New Orleans Pelicans 124, LA Clippers 126 — Recap

October 31, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 124, LA Clippers 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 28-26 LAC; Q2 NOP 31-41 LAC; Q3 NOP 25-27 LAC; Q4 NOP 40-32 LAC.

Top performers (box score): Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 34 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Jordan Poole (NOP) 30 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 29 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; James Harden (LAC) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

34 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 11-16 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jordan Poole

30 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 7 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

29 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 9-17 FG

Season highs

Kawhi Leonard · Season-high 34 pointsJordan Poole · Season-high 30 pointsZion Williamson · Season-high 29 pointsJames Harden · Season-high 14 assistsJeremiah Fears · Season-high 8 assistsJordan Poole · Season-high 7 threesKawhi Leonard · Season-high 5 threesTrey Murphy III · Season-high 5 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
NOP	28	31	25	40		124
LAC	26	41	27	32		126

🧮 How They Scored

NOPLAC

44Points in the paint56

15Fast-break points20

21Second-chance points10

17Points off turnovers23

48Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.0%Effective FG%60.1%

13.5%Turnover %10.9%

30.8%Offensive rebound %24.4%

0.349Free-throw rate0.236

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	34	17	5	6	2	0	1	6-14	5-10	0-0	-3
Jordan Poole G	33	30	2	2	0	1	5	9-15	7-13	5-5	+1
Zion Williamson F	33	29	6	3	0	0	3	9-17	0-0	11-13	-5
Herbert Jones F	30	11	4	4	1	0	2	4-5	3-4	0-0	-5
Jeremiah Fears G	29	13	4	8	4	0	0	4-14	2-5	3-3	+4
Yves Missi C	28	6	9	3	0	1	3	3-4	0-0	0-0	0
Saddiq Bey F	22	8	4	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	4-4	+4
Jose Alvarado G	16	4	2	1	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	1-2	-3
Derik Queen C	13	6	5	0	0	1	1	2-5	0-0	2-2	+2
Karlo Matkovic F-C	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	39	24	5	14	2	0	4	8-19	4-13	4-5	+3
Kawhi Leonard F	36	34	5	5	6	0	2	11-16	5-8	7-7	+6
Ivica Zubac C	34	14	11	1	0	3	0	5-7	0-0	4-4	+2
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	29	16	3	1	0	2	0	7-10	2-5	0-0	+9
Kris Dunn G	23	6	0	0	3	0	1	3-6	0-1	0-0	-2
Bradley Beal G	21	9	1	2	0	0	1	3-8	1-2	2-2	+5
John Collins F-C	19	14	3	1	0	0	1	6-10	1-3	1-1	-4
Nicolas Batum F-G	16	3	5	0	0	0	2	1-4	1-2	0-0	-8
Brook Lopez C	14	3	3	0	1	1	1	1-5	0-3	1-2	0
Chris Paul G	9	3	1	4	0	0	0	1-4	1-2	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Starter	33	29	63.8	31.7	-6.9	12.7
Trey Murphy III	Starter	34	17	60.7	18.8	-6.0	8.8
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	29	13	42.4	22.1	+6.7	9.9
Herbert Jones	Starter	30	11	110.0	9.9	-5.9	10.6
Yves Missi	Starter	28	6	75.0	10.8	+2.1	6.4
Jordan Poole	Bench	33	30	87.2	28.6	-0.6	13.2
Saddiq Bey	Bench	22	8	59.2	13.5	+12.6	10.0
Derik Queen	Bench	13	6	51.0	23.3	+12.8	6.7
Jose Alvarado	Bench	16	4	51.5	11.1	+1.4	5.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bryce McGowens	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	3	0	0.0	16.7	-64.3	7.7
Micah Peavy	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	36	34	89.1	24.4	+6.2	21.3
James Harden	Starter	39	24	56.6	27.5	+3.7	12.6
Derrick Jones Jr.	Starter	29	16	80.0	15.4	+16.7	9.6
Ivica Zubac	Starter	34	14	79.9	11.8	+6.5	10.6
Bradley Beal	Starter	21	9	50.7	20.0	+8.7	3.4
John Collins	Bench	19	14	67.0	23.9	-23.3	16.2
Kris Dunn	Bench	23	6	50.0	12.7	-4.1	1.0
Nicolas Batum	Bench	16	3	37.5	15.4	-34.0	-1.9
Brook Lopez	Bench	14	3	25.5	19.4	-12.1	1.7
Chris Paul	Bench	9	3	37.5	18.2	-16.7	13.0
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kobe Brown	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cam Christie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0