On the second night of a back-to-back, the Los Angeles Clippers routed the New Orleans Pelicans in Staples Center on Sunday evening, leading throughout and winning comfortably, 134-109.

The Good: E’Twaun Moore

There wasn’t much positive about tonight’s game for the Pelicans but Moore had one of his best performances of the year. He knocked down three three-pointers in the second quarter to try to keep the game close and finished with 17 points in the loss.

Of the five players off New Orleans’ bench on the night, Moore was the only way with a plus-minus better than negative-20. Moore finished the night a negative-8. His play is needed with the injuries on the wing and could further crowd things once the team is back to full health.

Honorable Mentions: Low turnover total, Postive plus-minus totals from Jaxson Hayes, JJ Redick

The Bad: Defense

After giving up 128 points to Utah on Saturday, the Pelicans gave up 134 points to the Clippers. It was a pretty putrid display across the board for the Pelicans as Los Angeles raced out to an early lead and was barely threatened by New Orleans in the second half.

New Orleans badly needs to get home and reset before Wednesday’s game against the Lakers in Anthony Davis’ return.

Honorable Mentions: The bench’s production, the defense on Montrezl Harrell

The Ball: Coming back down to Earth

After a strong night in Utah, Lonzo Ball came back down to Earth on Sunday. He finished with a stat line of nine points on 4-of-13 shooting overall and 1-of-7 three-point shooting with five assists, four rebounds and a steal with two turnovers.

Ball was one of four Pelican bench players who finished with a plus-minus under negative-20, finishing a game-worst negative-27 in the loss. Ball’s struggles were emblematic of the team’s struggles on the night in an all-around terrible game for New Orleans.

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