The Houston Rockets (33-19) defeat the Los Angeles Clippers (25-28), 102-95.

95 - 102

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Toyota Center

Officials: Curtis Blair, Nick Buchert, and Matt Kallio

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Los Angeles Clippers	26	26	20	23	95
Houston Rockets	27	24	27	24	102

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Los Angeles Clippers	95	36-88	40.9%	8-30	26.7%	15-23	65.2%	17	55	24	18	11	11	5
Houston Rockets	102	36-79	45.6%	14-28	50.0%	16-18	88.9%	10	52	19	15	7	16	6

PLAYER STATS


Los Angeles Clippers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kawhi Leonard^SF	31:29	24	7-19	2-7	8-9	2	6	8	3	1	0	1	1	-16
John Collins^PF	30:59	17	8-14	0-2	1-2	2	6	8	1	0	0	1	1	-11
Brook Lopez^C	29:05	7	3-6	1-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	3	-8
Derrick Jones Jr.^SG	26:43	6	2-7	2-6	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	-7
Kris Dunn^PG	27:48	6	3-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	7	4	0	1	5	-9
Bennedict Mathurin	25:54	9	4-13	0-2	1-1	3	4	7	4	3	0	0	4	4
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	13:27	3	1-3	0-0	1-2	2	2	4	0	0	2	1	1	-7
Kobe Sanders	15:49	2	1-9	0-5	0-0	2	2	4	4	0	0	1	1	-8
Jordan Miller	16:54	9	2-5	2-4	3-6	3	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	-5
Cam Christie	05:28	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	8
TyTy Washington Jr.	05:28	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	8
Isaiah Jackson	05:28	5	2-2	0-0	1-3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
Dalano Banton	05:28	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	8
Nicolas Batum	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bogdan Bogdanović	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Beal	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darius Garland	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kevin Durant^SF	37:43	26	8-22	3-7	7-7	1	5	6	3	3	0	5	1	3
Jabari Smith Jr.^PF	37:29	13	4-11	2-3	3-3	2	8	10	3	1	1	1	2	13
Alperen Sengun^C	34:33	22	9-14	1-2	3-4	1	6	7	5	0	0	3	4	9
Tari Eason^SG	29:42	6	2-10	2-6	0-0	2	3	5	1	1	0	2	2	0
Amen Thompson^PG	37:23	16	6-10	1-2	3-4	2	4	6	1	1	1	0	0	9
Reed Sheppard	29:33	16	6-10	4-6	0-0	2	4	6	4	1	1	4	2	-5
Clint Capela	13:21	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	-5
Dorian Finney-Smith	20:12	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	11
Isaiah Crawford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Holiday	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Okogie	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jae’Sean Tate	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Adams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JD Davison	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristen Newton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

32 | 14 hours ago

Dunn is so hilarious. He had 3 steals in a row resulting in: sailing a pass that Kawhi had to save, getting blocked by the rim, and then throwing it to DJJ with weird spacing leading to it getting poked away. But he also killed our momentum by having Miller roll the ball in, then INSISTING Miller pick it up resulting in a turnover and an additional score for Houston to end the 3rd.

His defense is genuinely elite, and he actually can make some things happen on offense, but he has some insanely low offensive IQ.

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

11 | 13 hours ago

His signature play is getting an improbable steal then immediately turning the ball over back to the other team to give up an easy transition basket.

AshenSacrifice | Clippers

8 | 13 hours ago

Lmao for sure not a two way player 😂

clayfu | Clippers

5 | 13 hours ago

When Dunn dribbles for 20 seconds and blindly dives to the rim for an epic miss gives me Westbrook flashbacks

Jimmy0034 | Clippers

2 | 14 hours ago

I said it in the game thread that we lost opportunity to have a big lead in first half with the amount of fast breaks we had.

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

4 | 14 hours ago

Yep. We’re pretty awful in transition, but that was like BAD. End of the day, we lost because we couldn’t hit shit from 3 and the Rockets could.

Don’t hate the loss, but boy are we rough to watch when Kawhi isn’t on fire. We pretty sorely need Garland or someone to organize our offense better. Mathurin should help when his shot starts to fall, but we have a few too many possessions where the team just can’t get into any action and we take horrendous shots.

Jimmy0034 | Clippers

2 | 13 hours ago

Yeah it is rough to watch when Kawhi is not on fire, I am not even sure if we have enough even if Garland comes back. I didnt like Mathurin shots selection in that game, He took like 2-3 long 2s that was driving me crazy. Also the young trio is very inconsistent, One game they are good next game they are struggling

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

1 | 7 hours ago

I think if Garland comes back, we’ll be able to look like a decent but obviously not contending team.

I was also fine with Mathurin’s shot selection considering he’s been with the team for 2-3 days. Our 2nd unit offense already has limited playmaking, so he was kind of just gunning out there.

zggystardust71 | Clippers

2 | 13 hours ago

He’s been trying to create his own shot more and it’s not going great. He’s a better spot up 3 and mid range shooter. But his defense is top level.

That inbound play was such a brain fart by Miller and Dunn.

