Paul George scores 26 points, Leonard has his best game of the season and the Clippers use a dominant defensive effort to throttle the team with the best record in the NBA, 113-93.
LOS ANGELES — The plan sounded simple. To keep the Boston Celtics’ duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown away from the perimeter all the Clippers had to do was close them out, run them off the 3-point line and be ready to block out on the backside.“It’s definitely going to be a multiple-effort night defensively,” Coach Tyronn Lue said. “If we don’t have multiple efforts, it could be a tough night for us.
On Monday, however, they weren’t necessarily the best duo on the floor. That distinction belonged to Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. The two Clippers stars combined for 51 points and 15 rebounds in a 113-93 victory at Crypto.com Arena. This is what Lue and Clippers fans have been waiting 28 games to see. Both stars healthy. Both of them on the court at the same time. Both moving well. Both scoring and both coming up big against the league’s best team.
Tatum scored 20 points and Brown had 21; combined they made just 3 of 14 3-point attempts. As a team, the Celtics shot 9 for 36 from behind the arc, while the Clippers made 10 of 25 .
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