Who won New Orleans Pelicans vs Philadelphia 76ers?

The Philadelphia 76ers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-114 on January 31, 2026.

Saddiq Bey scored 34 for the New Orleans Pelicans; Joel Embiid scored 40 for the Philadelphia 76ers with 11 rebounds.

New Orleans Pelicans at Philadelphia 76ers

2025-26 · Regular season Sat, Jan 31, 2026 · 7:30 pm EST · All results that day · New Orleans Pelicans vs Philadelphia 76ers head-to-head · New Orleans Pelicans schedule · Philadelphia 76ers schedule

Final

Away

Philadelphia 76ers

124

Venue: Wells Fargo Center

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Philadelphia 76ers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-114 at home on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at Wells Fargo Center. Joel Embiid had 40 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists for the Philadelphia 76ers. Saddiq Bey had 34 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists for the New Orleans Pelicans.

The Philadelphia 76ers led 67-54 at halftime and held on in the second half. Their best stretch was the second quarter, won 36-21. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Joel Embiid (double-double, Philadelphia 76ers), Kelly Oubre Jr. (double-double, Philadelphia 76ers). Bench points: New Orleans Pelicans 36, Philadelphia 76ers 24. Kelly Oubre Jr. had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:14 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won New Orleans Pelicans vs Philadelphia 76ers?: The Philadelphia 76ers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-114 on January 31, 2026.
Who led the scoring?: Saddiq Bey scored 34 for the New Orleans Pelicans; Joel Embiid scored 40 for the Philadelphia 76ers with 11 rebounds.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
New Orleans Pelicans	33	21	27	33	114
Philadelphia 76ers	31	36	20	37	124

Game leaders

New Orleans Pelicans

Points: 34 Saddiq Bey
Rebounds: 9 Trey Murphy III
Assists: 5 Herbert Jones

Philadelphia 76ers

Points: 40 Joel Embiid
Rebounds: 11 Joel Embiid
Assists: 8 Tyrese Maxey

Joel Embiid double-double (40 PTS, 11 REB) · Kelly Oubre Jr. double-double (19 PTS, 10 REB)

New Orleans Pelicans
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Trey Murphy III starter	37:50	19	9	2	0	1	0	8-21	3-11	0-0	2	-7
Saddiq Bey starter	31:41	34	6	3	0	0	1	12-19	4-7	6-6	1	-8
Herbert Jones starter	30:41	5	1	5	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	-13
Zion Williamson starter	29:51	11	5	2	0	2	2	2-6	0-0	7-9	1	-17
Derik Queen starter	18:43	9	6	2	0	1	3	3-8	1-1	2-2	3	-10
Yves Missi bench	27:59	7	8	3	0	4	0	3-8	0-0	1-2	2	+4
Jeremiah Fears bench	21:21	12	4	1	2	1	0	4-12	2-4	2-2	2	+7
Jose Alvarado bench	17:36	10	2	3	1	0	0	3-8	3-8	1-1	2	-10
Karlo Matkovic bench	15:38	2	5	1	2	2	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	+8
Micah Peavy bench	8:40	5	0	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	-4

Not available: Dejounte Murray

Philadelphia 76ers
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Joel Embiid starter	39:01	40	11	4	1	2	5	13-27	3-5	11-14	2	+16
VJ Edgecombe starter	37:07	15	3	5	1	0	1	6-10	2-5	1-1	1	+7
Tyrese Maxey starter	35:15	18	5	8	1	0	1	7-18	4-9	0-0	3	+5
Kelly Oubre Jr. starter	30:15	19	10	4	0	0	0	7-13	3-7	2-4	4	+11
Dominick Barlow starter	28:13	8	3	0	2	0	0	3-4	0-1	2-2	0	+14
Trendon Watford bench	16:47	5	6	4	0	0	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	3	-2
Jared McCain bench	16:39	12	2	1	0	0	0	4-7	4-6	0-0	3	+4
Quentin Grimes bench	15:50	4	4	2	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	-3
Adem Bona bench	12:45	3	6	0	0	2	2	1-5	0-0	1-2	1	-2
Jabari Walker bench	8:08	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	+0

Not available: Andre Drummond, MarJon Beauchamp

Team statistics
New Orleans Pelicans	Stat	Philadelphia 76ers
19/22 (86%)	Free throws	17/23 (73%)
25/56 (44%)	2 pointers	28/58 (48%)
15/36 (41%)	3 pointers	17/36 (47%)
40/92 (43%)	Field goals	45/94 (47%)
46	Rebounds	52
35	Defensive rebounds	40
11	Offensive rebounds	12
23	Assists	28
10	Turnovers	9
5	Steals	5
11	Blocks	4
16	Fouls	17
8	Max points in a row	8
9:22	Time spent in lead	32:53
6	Biggest lead	15

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Philadelphia 76ers ahead)

Largest margin: 14 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 12
Times tied: 10
Largest lead · New Orleans Pelicans: 6 Q1 8:39
Largest lead · Philadelphia 76ers: 15 Q2 0:32
Longest run: 8-0 Philadelphia 76ers · Q2 2:15 to Q2 0:32

