Clippers vs. Pelicans Game Day 2026-03-01

New Orleans Pelicans

18-42 • 7-21 road

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LA Clippers

27-31 • 14-13 home

· 6:00 PM PT · TV: FanDuel SN SoCal / GCSEN / Pelicans.com

Spread: LAC -6.5 ·O/U: 226.5

Pelicans

115.1 PPG

Clippers

111.7 PPG

Team Leaders

Pelicans

Zion Williamson 21.9 PPG

Derik Queen 7.3 RPG

Derik Queen 4.0 APG

Clippers

Kawhi Leonard 28.0 PPG

Kawhi Leonard 6.4 RPG

Kawhi Leonard 3.7 APG

Key Matchup

Kawhi Leonard (28.0 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 3.7 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.5 BPG) vs Zion Williamson (21.9 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 3.5 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.6 BPG)

Injury Report

Pelicans

Out: Dejounte Murray

Out: Trey Murphy III

Clippers

Out: Darius Garland

Out: John Collins

Out: Bradley Beal

Season Series: LAC lead 1-0

The Clippers (14-13 at home) host the Pelicans, who are 7-21 on the road. LAC is favored by 6.5 points.

What are your predictions? Which match-ups are you looking forward to seeing?

Welcome back John Collins & Kawhi Leonard!

JC makes an impact right away jaming back Lopez's miss

Dunn bingo, Clips doing a good job on D, now another power dunk, this time by Jones Jr! Clips up 18-8

Kawhi on the run, pauses, nobody tries to stop him so he just continues and slams it home lol

Miller is really good with that move where he drives and then drop steps and shoots a high arching mini J

Mathurin needs to kick the ball out after drawing a crowd

Clips up 43-32 at the end of 1Q- though didn't like how they allowed Fears to run all the way for a layup to end the Q.

Dunn another steal and layup!

Bad call by the refs as Niederhauser doesn't even touch Missi on that dunk miss until Missi was falling out of bounds

Nifty spin by Niderhauser for the layup and 1

Jordan Miller having his way- looking much better than he has lately

The Klaw on the run again- sweet behind the back dribble to get around the lone defender for 2

A poor finish by the Clips and the Pelicans have cut it to 6 (down from 18) at the half. Don't understand how that wasn't a foul on the Pelicans as Missi crashes into DJJ when it was a foul on Niederhauser on a similar play earlier.

Big bingo by Lopez after Pels had cut it to 1

Great pass by Dunn to Batum for the corner bingo. Clips now back up 16

Mathurin reminds me a bit of a better shooting Westbrook in his play. Some good and bad there of course, but mostly good.

Ouch- Dunn gets elbowed in the ear. He's going to the locker room just to make sure he's okay.

Ouch Collins now holds his elbow after his head collides and his neck snaps back against Queen. Seems like a nerve issue- he's going to the locker room now. Hope he's okay.

That should do it- excellent drive and kick by Miller to DJJ who hits the corner bingo. Clips up 124-101 with 4:16 to go.

Clippers roll 137-117 behind good performances by Kawhi, JC, Dunn, DJJ, Lopez, Batum- Jordan Miller especially effective so he gets the game ball.

Guys only turned it over like 8 times vs 29 assists, plus shot 47% from deep. Darius Garland makes his Clipper debut tomorrow vs GS!

Video highlights:

We really need Benedict to be consistent. Konan is a beast. I love this team!

We really need Benedict to be consistent. Konan is a beast. I love this team!

Same here. Konan, Miller, and Sanders have been great pick ups in the draft. Then with Bennedict and Darius joining the squad, we have a lot to look forward to. I only hope we can get that 5-9 pick from the Indy trade and this will have been a great year.

I love everybody on this squad but Little Kobe and Yanic are gems as is Dunn. Leonard still has a few years left but we need a 3 pt shooter