Who won New Orleans Pelicans vs LA Clippers?

The LA Clippers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 137-117 on March 1, 2026.

Jeremiah Fears scored 28 for the New Orleans Pelicans; Kawhi Leonard scored 23 for the LA Clippers.

New Orleans Pelicans at LA Clippers

2025-26 · Regular season Sun, Mar 1, 2026 · 9:00 pm EST · All results that day · New Orleans Pelicans vs LA Clippers head-to-head · New Orleans Pelicans schedule · LA Clippers schedule

Final

Away

LA Clippers

137

Venue: Intuit Dome

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The LA Clippers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 137-117 at home on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at Intuit Dome. Kawhi Leonard had 23 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists for the LA Clippers. Jeremiah Fears had 28 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists for the New Orleans Pelicans.

The LA Clippers led 76-70 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the first quarter, won 43-32. Bench points: New Orleans Pelicans 66, LA Clippers 57. Jordan Miller had 19 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:14 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won New Orleans Pelicans vs LA Clippers?: The LA Clippers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 137-117 on March 1, 2026.
Who led the scoring?: Jeremiah Fears scored 28 for the New Orleans Pelicans; Kawhi Leonard scored 23 for the LA Clippers.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
New Orleans Pelicans	32	38	24	23	117
LA Clippers	43	33	31	30	137

Game leaders

New Orleans Pelicans

Points: 28 Jeremiah Fears
Rebounds: 8 Yves Missi
Assists: 5 Dejounte Murray

LA Clippers

Points: 23 Kawhi Leonard
Rebounds: 7 Brook Lopez
Assists: 8 Jordan Miller

New Orleans Pelicans
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Trey Murphy III starter	31:11	16	2	3	2	0	3	6-15	4-10	0-0	0	-18
Saddiq Bey starter	29:25	14	6	2	0	0	0	5-12	2-5	2-4	0	-13
Dejounte Murray starter	21:55	17	5	5	1	0	2	6-10	1-3	4-4	2	-14
Herbert Jones starter	21:26	2	4	0	0	0	0	1-6	0-3	0-0	5	-15
DeAndre Jordan starter	11:24	2	2	1	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	-10
Derik Queen bench	29:01	19	5	2	2	1	3	6-13	0-1	7-7	3	-1
Bryce McGowens bench	26:23	6	1	2	0	0	1	2-5	0-1	2-2	5	-20
Jeremiah Fears bench	26:05	28	3	4	0	2	5	10-15	5-6	3-3	1	-6
Yves Missi bench	20:24	9	8	0	1	1	1	3-7	0-0	3-6	2	-2
Karlo Matkovic bench	14:14	4	5	3	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	4-4	2	-7
Jordan Hawkins bench	4:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	+3
Micah Peavy bench	4:16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	+3

Not available: Zion Williamson

LA Clippers
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Kawhi Leonard starter	29:21	23	3	5	1	0	2	8-18	1-7	6-7	1	+25
Derrick Jones Jr. starter	28:13	17	2	0	0	0	0	6-9	3-4	2-2	2	+19
Brook Lopez starter	25:40	16	7	3	1	0	1	6-9	4-6	0-0	4	+15
John Collins starter	24:35	15	7	1	2	0	2	5-14	1-4	4-4	3	+20
Kris Dunn starter	21:55	9	3	4	3	0	1	4-5	1-2	0-0	0	+1
Jordan Miller bench	32:13	19	2	8	3	0	0	5-6	1-1	8-11	2	-2
Bennedict Mathurin bench	25:00	9	5	1	0	1	1	4-13	0-3	1-2	1	+16
Nicolas Batum bench	20:21	9	3	4	0	0	0	3-5	3-5	0-0	1	+5
Yanic Konan Niederhauser bench	19:54	7	6	0	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	3-3	5	+10
Isaiah Jackson bench	4:16	2	0	1	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	-3
Kobe Sanders bench	4:16	9	0	1	0	0	0	3-4	3-4	0-0	1	-3
Cam Christie bench	4:16	2	0	1	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	-3

