{"id":622420,"date":"2026-02-24T18:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/622420\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:37:21","slug":"is-dejounte-murray-returning-tonight-pelicans-vs-warriors-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/622420\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Dejounte Murray returning tonight? Pelicans vs. Warriors injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday evening, the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/new-orleans-pelicans\/what-pelicans-have-their-eye-on-james-borrego-makes-final-pitch-full-time-job\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans Pelicans will hit the floor<\/a> at home for a game against the Golden State Warriors. For the first time in over a year, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/new-orleans-pelicans\/pelicans-news-why-dejounte-murray-wants-return-now-despite-team-record\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dejounte Murray will be in the lineup<\/a> for the Pelicans, as he takes the floor for the first time since tearing his Achilles last season, his first in New Orleans. Here&#8217;s everything we know about Murray&#8217;s injury and his playing status vs the Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/lp\/nba\/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\">free trial<\/a>)*<\/p>\n<p>Dejounte Murray&#8217;s playing status vs the Warriors on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>It will certainly be a sight for sore eyes when Dejounte Murray <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2026-02-24_08_45AM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">takes the floor<\/a> on Tuesday against Golden State. It&#8217;s unclear at this point whether head coach James Borrego plans to start the point guard, but regardless, he is sure to get a big ovation from the fans at the Smoothie King Center whenever he does step onto the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trey Murphy III will be out for the Pelicans in this one due to a right shoulder contusion, while Yves Missi is also out with a left calf strain.<\/p>\n<p>For the Warriors, Stephen Curry will remain out of the lineup as he deals with a knee injury, while new trade acquisition Kristaps Porzingis is also out with an illness. Draymond Green and De&#8217;Anthony Melton are both questionable for the game.<\/p>\n<p>Murray was acquired by the Pelicans from the Atlanta Hawks in the summer of 2024 in exchange for a package centered around Dyson Daniels, who went on to win the Most Improved Player of the Year award in his first season in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Murray had a bit of a mixed bag of a tenure with New Orleans to open up last year before tearing his Achilles, but he is sure to provide a steady balance of playmaking and shot creation to a Pelicans team that desperately needs both.<\/p>\n<p>The Pelicans and Warriors are slated to tip off at 8:00 pm ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday evening, the New Orleans Pelicans will hit the floor at home for a game against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,2878,6,14502,478,470,4073,4072,675],"class_list":{"0":"post-622420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dejounte-murray","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-injury","12":"tag-new-orleans","13":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","14":"tag-neworleans","15":"tag-neworleanspelicans","16":"tag-pelicans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116127062189860749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622420","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=622420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}