49pts
Kyrie Irving
CLEvsNOP
Jan 23, 2017
NBA head-to-headModern Rivalry
Cleveland Cavaliers vs New Orleans Pelicans Head-to-Head
New Orleans Pelicans lead the all-time record 26-25 across 51 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The earliest meeting on record was on November 23, 2002: New Orleans Hornets 97, Cleveland Cavaliers 84.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026CLE
25
vs
NOP
26
51 meetings
All-time
NOP lead 26-25
Recent form
CLE 8-2 over the latest 10
Last meeting
CLE won 111-106 on Mar 21, 2026
Closeness
One win separates the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 11.5 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Mar 21, 26
NOP 106-111 CLE
CLEDec 23, 25
CLE 141-118 NOP
CLENov 20, 24
CLE 128-100 NOP
CLENov 6, 24
NOP 122-131 CLE
CLEMar 13, 24
NOP 95-116 CLE
CLEDec 21, 23
CLE 104-123 NOP
NOPFeb 10, 23
NOP 107-118 CLE
CLEJan 16, 23
CLE 113-103 NOP
CLEJan 31, 22
CLE 93-90 NOP
CLEDec 28, 21
NOP 108-104 CLE
NOP| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2026 | NOP | CLE | 106–111 | CLE |
| Dec 23, 2025 | CLE | NOP | 141–118 | CLE |
| Nov 20, 2024 | CLE | NOP | 128–100 | CLE |
| Nov 6, 2024 | NOP | CLE | 122–131 | CLE |
| Mar 13, 2024 | NOP | CLE | 95–116 | CLE |
| Dec 21, 2023 | CLE | NOP | 104–123 | NOP |
| Feb 10, 2023 | NOP | CLE | 107–118 | CLE |
| Jan 16, 2023 | CLE | NOP | 113–103 | CLE |
| Jan 31, 2022 | CLE | NOP | 93–90 | CLE |
| Dec 28, 2021 | NOP | CLE | 108–104 | NOP |
Last Meeting
Mar 21, 2026Final
NOP
106
HOME
CLE
111
AWAY
Cavalierswon by5
Cavaliers' 5th straight in this series·Game 51 of all-time series
Matchup context
Cleveland Cavaliers have won 8 of the latest 10 scored meetings. New Orleans Pelicans lead the complete decided record 26-25. The 11.5-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 2002 to 2026
- 24 seasons
- Average margin
- 11.5 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 0
- No playoff meeting is present in the source
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
25W
26W
CLE
NOP
49%51%
Cleveland CavaliersNew Orleans Pelicans
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season51 games
25
26
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
Cleveland Cavaliers Biggest Win
128–100+28
Nov 20, 2024
New Orleans Pelicans Biggest Win
133–98+35
Jan 5, 2019
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | CLE ↕ | NOP ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
8-17
CLE
AWAY
9-17
NOP
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Cavaliers: 5 consecutive wins
5
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.5 pts on average
11.5pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
CLE↑Trending Up
Last 1080%
All-Time49%
NOP↓Trending Down
Last 1020%
All-Time51%
Last 10 Results
CLE / NOP
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 36 of 51 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
2
CLE OT Wins
1
NOP OT Wins
1
Biggest OT Game
114-108 on Dec 4, 2015 (1OT)
Largest Leads
CLE Biggest Leads
+40pts
Mar 12, 2021
#2:+30 pts·Apr 9, 2003
#3:+23 pts·Dec 28, 2021
NOP Biggest Leads
+39pts
Jan 5, 2019
#2:+33 pts·Mar 7, 2003
#3:+26 pts·Nov 2, 2005
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
23
Dec 12, 2014
Average per Game
6.4
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
16
Dec 12, 2014
Average Ties per Game
4.4
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,562
Mar 30, 2018
Lowest
3,700
Mar 12, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
17,174
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
CLE43.9%
NOP45.6%
NOP +1.7 pp
3P%
CLE36.0%
NOP32.8%
CLE +3.2 pp
FT%
CLE73.8%
NOP78.5%
NOP +4.7 pp
TS%
CLE52.4%
NOP54.1%
NOP +1.7 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
CLE Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 597 | 22 | 27.1 | 44 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 197 | 15 | 13.1 | 29 |
| Kevin Love | 195 | 13 | 15.0 | 26 |
| Kyrie Irving | 172 | 6 | 28.7 | 49 |
| Anderson Varejao | 113 | 15 | 7.5 | 17 |
| Carlos Boozer | 113 | 7 | 16.1 | 24 |
| Collin Sexton | 102 | 5 | 20.4 | 31 |
| Tristan Thompson | 81 | 13 | 6.2 | 13 |
| Evan Mobley | 73 | 4 | 18.3 | 28 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 67 | 3 | 22.3 | 23 |
| Jarrett Allen | 65 | 4 | 16.3 | 24 |
| Daniel Gibson | 63 | 6 | 10.5 | 14 |
| Cedi Osman | 60 | 9 | 6.7 | 13 |
| Ricky Davis | 60 | 4 | 15.0 | 24 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 60 | 6 | 10.0 | 19 |
NOP Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 261 | 11 | 23.7 | 38 |
| Jrue Holiday | 260 | 13 | 20.0 | 33 |
| David West | 192 | 12 | 16.0 | 27 |
| Chris Paul | 154 | 9 | 17.1 | 30 |
| Jamal Mashburn | 129 | 6 | 21.5 | 28 |
| Brandon Ingram | 106 | 4 | 26.5 | 29 |
| Baron Davis | 104 | 4 | 26.0 | 34 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 101 | 8 | 12.6 | 20 |
| Ryan Anderson | 99 | 5 | 19.8 | 32 |
| Tyreke Evans | 86 | 7 | 12.3 | 31 |
| David Wesley | 73 | 5 | 14.6 | 20 |
| P.J. Brown | 69 | 8 | 8.6 | 16 |
| Eric Gordon | 68 | 4 | 17.0 | 20 |
| Zion Williamson | 61 | 3 | 20.3 | 24 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 60 | 4 | 15.0 | 22 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
44pts
LeBron James
CLEvsNOP
Mar 28, 2005
41pts
LeBron James
CLEvsNOP
Dec 12, 2014
38pts
Anthony Davis
NOPvsCLE
Jan 9, 2019
38pts
LeBron James
CLEvsNOP
Mar 24, 2010
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
39 games with complete quarter lines
CLENOP
How they create points
36 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Points in paint: NOP +3.3 points36 games
CLE highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 26.1
NOP highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 25.5
Widest fingerprint gap
NOP +3.3 points in paint
Questions about this record: Cleveland Cavaliers vs New Orleans Pelicans
How do recent Cleveland Cavaliers vs New Orleans Pelicans results compare with the complete record?
Cleveland Cavaliers have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. New Orleans Pelicans lead the complete decided record 26-25. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
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Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.