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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 35 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 121 |
 Clippers | 27 | 25 | 30 | 34 | 116 |
NOPTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 46-10344.7% | 13-3043.3% | 16-1888.9% | 51 | 39 | 8 |
| LAC | 46-9946.5% | 7-2725.9% | 17-2665.4% | 57 | 25 | 13 |
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New Orleans Pelicans121| 37 | 41 | 17-31 | 4-7 | 3-3 | +3 | +14.1 | ||||||||
| 36 | 19 | 7-22 | 2-3 | 3-3 | +17 | +4.5 | ||||||||
| 35 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0 | +24 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-10 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +7.0 | |||||
| 21 | 9 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | +22 | +4.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 9 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −3.1 | |||||
| 25 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −2.4 | |||||
| 25 | 13 | 4-12 | 3-9 | 0 | 2-2 | −10 | +3.0 | |||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +0.4 | ||||
| Team | 121 | 46-10344.7% | 13-3043.3% | 51 | 39 | 8 | 20 | 16-1888.9% | 9 | 11 | 12 | |||
Bench 29 points on 9 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Walt Lemon Jr. and DeAndre Liggins (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers116| 40 | 11 | 5-14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −8.6 | ||||||
| 38 | 27 | 11-24 | 3-10 | 0 | 2-2 | −11 | +4.8 | |||||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | −21 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 27 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −26 | −2.7 | ||||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.8 | ||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 27 | 9-21 | 2-7 | 7-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +27 | +0.4 | |||||
| 31 | 26, Season high (his best before, 25) | 11-17 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0 | +16 | +7.4 | |||||||
| 28 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +7 | −0.1 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.6 | |
| Team | 116 | 46-9946.5% | 7-2725.9% | 57 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 17-2665.4% | 10 | 5 | 2 | |||
Bench 59 points on 22 for 43 shooting
Did not play: Avery Bradley and Danilo Gallinari (injury/illness); Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
Pelicans121Clippers116ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Anthony Davis had 41 points (19 in the third quarter) and 13 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans closed the fourth quarter on a 12-3 run to beat the LA Clippers 121-116 for their ninth straight win.
The Clippers went on a 25-9 run to lead 113-109 with 2:05 left in the fourth quarter. Davis’ 12-foot turnaround jumper put the Pelicans ahead for good with 31 seconds left. He scored 8 points during the run.
The Clippers had the ball down 2 with 30 seconds left, but Jrue Holiday stole the ball from Lou Williams, lifting the Pelicans’ chance to win from 76% to 80%. A basket would have tied the game.
Davis’ 2 free throws with 5.4 seconds left made it 121-116 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Clippers 15-12. Davis (No. 6 in clutch points, 2017-18) scored 8 of the Pelicans’ 15 on 3 for 4 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Holiday had 19 points and a season-high 17 assists but shot 7 for 22. Holiday assisted on 10 of Davis’ 17 baskets, 2 of them during the 12-3 run.
For the Clippers, Tobias Harris had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Williams added 27 points and 11 assists off the bench. Montrezl Harrell had a season-high 26 points (22 in the paint) and 8 rebounds off the bench. DeAndre Jordan had 10 points and 20 rebounds. Williams scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter. The Clippers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Clippers forced 8 turnovers, about 8 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Pelicans 59-29 off the bench. The Clippers outscored the Pelicans 39-17 in 13 minutes with Williams, Harris, Rivers, Harrell and Thornwell on the floor together.
New Orleans PelicansLA ClippersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Pelicans’ chance bottomed out at 15% (4th quarter, 2:05 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
105 points from the field on 103 shots: 2.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-24 | 58.3% | 63% |
| In the paint | 7-23 | 30.4% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 12-26 | 46.2% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-25 | 44.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Jordan | 29 | 8 | 3-11 | −2 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 23 | 11 | 5-9 | +3 |
| Tobias Harris | 15 | 10 | 5-6 | +5 |
| Austin Rivers | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 3-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 41 points on 86 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Rivers | 42 | 7 | 2-5 | −4 |
| Tobias Harris | 13 | 9 | 4-7 | +6 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 8 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Lou Williams | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 3 | 1-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milos Teodosic | 19 | 8 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 13 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Austin Rivers | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Tobias Harris | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 10 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
LAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
LAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Davis 12' Turnaround Jump Shot (39 PTS) (Holiday 17 AST)
Q4 0:31
30.7%
55→24
Harrell 1' Cutting Layup Shot (25 PTS) (Williams 11 AST)
Q4 2:22
19.1%
43→62
Harris 9' Turnaround Jump Shot (27 PTS) (Rivers 2 AST)
Q4 3:23
17.6%
37→55
Davis 10' Jump Bank Shot (37 PTS) (Moore 5 AST)
Q4 1:16
16.3%
73→56
Williams 26' 3PT Jump Shot (27 PTS) (Harrell 2 AST)
Q4 0:12
16.3%
4→21
