Clippers' bench swings games
In the Clippers vs. Bulls March 13 matchup, game footage shows the Clippers' bench repeatedly changing momentum — a depth advantage that's become a season-long theme for L.A. []. The highlights underline how bench scoring and minutes management have tilted several close contests in the Clippers’ favor this month [].
Bennedict Mathurin scored 26 points [landofbasketball.com] and Jordan Miller added 14 [landofbasketball.com], with Clippers reserves combining for 51 points in the 119-108 victory [landofbasketball.com]. Mathurin (27:50) and Miller (26:38) logged the biggest reserve minutes, while Isaiah Jackson (16:54) and Nicolas Batum (16:01) supplied complementary bursts off the bench [landofbasketball.com]. Mathurin’s 26 was his fourth straight 20-point game, a run noted by CBSSports as boosting L.A.’s second-unit scoring punch [cbssports.com], and the Clippers’ bench has averaged roughly 33.7 points per game this season according to StatMuse [statmuse.com]. That reserve scoring helped the Clippers extend a four-game win streak and sit at 34-32 overall, part of a stretch in which L.A. has won seven of eight games [espn.com].
