Who won New Orleans Pelicans vs Los Angeles Clippers?

The Los Angeles Clippers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 126-124 on October 31, 2025.

Jordan Poole scored 30 for the New Orleans Pelicans; Kawhi Leonard scored 34 for the Los Angeles Clippers.

New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Clippers

2025-26 · Regular season Fri, Oct 31, 2025 · 10:30 pm EDT · All results that day · New Orleans Pelicans vs Los Angeles Clippers head-to-head · New Orleans Pelicans schedule · Los Angeles Clippers schedule

Final

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Los Angeles Clippers

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Venue: Intuit Dome

2025 NBA Cup · Group stage

Observed Sep 23, 2026, 20:07 UTC.

Verified 2025 NBA Cup result. This archive covers the Cup, not the complete 2025–26 NBA season.

Historical Cup result WHYNBA reorganized reported Cup results and period scores into verified home/away roles. Neutral-site roles are nominal; the championship does not count toward regular-season records. Home/away sources: Home team season log · Away team season log.

Quarter scores

Reported points by period
Period	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Clippers
Q1	28	26
Q2	31	41
Q3	25	27
Q4	40	32

Game recap · 2025 NBA Cup results

Player box scores and scoring plays are shown below when available. Coverage varies by game.

Game recap

The Los Angeles Clippers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 126-124 at home on Friday, October 31, 2025 at Intuit Dome. Kawhi Leonard had 34 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for the Los Angeles Clippers. Jordan Poole had 30 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists for the New Orleans Pelicans.

The Los Angeles Clippers led 67-59 at halftime and held on in the second half. Their best stretch was the second quarter, won 41-31. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: James Harden (double-double, Los Angeles Clippers), Ivica Zubac (double-double, Los Angeles Clippers). Bench points: New Orleans Pelicans 48, Los Angeles Clippers 29. James Harden had 24 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists in support for the winners.

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

Retrieved Sep 23, 2026, 20:07:06 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won New Orleans Pelicans vs Los Angeles Clippers?: The Los Angeles Clippers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 126-124 on October 31, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Jordan Poole scored 30 for the New Orleans Pelicans; Kawhi Leonard scored 34 for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Box score

Game leaders

New Orleans Pelicans

Points: 30 Jordan Poole
Rebounds: 9 Yves Missi
Assists: 8 Jeremiah Fears

Los Angeles Clippers

Points: 34 Kawhi Leonard
Rebounds: 11 Ivica Zubac
Assists: 14 James Harden

James Harden double-double (24 PTS, 14 AST) · Ivica Zubac double-double (14 PTS, 11 REB)

New Orleans Pelicans
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Trey Murphy III starter	33:33	17	5	6	2	0	1	6-14	5-10	0-0	3	-3
Zion Williamson starter	32:37	29	6	3	0	0	3	9-17	0-0	11-13	3	-5
Herbert Jones starter	30:13	11	4	4	1	0	2	4-5	3-4	0-0	0	-5
Jeremiah Fears starter	29:13	13	4	8	4	0	0	4-14	2-5	3-3	2	+4
Yves Missi starter	27:35	6	9	3	0	1	3	3-4	0-0	0-0	2	+0
Jordan Poole bench	32:32	30	2	2	0	1	5	9-15	7-13	5-5	2	+1
Saddiq Bey bench	21:54	8	4	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	4-4	0	+4
Jose Alvarado bench	16:16	4	2	1	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	1-2	2	-3
Derik Queen bench	12:39	6	5	0	0	1	1	2-5	0-0	2-2	3	+2
Karlo Matkovic bench	3:28	0	2	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	-5

Not available: Kevon Looney, Dejounte Murray

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

Not available: Jordan Miller, Kobe Sanders, Yanic Konan Niederhauser

Team statistics
New Orleans Pelicans	Stat	Los Angeles Clippers
26/29 (89%)	Free throws	19/21 (90%)
22/46 (47%)	2 pointers	31/50 (62%)
18/37 (48%)	3 pointers	15/39 (38%)
40/83 (48%)	Field goals	46/89 (51%)
43	Rebounds	37
31	Defensive rebounds	27
12	Offensive rebounds	10
28	Assists	28
15	Turnovers	12
8	Steals	12
4	Blocks	6
18	Fouls	19
10	Max points in a row	13
15:42	Time spent in lead	29:53
7	Biggest lead	17

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

Largest margin: 17 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 5
Times tied: 6
Largest lead · New Orleans Pelicans: 7 Q1 5:46
Largest lead · Los Angeles Clippers: 17 Q3 3:19
Longest run: 13-0 Los Angeles Clippers · Q3 6:42 to Q3 4:01

Scoring plays

Q1 · 25 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Clippers
11:46	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 3-pt field goal	3	0
11:25	Los Angeles Clippers	Ivica Zubac 2-pt field goal	3	2
11:14	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	5	2
10:52	Los Angeles Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 2-pt field goal	5	4
10:32	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	5	6
10:15	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 3-pt field goal	8	6
9:18	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	10	6
8:35	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	12	6
7:27	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	12	8
6:55	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden 2-pt field goal	12	10
6:30	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	14	10
5:46	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	17	10
5:28	Los Angeles Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 3-pt field goal	17	13
5:02	Los Angeles Clippers	Ivica Zubac 2-pt field goal	17	15
4:48	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	20	15
4:11	Los Angeles Clippers	Ivica Zubac 2-pt field goal	20	17
3:57	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado 3-pt field goal	23	17
2:59	Los Angeles Clippers	Ivica Zubac 2-pt field goal	23	19
2:26	Los Angeles Clippers	Ivica Zubac Free throw	23	20
2:26	Los Angeles Clippers	Ivica Zubac Free throw	23	21
2:09	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	25	21
1:35	Los Angeles Clippers	John Collins 2-pt field goal	25	23
1:21	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	27	23
0:35	Los Angeles Clippers	Chris Paul 3-pt field goal	27	26
0:10	New Orleans Pelicans	Jose Alvarado Free throw	28	26

