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Detroit Pistons vs. New Orleans Pelicans

March 26, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Pelicans 129-108 on 2026-03-26 at home. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Kevin Huerter, Jalen Duren, Ausar Thompson, and Daniss Jenkins. The Pelicans started DeAndre Jordan, Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, and Herbert Jones. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 12 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Daniss Jenkins as his primary defender. Jalen Duren (Pistons) scored 10 points (5/12) in his matchups, with DeAndre Jordan as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 129

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kevin Huerter GS 33:43 22 3 2 1 0 3 0 9-14 4-7 0-0 +21
Daniss Jenkins GS 33:16 19 2 9 1 0 3 4 6-12 5-7 2-2 +21
Jalen Duren GS 31:26 30 10 7 2 2 3 0 10-12 0-0 10-12 +5
Ausar Thompson GS 28:58 11 4 0 3 2 1 1 4-4 0-0 3-4 +10
Tobias Harris GS 25:55 12 9 7 0 1 0 1 5-12 1-3 1-1 +9
Javonte Green 19:33 8 1 1 1 0 1 3 3-4 2-3 0-0 +12
Ronald Holland II 19:07 2 7 4 0 0 2 2 1-6 0-0 0-0 +9
Marcus Sasser 16:11 7 2 1 0 0 2 1 3-11 1-4 0-0 -6
Paul Reed 14:20 8 3 1 1 0 1 6 3-3 0-0 2-3 +16
Chaz Lanier 10:13 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2-4 2-4 0-1 +8
Bobi Klintman 2:32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0
Isaac Jones 2:32 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Tolu Smith 2:14 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 129 45 34 9 6 17 18 48-85 15-28 18-23

Did not play: Duncan Robinson (DND - Injury/Illness)

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Zion Williamson GS 30:46 21 6 2 2 1 2 1 8-13 0-0 5-9 -7
Saddiq Bey GS 30:45 17 1 3 3 0 2 2 7-15 3-5 0-2 -10
Dejounte Murray GS 29:13 12 7 4 3 0 5 3 5-15 0-3 2-2 -15
Herbert Jones GS 27:27 11 0 4 0 1 0 3 4-10 3-6 0-0 -8
DeAndre Jordan GS 16:50 4 5 3 1 1 0 1 2-4 0-0 0-0 +1
Jeremiah Fears 27:28 13 2 6 1 0 2 1 5-10 0-3 3-6 -13
Jordan Hawkins 22:08 9 3 0 0 1 1 2 3-3 3-3 0-0 -15
Derik Queen 20:48 11 11 2 1 0 3 2 5-13 0-2 1-3 -13
Yves Missi 16:01 2 4 1 0 2 0 3 1-3 0-0 0-0 -15
Karlo Matković 15:04 8 3 1 1 1 0 2 4-8 0-3 0-2 -9
Micah Peavy 3:30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 108 42 26 12 7 15 20 44-95 9-25 11-24

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

Lineups

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans

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.

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Duren DeAndre Jordan: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Yves Missi: 10 poss., 9 pts (2/3)
Kevin Huerter Herbert Jones: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Daniss Jenkins Jeremiah Fears: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Dejounte Murray: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ausar Thompson Zion Williamson: 25 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Dejounte Murray: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tobias Harris Saddiq Bey: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javonte Green Derik Queen: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Marcus Sasser Jeremiah Fears: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jordan Hawkins: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Paul Reed Yves Missi: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chaz Lanier Dejounte Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tolu Smith Karlo Matković: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bobi Klintman Micah Peavy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaac Jones Jeremiah Fears: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Saddiq Bey Tobias Harris: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Ronald Holland II: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Zion Williamson Ausar Thompson: 27 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Tobias Harris: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dejounte Murray Daniss Jenkins: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ausar Thompson: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/5)
Jeremiah Fears Daniss Jenkins: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Marcus Sasser: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Herbert Jones Kevin Huerter: 29 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Daniss Jenkins: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Derik Queen Javonte Green: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ronald Holland II: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Hawkins Kevin Huerter: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daniss Jenkins: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Yves Missi Jalen Duren: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paul Reed: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
DeAndre Jordan Jalen Duren: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Daniss Jenkins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković Javonte Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paul Reed: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy Chaz Lanier: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bobi Klintman: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)