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

3 | 12 hours ago

I’m not blaming miller on that. You could see Miller trying to get Dunn to grab it, but Dunn kept saying no.

zggystardust71 | Clippers

2 | 12 hours ago

Yea, it was definitely on Dunn. But Miller knew he couldn’t pick it up and still did. No win for Miller.

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

1 | 12 hours ago

It’s because the ball was literally rolling out of bounds and also towards the defense. You could see him looking at Dunn and the coaching staff.

This is simply not on him, because it would have been a turnover one way or another.

Ok-Tree4365

2 | 11 hours ago

Dunn makes sense next to Harden, and will probably make sense next to Garland, too.

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

1 | 11 hours ago

Dunn ultimately doesn’t make much sense as a starter because he’s too flawed offensively.

He was played off the floor against Denver, and the same will apply to virtually every other playoff team.

TempestStrayDogz | Rockets

1 | 7 hours ago

It feels like his brain moves slower than his body.

Cowabunga_Booyakasha | United States

1 | an hour ago

Wait a minute. San Diego has had both the Rockets and the Clippers?

EbenezerAD | Rockets

27 | 14 hours ago

3rd seed baby!

free_reezy | Rockets

22 | 13 hours ago

If you just went off the discourse in the sub, you’d think we were 3rd in lottery odds lmao

EbenezerAD | Rockets

7 | 13 hours ago

I do not get near our sub whenever we lose lmao

Lmao1903 | NBA

3 | 10 hours ago

Without Fred and Adams as well btw. With Sengun missing time and playing injured, Tari missing time.

Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n | Rockets

23 | 14 hours ago

2nd time in 2 years the Clippers 3rd strings started to come back when the Rockets were at home lmao.

SO to Dalano Banton when he was putting up stats against us on the Blazers last year.

NigelSexMachine | Rockets

24 | 14 hours ago

Ime Udoka always got that “the fuck you doing” look on his face whenever the team misses plenty or don’t box out lmao

Cowabunga_Booyakasha | United States

4 | an hour ago

Instead of actually coaching.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

16 | 14 hours ago

Sengun with a solid game

Not the best shooting night but KD still played well

EthanHuntBroMichael | LAC

8 | 14 hours ago

Great win Rockets. Go out and celebrate until the morning.

plutosbigbro | Rockets

6 | 13 hours ago

Love your flair, no hate between our organizations

TechnoGauss | Clippers

3 | 11 hours ago

2015 playoffs still haunt me :(

Sensitive_Worry2499

8 | 14 hours ago

Sengun-Durant duo too much for Kawhi

lovingkindness301

7 | 13 hours ago

Missing the Harden/Zu connection

Focused_Sky

6 | 14 hours ago

Could have used Harden

Glittering-Craft-161

3 | 14 hours ago

Kawhi saw kobe sanders bring up the basketball and decided nah ts ain’t worth trying

Jimmy0034 | Clippers

3 | 14 hours ago

Kobe Sanders has been bringing up the basketball all season

zggystardust71 | Clippers

2 | 13 hours ago

Clippers shooting went into nuclear winter in the 4th. Nice to see Mathurian out there, but he had a rough shooting night. New guy nerves?

Zeta1Reticuli | Rockets

1 | 14 hours ago

4th quarter offense looked a lot less stagnant than before. Love the ball movement and incorporation of Reed into the offense by having him bring up the ball more often. In the past he would handoff the ball and just stand in the corner or wing waiting for an open 3.

EarthWarping | NBA

1 | 14 hours ago

3-6 in the west is a complete mess right now

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

8 | 14 hours ago

3-6 in West is a mess. Then 8-10 is literally just a bunch of mediocre teams with LAC/GSW/POR, all being basically forced into those spots because the other 5 teams are egregiously tanking.

Specialist_Office274 | Hawks

4 | 14 hours ago

That’s how the east has been for the last couple seasons. Bottom 5 teams complete ass and the hawks/heat/bulls having their yearly play in games cuz of it

EarthWarping | NBA

1 | 14 hours ago

Yeah its crazy ³⁄₄ of the play-in teams are set, however I think it is with the white flags memphis and dallas waived

Ok_Possible_5702

1 | 13 hours ago

Nuggets should be able to get some separation, if they ever get healthy

Ok-Tree4365

1 | 11 hours ago

See you tomorrow

Lyranx

0 | 14 hours ago

Clippers have packed up for the season folks

joebreezy12 | Thunder

-7 | 14 hours ago

God I hope

EthanHuntBroMichael | LAC

19 | 14 hours ago

There’s 10 teams outright tanking or dogshit. You’re not getting a good pick.

McJacknife | Thunder

2 | 12 hours ago

A top 12 pick is a good pick for someone in the Thunder’s position, especially in a draft this deep

sammymate999 | Rockets

-16 | 14 hours ago

Are the rockets the worst 3 seed ever? Can’t believe they are somehow the 3 seed in the west

Zeta1Reticuli | Rockets

5 | 14 hours ago

We kind of play at the level of our competition. Sometimes win against the best teams and sometimes lose against the worst teams in the league. We’re also seriously unclutch in overtime.

Suitable_Snow7761 | Rockets

1 | 14 hours ago

Worst 2 seed in history last year according to people lol

bootywizard42O | NBA

2 | 13 hours ago

Idk about history but def one of the weaker 2nd seeds in recent memory