Victory is Clippers’ 9th in past 10 games

Tobias Harris scored 28 points, Montrezl Harrell added 24 and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers beat the Sacramento Kings 133-121 on Thursday night.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 17 points, and Avery Bradley and Danilo Gallinari had 16 apiece as the Clippers won their ninth in 10 games. Los Angeles extended its streak in Sacramento to 12 games.

Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 26 points for Sacramento. Marvin Bagley III added 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Kings coach Dave Joerger faced questions before the game about problems between he and the team’s front office after The Athletic reported that Joerger asked assistant general manager Brandon Williams to leave the team’s shootaround earlier Thursday.

The alleged incident comes less than two weeks after a report by Yahoo Sports suggesting that Joerger was in trouble with management over his handling of the team’s younger players, specifically Bagley, the second overall pick who has come off the bench in all 21 games this season.

“My job is to make sure that we are as prepared as we can be for the task in front of us and to try to limit distractions as much as possible,” Joerger said. “I think the sunshine on this team, this group of players, and our city has been as high as it’s been since I’ve been in the NBA. I’m just trying to keep the distractions to a minimum with our group. I love the game. I know that this is just part sometimes that comes with it.” Lakers 104, Pacers 96: LeBron James scored 12 of his 38 points in the final five minutes, and host Los Angeles rebounded from its first back-to-back losses in a month.

Brandon Ingram scored 14 points and Josh Hart added 13 for the Lakers, who blew an early 24-point lead before James carried them down the stretch to their 10th win in 14 games.