Not available: Bradley Beal, Darius Garland, Sean Pedulla

Team statistics
New Orleans Pelicans	Stat	LA Clippers
25/30 (83%)	Free throws	24/29 (82%)
28/56 (50%)	2 pointers	31/53 (58%)
12/33 (36%)	3 pointers	17/36 (47%)
40/89 (44%)	Field goals	48/89 (53%)
41	Rebounds	38
27	Defensive rebounds	28
14	Offensive rebounds	10
22	Assists	29
16	Turnovers	8
6	Steals	11
4	Blocks	3
21	Fouls	22
12	Max points in a row	13
0:00	Time spent in lead	47:39
0	Biggest lead	26

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: LA Clippers ahead)

Largest margin: 26 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 0
Times tied: 0
Largest lead · New Orleans Pelicans: Never led
Largest lead · LA Clippers: 26 Q4 4:01
Longest run: 13-0 LA Clippers · Q4 8:13 to Q4 4:01

Scoring plays

Q1 · 40 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	LA Clippers
11:39	LA Clippers	John Collins 2-pt field goal	0	2
10:44	LA Clippers	John Collins 2-pt field goal	0	4
9:38	LA Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. Free throw	0	5
9:38	LA Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. Free throw	0	6
9:08	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 3-pt field goal	3	6
8:53	LA Clippers	Kris Dunn 2-pt field goal	3	8
8:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray Free throw	4	8
8:43	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray Free throw	5	8
8:25	LA Clippers	John Collins 2-pt field goal	5	10
7:43	LA Clippers	Brook Lopez 3-pt field goal	5	13
7:29	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 3-pt field goal	8	13
7:12	LA Clippers	Kris Dunn 3-pt field goal	8	16
6:47	LA Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 2-pt field goal	8	18
6:27	LA Clippers	John Collins Free throw	8	19
6:27	LA Clippers	John Collins Free throw	8	20
5:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	10	20
5:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	11	20
5:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	12	20
5:17	LA Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 3-pt field goal	12	23
4:49	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	12	25
4:49	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	12	26
4:28	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	12	28
4:13	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	15	28
3:53	LA Clippers	Brook Lopez 2-pt field goal	15	30
3:36	LA Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 2-pt field goal	15	32
3:23	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	18	32
2:54	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller 2-pt field goal	18	34
2:40	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	20	34
2:17	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi Free throw	21	34
2:06	LA Clippers	Nicolas Batum 3-pt field goal	21	37
1:39	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	23	37
1:23	LA Clippers	Kris Dunn 2-pt field goal	23	39
1:07	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	26	39
0:56	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller Free throw	26	40
0:56	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller Free throw	26	40
0:45	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	28	41
0:23	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	30	41
0:06	LA Clippers	Yanic Konan Niederhauser Free throw	30	42
0:06	LA Clippers	Yanic Konan Niederhauser Free throw	30	43
0:01	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	32	43

Q2 · 42 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	LA Clippers
11:32	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller 2-pt field goal	32	45
11:32	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller Free throw	32	46
10:57	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller Free throw	32	47
10:57	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller Free throw	32	48
10:40	LA Clippers	Kris Dunn 2-pt field goal	32	50
10:33	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	34	50
10:08	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi Free throw	35	50
9:52	LA Clippers	Bennedict Mathurin 2-pt field goal	35	52
9:29	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	37	52
9:05	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 2-pt field goal	39	52
8:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	40	52
8:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	41	52
7:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 2-pt field goal	43	52
7:19	LA Clippers	Yanic Konan Niederhauser 2-pt field goal	43	54
7:19	LA Clippers	Yanic Konan Niederhauser Free throw	43	55
6:55	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller 2-pt field goal	43	57
6:38	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	46	57
6:23	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller 2-pt field goal	46	59
6:08	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray Free throw	47	59
6:08	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray Free throw	48	59
5:58	LA Clippers	John Collins 3-pt field goal	48	62
5:28	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	48	63
5:28	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	48	64
5:13	New Orleans Pelicans	Karlo Matkovic Free throw	49	65
5:13	New Orleans Pelicans	Karlo Matkovic Free throw	50	65
4:40	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	50	66
4:24	New Orleans Pelicans	Karlo Matkovic Free throw	51	66
4:24	New Orleans Pelicans	Karlo Matkovic Free throw	52	66
3:54	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 2-pt field goal	54	66
3:39	LA Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 3-pt field goal	54	69
3:25	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	56	69
3:15	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	56	71
3:15	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	56	72
2:56	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	58	72
2:19	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	58	74
2:06	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	61	74
1:28	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	61	76
1:06	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	63	76
0:38	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	64	76
0:38	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	65	76
0:13	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	68	76
0:01	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	70	76

