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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 21 | 30 | 39 | 30 | 120 |
 Pelicans | 28 | 33 | 37 | 29 | 127 |
LACTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 46-9250.0% | 14-4233.3% | 14-1877.8% | 34 | 34 | 11 |
| NOP | 47-8555.3% | 17-3154.8% | 16-1888.9% | 46 | 34 | 19 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
New Orleans Pelicans127| 36 | 21 | 8-19 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 33 | 23 | 8-16 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | +5.9 | |||||||
| 33 | 22 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0 | +6 | +7.2 | |||||||
| 30 | 12 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +2.1 | |||||
| 26 | 9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | −4 | +0.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 14 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 22 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +16 | +0.2 | |||||||
| 20 | 15 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +10 | +7.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −2.8 | |||||
| Team | 127 | 47-8555.3% | 17-3154.8% | 46 | 34 | 19 | 16 | 16-1888.9% | 12 | 7 | 7 | |||
Bench 40 points on 15 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Keion Brooks Jr., Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and Antonio Reeves (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers120| 40 | 25 | 6-15 | 4-11 | 9-9 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +5.9 | ||||||
| 38 | 19 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | +7 | +8.3 | |||||||
| 36 | 29 | 12-20 | 4-8 | 1-3 | +1 | +7.6 | ||||||||
| 31 | 11 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 28 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-8 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 | −3.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 11 | 4-7 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0 | −2 | −1.7 | |||||||
| 20 | 9 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | +0.5 | ||||
| 16 | 8 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.3 | ||
| Team | 120 | 46-9250.0% | 14-4233.3% | 34 | 34 | 11 | 16 | 14-1877.8% | 11 | 10 | 8 | |||
Bench 28 points on 11 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Patty Mills and Jordan Miller (coach’s decision); Drew Eubanks (injury/illness).
Pelicans127Clippers120ClickTap 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.
Zion Williamson had 22 points (16 in the paint), 10 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists, his second career triple-double, and the New Orleans Pelicans went on a 9-0 run in the third quarter to beat the LA Clippers 127-120 to end a 4-game losing streak.
It was tied at 87 when Trey Murphy III’s 28-foot 3-pointer put the Pelicans ahead for good with 1:10 left in the third quarter. He made 2 3-pointers, both on passes from Williamson as they pulled away to a 96-87 lead with 30 seconds left in the quarter, and they led by as many as 17 in the fourth quarter.
The Clippers got within 119-116 on Kawhi Leonard’s driving layup with 1:15 to play, but Williamson answered with 2 free throws, and the Clippers got no closer.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Clippers 10-3. Williamson scored 6 of the Pelicans’ 10 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
CJ McCollum had 23 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), 7 assists and 3 steals, and Murphy added 21 points. The Pelicans had 3 20-point scorers and 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Clippers, Leonard had 29 points and 8 rebounds, and James Harden added 25 points and 17 assists. Ivica Zubac had 19 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks on 9 for 12 shooting.
The Pelicans shot 55.3% from the field and 54.8% from 3 to the Clippers’ 50.0% and 33.3%. The Clippers gave up 12 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Pelicans missed.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
111 points from the field on 85 shots: 17.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-27 | 74.1% | 66% |
| In the paint | 10-24 | 41.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 0-3 | 0.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-8 | 87.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-23 | 43.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Dunn | 16 | 0 | 0-0 | −5 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 13 | 3 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Nicolas Batum | 10 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 14 | 5-9 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Dunn | 14 | 2 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 14 | 4 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Ivica Zubac | 9 | 6 | 3-4 | +2 |
| Nicolas Batum | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 8 | 3-5 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 32 | 10 | 3-6 | 0 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 12 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Nicolas Batum | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Ivica Zubac | 7 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 23 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.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAC
50/50
NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
McCollum 28' 3PT Running Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Williamson 7 AST)
Q3 0:30
17.7%
73→91
Harden 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q3 3:02
13.7%
62→49
McCollum 25' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Missi 1 AST)
Q3 2:14
13.1%
47→60
Bogdanović 13' Driving Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Harden 14 AST)
Q3 0:06
11.7%
90→79
Alvarado 27' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Williamson 8 AST)
Q4 11:11
11.5%
82→93
