Kawhi Leonard Scores 29 To Help Clippers Rout Pacers For Third Win In A Row

Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points, Bennedict Mathurin scored 23 against nan squad that traded him past month, and the Clippers won their 3rd successful a row, 130-107 complete the Indiana Pacers connected Wednesday nighttime astatine Intuit Dome.

Brook Lopez had 17 points for nan Clippers while Darius Garland had 12 successful his first location crippled since being acquired from nan Cleveland Cavaliers past month. He and Mathurin, who made 8 of 11 shots, provided an effective backcourt disconnected nan bench, and halfway Isaiah Jackson added 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks against his aged squad arsenic well.

The only antagonistic connected nan nighttime was erstwhile rookie halfway Yanic Konan Niederhauser was helped to nan locker room aft he suffered a correct ft injury. He didn’t return. The Clippers said he’d acquisition further information and won’t subordinate them for a two-game trip.

Pascal Siakam had 29 points successful his return aft sitting retired 3 games because of a near wrist sprain to lead Indiana, but nan Pacers mislaid their seventh successful a statement and fell to nan bottommost of nan Eastern Conference pinch a 15-47 record.

Jay Huff had 18 points and was 4 for 8 connected three-pointers, and Jarace Walker added 17 points.

The Clippers (30-31) led 42-25 aft 1 4th and 63-51 astatine halftime, pinch Leonard racking up 20 points. The Clippers pulled distant pinch a 16-2 tally successful nan 3rd 4th to widen a seven-point lead to 21.

The Clippers changeable 55.1% to nan Pacers’ 42.9% arsenic L.A. pulled wrong a crippled of .500 for nan 2nd clip since recovering from a 6-21 start. The Clippers play astatine San Antonio connected Friday and astatine Memphis connected Saturday.

Norchad Omier, a 6-foot-7 guardant connected a two-way contract, became nan first Nicaraguan to people successful nan NBA, according to nan Clippers, erstwhile he made a precocious jump hook successful nan lane.