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Phoenix Suns vs. New Orleans Pelicans

March 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Pelicans 118-116 on 2026-03-06 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Jalen Green, Collin Gillespie, and Oso Ighodaro. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Trey Murphy III. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 26 points (9/12) in his matchups, with Jalen Green as his primary defender. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 14 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker GS	35:20	32	4	4	2	0	4	1	10-21	5-12	7-8	+1
Collin Gillespie GS	32:27	12	6	6	1	0	1	2	4-12	4-11	0-0	-9
Royce O'Neale GS	31:18	11	6	3	0	0	0	3	4-9	3-8	0-0	-7
Jalen Green GS	30:47	25	5	3	0	0	2	2	8-17	3-9	6-7	+3
Oso Ighodaro GS	26:37	13	6	1	1	1	1	6	5-7	0-0	3-5	+2
Grayson Allen	29:27	12	2	8	4	0	1	2	4-10	2-8	2-2	+1
Khaman Maluach	20:15	4	4	1	0	5	2	2	2-3	0-0	0-0	+4
Rasheer Fleming	14:22	6	5	0	0	0	1	1	2-5	2-4	0-2	0
Ryan Dunn	12:36	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	1-4	1-4	0-2	+9
Amir Coffey	6:50	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+4
Haywood Highsmith	0:02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		118	41	27	9	6	12	23	40-90	20-58	18-26

Did not play: Jamaree Bouyea (DNP - Coach's Decision), CJ Huntley (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	41:01	22	2	4	2	1	0	1	6-17	4-9	6-7	+10
Saddiq Bey GS	34:09	19	6	0	1	1	0	3	5-12	1-5	8-8	+3
Zion Williamson GS	33:44	19	10	3	0	0	3	4	6-13	0-0	7-9	+5
Herbert Jones GS	30:51	14	2	4	2	1	1	4	6-11	2-5	0-0	-1
Dejounte Murray GS	29:48	15	8	5	2	0	3	5	5-13	1-5	4-5	-1
Yves Missi	16:25	4	8	0	0	0	1	3	2-3	0-0	0-0	-8
Jeremiah Fears	14:34	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	2-5	1-2	3-4	-2
Karlo Matković	13:26	9	3	0	1	0	2	1	4-4	1-1	0-0	-1
Bryce McGowens	13:05	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	-7
Derik Queen	12:57	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	1-4	0-0	2-2	-8
Totals		116	42	18	8	3	14	24	37-83	10-28	32-37

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

Lineups

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro Starter 9.6 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Grayson Allen · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 6.4 min
Devin Booker · Grayson Allen · Ryan Dunn · Rasheer Fleming · Khaman Maluach 6.0 min
Grayson Allen · Amir Coffey · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 5.2 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Grayson Allen · Jalen Green · Khaman Maluach 3.7 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III Starter 16.2 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi 4.5 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.1 min
Dejounte Murray · Saddiq Bey · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Derik Queen 2.9 min
Dejounte Murray · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković 2.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Suns defense

Dejounte Murray 26 pts (9/12) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Green (41 %, 9 pts) · Collin Gillespie (19 %, 0 pts) · Royce O'Neale (11 %, 1 pts)
Zion Williamson 9 pts (2/13) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Royce O'Neale (31 %, 0 pts) · Oso Ighodaro (17 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Green (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Herbert Jones: 31 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Royce O'Neale	Zion Williamson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Jalen Green	Dejounte Murray: 24 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Zion Williamson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Collin Gillespie	Trey Murphy III: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Dejounte Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grayson Allen	Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Oso Ighodaro	Saddiq Bey: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Khaman Maluach	Yves Missi: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Derik Queen: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Zion Williamson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Dunn	Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amir Coffey	Derik Queen: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zion Williamson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pelicans defense

Jalen Green 14 pts (5/8) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (27 %, 5 pts) · Dejounte Murray (21 %, 2 pts) · Zion Williamson (13 %, 0 pts)
Devin Booker 9 pts (3/16) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (27 %, 2 pts) · Trey Murphy III (24 %, 0 pts) · Saddiq Bey (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Devin Booker: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Royce O'Neale: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey	Royce O'Neale: 17 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Grayson Allen: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Zion Williamson	Oso Ighodaro: 18 poss., 7 pts (1/2) · Royce O'Neale: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Herbert Jones	Devin Booker: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Green: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Dejounte Murray	Collin Gillespie: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jalen Green: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Khaman Maluach: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Oso Ighodaro: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Oso Ighodaro: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Khaman Maluach: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Derik Queen	Rasheer Fleming: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amir Coffey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens	Grayson Allen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Grayson Allen: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Collin Gillespie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)