Clippers fade in second half
SAN FRANCISCO » Jordan Poole scored 34 points, Klay Thompson had 19 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors used another big secondhalf surge to rally past the Clippers 115-91 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory.
Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points and hit from deep to beat the buzzer that ended the second quarter, putting the cold-shooting Clippers ahead 56-45 at halftime. But L.A. finished just 9 of 43 on 3-pointers — missing 18 of 19 to begin the second half.
Then the Warriors came charging back with a 42-point third quarter while holding the Clippers to 16 points in the period to lead 87-72 heading into the final 12 minutes. Golden State did the same thing with a comeback win against Portland on Tuesday night.
Draymond Green added 11 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in a physical battle all game between rivals fighting for playoff positioning in the Western Conference. Donte DiVincenzo struggled with his shot, going 2 for 10, but hit the glass to grab a season-high 11 rebounds for the defending champions.
Mason Plumlee had a season-best 20 rebounds and his 14 in the initial two quarters were the most of his career in any half. Eric Gordon made his first start in six games since joining the Clippers in a trade from Houston and scored16 points in the team’s fourth straight defeat and sixth in eight.
Gordon was 2 for 10 on 3s and Russell Westbrook missed all five of his tries
The Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard (2) works against Golden State’s Donte DiVincenzo during the first half of Thursday’s game.
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while going 3 for 12 from the floor overall to score eight points.
Also
Clippers coach Tyronn Lue came in with a game plan to get back in transition and limit turnovers — and the Clippers committed 16 that led to 29 Golden State points . ... Marcus Morris Sr. (left elbow contusion) and Ivica Zubac (right calf soreness) sat out after coming into the game listed as questionable on the injury report.
BOX SCORE
Clippers
George 26:33 Leonard 31:30 Plumlee 29:02 Gordon 33:36 Westbrook 27:41 Mann 23:51 Powell 20:34 Batum 19:58 Hyland 12:17 Coffey 7:28 Covington 7:28
Totals 240:00 32-89 18-21 9-47 19 24 91
Percentages: Goals:
FG .360, FT .857;
9-43, .209 (Leonard 2-3, Gordon 2-10, Covington 1-1, Mann 1-2, Hyland 1-3, Batum 1-4, George 1-8, Westbrook 0-5, Powell 0-7); 7.
Team Rebounds: Team Turnovers: Blocked Shots:
None; 5 (Leonard 2, Batum, Covington, Gordon);
16 (Westbrook 4, Mann 3, Plumlee 3, Gordon 2, Coffey, George, Leonard, Powell); 5 (Leonard 2, Mann 2, Gordon).
Turnovers: Clippers Golden State
Golden St.
DiVincenzo 31:24 D.Green 29:03 Looney 24:47 Poole 31:30 Thompson 29:47 Kuminga 28:40 Lamb 26:37 Jerome 19:38 Baldwin Jr. 8:52 Moody 5:04 J.Green 4:38
Totals 240:00 39-93 23-27 15-60 25 20 115
Percentages: Goals:
FG .419, FT .852;
14-46, .304 (Poole 5-12, Kuminga 3-4, Thompson 3-8, Moody 1-2, Lamb
1-5, DiVincenzo 1-6, D.Green 0-1, Looney 0-1, Baldwin Jr. 0-3, Jerome 0-4);
4. Team Turnovers: 1; 6 (DiVincenzo 2, Baldwin Jr., Kuminga, Lamb, Thompson);
11 (D.Green 4, Poole 3, Kuminga 2, DiVincenzo, Thompson); 9 (DiVincenzo 2, Kuminga 2, Poole 2, Thompson 2, Jerome); Poole, 7:28 third
18,064 (18,064)
Rebounds: Shots:
A:
Min
Min
FG FT Reb A PF Pts
3-15 8-12 3-5 6-16 3-12 2-4 1-9 2-5 2-7 1-2 1-2
Steals: 27 29 16 19 — 91 26 19 42 28 — 115
FG
FT Reb A PF Pts
2-10 0-0 5-11 0 1 5 5-7 1-2 1-9 9 4 11 4-7 3-4 3-8 1 4 11 9-2011-12 2-4 3 1 34 7-16 2-2 0-11 4 2 19 7-12 2-3 2-7 2 3 19 1-7 2-2 1-2 1 2 5 1-6 2-2 0-4 3 0 4 2-6 0-0 0-3 2 2 4 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Steals:
Technical Fouls:
4-4 3-5 6-6 2-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-5 0-7 2-20 0-0 0-0 4-5 0-2 1-1 0-5 1-1 0-1 5 0 2 0 6 3 1 0 1 1 0 5 11 1 21 2 12 3 16 3 8 2 5 1 2 0 5 6 6 1 2 0 3