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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Phoenix Suns

December 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Pelicans 123-114 on 2025-12-27 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, Collin Gillespie, and Oso Ighodaro. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 15 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Bryce McGowens as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 8 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Dillon Brooks as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	36:56	24	6	1	1	0	1	2	6-12	6-9	6-6	+1
Jeremiah Fears GS	33:37	18	8	2	0	1	3	4	7-19	0-4	4-4	-12
Saddiq Bey GS	32:44	17	5	2	2	0	0	1	5-10	0-2	7-8	-6
Derik Queen GS	26:52	21	11	3	1	1	4	4	7-15	2-4	5-6	-1
Bryce McGowens GS	23:36	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0-5	0-1	0-0	-5
Zion Williamson	29:02	22	4	0	2	1	4	3	8-11	0-0	6-8	-7
Yves Missi	20:46	4	8	1	2	4	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-8
Jose Alvarado	14:23	7	0	3	2	0	0	3	3-7	1-3	0-0	+3
Jordan Poole	13:36	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	1-1	-1
Micah Peavy	8:28	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	-9
Totals		114	43	16	11	7	13	22	38-87	9-27	29-33

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker GS	34:06	20	3	4	0	0	4	5	6-18	3-9	5-8	0
Dillon Brooks GS	33:10	18	4	1	2	0	1	2	7-18	2-7	2-3	+4
Royce O'Neale GS	32:58	15	5	2	1	1	2	4	5-9	5-8	0-0	+9
Collin Gillespie GS	31:29	17	7	7	2	0	2	0	6-14	5-7	0-0	+13
Oso Ighodaro GS	28:55	8	10	4	1	0	2	4	4-4	0-0	0-0	+16
Jordan Goodwin	23:09	16	9	4	0	0	2	0	5-12	2-6	4-4	-1
Rasheer Fleming	15:12	5	0	1	0	1	0	2	2-7	1-5	0-2	+5
Jamaree Bouyea	11:45	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	5-6	2-2	0-0	+6
Isaiah Livers	10:56	0	3	3	0	1	2	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Mark Williams	10:37	10	8	0	0	0	0	1	4-9	0-0	2-2	-12
Nick Richards	7:43	2	3	0	1	0	1	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		123	55	26	7	3	16	23	45-98	20-44	13-19

Did not play: Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (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 15.6 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.4 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi 4.3 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 3.6 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen 2.8 min

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro Starter 16.8 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro 6.0 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Mark Williams 5.0 min
Nick Richards · Jordan Goodwin · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Rasheer Fleming 3.7 min
Isaiah Livers · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Rasheer Fleming 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Devin Booker 15 pts (4/9) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Bryce McGowens (26 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (17 %, 3 pts) · Trey Murphy III (15 %, 4 pts)
Dillon Brooks 8 pts (2/6) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (23 %, 3 pts) · Saddiq Bey (21 %, 0 pts) · Zion Williamson (19 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Royce O'Neale: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Dillon Brooks: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Collin Gillespie: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Jamaree Bouyea: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Saddiq Bey	Royce O'Neale: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Dillon Brooks: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zion Williamson	Rasheer Fleming: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Dillon Brooks: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Oso Ighodaro: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Dillon Brooks: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bryce McGowens	Devin Booker: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Collin Gillespie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi	Mark Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nick Richards: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Devin Booker: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jordan Poole	Jordan Goodwin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Livers: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Collin Gillespie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Isaiah Livers: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Zion Williamson 8 pts (3/9) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Dillon Brooks (30 %, 0 pts) · Rasheer Fleming (21 %, 0 pts) · Oso Ighodaro (10 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 14 pts (5/13) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Gillespie (28 %, 0 pts) · Devin Booker (21 %, 4 pts) · Jamaree Bouyea (11 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Bryce McGowens: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/5)
Dillon Brooks	Saddiq Bey: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Royce O'Neale	Trey Murphy III: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Saddiq Bey: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Collin Gillespie	Jeremiah Fears: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oso Ighodaro	Derik Queen: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Yves Missi: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin	Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Rasheer Fleming	Zion Williamson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Livers	Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamaree Bouyea	Jeremiah Fears: 8 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Saddiq Bey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mark Williams	Yves Missi: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derik Queen: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Richards	Yves Missi: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)