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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Phoenix Suns

December 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Pelicans 115-108 on 2025-12-26 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Bryce McGowens, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 2 points (1/6) in his matchups, with Bryce McGowens as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 9 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Ryan Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 108

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	36:27	19	3	3	4	0	1	4	8-16	1-3	2-3	-14
Saddiq Bey GS	31:06	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	4-14	0-5	1-2	-22
Bryce McGowens GS	22:25	4	0	1	1	0	2	5	0-1	0-0	4-6	+10
Derik Queen GS	19:36	7	7	2	1	0	3	0	3-9	0-1	1-4	-18
Jeremiah Fears GS	16:35	9	3	1	1	0	2	0	4-7	0-0	1-3	-12
Jordan Poole	30:37	19	5	6	3	1	2	4	7-18	2-11	3-6	-5
Zion Williamson	27:58	20	8	6	0	1	2	2	5-10	0-0	10-14	0
Jose Alvarado	25:28	11	2	2	0	0	0	3	4-7	1-4	2-2	+15
Yves Missi	18:01	7	3	0	0	0	0	3	3-4	0-0	1-2	+5
Karlo Matković	8:35	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	+4
Micah Peavy	3:12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		108	38	22	10	2	12	22	39-88	5-25	25-42

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker GS	36:29	30	9	5	1	0	4	2	10-16	1-3	9-11	+21
Collin Gillespie GS	34:52	16	3	9	1	1	4	3	6-14	4-10	0-0	+3
Dillon Brooks GS	32:45	14	3	1	2	0	2	3	5-12	1-7	3-4	+15
Mark Williams GS	27:05	24	13	2	2	1	3	3	9-13	0-0	6-8	+14
Royce O'Neale GS	25:16	3	2	3	0	0	0	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	+1
Ryan Dunn	21:11	9	8	1	1	1	1	3	4-8	1-4	0-0	+1
Oso Ighodaro	20:34	6	5	1	0	1	0	5	3-3	0-0	0-0	-9
Jordan Goodwin	19:36	4	6	2	2	0	3	2	2-9	0-6	0-0	-4
Jamaree Bouyea	11:44	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-6	0-3	1-2	-4
Rasheer Fleming	10:28	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	3-6	0-3	0-0	-3
Totals		115	52	26	9	4	17	27	44-91	8-40	19-25

Did not play: Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 8.4 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Jose Alvarado · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi 4.6 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi 3.7 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi 3.5 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi 3.4 min

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie Starter 10.1 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie · Ryan Dunn 8.9 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 3.4 min
Jordan Goodwin · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 3.2 min
Royce O'Neale · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Rasheer Fleming 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Devin Booker 2 pts (1/6) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Bryce McGowens (30 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (17 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (17 %, 2 pts)
Dillon Brooks 10 pts (3/11) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (29 %, 2 pts) · Zion Williamson (24 %, 1 pts) · Trey Murphy III (20 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Dillon Brooks: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Devin Booker: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Poole	Collin Gillespie: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Jordan Goodwin: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Saddiq Bey	Dillon Brooks: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Devin Booker: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Zion Williamson	Dillon Brooks: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Ryan Dunn: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Jose Alvarado	Jamaree Bouyea: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Collin Gillespie: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bryce McGowens	Devin Booker: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 5 poss., 4 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Mark Williams: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Oso Ighodaro: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi	Oso Ighodaro: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Mark Williams: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Collin Gillespie: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Rasheer Fleming: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Oso Ighodaro: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Devin Booker: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Devin Booker: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Zion Williamson 9 pts (3/9) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Dunn (29 %, 5 pts) · Oso Ighodaro (15 %, 0 pts) · Dillon Brooks (15 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 14 pts (6/9) in 33 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Gillespie (35 %, 3 pts) · Devin Booker (23 %, 2 pts) · Mark Williams (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Bryce McGowens: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Jose Alvarado: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Collin Gillespie	Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jose Alvarado: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Dillon Brooks	Saddiq Bey: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Mark Williams	Derik Queen: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Yves Missi: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Royce O'Neale	Trey Murphy III: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oso Ighodaro	Yves Missi: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jordan Poole: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Goodwin	Jordan Poole: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamaree Bouyea	Jordan Poole: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Zion Williamson: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)