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Portland Trail Blazers vs. New Orleans Pelicans

April 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Pelicans 118-106 on 2026-04-02 at home. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Deni Avdija, Scoot Henderson, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Trey Murphy III. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 10 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Toumani Camara as his primary defender. Deni Avdija (Trail Blazers) scored 10 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Saddiq Bey as his primary defender.

Box score

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

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Toumani Camara GS 39:22 23 4 1 3 0 1 2 8-15 6-12 1-1 +22
Jrue Holiday GS 37:22 27 5 9 1 0 4 0 10-22 7-15 0-0 +14
Deni Avdija GS 37:15 26 8 7 2 1 3 4 7-20 2-7 10-13 +10
Donovan Clingan GS 22:11 4 9 2 1 0 1 5 2-4 0-2 0-0 +1
Scoot Henderson GS 20:28 14 1 3 1 0 0 2 6-12 2-4 0-0 -14
Matisse Thybulle 30:51 13 5 2 2 0 1 1 4-9 3-8 2-2 +21
Robert Williams III 23:04 6 9 1 0 3 0 1 3-5 0-0 0-0 +11
Kris Murray 20:09 3 3 1 1 3 2 2 1-2 0-1 1-2 +3
Sidy Cissoko 9:19 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 -8
Totals 118 45 27 11 7 13 17 42-92 20-51 14-18

Did not play: Jerami Grant (DND - Injury/Illness), Jayson Kent (DNP - Coach's Decision), Vít Krejčí (DND - Injury/Illness), Damian Lillard (DND - Injury/Illness), Blake Wesley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans Pelicans 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 36:24 19 8 2 1 0 1 2 7-17 1-6 4-4 -17
Saddiq Bey GS 34:43 15 6 1 1 0 1 2 6-14 3-5 0-2 -22
Zion Williamson GS 29:24 15 1 3 0 1 2 4 4-7 0-0 7-8 -11
Dejounte Murray GS 28:02 9 8 5 2 0 5 1 4-10 0-2 1-1 -24
Herbert Jones GS 25:54 9 4 3 0 0 4 3 3-9 2-5 1-2 -9
Derik Queen 27:41 12 6 7 2 1 3 4 4-10 0-1 4-4 +2
Jeremiah Fears 25:59 21 2 1 2 2 2 3 7-10 3-4 4-5 +12
Yves Missi 19:41 6 7 0 0 1 1 0 3-6 0-0 0-0 -3
Micah Peavy 12:13 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 +12
Totals 106 44 25 9 5 19 21 38-84 9-23 21-26

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Josh Oduro (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

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.

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Deni Avdija Herbert Jones: 18 poss., 3 pts (0/2) · Saddiq Bey: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Toumani Camara Dejounte Murray: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jrue Holiday Dejounte Murray: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Matisse Thybulle Trey Murphy III: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Donovan Clingan Derik Queen: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Scoot Henderson Jeremiah Fears: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Robert Williams III Derik Queen: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Yves Missi: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Murray Zion Williamson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Sidy Cissoko Trey Murphy III: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Trey Murphy III Scoot Henderson: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Matisse Thybulle: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Saddiq Bey Deni Avdija: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Matisse Thybulle: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Zion Williamson Jrue Holiday: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Toumani Camara: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dejounte Murray Toumani Camara: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jrue Holiday: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Derik Queen Donovan Clingan: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Robert Williams III: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jeremiah Fears Matisse Thybulle: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Scoot Henderson: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Herbert Jones Deni Avdija: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Donovan Clingan: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Yves Missi Robert Williams III: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Donovan Clingan: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Peavy Jrue Holiday: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deni Avdija: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)