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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans

January 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Pelicans 104-95 on 2026-01-27 at home. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, Chet Holmgren, and Jaylin Williams. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 13 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 9 points (3/9) 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 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	35:50	29	6	4	0	0	3	3	8-22	0-3	13-14	+14
Aaron Wiggins GS	34:07	13	5	1	3	0	5	0	4-11	2-6	3-4	+6
Luguentz Dort GS	34:07	12	8	3	1	0	1	2	4-12	4-9	0-0	+8
Chet Holmgren GS	32:59	20	14	3	0	5	1	1	8-14	1-3	3-3	+4
Jaylin Williams GS	26:49	4	10	5	0	4	3	3	1-8	0-3	2-2	+2
Isaiah Joe	24:25	17	3	3	0	0	1	2	6-11	5-10	0-0	+9
Kenrich Williams	21:21	3	2	4	0	0	2	2	1-2	1-1	0-0	+6
Ousmane Dieng	19:06	4	4	2	0	0	0	2	2-5	0-2	0-0	-11
Branden Carlson	6:18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Brooks Barnhizer	4:59	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		104	53	25	4	9	16	15	35-87	13-38	21-23

Did not play: Alex Caruso (DND - Injury/Illness), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 95

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	39:07	10	5	5	3	1	0	2	3-20	1-11	3-5	-4
Zion Williamson GS	33:38	21	11	2	0	1	3	4	8-11	0-0	5-5	+4
Saddiq Bey GS	33:14	16	13	5	2	0	1	1	4-16	3-6	5-5	+2
Herbert Jones GS	26:32	9	5	5	2	2	0	4	3-12	1-9	2-2	0
Derik Queen GS	26:12	9	7	1	2	1	0	2	4-11	0-0	1-1	0
Yves Missi	21:14	9	6	2	0	4	2	2	4-4	0-0	1-4	-9
Jose Alvarado	20:01	8	3	4	0	0	2	1	3-7	2-6	0-0	-10
Jeremiah Fears	18:01	7	2	1	3	1	0	3	3-9	1-3	0-0	-2
Micah Peavy	11:59	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-5	0-3	0-0	-12
Karlo Matković	10:03	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	2-4	2-2	0-0	-14
Totals		95	54	25	13	11	8	21	34-99	10-40	17-22

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jaylin Williams Starter 12.2 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Ousmane Dieng 4.9 min
Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jaylin Williams · Ousmane Dieng 3.2 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren 3.1 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Luguentz Dort · Isaiah Joe · Branden Carlson 2.9 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen Starter 16.3 min
Zion Williamson · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Micah Peavy 5.5 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.1 min
Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 2.8 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi 2.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Zion Williamson 13 pts (4/13) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Luguentz Dort (38 %, 3 pts) · Jaylin Williams (13 %, 0 pts) · Kenrich Williams (10 %, 3 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 15 pts (4/4) in 30 possessions

Guarded by: Isaiah Joe (37 %, 6 pts) · Aaron Wiggins (16 %, 3 pts) · Kenrich Williams (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Herbert Jones: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Micah Peavy: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort	Zion Williamson: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Saddiq Bey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chet Holmgren	Derik Queen: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Saddiq Bey: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Aaron Wiggins	Trey Murphy III: 30 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams	Derik Queen: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe	Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kenrich Williams	Zion Williamson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Yves Missi: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng	Herbert Jones: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Zion Williamson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Branden Carlson	Yves Missi: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brooks Barnhizer	Karlo Matković: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 9 pts (3/9) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (22 %, 4 pts) · Saddiq Bey (13 %, 0 pts) · Zion Williamson (13 %, 2 pts)
Chet Holmgren 19 pts (8/20) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Derik Queen (35 %, 4 pts) · Yves Missi (16 %, 2 pts) · Herbert Jones (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Aaron Wiggins: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Luguentz Dort: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/6)
Zion Williamson	Luguentz Dort: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylin Williams: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Saddiq Bey	Luguentz Dort: 18 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Chet Holmgren: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jaylin Williams: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Herbert Jones	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Chet Holmgren: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi	Chet Holmgren: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kenrich Williams: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jose Alvarado	Isaiah Joe: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jeremiah Fears	Isaiah Joe: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Aaron Wiggins: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ousmane Dieng: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Karlo Matković	Ousmane Dieng: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)