Kawhi Leonard declared his Los Angeles Clippers are “not fearful of no person” going into the playoffs. Friday, his clutch shot saved the Clippers when the 16-win Indiana Pacers put a scare into them.
Leonard scored with one second left to present the Clippers a 114-113 win in a sport they trailed 42-21 after 1 / 4. It gave the Clippers their fourth straight win and saved them from an embarrassing defeat to the NBA’s worst workforce.
Kawhi Leonard and Darius Garland made a harmful duo
Leonard was instrumental within the Clippers’ late-game push, scoring or helping on 15 of the workforce’s final 17 factors. Darius Garland, acquired from the Cleveland Cavaliers at midseason, scored eight factors within the final 3:01 of the sport, with Leonard helping on two of Garland’s late three-pointers.
L.A. remade their roster by dealing Harden and sending beginning heart Ivica Zubac to the Pacers for Bennedict Mathurin. It appeared just like the Clippers may be tearing down their workforce, however they’ve gone 15-10 because the Harden commerce and at the moment are 9-3 with Garland within the lineup. Garland scored 30 factors on Friday and is capturing a scorching 51.6 % from three-point vary as a Clipper.
