The Los Angeles Clippers (8 - 8) defeated the New Orleans Pelicans (4 - 12) 111 - 90 on Friday. The Clippers looked poised to have a great performance on Friday and they did just that. They were up by 21 points at the half and it was never a contest after that. The difference in the game was as simple as shooting, as the Clippers shot 48 percent while the Pelicans shot just 36 percent. The Pelicans had a nightmare of a game in a nightmare season. Not only did the starters play awful, Anthony Davis left yet again with another injury. It appeared to be some sort of knee injury, but we do n't want to speculate at this juncture. The starting - five was horrendous, as they combined for no blocks, no steals and six assists in the loss. They also scored just 45 points with Davis and Eric Gordon combining for 33 of those. The only bright spot was another strong performance from Ish Smith, who tallied 15 points, 10 assists, four rebounds and two steals in the loss. This is simply a bad team right now and if they do n't have Davis they're even worse. Whats even worse is that they have to travel to Utah to take on the Jazz in the second half of a back - to - back on Saturday. The Clippers owned the Pelicans in this game, as the starters barely played in the second half. No starter played more than 28 minutes in the win and that's a good thing considering they play again on Saturday. They got 44 points off the bench, which nearly matched the Pelicans starters. Chris Paul and Blake Griffin were the stars on this evening. Paul accumulated 17 points, eight assists and five rebounds, while Griffin totaled 20 points, six assists and six rebounds. They'll look to play like this again when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday.
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