Q2 · 38 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Clippers
10:42	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 3-pt field goal	31	26
10:25	Los Angeles Clippers	Brook Lopez Free throw	31	27
9:40	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden Free throw	31	28
9:40	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden Free throw	31	29
9:19	Los Angeles Clippers	John Collins 2-pt field goal	31	31
8:32	Los Angeles Clippers	John Collins 2-pt field goal	31	33
8:32	Los Angeles Clippers	John Collins Free throw	31	34
8:25	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	34	34
8:15	Los Angeles Clippers	Bradley Beal Free throw	34	35
8:15	Los Angeles Clippers	Bradley Beal Free throw	34	36
7:51	Los Angeles Clippers	John Collins 2-pt field goal	34	38
7:16	Los Angeles Clippers	Nicolas Batum 3-pt field goal	34	41
6:48	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey 2-pt field goal	36	41
6:12	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	39	41
5:42	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	42	41
5:03	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	43	41
5:03	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	44	41
4:52	Los Angeles Clippers	Ivica Zubac 2-pt field goal	44	43
4:23	New Orleans Pelicans	Yves Missi 2-pt field goal	46	43
4:10	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden 3-pt field goal	46	46
4:10	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden Free throw	46	47
4:03	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	46	49
3:42	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	49	49
3:24	Los Angeles Clippers	Ivica Zubac Free throw	49	50
3:24	Los Angeles Clippers	Ivica Zubac Free throw	49	51
3:01	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden 3-pt field goal	49	54
2:46	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 2-pt field goal	51	54
2:31	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	51	55
2:31	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	51	56
2:14	Los Angeles Clippers	Kris Dunn 2-pt field goal	51	58
1:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole Free throw	52	58
1:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole Free throw	53	58
1:40	Los Angeles Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 2-pt field goal	53	60
1:08	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden 2-pt field goal	53	62
0:42	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	56	62
0:36	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden 3-pt field goal	56	65
0:23	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	59	65
0:01	Los Angeles Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 2-pt field goal	59	67

Q3 · 28 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Clippers
11:46	Los Angeles Clippers	Bradley Beal 2-pt field goal	59	69
11:05	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 3-pt field goal	62	69
10:18	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	64	69
9:35	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 3-pt field goal	64	72
9:17	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	66	72
8:39	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	69	72
8:15	Los Angeles Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 2-pt field goal	69	74
7:29	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	70	74
7:06	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	71	74
6:42	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 3-pt field goal	71	77
6:22	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 3-pt field goal	71	80
5:09	Los Angeles Clippers	Bradley Beal 2-pt field goal	71	82
4:36	Los Angeles Clippers	Bradley Beal 3-pt field goal	71	85
4:01	Los Angeles Clippers	Kris Dunn 2-pt field goal	71	87
3:44	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	72	87
3:44	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	73	87
3:19	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	73	89
3:19	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	73	90
2:24	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	74	90
2:24	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen Free throw	75	90
2:08	Los Angeles Clippers	John Collins 2-pt field goal	75	92
1:52	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	78	92
1:33	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	79	92
1:33	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	80	92
1:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	82	92
0:45	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole Free throw	83	92
0:45	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole Free throw	84	92
0:06	Los Angeles Clippers	Kris Dunn 2-pt field goal	84	94

Q4 · 40 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Clippers
11:33	New Orleans Pelicans	Derik Queen 2-pt field goal	86	94
11:17	Los Angeles Clippers	Brook Lopez 2-pt field goal	86	96
11:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole Free throw	87	96
11:11	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole 2-pt field goal	88	96
10:42	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	90	96
10:42	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	91	96
9:53	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	94	96
9:32	Los Angeles Clippers	John Collins 3-pt field goal	94	99
9:06	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden Free throw	94	100
8:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	96	100
8:33	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden 2-pt field goal	96	102
8:09	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden 3-pt field goal	96	105
7:46	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	98	105
7:46	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears Free throw	99	105
7:17	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole 3-pt field goal	102	105
6:55	Los Angeles Clippers	James Harden 2-pt field goal	102	107
6:17	New Orleans Pelicans	Trey Murphy III 3-pt field goal	105	107
5:55	New Orleans Pelicans	Jeremiah Fears 2-pt field goal	107	107
5:09	Los Angeles Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 3-pt field goal	107	110
4:13	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 3-pt field goal	107	113
3:58	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	108	113
3:58	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	109	113
3:34	New Orleans Pelicans	Jordan Poole 2-pt field goal	111	113
3:23	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	111	115
2:53	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	111	116
2:53	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	111	117
2:29	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	113	117
2:11	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	113	118
2:11	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard Free throw	113	119
1:54	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	115	119
1:42	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 3-pt field goal	115	122
1:25	New Orleans Pelicans	Herbert Jones 2-pt field goal	117	122
1:12	Los Angeles Clippers	Derrick Jones Jr. 2-pt field goal	117	124
0:59	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson 2-pt field goal	119	124
0:59	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	120	124
0:20	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	121	124
0:20	New Orleans Pelicans	Saddiq Bey Free throw	122	124
0:10	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	123	124
0:10	New Orleans Pelicans	Zion Williamson Free throw	124	124
0:01	Los Angeles Clippers	Kawhi Leonard 2-pt field goal	124	126

2025-26 season series

After this game: Los Angeles Clippers 1-0. Final series: tied 2-2.

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

Highlights

Clippers 126 - 124 Pelicans — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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