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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Portland Trail Blazers

November 12, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Pelicans 125-117 on 2025-11-12 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Kevon Looney, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Jeremiah Fears. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers) scored 14 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 15 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Shaedon Sharpe as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 39:29 22 5 5 1 0 1 2 8-18 3-11 3-3 -3
Saddiq Bey GS 35:14 25 6 5 0 0 1 3 8-16 3-8 6-7 -4
Herbert Jones GS 34:00 11 1 3 1 0 1 2 4-9 2-5 1-2 -5
Jeremiah Fears GS 26:06 15 3 4 2 0 2 3 4-11 1-2 6-6 -3
Kevon Looney GS 8:10 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 -7
Derik Queen 37:45 26 7 4 0 0 1 3 12-18 0-1 2-3 0
Jose Alvarado 21:54 5 1 3 1 0 3 2 2-7 1-5 0-0 -5
Karlo Matković 14:00 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 2-4 1-2 0-0 -3
Micah Peavy 12:26 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 -11
Jordan Hawkins 8:53 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-5 2-4 0-0 +2
Yves Missi 2:03 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 117 35 28 6 2 10 20 43-91 13-39 18-21

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

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 125

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Toumani Camara GS 38:26 13 3 5 2 1 4 2 4-8 3-6 2-2 +8
Jrue Holiday GS 36:32 17 4 12 0 0 3 2 6-12 3-7 2-2 -4
Deni Avdija GS 34:56 32 1 2 1 0 0 5 12-18 4-8 4-5 +16
Shaedon Sharpe GS 29:46 35 5 3 2 0 1 2 13-18 2-7 7-7 +20
Donovan Clingan GS 27:28 9 10 0 0 3 3 3 4-9 0-4 1-1 +12
Kris Murray 22:24 6 7 1 0 0 0 2 3-4 0-1 0-0 -3
Sidy Cissoko 16:48 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 1-2 0-1 0-0 -9
Robert Williams III 16:41 6 6 1 0 1 1 1 3-5 0-0 0-0 -3
Jerami Grant 7:03 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 +4
Rayan Rupert 5:43 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 0
Duop Reath 4:13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 -1
Totals 125 39 26 5 5 13 22 48-83 13-37 16-17

Did not play: Scoot Henderson (DND - Injury/Illness), Damian Lillard (NWT - Injury/Illness), Matisse Thybulle (NWT - Injury/Illness), Hansen Yang (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Trey Murphy III Toumani Camara: 33 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jrue Holiday: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Derik Queen Donovan Clingan: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Kris Murray: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Saddiq Bey Deni Avdija: 24 poss., 8 pts (2/7) · Shaedon Sharpe: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Herbert Jones Shaedon Sharpe: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jrue Holiday: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Jeremiah Fears Jrue Holiday: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Toumani Camara: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Jose Alvarado Jrue Holiday: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković Donovan Clingan: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Robert Williams III: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy Shaedon Sharpe: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jerami Grant: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney Donovan Clingan: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shaedon Sharpe: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Hawkins Shaedon Sharpe: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jrue Holiday: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi Duop Reath: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Clingan: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Toumani Camara Trey Murphy III: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jrue Holiday Herbert Jones: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Deni Avdija Saddiq Bey: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Shaedon Sharpe Jeremiah Fears: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Donovan Clingan Derik Queen: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kevon Looney: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kris Murray Derik Queen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sidy Cissoko Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Robert Williams III Derik Queen: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Karlo Matković: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jerami Grant Micah Peavy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rayan Rupert Derik Queen: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jose Alvarado: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duop Reath Karlo Matković: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)