L.A. Clippers guard Lou Williams nailed the dagger three-pointer with 31.6 seconds remaining to sink the hearts of the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday. The triple capped off a 14-point fourth quarter from the 3-time Sixth Man of the Year awardee, helping the Clippers in their 133-130 victory over the Pelicans.

After seeing Sweet Lou's clutch bucket, San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar Derozan vouched for Williams to play in the All-Star game.

Derozan and Williams played one season together with the Toronto Raptors in 2014-15, where Williams won the first of his three Sixth Man of the Year trophies.

Williams made the dagger with his patented floating-to-the-left three-pointer over the outstretched arms of Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram to stretch L.A.'s lead to six and consequently put the game out of reach.

The 6-foot-1 professional scorer finished with 32 points on 7-of-16 shooting from the field to go along with four three-pointers, while going 14-of-15 from the charity stripe.

Despite the addition of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in the summer, Williams remains one of the Clippers' primary scoring options. The 33-year old is averaging 20.0 points through the first 40 games of the season, which matches what he averaged through the entire 2018-19 campaign.

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Derozan might have a case here. Williams is definitely deserving of a spot and is playing like an All-Star throughout the season. In fact, he has been playing like one for three seasons now.

Realistically speaking, however, Williams probably has a slim chance of making the 12-man cut. The Western Conference is loaded with elite guards such as James Harden and Damian Lillard. While the injury to Stephen Curry may open up a spot, guys like Luka Doncic and Devin Booker have stepped up their games this season in a big way.

Perhaps Williams' best chance of making the All-Star team came in his first full season in L.A. in 2017-18. Sweet Lou won his second Sixth Man of the Year award that year while putting up a career-best of 22.6 points per game on 44-36-88 shooting splits.