Derik Queen had a historic night, Trey Murphy III scored 32 points and Herb Jones flourished in his return from injury.

But even all of that couldn’t prevent yet another loss for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Queen had the first triple-double for a Pelican this season, finishing with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming the first rookie in NBA history to have at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and four blocks in a game.

“The stats are cool,” Queen said, “but I just want to win.”

New Orleans (3-21), which faces the Portland Trail Blazers at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Smoothie King Center, hasn’t won any of its last seven games.

Queen could have made his night even more memorable, but he missed a 3-pointer with the Pelicans trailing by one point with 3.8 seconds left.

“It was a special performance,” Pelicans interim head coach James Borrego said. “To have that poise at that age (20) is special.”

Jones returned from an eight-game absence due to a strained right calf and contributed 17 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals in 26 minutes.

“We sorely missed him,” Murphy said of Jones.

Though even Jones, a former first-team all-defense selection, couldn’t single-handedly fix New Orleans’ leaky defense, his return was still significant.

“Herb doesn’t ease his way into stuff,” Borrego said afterward. “He only knows one way to play. He had us all energized and focused. Just having his spirit back was a huge lift for us.”

Saddiq Bey added 17 points and had a chance to force overtime at the buzzer, but his 3-pointer bounced off the rim. Jose Alvarado had 10 points and New Orleans overcame a 25-point first-half deficit, largely because it had its highest-scoring quarter of the season when it outscored San Antonio 45-23 in the third.

Spurs leading scorer and leading rebounder Victor Wembanyama missed his 11th consecutive game because of a strained left calf, but San Antonio (15-7) had plenty of firepower.

Harrison Barnes scored 24 points, Dylan Harper had 22, Stephon Castle added 18, Julian Champagnie scored 17, De’Aaron Fox had 14, Keldon Johnson 12 and former Pelican Kelly Olynyk 11.

The Spurs made 17-of-36 3-pointers and the Pelicans made 7 of 26, continuing a trend of opponents being more prolific behind the arc than the Pelicans. Borrego said his team has to find ways to make up for that and New Orleans outscored San Antonio in the paint, 84-62, and had 35 assists on 51 field goals.

“The ball was moving in the second half,” Borrego said.

The second half was much different than the first half.

Jones had three points and an assist and Queen added six points as New Orleans scored the first 11 points of the third quarter to trim the Spurs’ lead to 77-68.

Barnes made a layup for San Antonio’s first points, but Queen scored 10 more to help the Pelicans inch in front, 91-90.

The score was tied four times before Queen made two free throws for the last of his 21 points in the quarter to give New Orleans a 102-100 lead entering the fourth quarter.

Jones scored the Pelicans’ first six points of the fourth to help them take a 109-107 lead, but New Orleans went 4½ minutes without making a field goal and San Antonio took a 117-110 lead midway through the period.

Murphy made a dunk and a 3-pointer to give New Orleans a 130-129 lead and the lead changed hands three times, the last on Castle’s drive with 9.1 seconds left.

After a timeout the Pelicans inbounded to Alvarado, who drove to the basket and kicked back to Queen, who missed his only 3-point attempt in the game. Fox made two free throws before Bey’s miss at the buzzer.

Alvarado made a 3-pointer to pull the Pelicans within 26-23 before Champagnie made consecutive 3-pointers, Fox added one and San Antonio took its biggest lead, 35-25, at the end of the period.

Champagnie and Fox continued the hot shooting by making consecutive 3-pointers to start the second-quarter scoring. Micah Peavy’s dunk provided the Pelicans’ first points, but Barnes scored eight and Harper had seven of the 11 he would score in the period and San Antonio took its biggest lead of the half, 68-43.

New Orleans crept within 17 points twice before the Spurs held a 77-57 halftime lead.