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San Antonio Spurs vs. New Orleans Pelicans

November 8, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Pelicans 126-119 on 2025-11-08 at home. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. The Pelicans started Kevon Looney, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Jeremiah Fears. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 20 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Stephon Castle as his primary defender. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 17 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Derik Queen as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 126

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Stephon Castle GS 35:04 16 4 13 1 0 2 6 6-14 0-6 4-4 -4
Devin Vassell GS 32:57 16 2 0 0 1 0 2 6-13 4-8 0-0 +22
Victor Wembanyama GS 32:27 18 18 3 1 3 5 2 8-19 2-9 0-0 +5
De'Aaron Fox GS 30:31 24 3 3 1 0 2 3 9-14 2-5 4-5 +9
Harrison Barnes GS 27:57 15 2 0 0 0 1 1 6-8 3-5 0-0 -5
Julian Champagnie 25:38 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 4-7 2-4 4-5 +5
Jeremy Sochan 20:00 8 3 4 1 2 1 2 4-5 0-0 0-0 -7
Keldon Johnson 19:30 12 8 4 2 0 0 1 4-7 0-1 4-4 -2
Lindy Waters III 10:26 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 +20
Carter Bryant 5:30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -8
Totals 126 43 31 6 6 12 20 48-90 14-40 16-18

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), David Jones Garcia (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 38:08 41 9 3 1 0 1 1 15-22 5-11 6-6 -14
Herbert Jones GS 38:03 15 3 4 3 0 1 4 6-11 3-7 0-0 +17
Jeremiah Fears GS 31:25 18 3 3 2 0 2 3 8-17 0-3 2-3 -1
Saddiq Bey GS 29:54 10 2 4 1 0 0 0 4-11 2-5 0-0 +9
Kevon Looney GS 16:51 5 6 0 0 0 1 3 1-3 1-2 2-4 -6
Derik Queen 24:36 13 5 8 0 2 4 3 5-14 1-4 2-2 0
Jordan Hawkins 18:02 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2-6 1-3 0-0 -22
Micah Peavy 17:37 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0-4 0-1 0-0 -5
Jose Alvarado 16:35 8 2 5 0 0 0 2 2-3 2-2 2-2 -6
Karlo Matković 8:49 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 2-3 0-0 0-0 -7
Totals 119 40 27 7 2 11 19 45-94 15-38 14-17

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

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.

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
Victor Wembanyama Saddiq Bey: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Micah Peavy: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Stephon Castle Trey Murphy III: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Devin Vassell Herbert Jones: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Aaron Fox Herbert Jones: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Harrison Barnes Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Champagnie Jordan Hawkins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremy Sochan Derik Queen: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevon Looney: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keldon Johnson Herbert Jones: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Derik Queen: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Lindy Waters III Jordan Hawkins: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant Herbert Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Trey Murphy III Stephon Castle: 21 poss., 13 pts (5/6) · De'Aaron Fox: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Herbert Jones Harrison Barnes: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Devin Vassell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears De'Aaron Fox: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Stephon Castle: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Saddiq Bey Devin Vassell: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Harrison Barnes: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Derik Queen Victor Wembanyama: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Jeremy Sochan: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins Julian Champagnie: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Lindy Waters III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy Keldon Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Aaron Fox: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kevon Looney Victor Wembanyama: 19 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Jeremy Sochan: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado Jeremy Sochan: 7 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Stephon Castle: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković Jeremy Sochan: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Victor Wembanyama: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)