New Orleans Pelicans 129, Utah Jazz 118 — Recap

February 26, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 129, Utah Jazz 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 37-38 UTA; Q2 NOP 41-23 UTA; Q3 NOP 25-27 UTA; Q4 NOP 26-30 UTA.

Top performers (box score): Saddiq Bey (NOP) 42 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 14-of-20 shooting; Airious Bailey (UTA) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists on 9-of-15 shooting; Brice Sensabaugh (UTA) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Dejounte Murray (NOP) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Saddiq Bey

42 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 14-20 FG

Scoring · UTA

Airious Bailey

23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

20 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 9-15 FG

Season highs

Saddiq Bey · Season-high 42 pointsDejounte Murray · Season-high 9 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 27 largest lead Q3 10:11 (NOP 88, UTA 61) · 11-0 run, Q2 0:00–Q3 10:11

UTA 6 largest lead Q1 1:31 (NOP 29, UTA 35) · 11-0 run, Q3 2:55–Q3 1:25

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Dejounte Murray assists) (Q2 8:04, NOP 47, UTA 45).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NOP	37	41	25	26		129
UTA	38	23	27	30		118

🧮 How They Scored

NOPUTA

64Points in the paint52

21Fast-break points28

18Second-chance points22

20Points off turnovers24

38Bench points61

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.7%Effective FG%56.7%

15.3%Turnover %15.1%

37.1%Offensive rebound %35.7%

0.307Free-throw rate0.278

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey F	34	42	5	7	0	0	2	14-20	5-9	9-9	+5
Zion Williamson F	33	20	4	4	4	1	1	9-15	0-0	2-3	+15
Bryce McGowens G	31	8	5	3	1	0	0	4-9	0-4	0-0	+5
Dejounte Murray G	26	17	3	9	4	1	6	5-12	2-7	5-5	+16
Herbert Jones F	26	8	1	6	3	0	2	2-4	2-3	2-2	+11
Karlo Matkovic F-C	25	8	4	0	0	4	1	3-4	1-2	1-1	+4
Jeremiah Fears G	22	12	2	4	1	1	3	4-11	2-4	2-3	-5
Derik Queen C	20	7	7	1	0	0	1	2-7	0-1	3-4	-6
DeAndre Jordan C	13	4	7	0	0	0	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Jordan Poole G	10	3	2	3	0	1	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+2

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cody Williams F	30	6	3	1	0	1	0	2-6	0-1	2-5	-9
Airious Bailey F	29	23	4	1	1	1	1	9-17	2-6	3-3	-14
Isaiah Collier G	28	11	1	7	1	0	4	5-11	0-1	1-2	-13
John Konchar G-F	26	4	5	1	5	2	2	2-6	0-3	0-0	-13
Brice Sensabaugh F	25	20	3	2	1	0	2	7-13	3-8	3-5	-4
Elijah Harkless G	21	11	3	6	4	1	2	3-6	0-1	5-6	+2
Kevin Love F-C	20	6	8	4	2	0	3	2-5	1-3	1-1	+1
Kyle Filipowski C	18	13	6	2	0	0	4	5-7	2-3	1-2	-20
Blake Hinson F	18	2	0	1	0	1	0	1-5	0-4	0-1	+3
Svi Mykhailiuk G	15	14	2	3	0	0	0	5-10	4-7	0-0	+4
Oscar Tshiebwe F-C	10	8	2	0	0	0	0	4-4	0-0	0-0	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Saddiq Bey	Starter	34	42	87.6	31.7	+3.5	25.1
Zion Williamson	Starter	33	20	61.3	20.0	+19.1	14.5
Dejounte Murray	Starter	26	17	59.9	30.3	+28.6	13.4
Herbert Jones	Starter	26	8	82.0	12.1	+24.4	8.1
DeAndre Jordan	Starter	13	4	100.0	12.9	+28.6	9.9
Jeremiah Fears	Bench	22	12	48.7	26.8	-15.9	8.2
Bryce McGowens	Bench	31	8	44.4	11.1	+4.1	7.7
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	25	8	90.1	7.9	+7.4	5.5
Derik Queen	Bench	20	7	40.0	18.5	-14.3	1.6
Jordan Poole	Bench	10	3	37.5	12.9	+3.6	6.1
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Micah Peavy	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Airious Bailey	Starter	29	23	62.8	27.1	-18.3	10.3
Kyle Filipowski	Starter	18	13	82.5	25.5	-50.0	8.7
Isaiah Collier	Starter	28	11	46.3	22.9	-23.8	4.1
Cody Williams	Starter	30	6	36.6	10.5	-11.9	1.2
John Konchar	Starter	26	4	33.3	11.6	-27.3	5.8
Brice Sensabaugh	Bench	25	20	65.8	27.4	-7.5	11.9
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	15	14	70.0	25.0	+5.3	21.3
Elijah Harkless	Bench	21	11	63.7	21.6	+7.4	17.9
Oscar Tshiebwe	Bench	10	8	100.0	17.4	+42.1	16.7
Kevin Love	Bench	20	6	55.1	16.0	+2.3	15.1