Milwaukee Bucks 139, New Orleans Pelicans 118 — Recap

February 20, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Milwaukee Bucks 139, New Orleans Pelicans 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIL 33-38 NOP; Q2 MIL 38-27 NOP; Q3 MIL 32-31 NOP; Q4 MIL 36-22 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 32 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists on 13-of-17 shooting; Cam Thomas (MIL) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Ryan Rollins (MIL) 27 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Kevin Porter Jr. (MIL) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

32 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST · 13-17 FG

Scoring · MIL

Cam Thomas

27 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 11-17 FG

Scoring · MIL

Ryan Rollins

27 PTS, 2 REB, 6 AST, 7 3PM · 10-15 FG

Season highs

Ryan Rollins · Season-high 7 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

MIL 25 largest lead Q4 1:04 (MIL 139, NOP 114) · 9-0 run, Q4 7:37–Q4 5:59

NOP 6 largest lead Q1 0:52 (MIL 30, NOP 36) · 7-0 run, Q1 3:42–Q1 2:59

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Cam Thomas makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Q2 6:32, MIL 50, NOP 49).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIL	33	38	32	36		139
NOP	38	27	31	22		118

🧮 How They Scored

MILNOP

60Points in the paint84

13Fast-break points24

15Second-chance points14

20Points off turnovers25

69Bench points28

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

67.9%Effective FG%56.3%

11.5%Turnover %11.6%

22.2%Offensive rebound %23.7%

0.196Free-throw rate0.322

Box Score

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ryan Rollins G	35	27	2	6	4	2	2	10-15	7-10	0-0	+14
Kevin Porter Jr. G	32	25	2	7	2	1	1	10-15	0-1	5-6	+12
A.J. Green G	30	0	2	4	1	0	2	0-4	0-4	0-0	+22
Bobby Portis F	27	17	11	1	0	1	0	8-12	1-3	0-0	0
Kyle Kuzma F	25	14	3	4	1	0	1	6-11	2-5	0-0	+15
Ousmane Dieng F	22	10	2	1	0	1	2	3-6	1-1	3-4	+8
Pete Nance F	22	10	5	2	0	1	1	4-8	2-4	0-0	+5
Cam Thomas G	21	27	3	1	0	0	2	11-17	1-6	4-6	+2
Jericho Sims F	19	4	6	1	0	2	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	+21
Gary Trent Jr. G	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2
Thanasis Antetokounmpo F	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+2
Andre Jackson Jr. G	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey F	36	22	6	3	3	1	2	7-14	2-7	6-6	-18
Herbert Jones F	32	8	4	3	0	0	1	3-10	0-6	2-2	-19
Zion Williamson F	30	32	2	2	0	0	0	13-17	0-0	6-8	-6
Bryce McGowens G	30	10	1	0	2	0	0	5-12	0-3	0-1	-15
Jeremiah Fears G	29	16	4	5	2	0	3	7-13	0-3	2-5	-10
Derik Queen C	28	18	9	4	3	2	4	7-10	0-0	4-6	-15
Karlo Matkovic F-C	25	9	7	2	0	2	2	4-4	1-1	0-0	-5
Jordan Poole G	25	3	4	3	0	0	0	1-6	1-4	0-0	-12
Jordan Hawkins G	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ryan Rollins	Starter	35	27	90.0	20.2	+21.3	18.6
Kevin Porter Jr.	Starter	32	25	70.9	23.4	+15.2	16.1
Kyle Kuzma	Starter	25	14	63.6	18.8	+24.3	9.8
Jericho Sims	Starter	19	4	100.0	9.1	+50.1	6.6
A.J. Green	Starter	30	0	0.0	8.0	+29.7	-0.7
Cam Thomas	Bench	21	27	68.7	40.4	+1.6	16.5
Bobby Portis	Bench	27	17	70.8	18.5	+2.1	15.5
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	22	10	64.4	18.9	+16.3	6.4
Pete Nance	Bench	22	10	62.5	16.4	+8.0	8.8
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	03	3	75.0	33.3	+33.3	15.4
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Bench	02	2	113.6	16.7	+33.3	30.8
Gary Harris	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Andre Jackson Jr.	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+33.3	7.7

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Starter	30	32	78.0	27.4	-7.1	16.2
Saddiq Bey	Starter	36	22	66.1	21.1	-24.2	13.8
Derik Queen	Starter	28	18	71.2	23.9	-23.8	14.5
Bryce McGowens	Starter	30	10	40.2	15.8	-23.6	0.6
Herbert Jones	Starter	32	8	36.8	15.6	-27.9	0.9
Jeremiah Fears	Bench	29	16	52.6	24.7	-15.6	10.5
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	25	9	112.5	10.0	-11.8	12.7
Jordan Poole	Bench	25	3	25.0	10.0	-19.8	2.3
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	05	0	0.0	18.2	-50.0	-9.1