Kawhi’s Late‑Game Surge
Kawhi Leonard hit a 0.4‑second buzzer‑beater to lift the Clippers 114‑113 over the Pacers, then followed with a 127‑113 win over the Bucks that extended his streak to 51 straight 20+ point games. (x.com) Those finishes underline Kawhi’s clutch value and scoring consistency as L.A. pushes for seeding. (x.com)
In Indianapolis on March 27 the Clippers erased a 24-point deficit to complete the rally, a win that gave coach Tyronn Lue his 400th career victory and coincided with Leonard's 50th straight game of 20 or more points. (cbssports.com (cbssports.com)) Leonard played 35 minutes in that outing and shot 13-for-26 from the floor while posting 28 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, according to his game log. (espn.com (espn.com)) Three nights later in Milwaukee Leonard logged 23 minutes and finished 8-for-16 from the field with 20 points and 8 rebounds as Bennedict Mathurin and John Collins also scored 28 and 22 points for the Clippers, respectively. (espn.com (espn.com)) Los Angeles shot 45-of-77 (58.4%) in the Milwaukee game and forced 22 Bucks turnovers that produced 33 Clippers points, while the Bucks were short-handed with only eight players available. (espn.com (espn.com)) Milwaukee sat Giannis Antetokounmpo for a seventh straight game because of a left-knee hyperextension and bone bruise, a stretch that contributed to the Bucks’ depleted rotation versus the Clippers. (espn.com (espn.com)) For the season Leonard is averaging roughly 28.3 points and 6.3 rebounds with a 50.4% field-goal percentage, figures that place him among the league’s scoring leaders. (espn.com (espn.com)) The streak has also rewritten Clippers history: Leonard passed Bob McAdoo’s franchise mark earlier in March, and the NBA noted the current run is both a career- and franchise-best for the forward. (nbcsports.com (nbcsports.com))
