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Washington Wizards vs. New Orleans Pelicans

January 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Wizards 128-107 on 2026-01-09 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, Kyshawn George, and Tre Johnson. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, Bryce McGowens, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 7 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Bilal Coulibaly as his primary defender. Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards) scored 8 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Derik Queen as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS

Washington Wizards 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bilal Coulibaly GS	29:30	8	5	4	1	1	2	5	2-6	1-2	3-6	-26
Tre Johnson GS	25:14	12	1	2	3	0	2	4	3-7	2-5	4-4	-29
Alex Sarr GS	25:11	14	1	3	0	1	3	3	5-11	0-2	4-8	-31
Kyshawn George GS	23:38	15	5	2	1	0	3	4	6-13	3-6	0-0	-15
Khris Middleton GS	20:53	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	2-5	0-2	0-1	-24
Bub Carrington	28:45	11	5	4	1	0	2	2	4-10	3-8	0-0	-1
Malaki Branham	23:43	10	2	1	2	1	1	0	2-3	2-3	4-4	+14
Tristan Vukcevic	22:43	15	4	2	0	5	2	1	4-14	0-4	7-10	+10
Justin Champagnie	21:38	12	9	4	0	0	0	1	6-12	0-2	0-0	-5
AJ Johnson	15:55	6	6	1	1	0	1	1	3-6	0-1	0-0	+3
Anthony Gill	2:50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		107	40	24	10	8	19	23	37-87	11-35	22-33

Did not play: Marvin Bagley III (DNP - Coach's Decision), Will Riley (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	36:07	35	8	4	4	0	1	1	13-24	7-16	2-3	+32
Derik Queen GS	34:41	14	16	12	0	2	5	2	7-13	0-2	0-0	+18
Jeremiah Fears GS	31:52	21	5	6	3	0	6	2	9-15	2-4	1-1	+20
Zion Williamson GS	29:10	31	4	3	2	0	1	1	12-14	0-0	7-13	+22
Bryce McGowens GS	28:30	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	2-6	1-5	1-2	+18
Micah Peavy	27:41	9	1	1	1	0	0	6	4-9	1-4	0-0	+5
Jordan Hawkins	20:22	7	4	0	2	0	1	0	2-5	0-1	3-3	-2
Yves Missi	12:42	3	9	2	0	1	0	2	1-5	0-0	1-2	+3
Jordan Poole	11:44	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0-2	0-1	0-0	-6
Karlo Matković	5:22	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Trey Alexander	1:49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		128	51	30	12	4	17	22	51-95	11-34	15-24

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

Lineups

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · Bilal Coulibaly · Alex Sarr · Kyshawn George · Tre Johnson Starter 17.0 min
Justin Champagnie · Malaki Branham · Tristan Vukčević · Bub Carrington · AJ Johnson 12.1 min
Malaki Branham · Bilal Coulibaly · Tristan Vukčević · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George 5.6 min
Anthony Gill · Malaki Branham · Tristan Vukčević · Bub Carrington · AJ Johnson 2.5 min
Khris Middleton · Justin Champagnie · Bilal Coulibaly · Alex Sarr · Tre Johnson 2.3 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 11.9 min
Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 8.8 min
Zion Williamson · Bryce McGowens · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.0 min
Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 3.4 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Wizards defense

Zion Williamson 7 pts (3/7) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Bilal Coulibaly (33 %, 0 pts) · Alex Sarr (15 %, 2 pts) · Justin Champagnie (10 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 8 pts (3/5) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Tre Johnson (38 %, 3 pts) · Bub Carrington (10 %, 0 pts) · AJ Johnson (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bilal Coulibaly	Zion Williamson: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tre Johnson	Jeremiah Fears: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jordan Hawkins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Sarr	Derik Queen: 32 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Zion Williamson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bub Carrington	Micah Peavy: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Justin Champagnie	Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tristan Vukcevic	Derik Queen: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Yves Missi: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/3)
Kyshawn George	Bryce McGowens: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Malaki Branham	Jordan Hawkins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 7 poss., 4 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton	Trey Murphy III: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bryce McGowens: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
AJ Johnson	Jordan Hawkins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Gill	Karlo Matković: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Tristan Vukcevic 8 pts (4/13) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Derik Queen (39 %, 6 pts) · Yves Missi (24 %, 2 pts) · Karlo Matković (11 %, 0 pts)
Alex Sarr 30 pts (13/18) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Derik Queen (51 %, 8 pts) · Yves Missi (13 %, 0 pts) · Zion Williamson (12 %, 14 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Kyshawn George: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Bilal Coulibaly: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Derik Queen	Alex Sarr: 29 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Tristan Vukcevic: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Jeremiah Fears	Tre Johnson: 28 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Bub Carrington: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Zion Williamson	Bilal Coulibaly: 29 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Justin Champagnie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bryce McGowens	Khris Middleton: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bub Carrington: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Bub Carrington: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Khris Middleton: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jordan Hawkins	AJ Johnson: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Malaki Branham: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Tristan Vukcevic: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Alex Sarr: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole	Bub Carrington: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · AJ Johnson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Tristan Vukcevic: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Gill: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Alexander	Malaki Branham: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bub Carrington: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)