New Orleans Pelicans @ Utah Jazz
Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 9:00 PM ET
Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT | Game ID: 22500856
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
UTA 38 23 27 30 118NOP 37 41 25 26 129
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Bey scores 42 points, Pelicans beat Jazz 129-118 to open 2-game set in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY -- — Saddiq Bey scored 42 points, Zion Williamson had 20 and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Utah Jazz 129-118 on Thursday night to open a two-game set.
The teams will meet again in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. The Pelicans, who opened a six-game trip, have won three straight and five of seven to improve to 18-42.
Bey was 14 of 20 from the field, making 5 of 9 3-pointers, and hit all nine of his free throws. Williamson was 9 of 14 from the floor.
Pelicans point guard Dejounte Murray added 17 points and nine assists in his second straight game after missing more than a year because of a torn right Achilles.
Ace Bailey led Utah with 23 points, and Brice Sensabaugh had 20. The short-handed Jazz have lost four straight to fall to 18-41.
Utah star Lauri Markkanen was injured in practice Wednesday, and was held out of the game because of a sprained right ankle and right hip impingement.
Starters Jaren Jackson Jr . and Jusuf Nurkic were shut down for the season following surgeries, and Utah lost Vince Williams Jr . to a torn ACL on Monday night in a loss at Houston.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
UTAAB A. Bailey
BH B. Hinson
BS B. Sensabaugh
CW C. Williams
EH E. Harkless
IC I. Collier
JK J. Konchar
KF K. Filipowski
KL K. Love
OT O. Tshiebwe
SM S. Mykhailiuk
NOPBM B. McGowens
DJ D. Jordan
DM D. Murray
DQ D. Queen
HJ H. Jones
JF J. Fears
JP J. Poole
KM K. Matković
SB S. Bey
ZW Z. Williamson
UTA/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