{"id":537286,"date":"2026-01-15T01:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/537286\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:41:43","slug":"final-injury-report-for-nets-pelicans-will-herb-jones-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/537286\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Injury Report for Nets-Pelicans, Will Herb Jones Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> are at home on Wednesday night as they host the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> in an interconference matchup.<\/p>\n

New Orleans enters Wednesday\u2019s game with a 9-33 record after losing at home to the Denver Nuggets<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III (25)Stephen Lew-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

In Tuesday\u2019s loss to the Nuggets, Trey Murphy III led the way for the Pelicans as he recorded 31 points and five rebounds while Saddiq Bey added 17 points and four rebounds of his own.<\/p>\n

Now New Orleans will try to bounce back at home on Wednesday as they face off against a struggling Nets team.<\/p>\n

On the other side, Brooklyn enters Wednesday\u2019s contest with an 11-26 record after losing on the road to the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. (17)Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr. led the way for the Nets in Monday\u2019s loss as he ended the game with 28 points and nine rebounds while Day\u2019Ron Sharpe recorded 14 points and 12 rebounds off the bench.<\/p>\n

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While both teams are looking to pick up a victory in Wednesday night\u2019s matchup, both squads may be without some of their key players due to injuries.<\/p>\n

Nets Injury Report, Will Ziaire Williams Play?<\/p>\n

For the Nets, they have two players listed on their injury report for Wednesday, including forward Ziaire Williams.<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Nets forward Ziaire Williams (8)Daniel Kucin Jr&period;-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Brooklyn has ruled out Williams due to an illness as he will miss his third consecutive contest due to the illness and his fourth overall after falling out of the rotation.<\/p>\n

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The Nets have also ruled out Haywood Highsmith as he remains sidelined while recovering from right knee surgery.<\/p>\n

Pelicans Injury Report, Will Herb Jones Play?<\/p>\n

On the other side, the Pelicans have three players listed on their injury report<\/a>, including Herb Jones.<\/p>\n

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New Orleans has ruled out Jones due to a right ankle sprain as he will miss his fifth consecutive contest.<\/p>\n

With Jones still sidelined, Jordan Hawkins and Bey could both continue to have larger roles for the Pelicans.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford (21) celebrates a dunk next to New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado (15)\u00a9 Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Pelicans have also ruled out Jose Alvarado and Dejounte Murray as they both remain sidelined while recovering from injuries.<\/p>\n

Fans can catch Wednesday night\u2019s matchup between the Nets and Pelicans from New Orleans at 8:00 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jan 14, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Orleans Pelicans are at home on Wednesday night as they host the Brooklyn Nets in an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,149,2619,2878,187,2293,4202,5316,11053,562,6,671,478,470,1020,4439,6514,9753,4610],"class_list":{"0":"post-537286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklynnets","12":"tag-dallas-mavericks","13":"tag-daniel-gafford","14":"tag-dejounte-murray","15":"tag-denver-nuggets","16":"tag-haywood-highsmith","17":"tag-herb-jones","18":"tag-jordan-hawkins","19":"tag-jose-alvarado","20":"tag-michael-porter-jr","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-nets","23":"tag-new-orleans","24":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","25":"tag-saddiq-bey","26":"tag-the-pelicans","27":"tag-trey-murphy-iii","28":"tag-wednesday-night","29":"tag-ziaire-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115896575702882941","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}