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New Orleans Pelicans vs. LA Clippers

March 18, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pelicans beat the Clippers 124-109 on 2026-03-18 at home. The Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Trey Murphy III. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Derrick Jones Jr., John Collins, and Darius Garland. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 7 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Saddiq Bey as his primary defender. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 8 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	39:41	23	7	5	3	1	1	3	7-17	4-12	5-6	+9
Saddiq Bey GS	34:57	25	5	4	2	0	2	1	10-21	5-10	0-0	+19
Dejounte Murray GS	29:39	17	4	11	1	0	6	2	7-12	3-7	0-0	+9
Zion Williamson GS	27:41	14	4	3	0	1	2	2	6-8	0-0	2-2	+11
Herbert Jones GS	26:16	7	3	3	5	0	2	3	2-4	1-2	2-2	+3
Karlo Matković	25:15	9	8	0	0	1	1	1	4-8	1-3	0-0	+21
Derik Queen	19:25	14	2	2	1	0	0	2	2-4	1-1	9-9	+4
Yves Missi	18:45	4	6	1	0	3	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-7
Jeremiah Fears	18:21	11	1	3	0	0	3	0	4-6	1-2	2-2	+6
Totals		124	40	32	12	6	18	14	44-83	16-37	20-21

Did not play: Jordan Hawkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Micah Peavy (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC

LA Clippers 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brook Lopez GS	31:28	11	5	4	0	0	0	1	5-12	0-3	1-2	-14
Kawhi Leonard GS	29:02	25	8	1	2	0	4	0	9-12	4-6	3-3	-10
Derrick Jones Jr. GS	29:00	4	2	3	2	0	1	3	2-6	0-3	0-2	-2
Darius Garland GS	28:48	13	1	6	1	0	0	1	6-12	1-3	0-0	-11
John Collins GS	24:16	18	7	2	0	1	1	4	6-11	0-3	6-6	+1
Kris Dunn	25:57	6	1	3	1	0	2	4	2-6	2-4	0-0	-11
Jordan Miller	23:22	13	3	1	2	0	1	0	6-10	1-2	0-0	-15
Isaiah Jackson	19:23	10	6	1	1	1	4	3	5-7	0-0	0-0	-9
Kobe Sanders	14:35	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-7
Sean Pedulla	4:43	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+1
Cam Christie	4:43	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Bogdan Bogdanović	4:43	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		109	36	24	10	2	15	17	45-88	9-31	10-13

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III Starter 7.9 min
Dejounte Murray · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković 9.4 min
Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 6.1 min
Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 5.8 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.2 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins · Darius Garland Starter 9.9 min
Brook Lopez · Kawhi Leonard · Kris Dunn · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins 8.0 min
Kris Dunn · Darius Garland · Isaiah Jackson · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 5.1 min
Bogdan Bogdanović · Isaiah Jackson · Cam Christie · Kobe Sanders · Sean Pedulla 4.7 min
Kawhi Leonard · John Collins · Darius Garland · Isaiah Jackson · Jordan Miller 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Kawhi Leonard 7 pts (3/7) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (23 %, 0 pts) · Trey Murphy III (21 %, 2 pts) · Karlo Matković (19 %, 0 pts)
Darius Garland 15 pts (5/8) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (28 %, 3 pts) · Herbert Jones (23 %, 5 pts) · Dejounte Murray (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Kris Dunn: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/6) · Kawhi Leonard: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Saddiq Bey	Jordan Miller: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kawhi Leonard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dejounte Murray	Derrick Jones Jr.: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Darius Garland: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zion Williamson	Brook Lopez: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · John Collins: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Herbert Jones	Darius Garland: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brook Lopez: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derik Queen	Isaiah Jackson: 13 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jeremiah Fears	Darius Garland: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kris Dunn: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Jackson: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Clippers defense

Dejounte Murray 8 pts (4/6) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Kris Dunn (24 %, 0 pts) · Darius Garland (19 %, 0 pts) · Brook Lopez (11 %, 0 pts)
Zion Williamson 9 pts (3/9) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: John Collins (32 %, 2 pts) · Brook Lopez (15 %, 0 pts) · Darius Garland (12 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brook Lopez	Karlo Matković: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kawhi Leonard	Trey Murphy III: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Herbert Jones: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Darius Garland	Jeremiah Fears: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Dejounte Murray: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Herbert Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Dunn	Dejounte Murray: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins	Zion Williamson: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jordan Miller	Saddiq Bey: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson	Derik Queen: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Yves Missi: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kobe Sanders	Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Saddiq Bey: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cam Christie	Dejounte Murray: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Herbert Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sean Pedulla	Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Herbert Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Karlo Matković: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dejounte Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)