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Lou Williams, who returned from a two-game
absence due to a sore calf, had 20 points and eight assists for
the Clippers, who are 14-1 at home and winners of five of their
last seven contests. Williams converted 5 of 7 3-pointers and
made 7 of 13 shots from the floor.
Los Angeles reserve Montrezl Harrell finished with 15 points,
while Ivica Zubac had 12 points.
Kelly Oubre Jr. had 19 points for the Suns, who lost their
fourth consecutive contest. Deandre Ayton, who returned from his
25-game suspension for testing positive for a diuretic, finished
with 18 points and 12 rebounds, seven of those on the offensive
end. Frank Kaminsky chipped in 12 points and nine boards.
The Suns played without guard Devin Booker, their leading scorer
at 25 points per game. Booker missed his third straight contest
with a right forearm contusion.
The Clippers blew the game open in the third quarter. They used
a 13-4 burst capped by a 3-pointer by Leonard with 2:16 left in
the third to seize an 81-62 advantage. Leonard scored 12 in the
quarter as Los Angeles outscored Phoenix 36-25 to take a 90-69
lead heading into the fourth.
Phoenix got no closer than 15 the rest of the way.
The Clippers held a 54-44 edge at the break. Both teams
struggled offensively in the first half, with each hitting 40
percent of the shots. Overall, the Clippers outshot the Suns
50.6 percent to 40.2 percent. Los Angeles was 14 of 32 on
3-pointers (43.8 percent) to 10 of 35 (28.6 percent) for
Phoenix.
George had three of the Clippers' 14 steals.
Clippers reserve forward JaMychal Green sat out his fifth
consecutive game with a tailbone contusion.
Phoenix also was without guard Tyler Johnson, who missed his
second contest in a row with an illness.
--Field Level Media
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