New Orleans Pelicans vs Utah Jazz 119-120 — Oct 23, 2026 Box Score & Stats

Friday, Oct. 23, 2026Delta CenterAttendance 17,867

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
New Orleans Pelicans	28	24	38	29	119
PelicansNOP aheadJazzUTA ahead	+5+15
Utah Jazz	31	31	24	34	120

Regular season · Jazz 1-1, Pelicans 0-2

Jazz beat Pelicans in home opener

The Utah Jazz beat the New Orleans Pelicans 120-119 in their home opener at Delta Center.

Darryn Peterson’s two free throws put the Jazz ahead for good with 50 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Jaren Jackson Jr. had 24 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, and Jaxson Hayes, a Laker last season, scored 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench. The Jazz had seven players in double figures.

For the Pelicans, Zion Williamson had 23 points and three steals on 8-of-12 shooting, and Saddiq Bey added 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting off the bench.

Best performances

Utah Jazz

Jaxson Hayes+6.2 PS

17 PTS5 REB2 AST

7-8 FG, 3-3 FTTop 9% since 2015-16+0.19 wins

Jaren Jackson Jr.+3.6 PS

24 PTS10 REB3 AST3 BLK

7-15 FG, 2-4 3P, 8-10 FT−0.01 wins

Brice Sensabaugh+1.9 PS

10 PTS3 REB AST

Box score

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Utah Jazz120


	16	6	2	3	6-13	4-9	0-0	−6	34:08	1	0	1	0	+1.5
	24	10	4	3	7-15	2-4	8-10	−5	33:14	0	3	3	4	+3.6
	19	1	0	10	6-12	3-7	4-6	−1	32:25	1	0	6	2	−0.8
	15	3	3	1	6-12	1-2	2-2	−1	29:58	0	0	0	3	−1.3
	6	7	1	2	2-8	1-6	1-2	−3	21:42	0	0	1	2	−4.8
Bench
	17	5	2	2	7-8	0-0	3-3	+9	25:57	0	1	0	3	+6.2
	3	4	1	1	1-4	0-2	1-2	+8	21:24	1	0	1	2	−4.8
	10	2	0	7	3-5	0-1	4-6	+2	18:02	0	0	2	3	+1.0
	10	3	1	2	3-6	2-4	2-2	+2	15:35	0	1	1	2	+1.9
	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	7:35	1	0	3	0	−4.7
Team	120	42	14	31	41-8448.8%	13-3537.1%	25-3375.8%		240	4	5	18	21

Did not play: Blake Hinson, Josh Okogie, Mo Bamba, Tony Bradley and Josh Green (coach’s decision); Harrison Ingram and Trey Alexander (inactive - g league - two-way); Jusuf Nurkić (inactive - injury/illness).

New Orleans Pelicans119


	23	5	1	2	8-12	0-1	7-8	+1	33:01	3	0	2	5	+3.5
	9	6	1	3	4-9	1-4	0-0	+1	31:27	1	0	2	4	−5.2
	16	6	1	6	7-15	0-2	2-2	0	30:13	3	0	3	2	0.0
	7	0	0	1	3-9	1-4	0-0	−11	23:44	1	0	2	2	−8.2
	6	1	1	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	−7	9:17	0	1	0	0	+2.6
Bench
	12	7	1	2	4-9	1-2	3-4	+2	29:00	2	2	2	3	−0.6
	20	3	1	1	8-12	3-5	1-1	+4	22:08	0	1	2	1	+3.5
	12	2	0	2	1-8	1-5	9-10	+6	19:10	3	1	0	5	+0.3
	3	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	−2	17:47	0	0	0	3	−4.1
	4	2	1	0	2-5	0-1	0-0	−3	15:06	0	0	2	3	−6.6
	7	4	2	1	3-3	0-0	1-2	+4	9:07	2	0	0	1	+6.2
Team	119	37	9	18	44-8750.6%	8-2630.8%	23-2785.2%		240	15	5	15	29

Did not play: Julian Reese, Malik Dia and Jaron Pierre Jr. (inactive - g league - two-way); AJ Johnson, DeAndre Jordan, Bryce McGowens and Trendon Watford (coach’s decision).

Team stats

Stat	Jazz	Pelicans
Field goals	41-8448.8%	44-8750.6%
3-pointers	13-3537.1%	8-2630.8%
Free throws	25-3375.8%	23-2785.2%
Rebounds	42	37
Offensive	14	9
Defensive	28	28
Assists	31	18
Steals	4	15
Blocks	5	5
Turnovers	18	15
Fouls	21	29
Bench points	40	58

PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.

Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	10-15	66.7%	67%
In the paint	17-28	60.7%	45%
Mid-range	1-6	16.7%	42%
Corner 3	4-10	40.0%	39%
Above-the-break 3	9-25	36.0%	35%

Jazz beat Pelicans in home opener

Best performances