Darius Garland scored 24 points and dished out 10 assists, Brook Lopez added 20 points and the Los Angeles Clippers ended a seven-game losing streak with a 139-123 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday in Inglewood, Calif.
Gradey Dick scored a season-high 15 points and rookie Keaton Wagler added 15 as the Clippers committed a season-low 11 turnovers, well below their NBA-worst average of 20.1 entering the game.
The Clippers shot a season-high 54.8% from the floor and 42.1% from 3-point range in their highest-scoring game of the season.
Trey Murphy II scored 26 points, while Zion Williamson and Jeremiah Fears each scored 25 points as the Pelicans lost the opener of a two-game West Coast road trip.
Saddiq Bey added 13 points for New Orleans, which committed 17 turnovers and had 23 assists compared with 34 for Los Angeles.
The Clippers led by as many as 13 in the second quarter before the Pelicans went on an 18-10 run to open the second half. The Clippers moved back in front 94-93 on a Kobe Sanders 3-pointer with 2:23 remaining in the third quarter and never trailed again.
Los Angeles emptied its bench with 2:29 remaining and extended its lead to a game-high 20 points on Nick Martinelli’s dunk with 1:59 left.
Los Angeles led 67-60 at halftime by shooting 52.3% from the floor and getting 14 points from Garland. Both teams committed 16 fouls over the first two quarters, with the Pelicans going 21 of 25 from the free-throw line as Williamson scored five of his 17 points from the line.
The Clippers were without inside presence Isaiah Jackson after he was limited to 13 minutes with the injury in a loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday.
The Clippers, winless in four road games this season, visit the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday.
