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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Portland Trail Blazers

January 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Pelicans 122-109 on 2026-01-02 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Jordan Poole, Bryce McGowens, Yves Missi, and Jeremiah Fears. The Trail Blazers started Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Kris Murray, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers) scored 13 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Jeremiah Fears as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 6 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Kris Murray 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	+/-
Zion Williamson GS	30:42	35	8	2	2	2	0	1	15-26	0-0	5-8	-17
Jordan Poole GS	29:48	16	1	6	0	0	2	5	5-16	4-11	2-3	-1
Jeremiah Fears GS	29:10	18	5	4	0	2	4	0	8-15	0-3	2-2	-5
Bryce McGowens GS	24:23	13	4	0	1	0	1	2	4-9	2-2	3-4	-25
Yves Missi GS	20:57	5	3	2	1	3	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-1	-4
Kevon Looney	24:20	4	12	2	1	1	1	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	+6
Micah Peavy	23:37	2	3	2	1	1	0	5	1-9	0-5	0-0	+12
Jose Alvarado	20:30	0	3	4	0	0	2	2	0-3	0-3	0-0	-13
Karlo Matković	20:01	16	2	0	2	2	2	4	7-8	2-3	0-0	-11
Jordan Hawkins	16:32	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0-4	0-2	0-0	-7
Totals		109	42	22	8	11	15	22	44-98	8-30	13-18

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

POR

Portland Trail Blazers 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Deni Avdija GS	38:24	34	7	11	1	1	2	4	10-19	3-5	11-14	+14
Toumani Camara GS	33:44	14	6	4	0	1	1	3	4-11	4-11	2-3	+10
Shaedon Sharpe GS	30:58	23	5	1	0	0	3	1	9-18	1-6	4-4	0
Donovan Clingan GS	29:31	11	15	1	0	1	0	2	5-10	0-3	1-2	+15
Kris Murray GS	26:00	6	4	3	3	2	0	3	1-7	0-3	4-5	+19
Caleb Love	27:33	22	2	2	0	0	1	2	7-13	6-11	2-2	+3
Sidy Cissoko	19:30	5	0	3	2	1	1	0	2-7	1-4	0-0	+8
Robert Williams III	18:29	4	6	1	0	1	0	2	2-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Rayan Rupert	14:16	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+3
Hansen Yang	1:35	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Totals		122	46	27	6	7	9	17	41-92	16-47	24-30

Did not play: Jerami Grant (DND - Injury/Illness), Jrue Holiday (DND - Injury/Illness), Duop Reath (DNP - Coach's Decision), Matisse Thybulle (DND - Injury/Illness), Blake Wesley (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears Starter 10.1 min
Kevon Looney · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Jordan Hawkins · Micah Peavy 6.0 min
Kevon Looney · Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Jeremiah Fears · Micah Peavy 4.6 min
Zion Williamson · Jose Alvarado · Bryce McGowens · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi 2.9 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Micah Peavy 2.7 min

POR

Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Deni Avdija · Shaedon Sharpe · Kris Murray · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan Starter 9.4 min
Deni Avdija · Caleb Love · Sidy Cissoko · Rayan Rupert · Donovan Clingan 5.5 min
Robert Williams III · Deni Avdija · Shaedon Sharpe · Caleb Love · Toumani Camara 5.0 min
Deni Avdija · Caleb Love · Kris Murray · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 4.4 min
Deni Avdija · Caleb Love · Sidy Cissoko · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Shaedon Sharpe 13 pts (6/12) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (32 %, 4 pts) · Micah Peavy (21 %, 2 pts) · Jordan Poole (12 %, 0 pts)
Deni Avdija 19 pts (7/13) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Bryce McGowens (32 %, 5 pts) · Micah Peavy (19 %, 0 pts) · Yves Missi (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zion Williamson	Kris Murray: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Toumani Camara: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Jeremiah Fears	Shaedon Sharpe: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Toumani Camara: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jordan Poole	Toumani Camara: 21 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Kris Murray: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bryce McGowens	Deni Avdija: 23 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Shaedon Sharpe: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Kevon Looney	Robert Williams III: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Clingan: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Yves Missi	Donovan Clingan: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Deni Avdija: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Deni Avdija: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Shaedon Sharpe: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jose Alvarado	Rayan Rupert: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Shaedon Sharpe: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Donovan Clingan: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Deni Avdija: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Hawkins	Caleb Love: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sidy Cissoko: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Trail Blazers defense

Zion Williamson 6 pts (2/9) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Murray (29 %, 0 pts) · Toumani Camara (25 %, 0 pts) · Sidy Cissoko (13 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 26 pts (11/15) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Shaedon Sharpe (39 %, 6 pts) · Caleb Love (17 %, 5 pts) · Toumani Camara (16 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Deni Avdija	Bryce McGowens: 22 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Micah Peavy: 18 poss., 10 pts (2/3)
Toumani Camara	Jordan Poole: 20 poss., 8 pts (2/2) · Zion Williamson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Shaedon Sharpe	Jeremiah Fears: 22 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Micah Peavy: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Donovan Clingan	Yves Missi: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Kevon Looney: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kris Murray	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Poole: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caleb Love	Jeremiah Fears: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jose Alvarado: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Robert Williams III	Kevon Looney: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yves Missi: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sidy Cissoko	Zion Williamson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Rayan Rupert	Jordan Hawkins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hansen Yang	Kevon Looney: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Poole: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)