Paul George also scored 31 points and collected
nine rebounds as Los Angeles won its second straight game in the
best-of-seven series. Marcus Morris Sr. scored 22 of his 24
points during a first half in which the Clippers led by as many
as 29 points.
Donovan Mitchell poured in 37 points to tie the Utah franchise
playoff record of six straight 30-point outings held by Hall of
Famer Karl Malone (three in 1995, three in 1996).
Game 5 is Wednesday at Salt Lake City.
Leonard left the contest with 4:35 remaining and didn't return.
His departure came less than a minute after he grabbed at his
right knee following a collision with the Jazz's Joe Ingles.
Utah's Mike Conley (hamstring) sat out and has missed all four
games of the series.
Ingles scored 19 points and Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 for the
top-seeded Jazz, who shot 42.9 percent from the field and were
17 of 42 (40.5 percent) from 3-point range.
Fourth-seeded Los Angeles made 46.8 percent of its shots and hit
15 of 37 (40.5 percent) from behind the arc.
Ingles drained a 3-pointer to pull Utah within 112-102 with 2:10
left before Los Angeles scored six of the next seven points en
route to closing it out.
Utah trailed 68-44 at halftime but trimmed its deficit to 14
early in the third quarter.
George tallied five points during a 9-3 burst to give the
Clippers an 84-64 advantage with 4:12 left in the stanza.
Los Angeles took a 94-73 lead into the final stanza. Luke
Kennard's 3-pointer increased the Clippers' advantage to 101-75
with 10:37 remaining before Utah answered with a 19-6 spurt to
move within 13 points with 3:56 to play.
Morris made all five of his first-half 3-point attempts while
leading the Clippers to the 24-point edge at the break.
Los Angeles held a 20-6 lead after Leonard's basket just 6 1/2
minutes into the game. The Clippers led 30-13 after the
conclusion of the quarter.
Los Angeles kept its foot on the pedal, and two free throws by
Morris increased the lead to 51-22 with 5:21 left in the first
half.
Mitchell scored 21 points in the opening half.
--Field Level Media
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