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New Orleans Pelicans at Brooklyn Nets

6:00 PM

Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

NOP

Season leaders, per game

BKN
The teams side by side: New Orleans Pelicans and Brooklyn Nets compared, with league ranks
NOPStatBKN
26–56Record20–62
Offense
-4.4(better), 21st in the leagueNet rating29th in the league, -10.1
112.1(better), 20th in the leagueOffensive rating30th in the league, 106.9
102.4, 11th in the leaguePace26th in the league, 98.8
52.7(better), 28th in the leagueeFG%30th in the league, 52.0
11.7(better), 10th in the leagueTOV%29th in the league, 13.7
27.0(better), 8th in the leagueOREB%24th in the league, 23.6
0.284(better), 8th in the leagueFT rate13th in the league, 0.272
Defense
116.5(better), 24th in the leagueDefensive rating26th in the league, 116.9
55.5(better), 23rd in the leagueOpp. eFG%28th in the league, 57.1
11.8, 20th in the leagueOpp. TOV%14th in the league, 12.4(better)
71.4, 28th in the leagueDREB%18th in the league, 74.0(better)
0.258(better), 13th in the leagueOpp. FT rate27th in the league, 0.290

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

New Orleans Pelicans

  • Bryce McGowensProbable· back Oct 1
    Report note

    McGowens will miss the final game of the 2025-26 season, though to be fair, he hasn't played for the Pelicans since March 8 due to a fractured toe. He appeared in 42 games for New Orleans and made 13 starts, averaging 8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists across 21.0 minutes per game.

    Cost -0.8 per 100

Brooklyn Nets

  • Nolan TraoréQuestionable· back Oct 1
    Report note

    Although Traore won't play in Summer League, he's expected to be 100 percent by training camp. During his rookie campaign, Traore averaged 8.9 points, 3.8 assists and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 38.0 percent from the field in 22.2 minutes per showing across 56 regular-season games (31 starts).

Key players · NOP: New Orleans Pelicans key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Trey Murphy III35.421.55.73.817.0 / 5.8 / 2.01.3
Saddiq Bey31.317.75.62.520.8 / 4.6 / 1.61.0
Bennedict Mathurin30.017.65.42.48.8 / 4.6 / 3.8-1.2
Zion Williamson29.721.05.73.217.0 / 5.0 / 3.00.7
Herbert Jones28.48.93.42.85.8 / 2.6 / 1.81.5
Key players · BKN: Brooklyn Nets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Julius Randle33.021.16.75.023.4 / 5.2 / 4.21.4
Michael Porter Jr.32.424.27.13.022.2 / 7.2 / 1.81.8
Noah Clowney27.012.34.11.67.8 / 3.8 / 0.8-1.0
Egor Demin25.110.33.23.36.0 / 3.2 / 4.0-1.1
Terance Mann24.27.23.23.06.0 / 3.2 / 1.8-0.9

Last five games

New Orleans Pelicans: New Orleans Pelicans: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 12 @ MINLost 126–132––
Apr 10 @ BOSLost 118–144––
Apr 7 vs UTAWon 156–137––
Apr 5 vs ORLLost 108–112––
Apr 3 @ SACLost 113–117––
Brooklyn Nets: Brooklyn Nets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 12 @ TORLost 101–136––
Apr 10 @ MILLost 108–125––
Apr 9 vs INDLost 94–123––
Apr 7 vs MILWon 96–90––
Apr 5 vs WASWon 121–115––
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
11MIL3250.390283-7
12CHI3151.378292-8
13BKN2062.244403-7
14IND1963.232413-7
15WAS1765.207430-10
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
9LAC4240.512226-4
10GSW3745.451273-7
11NOP2656.317381-9
12DAL2656.317383-7
13MEM2557.305391-9

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

NOP attack against BKN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards50.2 (lg 49.8) , 14th in the league14.5 (lg 13.6) , 6th in the league15.3 (lg 14.2) , 5th in the league
Forwards38.6 (lg 37.4) , 10th in the league15.1 (lg 15.3) , 19th in the league7.4 (lg 7.0) , 9th in the league
Centers11.6 (lg 10.7) , 7th in the league7.4 (lg 7.5) , 17th in the league1.6 (lg 1.9) , 24th in the league
BKN attack against NOP defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards51.2 (lg 49.8) , 9th in the league13.0 (lg 13.6) , 23rd in the league14.3 (lg 14.2) , 14th in the league
Forwards36.3 (lg 37.4) , 19th in the league15.6 (lg 15.3) , 11th in the league7.7 (lg 7.0) , 4th in the league
Centers12.3 (lg 10.7) , 5th in the league8.7 (lg 7.5) , 2nd in the league2.0 (lg 1.9) , 9th in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.