The Clippers’ early fourth-quarter burst accounted for one-third of their total made 3-pointers on an uncharacteristic off-night for the NBA’s best-shooting team from beyond the arc. They finished 12-of-34. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
George went 3-of-10 from long range, while all three of Reggie Jackson’s successful 3-point attempts came in the final period. Jackson finished 3-of-6 from distance and scored 13 of his 19 points in the fourth. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jackson and George combined to score six unanswered points over a 1:30 stretch late in the fourth that effectively sealed the win for Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Los Angeles owned a 46-34 advantage for points in the paint, and turned 14 offensive rebounds into 16 second-chance points. Patrick Patterson grabbed four of his six total rebounds on the offensive end and finished with 12 points. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The shorthanded Clippers, playing without Kawhi Leonard, Patrick Beverley, Serge Ibaka and Rajon Rondo, had six scorers in double-figures. DeMarcus Cousins and Amir Coffey came off the bench for 11 and 10 points, and Ivica Zubac recorded 12 points and eight rebounds. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
John Wall paced Houston (15-45) with 27 points. He found Christian Wood for a lob dunk for one of Wall’s 13 assists, a play book-ended by a Kelly Olynyk 3-pointer and a Wood foul shot. The sequence pulled the Rockets within three points with just under a minute to play. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Olynyk finished with 23 points — one of three Rockets along with Wall and Wood to score at least that many — attempted a would-be, game-tying 3-pointer with 10.8 seconds remaining that rimmed off. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Wood finished with 24 points and grabbed a game-high 19 rebounds. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
–Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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