LA Clippers 120, New Orleans Pelicans 127 — Recap

March 11, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): LA Clippers 120, New Orleans Pelicans 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAC 21-28 NOP; Q2 LAC 30-33 NOP; Q3 LAC 39-37 NOP; Q4 LAC 30-29 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 29 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; James Harden (LAC) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 17 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 22 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists on 8-of-13 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

29 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · LAC

James Harden

25 PTS, 4 REB, 17 AST, 4 3PM · 6-15 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

23 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 8-16 FG

Season highs

Zion Williamson · Season-high 12 assists

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	21	30	39	30		120
NOP	28	33	37	29		127

🧮 How They Scored

LACNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.6%Effective FG%66.9%

9.9%Turnover %17.3%

28.2%Offensive rebound %32.4%

0.196Free-throw rate0.217

Box Score

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	40	25	4	17	2	—	6	6-15	4-11	9-9	+5
Ivica Zubac C	38	19	11	5	—	4	1	9-12	—	1-2	+7
Kawhi Leonard F	36	29	8	3	2	1	1	12-20	4-8	1-3	+1
Kris Dunn G	31	11	3	5	3	—	1	5-11	1-2	—	+4
Nicolas Batum F-G	28	8	2	—	1	2	—	3-9	2-8	—	-2
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	26	11	3	1	—	1	1	4-7	1-4	2-3	-2
Amir Coffey G	20	9	1	1	2	—	—	4-8	1-4	—	-20
Bogdan Bogdanovic G	16	8	2	1	—	—	1	3-9	1-4	1-1	-19
Kobe Brown F	4	—	—	1	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-9

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	36	21	4	3	2	—	3	8-19	3-7	2-2	+2
CJ McCollum G	33	23	3	7	3	—	3	8-16	5-9	2-2	+8
Zion Williamson F	33	22	10	12	—	1	5	8-13	—	6-6	+6
Bruce Brown G	30	12	5	5	—	—	—	5-9	1-2	1-1	-6
Yves Missi C	26	9	8	1	—	2	3	3-6	—	3-5	-4
Jose Alvarado G	25	14	2	4	2	—	4	5-6	4-5	—	+1
Jordan Hawkins G	22	11	3	1	—	1	1	4-7	3-5	—	+16
Karlo Matkovic F-C	20	15	4	1	—	2	—	6-7	1-1	2-2	+10

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Bench	36	29	68.0	25.9	-0.3	15.2
James Harden	Bench	40	25	65.9	27.2	+3.0	13.8
Ivica Zubac	Bench	38	19	73.8	15.7	+7.3	13.3
Kris Dunn	Bench	31	11	50.0	17.1	+9.8	6.8
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	26	11	66.1	14.1	-11.2	5.6
Amir Coffey	Bench	20	9	56.3	17.4	-59.5	9.0
Nicolas Batum	Bench	28	8	44.4	13.6	-5.4	2.8
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	16	8	42.4	24.4	-63.3	2.3
Drew Eubanks	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kobe Brown	Bench	4	—	0.0	10.0	-91.7	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	33	23	68.1	24.1	+12.9	11.3
Zion Williamson	Bench	33	22	70.3	26.9	+10.3	17.8
Trey Murphy III	Bench	36	21	52.8	25.8	+5.8	7.2
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	20	15	95.2	18.6	+32.4	17.3
Jose Alvarado	Bench	25	14	116.7	18.9	+4.7	13.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	30	12	63.6	12.2	-7.6	10.6
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	22	11	78.6	16.0	+38.8	6.5
Yves Missi	Bench	26	9	54.9	15.9	-9.0	5.6
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0