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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

November 17, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Pelicans 126-109 on 2025-11-17 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Yves Missi, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Cason Wallace. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 14 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 13 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Cason Wallace as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	33:20	18	5	1	3	0	3	3	6-9	4-5	2-2	-19
Derik Queen GS	26:26	9	8	3	2	2	6	4	3-10	0-0	3-4	-7
Herbert Jones GS	26:15	5	2	1	1	0	4	3	1-8	1-3	2-2	-32
Jeremiah Fears GS	25:21	24	1	1	0	0	3	2	9-16	2-5	4-5	-12
Yves Missi GS	21:54	6	2	2	1	1	2	1	3-6	0-0	0-0	-15
Jordan Hawkins	25:24	11	2	6	0	0	0	1	5-11	1-5	0-0	+5
Micah Peavy	24:11	16	4	4	0	0	0	2	7-9	2-3	0-0	-16
Jose Alvarado	22:47	6	2	1	2	0	1	4	3-9	0-4	0-0	-5
Karlo Matković	21:50	10	6	2	0	1	1	3	4-5	2-3	0-0	+4
Bryce McGowens	12:32	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	1-3	0-0	2-2	+12
Totals		109	35	21	9	4	20	26	42-86	12-28	13-15

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Chet Holmgren GS	32:49	26	9	0	0	1	3	2	10-14	3-6	3-4	+23
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	28:56	23	2	8	3	1	3	3	5-9	3-5	10-10	+32
Cason Wallace GS	28:17	7	2	4	3	0	3	4	3-10	1-4	0-0	+14
Luguentz Dort GS	27:48	17	1	1	1	1	0	4	5-9	4-6	3-3	+27
Isaiah Hartenstein GS	26:50	16	7	6	4	1	2	1	7-10	0-1	2-3	+19
Isaiah Joe	26:12	14	3	4	0	0	1	0	5-11	4-10	0-0	-1
Ajay Mitchell	25:52	11	2	1	1	0	0	2	4-14	0-4	3-4	-18
Jaylin Williams	18:27	0	5	1	0	0	4	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	-1
Branden Carlson	10:37	7	4	2	0	2	0	0	2-5	1-3	2-4	-3
Brooks Barnhizer	7:10	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Ousmane Dieng	4:19	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Chris Youngblood	2:43	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1
Totals		126	38	30	12	6	16	20	43-87	17-42	23-28

Did not play: Alex Caruso (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 5.0 min
Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 7.6 min
Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Jordan Hawkins · Derik Queen 5.9 min
Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 3.5 min
Jose Alvarado · Bryce McGowens · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 3.4 min

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace Starter 13.4 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Isaiah Joe · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 7.8 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Isaiah Joe · Jaylin Williams · Ajay Mitchell · Branden Carlson 5.4 min
Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Jaylin Williams · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 3.4 min
Isaiah Joe · Ousmane Dieng · Branden Carlson · Chris Youngblood · Brooks Barnhizer 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 14 pts (4/13) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (47 %, 5 pts) · Micah Peavy (12 %, 5 pts) · Trey Murphy III (11 %, 2 pts)
Chet Holmgren 5 pts (2/12) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Micah Peavy (19 %, 0 pts) · Karlo Matković (17 %, 0 pts) · Yves Missi (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Cason Wallace: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Ajay Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Luguentz Dort: 24 poss., 12 pts (5/8) · Isaiah Joe: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Herbert Jones	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 27 poss., 5 pts (1/6) · Chet Holmgren: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derik Queen	Isaiah Hartenstein: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaylin Williams: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jordan Hawkins	Isaiah Joe: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ajay Mitchell: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Micah Peavy	Chet Holmgren: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Joe: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Yves Missi	Isaiah Hartenstein: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Chet Holmgren: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Chet Holmgren: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jose Alvarado	Ajay Mitchell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Joe: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bryce McGowens	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Thunder defense

Jeremiah Fears 13 pts (5/9) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Cason Wallace (28 %, 2 pts) · Luguentz Dort (23 %, 3 pts) · Ajay Mitchell (13 %, 2 pts)
Trey Murphy III 26 pts (9/13) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Cason Wallace (24 %, 3 pts) · Chet Holmgren (22 %, 9 pts) · Luguentz Dort (19 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Chet Holmgren	Micah Peavy: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 9 pts (4/6)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Herbert Jones: 23 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe	Jordan Hawkins: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Micah Peavy: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort	Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Hartenstein	Derik Queen: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yves Missi: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Ajay Mitchell	Jose Alvarado: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Hawkins: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Cason Wallace	Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jeremiah Fears: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylin Williams	Derik Queen: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Branden Carlson	Yves Missi: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derik Queen: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Brooks Barnhizer	Jeremiah Fears: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng	Bryce McGowens: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yves Missi: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chris Youngblood	Jordan Hawkins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)