Kings shock the Clippers
Sacramento pulled off a 118-109 road win at the Intuit Dome — their 17th victory this season (17-51) — paced by DeMar DeRozan’s 27 points and Precious Achiuwa’s 25/13 double-double as the Kings out-rebounded L.A. 48-35 and shot 58.5% from the floor James Ham recap WJOX-FM recap.
Russell Westbrook posted a 12-12-10 triple-double — the 209th of his career espn.com. Kawhi Leonard scored 31 and set a Clippers franchise mark with his 45th straight 20-point game, then exited with a sprained left ankle and missed the final 9:27 of the contest nba.com. Maxime Raynaud (23) and Daeqwon Plowden (15) supplied secondary scoring for Sacramento nba.com, while Bennedict Mathurin paced Los Angeles off the bench with 24 points cbssports.com. Sacramento built a 68-54 halftime lead and stretched it to a 20-point edge at 90-70 on a Plowden 3 with 2:19 left in the third, before the Clippers mounted a fourth-quarter push to cut the margin late nba.com. The loss snapped the Clippers’ five-game home winning streak and gave the Kings their third victory in four games nba.com. The game drew an announced crowd of 17,420 at the Intuit Dome, and the teams’ next matchups are Sacramento hosting Utah Sunday and the Clippers hosting San Antonio Monday nba.com.