Q3 · 27 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	LA Clippers
11:38	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	73	76
10:46	LA Clippers	Brook Lopez 3-pt field goal	73	79
10:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 2-pt field goal	75	79
9:57	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	77	79
9:38	LA Clippers	John Collins 2-pt field goal	77	81
9:12	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	77	82
9:12	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	77	83
8:52	LA Clippers	John Collins Free throw	77	84
8:52	LA Clippers	John Collins Free throw	77	85
8:39	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 3-pt field goal	80	85
7:52	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 2-pt field goal	82	85
7:03	New Orleans Pelicans	DeAndre Jordan 2-pt field goal	84	85
6:22	LA Clippers	Brook Lopez 3-pt field goal	84	88
5:50	LA Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 2-pt field goal	84	90
5:18	New Orleans Pelicans	Bryce McGowens 2-pt field goal	86	90
4:55	LA Clippers	Brook Lopez 2-pt field goal	86	92
4:34	LA Clippers	Brook Lopez 3-pt field goal	86	95
3:46	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 3-pt field goal	86	98
3:10	New Orleans Pelicans	Bryce McGowens 2-pt field goal	88	98
2:50	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller 3-pt field goal	88	101
2:32	LA Clippers	Bennedict Mathurin 2-pt field goal	88	103
2:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Bryce McGowens Free throw	89	103
2:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Bryce McGowens Free throw	90	103
1:53	LA Clippers	Nicolas Batum 3-pt field goal	90	106
1:26	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	92	106
0:32	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller Free throw	92	107
0:17	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	94	107

Q4 · 28 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	LA Clippers
11:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	95	107
11:32	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	96	107
11:19	LA Clippers	Nicolas Batum 3-pt field goal	96	110
10:34	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller Free throw	96	111
10:02	LA Clippers	Jordan Miller Free throw	96	112
9:36	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray 2-pt field goal	98	112
9:16	LA Clippers	Bennedict Mathurin 2-pt field goal	98	114
9:02	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	100	114
9:02	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	101	114
8:13	LA Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	101	116
7:46	LA Clippers	Bennedict Mathurin Free throw	101	117
6:25	LA Clippers	Bennedict Mathurin 2-pt field goal	101	119
5:02	LA Clippers	Yanic Konan Niederhauser 2-pt field goal	101	121
4:27	LA Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 3-pt field goal	101	124
4:01	LA Clippers	Kobe Sanders 3-pt field goal	101	127
3:40	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	104	127
3:13	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi Free throw	105	127
2:49	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	107	127
2:18	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	110	127
2:00	LA Clippers	Kobe Sanders 3-pt field goal	110	130
1:50	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	111	130
1:50	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	112	130
1:34	LA Clippers	Kobe Sanders 3-pt field goal	112	133
1:23	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	114	133
0:42	LA Clippers	Cam Christie 2-pt field goal	114	135
0:38	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	116	135
0:38	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	117	135
0:27	LA Clippers	Isaiah Jackson 2-pt field goal	117	137

2025-26 season series

After this game: LA Clippers 2-0. Final series: tied 2-2.

Oct 31: New Orleans Pelicans 124 at LA Clippers 126
Mar 1: New Orleans Pelicans 117 at LA Clippers 137 (this game)
Mar 18: LA Clippers 109 at New Orleans Pelicans 124
Mar 19: LA Clippers 99 at New Orleans Pelicans 105

Highlights

Clippers 137 - 117 Pelicans — Full Highlights (YouTube)

Game statistics · retrieved Oct 9, 2026 02:29.

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