Scoring plays

Q1 · 31 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
11:48	Philadelphia 76ers	Tyrese Maxey 2-pt field goal	0	2
11:37	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 2-pt field goal	2	2
11:29	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	2	4
11:08	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	4	4
10:51	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	4	6
10:14	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 3-pt field goal	7	6
9:56	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	8	6
9:56	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	9	6
9:36	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	9	8
9:13	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	11	8
8:39	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	14	8
8:21	Philadelphia 76ers	VJ Edgecombe 3-pt field goal	14	11
8:09	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	16	11
7:58	Philadelphia 76ers	Dominick Barlow 2-pt field goal	16	13
7:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	17	13
7:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	18	13
7:25	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	18	15
6:47	Philadelphia 76ers	VJ Edgecombe 2-pt field goal	18	17
5:53	Philadelphia 76ers	Tyrese Maxey 3-pt field goal	18	20
5:39	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	20	20
5:08	Philadelphia 76ers	Kelly Oubre Jr. 3-pt field goal	20	23
4:33	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	22	23
3:57	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	24	23
3:43	Philadelphia 76ers	Kelly Oubre Jr. Free throw	24	24
3:43	Philadelphia 76ers	Kelly Oubre Jr. Free throw	24	25
3:24	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	27	25
2:27	Philadelphia 76ers	Quentin Grimes 2-pt field goal	27	27
1:00	Philadelphia 76ers	Tyrese Maxey 3-pt field goal	27	30
0:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	30	30
0:46	Philadelphia 76ers	Adem Bona Free throw	30	31
0:27	New Orleans Pelicans	Micah Peavy 3-pt field goal	33	31

Q2 · 34 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
11:01	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	33	32
11:01	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	33	33
10:06	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi Free throw	34	33
9:47	Philadelphia 76ers	Trendon Watford 2-pt field goal	34	35
9:35	New Orleans Pelicans	Micah Peavy 2-pt field goal	36	35
8:36	Philadelphia 76ers	Trendon Watford 3-pt field goal	36	38
8:23	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	38	38
7:53	Philadelphia 76ers	Jared McCain 3-pt field goal	38	41
7:19	Philadelphia 76ers	Dominick Barlow Free throw	38	42
7:19	Philadelphia 76ers	Dominick Barlow Free throw	38	43
6:46	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	38	45
6:00	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	39	45
6:00	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	40	45
5:02	Philadelphia 76ers	Kelly Oubre Jr. 2-pt field goal	40	47
4:47	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 3-pt field goal	43	47
4:27	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	43	48
4:27	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	43	49
4:09	Philadelphia 76ers	Dominick Barlow 2-pt field goal	43	51
3:57	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	45	51
3:46	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	45	53
3:46	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	45	54
3:23	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 3-pt field goal	48	54
3:10	Philadelphia 76ers	Jared McCain 3-pt field goal	48	57
3:01	New Orleans Pelicans	Karlo Matkovic 2-pt field goal	50	57
2:45	Philadelphia 76ers	Kelly Oubre Jr. 2-pt field goal	50	59
2:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	51	59
2:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	52	59
2:15	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	52	60
2:15	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	52	61
1:40	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	52	62
1:40	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	52	63
1:01	Philadelphia 76ers	Kelly Oubre Jr. 2-pt field goal	52	65
0:32	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	52	67
0:21	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	54	67

Q3 · 22 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
11:29	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 3-pt field goal	57	67
11:01	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	59	67
10:42	Philadelphia 76ers	Kelly Oubre Jr. 3-pt field goal	59	70
9:56	Philadelphia 76ers	Kelly Oubre Jr. 3-pt field goal	59	73
7:30	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	62	73
7:02	Philadelphia 76ers	VJ Edgecombe 2-pt field goal	62	75
7:02	Philadelphia 76ers	VJ Edgecombe Free throw	62	76
6:46	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	64	76
6:07	Philadelphia 76ers	Tyrese Maxey 2-pt field goal	64	78
5:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 3-pt field goal	67	78
5:23	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	69	78
5:09	Philadelphia 76ers	Kelly Oubre Jr. 2-pt field goal	69	80
4:57	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	71	80
3:59	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	74	80
3:40	Philadelphia 76ers	Adem Bona 2-pt field goal	74	82
2:53	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	76	82
1:32	Philadelphia 76ers	Tyrese Maxey 3-pt field goal	76	85
1:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	78	85
1:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	79	85
1:01	Philadelphia 76ers	Tyrese Maxey 2-pt field goal	79	87
0:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	80	87
0:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	81	87

Q4 · 34 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
11:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 3-pt field goal	84	87
11:15	Philadelphia 76ers	Jared McCain 3-pt field goal	84	90
10:54	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	85	90
10:54	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	86	90
10:28	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	88	90
10:10	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 3-pt field goal	88	93
9:50	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	90	93
9:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	91	93
9:12	Philadelphia 76ers	Jared McCain 3-pt field goal	91	96
8:53	Philadelphia 76ers	Quentin Grimes 2-pt field goal	91	98
8:39	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	93	98
7:58	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado Free throw	94	98
7:58	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	95	98
7:58	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	96	98
7:48	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	96	100
7:34	Philadelphia 76ers	VJ Edgecombe 2-pt field goal	96	102
7:24	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 3-pt field goal	99	102
7:03	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	99	104
6:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 3-pt field goal	102	104
6:30	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 3-pt field goal	105	104
6:00	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	107	104
5:38	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 3-pt field goal	107	107
5:18	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	109	107
5:03	Philadelphia 76ers	VJ Edgecombe 2-pt field goal	109	109
3:48	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 2-pt field goal	109	111
2:36	Philadelphia 76ers	Dominick Barlow 2-pt field goal	109	113
1:50	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	109	114
1:37	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	111	114
1:18	Philadelphia 76ers	Tyrese Maxey 3-pt field goal	111	117
1:12	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	113	117
0:52	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid 3-pt field goal	113	120
0:23	Philadelphia 76ers	VJ Edgecombe 3-pt field goal	113	123
0:20	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	114	123
0:12	Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid Free throw	114	124

2025-26 season series

After this game: Philadelphia 76ers 1-0. Final series: tied 1-1.

Jan 31: New Orleans Pelicans 114 at Philadelphia 76ers 124 (this game)
Feb 21: Philadelphia 76ers 111 at New Orleans Pelicans 126

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