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San Antonio Spurs vs. New Orleans Pelicans

January 25, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Spurs 104-95 on 2026-01-25 on the road against the Spurs. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 12 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Keldon Johnson as his primary defender. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 22 points (10/23) in his matchups, with Zion Williamson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 95

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
De'Aaron Fox GS 34:44 12 2 7 0 0 4 3 4-8 3-5 1-4 -13
Victor Wembanyama GS 31:21 16 16 0 0 4 3 3 6-16 2-10 2-6 -12
Julian Champagnie GS 29:14 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 3-9 1-7 6-6 -3
Stephon Castle GS 28:51 5 4 5 1 0 2 2 1-6 0-2 3-4 -19
Harrison Barnes GS 19:02 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 2-2 -9
Keldon Johnson 27:31 15 2 1 0 0 0 5 6-12 1-5 2-4 -14
Devin Vassell 25:16 13 1 1 1 0 1 1 5-12 2-8 1-3 -6
Luke Kornet 19:52 5 8 1 0 1 0 0 2-5 0-0 1-2 +8
Dylan Harper 16:46 5 6 3 0 0 1 1 2-6 0-0 1-1 +18
Carter Bryant 7:23 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 2-5 2-5 0-0 +5
Totals 95 46 22 2 5 11 16 32-81 12-44 19-32

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kelly Olynyk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 104

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 37:54 17 6 9 0 0 1 2 7-22 3-11 0-1 +13
Saddiq Bey GS 33:27 24 10 4 1 0 0 0 7-15 3-7 7-9 +22
Zion Williamson GS 33:15 24 10 4 0 1 1 2 10-18 0-0 4-5 +17
Herbert Jones GS 28:29 9 3 2 0 2 0 4 4-10 1-4 0-0 +21
Derik Queen GS 17:10 4 4 1 0 0 4 5 2-7 0-1 0-0 +3
Yves Missi 30:17 10 14 2 1 2 1 5 4-11 0-0 2-2 +9
Micah Peavy 18:17 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-4 0-3 0-0 -10
Jeremiah Fears 16:23 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 4-9 0-3 0-0 -4
Jose Alvarado 13:15 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 2-5 2-5 0-0 -12
Karlo Matković 11:33 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 -14
Totals 104 58 23 3 5 10 23 41-102 9-34 13-17

Did not play: Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (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
De'Aaron Fox Herbert Jones: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Victor Wembanyama Yves Missi: 15 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Derik Queen: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Julian Champagnie Saddiq Bey: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Stephon Castle Trey Murphy III: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keldon Johnson Zion Williamson: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Yves Missi: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Devin Vassell Trey Murphy III: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Kornet Yves Missi: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derik Queen: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Harrison Barnes Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dylan Harper Micah Peavy: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Herbert Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant Karlo Matković: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Saddiq Bey: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/2)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Trey Murphy III Devin Vassell: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Julian Champagnie: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Zion Williamson Keldon Johnson: 20 poss., 6 pts (1/3) · Victor Wembanyama: 16 poss., 12 pts (6/8)
Saddiq Bey Julian Champagnie: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Harrison Barnes: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Yves Missi Luke Kornet: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Victor Wembanyama: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/5)
Herbert Jones De'Aaron Fox: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Julian Champagnie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Peavy Dylan Harper: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Harrison Barnes: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen Stephon Castle: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luke Kornet: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Jeremiah Fears Dylan Harper: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · De'Aaron Fox: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jose Alvarado De'Aaron Fox: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Stephon Castle: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Karlo Matković Keldon Johnson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Harrison Barnes: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)