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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Washington Wizards

March 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Wizards 138-118 on 2026-03-08 at home. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Trey Murphy III. The Wizards started Trae Young, Bilal Coulibaly, Leaky Black, Alex Sarr, and Tre Johnson. Trae Young (Wizards) scored 4 points (0/2) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 17 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Trae Young as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 138

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey GS	29:08	23	10	2	2	0	0	1	9-17	0-4	5-10	+15
Trey Murphy III GS	28:48	24	5	4	1	0	0	0	7-14	4-9	6-6	+11
Dejounte Murray GS	23:39	19	6	2	2	0	2	2	6-9	0-1	7-9	+15
Zion Williamson GS	23:29	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	6-8	0-0	8-11	+3
Herbert Jones GS	16:56	4	2	0	3	0	2	4	2-6	0-1	0-0	+1
Derik Queen	24:31	13	4	5	0	1	1	2	5-9	1-2	2-2	+17
Jeremiah Fears	24:21	18	5	7	1	1	2	3	7-16	1-4	3-3	+5
Bryce McGowens	22:30	4	1	3	1	1	1	3	1-2	0-0	2-2	+13
DeAndre Jordan	19:23	2	5	1	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	+8
Yves Missi	14:45	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+15
Karlo Matković	4:10	5	2	0	1	0	0	3	1-2	1-1	2-2	-1
Micah Peavy	4:10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Jordan Hawkins	4:10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		138	44	25	11	6	8	20	47-89	7-23	37-47

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

WAS

Washington Wizards 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Leaky Black GS	31:24	10	4	2	1	0	0	4	4-11	2-6	0-0	-17
Bilal Coulibaly GS	23:48	5	4	1	0	0	0	4	1-12	1-7	2-2	-13
Tre Johnson GS	22:24	20	4	1	0	0	1	2	7-13	4-7	2-2	-2
Trae Young GS	17:44	17	4	8	0	0	4	3	4-6	3-5	6-8	0
Alex Sarr GS	17:35	7	4	1	0	1	1	2	3-7	1-3	0-0	-2
Julian Reese	25:41	5	9	3	1	2	2	3	1-4	0-0	3-4	-2
Will Riley	25:26	19	3	0	0	0	4	3	8-12	0-1	3-3	-16
Bub Carrington	23:12	9	3	4	0	0	2	3	3-6	2-5	1-1	-8
Anthony Gill	21:53	11	2	0	0	0	1	3	5-7	1-3	0-0	-19
Jaden Hardy	21:10	10	3	3	0	0	1	3	4-10	0-4	2-3	-17
Sharife Cooper	9:43	5	1	4	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-1	3-4	-4
Totals		118	41	27	2	3	17	31	41-91	14-42	22-27

Did not play: Justin Champagnie (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III Starter 7.3 min
DeAndre Jordan · Saddiq Bey · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 10.8 min
DeAndre Jordan · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 5.6 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi 4.4 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Yves Missi 4.3 min

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Trae Young · Bilal Coulibaly · Leaky Black · Alex Sarr · Tre Johnson Starter 9.4 min
Sharife Cooper · Jaden Hardy · Leaky Black · Will Riley · Julian Reese 4.6 min
Anthony Gill · Sharife Cooper · Bub Carrington · Will Riley · Julian Reese 4.4 min
Trae Young · Leaky Black · Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington · Tre Johnson 4.1 min
Anthony Gill · Jaden Hardy · Leaky Black · Will Riley · Julian Reese 4.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Trae Young 4 pts (0/2) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (31 %, 0 pts) · Dejounte Murray (24 %, 2 pts) · Trey Murphy III (17 %, 0 pts)
Alex Sarr 17 pts (7/14) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (31 %, 7 pts) · Yves Missi (29 %, 0 pts) · Herbert Jones (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Saddiq Bey	Will Riley: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bub Carrington: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Trey Murphy III	Tre Johnson: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Leaky Black: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Zion Williamson	Leaky Black: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Bilal Coulibaly: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dejounte Murray	Tre Johnson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Trae Young: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Anthony Gill: 20 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Leaky Black: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Jaden Hardy: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Sharife Cooper: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bryce McGowens	Will Riley: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Hardy: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeAndre Jordan	Julian Reese: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Anthony Gill: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones	Trae Young: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alex Sarr: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Yves Missi	Alex Sarr: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Reese: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Karlo Matković	Julian Reese: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Leaky Black: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Sharife Cooper: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden Hardy: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Peavy	Will Riley: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaden Hardy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Wizards defense

Dejounte Murray 17 pts (6/9) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Trae Young (32 %, 7 pts) · Tre Johnson (13 %, 8 pts) · Bilal Coulibaly (13 %, 0 pts)
Zion Williamson 0 pts (0/8) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Bilal Coulibaly (33 %, 0 pts) · Leaky Black (24 %, 0 pts) · Alex Sarr (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Leaky Black	Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Zion Williamson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Julian Reese	DeAndre Jordan: 20 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Derik Queen: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Will Riley	Bryce McGowens: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bilal Coulibaly	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Derik Queen: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bub Carrington	Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaden Hardy	Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Bryce McGowens: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tre Johnson	Trey Murphy III: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Dejounte Murray: 7 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Anthony Gill	Derik Queen: 23 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trae Young	Dejounte Murray: 17 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Herbert Jones: 9 poss., 3 pts (0/1)
Alex Sarr	Herbert Jones: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yves Missi: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Sharife Cooper	Jeremiah Fears: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Derik Queen: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)