The Clippers' win over Portland on Saturday keeps them in position to finish as high as No. 5 in the West, avoiding the play-in tournament next week.
left the regular season’s penultimate day with the same answer applying to their three most pressing questions.
Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points, with eight rebounds and four assists, and Norman Powell scored 23 off the bench in the win Saturday. Both attempted at least 10 free throws, using Portland’s youth against it to draw fouls. In the win the Clippers accomplished something key — none of their starters played more than 29 minutes. That keeps them fresher to accomplish their next mission: ending their regular season with a win Sunday.
“I mean if you don’t treat the game right, basketball gods will make you pay for it,” he said before Saturday’s tipoff. The Clippers answered with 45 points in the third quarter, the most they scored in any quarter this season, to build a lead that grew to 19 in the second half. But with Lue using the fourth quarter to rest his starters, the punchy Trail Blazers were still within a mildly uncomfortable 11 points with two minutes to play.
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