Milwaukee Bucks @ New Orleans Pelicans
Friday, February 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22500807
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 38 27 31 22 118MIL 33 38 32 36 139
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Bucks beat Pelicans 139-118 for their 3rd straight victory and 6th in 7 games
NEW ORLEANS -- — Ryan Rollins made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks beat the New Orleans Pelicans 139-118 on Friday night for their third straight victory and sixth in seven games.
Playing without injured star Giannis Antetokounmpo , the Bucks pulled away in the fourth quarter to improve to 24-30. Antetokounmpo has been sidelined four weeks by a strained right calf.
Bucks newcomer Cam Thomas , a former LSU star, had 27 points in 21 minutes off the bench, and Kevin Porter added 25 points. Rollins was 7 of 10 on 3s and had six assists, four steals and two blocks. The Bucks were coming off a victory at defending champion Oklahoma City before the All-Star break.
Zion Williamson led New Orleans with 32 points in the first game of home back-to-back, while scoring leader Trey Murphy sat out because of a sore right shoulder. The Pelicans dropped to 15-42.
Rollins had 16 points in the first half to help Milwaukee take a 71-65 lead. Williamson had 21 points in the half.
The Bucks took a 103-96 advantage into the fourth. After the Pelicans cut it to 108-102 on Williamson’s layup, the Bucks pulled away with a 14-4 run. Pete Nance hit two 3s and a layup during the run.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NOPBM B. McGowens
DQ D. Queen
HJ H. Jones
JF J. Fears
JH J. Hawkins
JP J. Poole
KM K. Matković
MA Matkovic
SB S. Bey
ZW Z. Williamson
MILAG A. Green
AJ A. Jackson Jr.
BP B. Portis
CT C. Thomas
GT G. Trent Jr.
JS J. Sims
KK K. Kuzma
KP K. Porter Jr.
OD O. Dieng
PN P. Nance
RR R. Rollins
TA T. Antetokounmpo
NOP/MIL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur