LA Clippers 116, New Orleans Pelicans 113 — Recap

December 30, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): LA Clippers 116, New Orleans Pelicans 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAC 31-37 NOP; Q2 LAC 25-25 NOP; Q3 LAC 31-28 NOP; Q4 LAC 29-23 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Norman Powell (LAC) 35 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-27 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 threes on 12-of-25 shooting; James Harden (LAC) 27 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Ivica Zubac (LAC) 20 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists on 9-of-13 shooting; Herbert Jones (NOP) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

Norman Powell

35 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 13-27 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

33 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 8 3PM · 12-25 FG

Scoring · LAC

James Harden

27 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 6-14 FG

Season highs

Dejounte Murray · Season-high 10 reboundsCJ McCollum · Season-high 8 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAC	31	25	31	29		116
NOP	37	25	28	23		113

🧮 How They Scored

LACNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.7%Effective FG%61.2%

14.2%Turnover %14.6%

31.6%Offensive rebound %19.4%

0.318Free-throw rate0.184

Box Score

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell F-G	40	35	3	2	2	—	2	13-27	4-12	5-6	+3
James Harden G	36	27	2	4	1	—	7	6-14	5-10	10-12	+3
Ivica Zubac C	36	20	16	4	1	—	—	9-13	—	2-5	-4
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	32	11	3	2	2	1	1	5-11	1-6	—	+4
Kris Dunn G	32	7	3	6	2	1	2	3-7	1-5	—	-5
Amir Coffey G	21	6	3	—	—	—	1	1-3	0-1	4-4	—
Nicolas Batum F-G	20	3	5	2	3	—	1	1-1	1-1	—	+7
Kevin Porter Jr. G	16	5	2	4	—	—	2	2-9	1-2	—	+6

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dejounte Murray G	40	13	10	8	6	—	4	6-16	1-5	—	-2
CJ McCollum G	39	33	2	4	1	—	4	12-25	8-14	1-2	+6
Trey Murphy III F	38	18	4	6	3	—	2	6-10	4-7	2-2	-6
Yves Missi C	35	12	9	4	—	5	1	4-7	—	4-6	+1
Herbert Jones F	33	18	4	5	2	—	1	6-10	2-3	4-4	+7
Jordan Hawkins G	16	3	2	1	—	—	1	1-5	1-4	—	-7
Javonte Green G-F	15	7	1	1	1	—	1	3-3	1-1	—	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Norman Powell	Bench	40	35	59.0	32.3	+5.1	13.7
James Harden	Bench	36	27	70.0	31.0	+5.7	9.3
Ivica Zubac	Bench	36	20	65.8	17.4	-3.9	19.0
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	32	11	50.0	16.2	+6.3	6.7
Kris Dunn	Bench	32	7	50.0	11.8	-6.0	7.1
Amir Coffey	Bench	21	6	63.0	11.8	+2.8	3.8
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	16	5	27.8	27.5	+17.6	-1.3
Nicolas Batum	Bench	20	3	150.0	4.3	+28.2	11.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kobe Brown	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Miller	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Bench	39	33	63.8	34.9	+4.6	11.4
Herbert Jones	Bench	33	18	76.5	17.3	+8.7	12.8
Trey Murphy III	Bench	38	18	82.7	15.3	-7.8	13.7
Dejounte Murray	Bench	40	13	40.6	21.7	-2.4	10.7
Yves Missi	Bench	35	12	62.2	13.6	-0.2	12.0
Javonte Green	Bench	15	7	116.7	11.8	-21.9	9.4
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	16	3	30.0	17.1	-21.2	-1.5
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0