{"id":628381,"date":"2026-02-27T14:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/628381\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:39:18","slug":"pelicans-saddiq-bey-explodes-for-42-points-in-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/628381\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans&#8217; Saddiq Bey: Explodes for 42 points in victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"VideoPlayer-backgroundImage\" alt=\"default-cbs-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772061739_339_video-slate.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/NO\/new-orleans-pelicans\/\" aria-label=\"home team page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"TeamLogo-image\" alt=\"team logo\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.cbsimg.net\/fly\/images\/team-logos\/335.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/players\/3041123\/bey\/fantasy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bey<\/a> posted 42 points (14-20 FG, 5-9 3Pt, 9-9 FT), five rebounds and seven assists across 34 minutes during Thursday&#8217;s 129-118 win over the Jazz.<\/p>\n<p>Bey could do no wrong in the decisive win, proving to be an excellent replacement for Trey Murphy&#8217;s (shoulder) missing production. Bey has been a critical piece of the puzzle for the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/NO\/new-orleans-pelicans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pelicans<\/a> since the All-Star break, averaging 25.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists over the last four games.<\/p>\n<p>        More News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bey posted 42 points (14-20 FG, 5-9 3Pt, 9-9 FT), five rebounds and seven assists across 34 minutes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,2825,6,478,470,4073,4072,675,1020],"class_list":{"0":"post-628381","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-fantasy-basketball","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanspelicans","15":"tag-pelicans","16":"tag-saddiq-bey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116143114166650080","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628381","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=628381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}