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Redick leads Clippers past Pelicans, 95-89

Redick buried a three from several feet behind the arc to beat the shot clock early on Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Clippers must have had an inkling that they’d be getting a strong performance from their shooting guard. The notoriously bad free-throw shooter is even 10-of-19 from the stripe in the last three games, though he did air ball a pair at Charlotte.ABOUT THE PELICANS (10-21): New Orleans was disappointed after letting a close game slip away in the second half at Orlando on Monday, and Davis questioned the team’s effort. Eric Gordon is dishing 2.7 assists and Tyreke Evans is grabbing 5.7 rebounds. The Clippers will try to push their winning streak to five games when they visit Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday.

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The Pelicans cut a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter to tie score at 80 with 5:51 remaining after Davis’ dunk.


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“We just don’t play hard all the time”, Davis said, according to the Times-Picayune. The Clippers are allowing 33.8 percent shooting from deep and are forcing 14.1 turnovers per game. “And I think that’s how we’re playing”. After limping out of the starting gate to lose 11 of their first 12 games, the Pelicans have made improvements over the past month, and are slowly showing a glimpse of why they entered the year with playoff hopes. Paul missed his first six shot attempts and went scoreless until 4:17 in the second quarter after making a putback layup.

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The Clippers have won 11 of 14 over New Orleans and earned a 111-90 victory in the first meeting this season November 27.

Redick scored the Clippers’ first 13 points, the first National Basketball Association player to score his team’s first 13 points since Pau Gasol did that for the Chicago Bulls on March 4, 2014.

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X’s and O’s breakdown: Although the Pelcians have been more successful at the Smoothie King Center than on the road, they still struggled to sustain quality play throughout the game.

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