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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans

November 2, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Pelicans 137-106 on 2025-11-02 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Aaron Wiggins, Jaylin Williams, and Cason Wallace. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Yves Missi, and Jeremiah Fears. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 15 points (5/8) in his matchups, with Jaylin Williams as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 12 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Herbert Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 137

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 29:59 30 2 7 1 0 3 1 8-14 1-5 13-13 +24
Aaron Wiggins GS 26:29 15 1 1 0 1 0 2 6-11 3-6 0-0 +19
Cason Wallace GS 26:03 13 0 1 5 0 0 3 4-5 3-4 2-2 +18
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 25:48 14 14 8 1 1 2 4 6-7 0-0 2-3 +13
Jaylin Williams GS 22:53 12 3 4 1 1 0 1 4-9 4-9 0-0 +15
Ajay Mitchell 30:15 10 5 8 1 0 2 1 2-8 0-3 6-8 +19
Isaiah Joe 27:00 13 5 1 1 0 0 4 5-12 3-10 0-0 +18
Branden Carlson 19:40 11 5 1 0 0 2 1 5-8 1-4 0-0 +17
Alex Caruso 12:10 8 2 0 1 1 1 1 3-5 2-3 0-0 +12
Chris Youngblood 6:51 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2-3 2-3 0-0 -1
Brooks Barnhizer 6:51 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Ousmane Dieng 6:01 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 +2
Totals 137 42 33 12 5 11 22 47-84 20-48 23-26

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 32:04 19 5 2 1 0 0 5 7-13 5-10 0-0 -22
Zion Williamson GS 28:03 20 9 6 1 0 4 3 7-14 0-0 6-12 -17
Jeremiah Fears GS 25:38 16 4 4 0 0 5 2 6-13 4-8 0-0 -15
Herbert Jones GS 24:09 12 1 3 2 0 0 4 4-6 3-4 1-2 -18
Yves Missi GS 21:57 7 6 0 0 2 1 1 2-4 0-0 3-4 -14
Jordan Poole 24:03 11 1 3 1 0 2 0 2-11 2-9 5-6 -26
Saddiq Bey 19:00 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 1-4 0-3 0-0 -22
Jose Alvarado 18:10 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 1-3 1-2 0-0 -12
Kevon Looney 16:28 3 3 2 0 1 2 3 1-3 0-1 1-2 -15
Micah Peavy 6:51 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1-4 1-2 0-0 +1
Karlo Matković 6:51 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 0-2 +1
Jordan Hawkins 6:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +1
Derik Queen 6:51 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 2-2 +1
Bryce McGowens 3:05 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 2-2 +2
Totals 106 38 26 6 3 16 22 35-80 16-40 20-32

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

Lineups

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

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.

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Herbert Jones: 26 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Trey Murphy III: 6 poss., 7 pts (1/1)
Ajay Mitchell Jordan Poole: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jose Alvarado: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cason Wallace Jeremiah Fears: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Trey Murphy III: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Joe Jordan Poole: 14 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Hartenstein Yves Missi: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kevon Looney: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Aaron Wiggins Trey Murphy III: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Zion Williamson: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jaylin Williams Zion Williamson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yves Missi: 10 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Branden Carlson Kevon Looney: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Karlo Matković: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Alex Caruso Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer Derik Queen: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Youngblood Micah Peavy: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng Zion Williamson: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Trey Murphy III Aaron Wiggins: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Zion Williamson Isaiah Hartenstein: 27 poss., 11 pts (4/7) · Aaron Wiggins: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jeremiah Fears Cason Wallace: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ajay Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 25 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Isaiah Joe: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole Ajay Mitchell: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/4) · Alex Caruso: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi Jaylin Williams: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ousmane Dieng: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado Isaiah Joe: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevon Looney Branden Carlson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković Branden Carlson: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Chris Youngblood: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins Chris Youngblood: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen Brooks Barnhizer: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Micah Peavy Brooks Barnhizer: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens Branden Carlson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)