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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Golden State Warriors

February 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Warriors 113-109 on 2026-02-24 at home. The Pelicans started DeAndre Jordan, Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, and Herbert Jones. The Warriors started Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton, Pat Spencer, Moses Moody, and Gui Santos. De'Anthony Melton (Warriors) scored 10 points (3/4) in his matchups, with Dejounte Murray as his primary defender. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 4 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Pat Spencer as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson GS	33:11	26	6	0	2	1	1	3	11-21	1-1	3-5	-7
Herbert Jones GS	30:51	5	3	3	5	1	0	4	1-8	1-7	2-2	+1
Saddiq Bey GS	30:49	18	6	1	0	0	4	0	6-13	1-6	5-5	-2
Dejounte Murray GS	24:48	13	2	3	1	0	5	2	5-11	1-4	2-2	0
DeAndre Jordan GS	22:23	6	8	2	1	2	1	5	2-3	0-0	2-3	+11
Jordan Poole	22:47	12	6	3	0	0	2	1	4-11	3-10	1-1	+3
Jeremiah Fears	21:06	8	3	5	1	0	2	0	3-10	1-3	1-2	+5
Bryce McGowens	18:22	7	4	0	1	1	0	0	3-5	1-3	0-0	+6
Karlo Matković	18:12	10	8	1	1	3	1	2	4-6	1-3	1-2	-5
Derik Queen	17:31	8	7	2	0	1	1	2	4-13	0-3	0-1	+8
Totals		113	53	20	12	9	17	19	43-101	10-40	17-23

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

GSW

Golden State Warriors 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Gui Santos GS	39:20	15	12	4	2	3	6	5	6-13	1-4	2-2	-7
Moses Moody GS	34:00	24	5	3	0	0	1	5	7-13	4-10	6-8	+13
Draymond Green GS	31:37	11	7	6	0	2	1	2	5-11	1-3	0-0	+8
De'Anthony Melton GS	28:11	28	4	3	1	0	3	4	8-20	3-9	9-11	+9
Pat Spencer GS	23:07	5	2	4	1	0	3	1	2-7	1-4	0-0	+1
Brandin Podziemski	31:52	16	15	3	2	0	3	1	7-18	1-6	1-2	-1
Quinten Post	22:55	6	9	1	0	1	2	1	3-7	0-4	0-0	-13
Will Richard	17:28	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-19
Gary Payton II	11:30	4	3	2	0	0	1	1	2-7	0-4	0-0	-11
Totals		109	59	26	8	6	20	21	40-97	11-45	18-23

Did not play: Al Horford (DNP - Injury/Illness), Malevy Leons (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kristaps Porziņģis (DNP - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DeAndre Jordan · Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones Starter 10.0 min
Jordan Poole · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 6.9 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Bryce McGowens 4.7 min
DeAndre Jordan · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Jeremiah Fears 3.7 min
DeAndre Jordan · Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Jeremiah Fears 3.2 min

GSW

Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Draymond Green · De'Anthony Melton · Pat Spencer · Moses Moody · Gui Santos Starter 9.9 min
Draymond Green · De'Anthony Melton · Moses Moody · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski 7.2 min
Gary Payton II · Moses Moody · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post 5.1 min
Gary Payton II · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post · Will Richard 4.7 min
Pat Spencer · Moses Moody · Gui Santos · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

De'Anthony Melton 10 pts (3/4) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Dejounte Murray (30 %, 5 pts) · Saddiq Bey (13 %, 2 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (12 %, 0 pts)
Brandin Podziemski 18 pts (7/15) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Dejounte Murray (14 %, 2 pts) · Herbert Jones (13 %, 0 pts) · Bryce McGowens (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zion Williamson	Draymond Green: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Gui Santos: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Saddiq Bey	Moses Moody: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Draymond Green: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Herbert Jones	Pat Spencer: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gui Santos: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dejounte Murray	De'Anthony Melton: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
DeAndre Jordan	Gui Santos: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Draymond Green: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole	Gary Payton II: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moses Moody: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Bryce McGowens	Brandin Podziemski: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Moses Moody: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Brandin Podziemski: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · De'Anthony Melton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Quinten Post: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Gui Santos: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Derik Queen	Gui Santos: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Quinten Post: 6 poss., 8 pts (4/7)

Warriors defense

Dejounte Murray 4 pts (2/8) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Pat Spencer (27 %, 0 pts) · De'Anthony Melton (26 %, 2 pts) · Brandin Podziemski (17 %, 0 pts)
Zion Williamson 9 pts (2/7) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Gui Santos (31 %, 2 pts) · Draymond Green (20 %, 0 pts) · Moses Moody (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Gui Santos	Zion Williamson: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moses Moody	Saddiq Bey: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Herbert Jones: 9 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Brandin Podziemski	Jeremiah Fears: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Draymond Green	DeAndre Jordan: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/9) · Zion Williamson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton	Herbert Jones: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Dejounte Murray: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Pat Spencer	Dejounte Murray: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quinten Post	Karlo Matković: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zion Williamson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Richard	Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Payton II	Derik Queen: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Poole: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)