Washington Wizards @ New Orleans Pelicans
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22500925
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 32 35 35 36 138WAS 35 30 28 25 118
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Murphy scores 24 as the Pelicans hand the Wizards their 8th straight loss, 138-118
NEW ORLEANS -- — Trey Murphy III scored 24 points, Saddiq Bey added 23 against his former team and the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the reeling Wizards 138-118 on Sunday night to extend Washington's losing streak to eight games.
Zion Williamson had 20 points and Dejounte Murray provided 19 for the Pelicans, who outscored Washington 72-44 in the paint.
Trae Young , playing his second game for the Wizards since being traded by Atlanta, had 17 points and eight assists in 18 minutes on the court. It was his 12th game all season.
Wizards rookie Tre Johnson scored 20 points — his fourth time reaching that total. Will Riley added 19.
New Orleans held a 67-65 lead after a tight first half, during which Washington made 10 3-pointers.
The Wizards trailed by four after Jaden Hardy 's driving floater made it 95-91. But the Pelicans pulled away from there, starting with a 12-4 surge capped by a 3 from rookie Jeremiah Fears .
Drafted seventh overall last summer, Fears finished with 18 points and seven assists in 24 minutes off the bench. Fellow rookie Derik Queen scored 13 points.
The Pelicans won for the sixth time in nine games and matched last season's victory total of 21. Since starting 10-36, New Orleans has won 11 of 20.
Julian Reese , the brother of former LSU star Angel Reese, grabbed nine rebounds for the Wizards.
Up next Wizards: Visit the Miami Heat on Tuesday night.
Pelicans: Host the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.
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This story has been corrected to show the Pelicans have won six of nine, not eight of 11.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
WASAG A. Gill
AS A. Sarr
BC B. Carrington
BC B. Coulibaly
JH J. Hardy
JR J. Reese
LB L. Black
SC S. Cooper
TJ T. Johnson
TY T. Young
WR W. Riley
NOPBM B. McGowens
DJ D. Jordan
DM D. Murray
DQ D. Queen
HJ H. Jones
JF J. Fears
JH J. Hawkins
KM K. Matković
MP M. Peavy
SB S. Bey
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
ZW Z. Williamson
WAS/NOP 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