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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Portland Trail Blazers

December 11, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Trail Blazers 143-120 on 2025-12-11 at home. The Pelicans started Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Trail Blazers started Jerami Grant, Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Kris Murray, and Toumani Camara. Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers) scored 24 points (10/13) in his matchups, with Bryce McGowens as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 15 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Toumani Camara as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 143

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derik Queen GS 34:40 17 5 7 2 0 0 4 8-12 0-0 1-1 +12
Trey Murphy III GS 31:04 24 6 4 3 0 1 1 10-14 1-3 3-4 +8
Saddiq Bey GS 29:26 15 8 5 0 0 1 0 5-14 1-4 4-4 0
Jeremiah Fears GS 25:07 19 7 4 1 0 3 3 9-14 0-1 1-1 +11
Herbert Jones GS 14:27 4 5 0 0 1 0 3 2-8 0-1 0-0 +5
Bryce McGowens 29:52 23 7 2 2 0 0 1 8-11 5-5 2-2 +19
Jordan Poole 25:48 22 1 3 1 1 1 2 8-19 3-11 3-3 +18
Jose Alvarado 22:52 4 5 9 0 1 2 0 2-8 0-3 0-0 +12
Yves Missi 13:21 5 8 0 1 3 0 1 2-4 0-0 1-2 +11
Micah Peavy 10:30 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 2-3 1-1 0-0 +15
Jordan Hawkins 1:27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 +2
Karlo Matković 1:27 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 143 57 36 10 8 8 16 58-112 12-32 15-17

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

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Deni Avdija GS 31:57 16 6 6 1 2 2 1 5-15 1-5 5-7 -12
Jerami Grant GS 30:49 16 5 1 0 0 3 2 6-19 1-7 3-3 -32
Kris Murray GS 28:33 7 9 1 2 2 2 2 2-6 0-4 3-4 -11
Toumani Camara GS 27:49 15 4 5 1 0 1 5 5-10 3-8 2-2 -11
Shaedon Sharpe GS 27:15 21 3 3 0 1 2 4 8-14 4-6 1-4 -17
Sidy Cissoko 31:59 20 4 2 0 1 0 2 8-12 3-6 1-1 -7
Rayan Rupert 23:40 14 6 3 1 0 1 2 6-11 2-4 0-0 -10
Caleb Love 21:44 9 1 4 0 0 2 0 4-9 0-5 1-1 -9
Duop Reath 12:30 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1-5 0-3 0-0 -6
Javonte Cooke 3:44 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 120 41 27 5 7 15 19 45-102 14-48 16-22

Did not play: Donovan Clingan (DND - Injury/Illness), Matisse Thybulle (DND - Injury/Illness), Blake Wesley (DND - Injury/Illness), Robert Williams III (DND - Injury/Illness), Hansen Yang (DND - Injury/Illness)

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
Derik Queen Kris Murray: 19 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Sidy Cissoko: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Trey Murphy III Kris Murray: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Sidy Cissoko: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Saddiq Bey Deni Avdija: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jerami Grant: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bryce McGowens Shaedon Sharpe: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Deni Avdija: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jeremiah Fears Toumani Camara: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Shaedon Sharpe: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jordan Poole Toumani Camara: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Sidy Cissoko: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jose Alvarado Caleb Love: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rayan Rupert: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Herbert Jones Deni Avdija: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jerami Grant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Yves Missi Duop Reath: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Rayan Rupert: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Peavy Rayan Rupert: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sidy Cissoko: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Hawkins Rayan Rupert: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Caleb Love: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Karlo Matković Duop Reath: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Sidy Cissoko: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Deni Avdija Bryce McGowens: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Herbert Jones: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sidy Cissoko Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Jordan Poole: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kris Murray Derik Queen: 24 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jerami Grant Saddiq Bey: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Derik Queen: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Shaedon Sharpe Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 12 pts (5/6)
Toumani Camara Jeremiah Fears: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Derik Queen: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rayan Rupert Jordan Poole: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bryce McGowens: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Caleb Love Jose Alvarado: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bryce McGowens: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duop Reath Yves Missi: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Poole: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javonte Cooke Jeremiah Fears: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)