Norman Powell scored 30 factors, James Harden had 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Portland Path Blazers 127-105 on Tuesday evening.
Amir Coffey scored 19 factors, hitting 5 3-pointers, and Derrick Jones Jr. added 15 for the Clippers. Los Angeles shot 55.3% from the sector and completed 19 of 37 (51.4%) from 3-point vary en path to a season excessive in factors.
DeAndre Ayton scored 16 factors and Shaedon Sharpe and Deni Avdija every had 15 for Portland.
The Clippers and Path Blazers every completed 2-2 in NBA Cup West Group A play. Neither crew made it out of group play.
Takeaways
Path Blazers: Protection continues to be an issue for the Path Blazers. They’ve allowed a minimum of 120 factors in 4 of their final 5 video games and have solely held an opponent underneath 100 as soon as in 22 video games this season.
Clippers: Powell continues to be an offensive power within the midst of one of the best season of his profession. He scored 14 of the Clippers’ first 24 factors, together with three 3-pointers, to right away set the tone. He’s averaging a career-high 23.9 factors, up from 13.9 factors final season.
Key second
The Path Blazers overcame an early double-digit deficit to chop the Clippers’ result in 72-70 with 6:05 left within the third quarter, however the Clippers went on a 34-10 run to make it a rout. Powell, Harden and Mo Bamba made 3-pointers to spark an 11-0 spurt, and the Clippers rolled from there.
Key statistic
Harden has 26,399 factors, passing Paul Pierce for sole possession of seventeenth place on the NBA’s profession scoring listing.
To be continued
The Path Blazers host Utah on Friday and the Clippers host Minnesota on Wednesday.
