+11
Kelly Olynyk	14:56	11	2	1	2	0	1	4-7	2-4	1-2	+16
Carter Bryant	8:24	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	0-1	+13
Jeremy Sochan	3:44	2	3	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		135	43	29	5	13	19	49-98	17-36	20-25

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (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 10.3 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen 8.9 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Bryce McGowens · Derik Queen 6.1 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.0 min
Herbert Jones · Jose Alvarado · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 2.3 min

SAS

San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Luke Kornet · Devin Vassell · Stephon Castle Starter 10.2 min
Kelly Olynyk · De'Aaron Fox · Keldon Johnson · Julian Champagnie · Carter Bryant 4.9 min
Harrison Barnes · Luke Kornet · Devin Vassell · Stephon Castle · Dylan Harper 3.9 min
Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Luke Kornet · Julian Champagnie · Dylan Harper 3.8 min
Harrison Barnes · De'Aaron Fox · Luke Kornet · Devin Vassell · Dylan Harper 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Stephon Castle 18 pts (8/10) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (32 %, 9 pts) · Saddiq Bey (21 %, 4 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (17 %, 0 pts)
De'Aaron Fox 6 pts (3/7) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Jose Alvarado (30 %, 0 pts) · Herbert Jones (21 %, 0 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Devin Vassell: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Stephon Castle: 15 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Saddiq Bey	Harrison Barnes: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Devin Vassell: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Derik Queen	Luke Kornet: 27 poss., 16 pts (7/10) · Harrison Barnes: 11 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Jose Alvarado	De'Aaron Fox: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dylan Harper: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Herbert Jones	De'Aaron Fox: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Harrison Barnes: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jeremiah Fears	De'Aaron Fox: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Stephon Castle: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bryce McGowens	Harrison Barnes: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dylan Harper: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Julian Champagnie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keldon Johnson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Harrison Barnes: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Carter Bryant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Jeremy Sochan: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luke Kornet: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Julian Champagnie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Aaron Fox: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Spurs defense

Jeremiah Fears 4 pts (2/3) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Stephon Castle (24 %, 2 pts) · Dylan Harper (18 %, 2 pts) · Harrison Barnes (12 %, 0 pts)
Trey Murphy III 12 pts (5/17) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Devin Vassell (21 %, 0 pts) · Harrison Barnes (21 %, 5 pts) · Stephon Castle (13 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Harrison Barnes	Saddiq Bey: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
De'Aaron Fox	Jose Alvarado: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Herbert Jones: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Julian Champagnie	Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Kornet	Derik Queen: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Devin Vassell	Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Saddiq Bey: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dylan Harper	Jose Alvarado: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Bryce McGowens: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Stephon Castle	Jeremiah Fears: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Keldon Johnson	Micah Peavy: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kelly Olynyk	Derik Queen: 8 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Karlo Matković: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant	Herbert Jones: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Micah Peavy: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremy Sochan	Yves Missi: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trey Murphy III: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)