Clippers Drop Game To Kings After Kawhi Leonard Is Injured

Russell Westbrook had 12 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his 209th profession triple-double and DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points to lead nan Sacramento Kings to a 118-109 victory complete the Clippers connected Saturday night.

Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points earlier leaving pinch a sprained near ankle for nan Clippers, whose four-game winning streak was stopped. It was Leonard’s 45th consecutive crippled pinch astatine slightest 20 points, topping Bob McAdoo’s franchise record group during nan 1974-75 play erstwhile nan squad was based successful Buffalo.

Leonard was injured pinch 9:27 near successful nan 4th fourth erstwhile he was guarding DeRozan and landed awkwardly earlier backpedaling a fewer steps and tumbling to nan court. He popped up quickly, but limped noticeably to nan Clippers’ chair earlier heading to nan locker room. Leonard didn’t return to nan crippled and location was nary contiguous connection connected whether he mightiness miss time.

Precious Achiuwa added 25 points and 13 rebounds, Maxime Raynaud had 23 points and Daeqwon Plowden scored 15 for nan Kings, who person won 3 of their past 4 games.

Darius Garland added 25 points and Bennedict Mathurin had 24 for Los Angeles, which had won its past 5 astatine home.

The crippled was adjacent early and tied astatine 39 pinch 7:04 near successful nan 2nd quarter, but Sacramento took complete from there. The Kings led 68-54 astatine halftime and made it a 20-point crippled — their largest lead — astatine 90-70 connected Plowden’s three-pointer pinch 2:19 near successful nan 3rd quarter.

But nan Clippers, moreover without Leonard, stormed backmost successful nan 4th and trim nan shortage to 103-100 connected a pullup handbasket by Mathurin pinch 4:15 remaining. Sacramento outscored Los Angeles 15-9 nan remainder of nan measurement to seal nan win.