LA Clippers 109, New Orleans Pelicans 124 — Recap

March 18, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): LA Clippers 109, New Orleans Pelicans 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAC 40-26 NOP; Q2 LAC 20-34 NOP; Q3 LAC 25-36 NOP; Q4 LAC 24-28 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Saddiq Bey (NOP) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; John Collins (LAC) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-of-11 shooting; Dejounte Murray (NOP) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

25 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 9-12 FG

Scoring · NOP

Saddiq Bey

25 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · NOP

Trey Murphy III

23 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 7-17 FG

Season highs

Dejounte Murray · Season-high 11 assists

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

📊 Game Flow

LAC 18 largest lead Q1 2:29 (LAC 36, NOP 18) · 12-0 run, Q1 8:28–Q1 6:16

NOP 20 largest lead Q4 3:53 (LAC 101, NOP 121) · 12-0 run, Q4 6:12–Q4 3:53

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Saddiq Bey makes two point shot (Q3 10:51, LAC 60, NOP 62).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAC	40	20	25	24		109
NOP	26	34	36	28		124

🧮 How They Scored

LACNOP

64Points in the paint54

9Fast-break points22

14Second-chance points18

23Points off turnovers23

38Bench points38

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.3%Effective FG%62.7%

13.8%Turnover %16.3%

34.1%Offensive rebound %37.1%

0.148Free-throw rate0.253

Box Score

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brook Lopez C	31	11	5	4	0	0	0	5-12	0-3	1-2	-14
Kawhi Leonard F	29	25	8	1	2	0	4	9-12	4-6	3-3	-10
Darius Garland G	29	13	1	6	1	0	0	6-12	1-3	0-0	-11
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	29	4	2	3	2	0	1	2-6	0-3	0-2	-2
Kris Dunn G	26	6	1	3	1	0	2	2-6	2-4	0-0	-11
John Collins F-C	24	18	7	2	0	1	1	6-11	0-3	6-6	+1
Jordan Miller G	23	13	3	1	2	0	1	6-10	1-2	0-0	-15
Isaiah Jackson F	19	10	6	1	1	1	4	5-7	0-0	0-0	-9
Kobe Sanders G	15	3	2	2	0	0	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-7
Cam Christie G	5	4	0	0	1	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Sean Pedulla G	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+1
Bogdan Bogdanovic G	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	40	23	7	5	3	1	1	7-17	4-12	5-6	+9
Saddiq Bey F	35	25	5	4	2	0	2	10-21	5-10	0-0	+19
Dejounte Murray G	30	17	4	11	1	0	6	7-12	3-7	0-0	+9
Zion Williamson F	28	14	4	3	0	1	2	6-8	0-0	2-2	+11
Herbert Jones F	26	7	3	3	5	0	2	2-4	1-2	2-2	+3
Karlo Matkovic F-C	25	9	8	0	0	1	1	4-8	1-3	0-0	+21
Derik Queen C	19	14	2	2	1	0	0	2-4	1-1	9-9	+4
Yves Missi C	19	4	6	1	0	3	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-7
Jeremiah Fears G	18	11	1	3	0	0	3	4-6	1-2	2-2	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	29	25	93.8	27.0	-17.2	20.4
John Collins	Starter	24	18	66.0	28.0	+7.6	13.7
Darius Garland	Starter	29	13	54.2	18.2	-16.7	10.3
Brook Lopez	Starter	31	11	42.7	18.1	-24.4	6.3
Derrick Jones Jr.	Starter	29	4	29.1	12.3	-5.6	0.4
Jordan Miller	Bench	23	13	65.0	19.0	-28.4	11.2
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	19	10	71.4	21.6	-25.0	7.7
Kris Dunn	Bench	26	6	50.0	12.3	-22.9	0.8
Cam Christie	Bench	5	4	100.0	25.0	+2.2	25.8
Kobe Sanders	Bench	15	3	25.0	17.5	-28.4	0.0
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	+2.2	6.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Saddiq Bey	Starter	35	25	59.5	26.1	+25.2	12.3
Trey Murphy III	Starter	40	23	58.6	22.8	+11.1	12.0
Dejounte Murray	Starter	30	17	70.8	26.5	+14.8	13.7
Zion Williamson	Starter	28	14	78.8	15.9	+17.8	10.9
Herbert Jones	Starter	26	7	71.7	11.9	+3.5	8.8
Derik Queen	Bench	19	14	87.9	15.4	+10.0	16.8
Jeremiah Fears	Bench	18	11	79.9	20.4	+13.1	11.9
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	25	9	56.3	14.8	+42.0	8.4
Yves Missi	Bench	19	4	66.7	8.7	-23.9	11.4
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Poole	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Micah Peavy	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0