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LA Clippers vs. New Orleans Pelicans

October 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Pelicans 126-124 on 2025-10-31 at home. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, Ivica Zubac, and Derrick Jones Jr. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Yves Missi, and Jeremiah Fears. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 15 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Kawhi Leonard as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 18 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Zion Williamson as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

LAC

LA Clippers 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	39:03	24	5	14	2	0	4	2	8-19	4-13	4-5	+3
Kawhi Leonard GS	36:14	34	5	5	6	0	2	2	11-16	5-8	7-7	+6
Ivica Zubac GS	33:37	14	11	1	0	3	0	5	5-7	0-0	4-4	+2
Derrick Jones Jr. GS	28:42	16	3	1	0	2	0	1	7-10	2-5	0-0	+9
Bradley Beal GS	21:11	9	1	2	0	0	1	2	3-8	1-2	2-2	+5
Kris Dunn	22:45	6	0	0	3	0	1	4	3-6	0-1	0-0	-2
John Collins	18:50	14	3	1	0	0	1	0	6-10	1-3	1-1	-4
Nicolas Batum	16:25	3	5	0	0	0	2	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	-8
Brook Lopez	14:17	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	1-5	0-3	1-2	0
Chris Paul	8:57	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-2	0-0	-1
Totals		126	37	28	12	6	12	19	46-89	15-39	19-21

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jahmyl Telfort (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	33:33	17	5	6	2	0	1	3	6-14	5-10	0-0	-3
Zion Williamson GS	32:37	29	6	3	0	0	3	3	9-17	0-0	11-13	-5
Herbert Jones GS	30:13	11	4	4	1	0	2	0	4-5	3-4	0-0	-5
Jeremiah Fears GS	29:13	13	4	8	4	0	0	2	4-14	2-5	3-3	+4
Yves Missi GS	27:35	6	9	3	0	1	3	2	3-4	0-0	0-0	0
Jordan Poole	32:32	30	2	2	0	1	5	2	9-15	7-13	5-5	+1
Saddiq Bey	21:54	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	4-4	+4
Jose Alvarado	16:16	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	1-3	1-3	1-2	-3
Derik Queen	12:39	6	5	0	0	1	1	3	2-5	0-0	2-2	+2
Karlo Matković	3:28	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		124	43	28	8	4	15	18	40-83	18-37	26-29

Did not play: Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Coach's Decision), Micah Peavy (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Bradley Beal · Ivica Zubac · Derrick Jones Jr. Starter 17.1 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kris Dunn · John Collins 6.3 min
James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · Derrick Jones Jr. 5.6 min
Chris Paul · Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · John Collins 4.4 min
Nicolas Batum · James Harden · Kawhi Leonard · Ivica Zubac · Derrick Jones Jr. 4.0 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears Starter 11.1 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Jose Alvarado · Derik Queen 9.3 min
Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 5.1 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 4.0 min
Jordan Poole · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Clippers defense

Zion Williamson 15 pts (4/8) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Kawhi Leonard (38 %, 7 pts) · Ivica Zubac (14 %, 0 pts) · John Collins (12 %, 3 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 12 pts (4/11) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Bradley Beal (37 %, 0 pts) · Derrick Jones Jr. (29 %, 3 pts) · Kris Dunn (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Herbert Jones: 35 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Kawhi Leonard	Zion Williamson: 27 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Ivica Zubac	Yves Missi: 34 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Zion Williamson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Trey Murphy III: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Jeremiah Fears: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Kris Dunn	Jordan Poole: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jose Alvarado: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bradley Beal	Jeremiah Fears: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
John Collins	Zion Williamson: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nicolas Batum	Jordan Poole: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez	Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Chris Paul	Jose Alvarado: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Poole: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pelicans defense

Kawhi Leonard 18 pts (6/8) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (30 %, 6 pts) · Trey Murphy III (19 %, 3 pts) · Saddiq Bey (12 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 17 pts (6/12) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (40 %, 6 pts) · Trey Murphy III (17 %, 5 pts) · Saddiq Bey (10 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zion Williamson	Kawhi Leonard: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Ivica Zubac: 12 poss., 10 pts (2/4)
Trey Murphy III	Bradley Beal: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Kawhi Leonard: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Herbert Jones	James Harden: 32 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole	Kris Dunn: 20 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Derrick Jones Jr.: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bradley Beal: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Yves Missi	Ivica Zubac: 33 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Saddiq Bey	Kawhi Leonard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jose Alvarado	Kris Dunn: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Chris Paul: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Brook Lopez: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ivica Zubac: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Brook Lopez: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)