Leonard scores 32 points and the Clippers make 18 3-pointers to pull away for a 127-105 victory two nights after losing George to a knee injury.
LOS ANGELES — The Clippers have been in this position before, as recently as last season when Paul George missed 32 games because of injury. So, there wasn’t any panic or hand-wringing Thursday night. Like before, the team was going to need contributions from several players.
The Clippers were not only prepared to move forward without George but did so convincingly with a 127-105 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the same team they lost to by one point on Tuesday when George went down after colliding with Luguentz Dort late in the game. Leonard responded to the challenge and started strong, scoring 15 of his game-high 32 points in the first quarter while going 7 for 7 from the field. And the rest of the team followed, as Terance Mann and Hyland, seeing his first minutes in three weeks, picked up the pace.
Behind the shooting of Leonard, Russell Westbrook’s hard-charging drives and the support of Hyland and Mann in the second half, the Clippers broke open a tie game to avenge Tuesday’s loss.
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