Game ID: 22301199
Houston Rockets @ LA Clippers
Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 3:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAC 21 30 32 22 105HOU 24 24 37 31 116
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Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
LAC availability going into 4/07 · 1 day's restOUT Leonard missed 3 since 4/02, out tonight
BACK Theis back 4/02 after 4, 17 min since (103% of 17)
BACK Tucker back 4/04 after 3, 15 min since (102% of 15)
BACK Hyland back 4/02 after 3, 7 min since (54% of 14)
BACK Boston back 4/02 after 4, 14 min since (142% of 10)
LAC availability going into 4/09 · 1 day's restOUT Leonard missed 4 since 4/02, out tonight
BACK Theis back 4/02 after 4, 17 min since (103% of 17)
BACK Tucker back 4/04 after 3, 15 min since (100% of 15)
BACK Hyland back 4/02 after 3, 7 min since (54% of 14)
BACK Boston back 4/02 after 4, 14 min since (142% of 10)
LAC availability going into 4/10 · back-to-backOUT Leonard missed 5 since 4/02, out tonight
OUT Theis missed 2 since 4/07, returns tonight: 10 min (57% of 17)
BACK Tucker back 4/04 after 3, 15 min since (100% of 15)
BACK Hyland back 4/02 after 3, 11 min since (78% of 14)
BACK Boston back 4/02 after 4, 10 min since (98% of 10)
NEW Coffey 21 to 28 min over the last 5
LAC availability going into 4/12 · 1 day's restOUT Harden missed 2 since 4/09, returns tonight: 10 min (29% of 35)
OUT Leonard missed 6 since 4/02, out tonight
BACK Theis back 4/10 after 2, 10 min since (57% of 17)
BACK Tucker back 4/04 after 3, 17 min since (114% of 15)
NEW Westbrook 22 to 28 min over the last 4
NEW Coffey 21 to 31 min over the last 5
NEW Hyland 14 to 23 min over the last 3
NEW Boston 10 to 16 min over the last 3
LAC availability going into 4/14 · 1 day's restOUT Leonard missed 7 since 4/02, out tonight
BACK Harden back 4/12 after 2, 10 min since (29% of 35)
BACK Theis back 4/10 after 2, 18 min since (108% of 17)
NEW Coffey 21 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Hyland 14 to 24 min over the last 4
NEW Boston 10 to 18 min over the last 4
LAC availability going into 4/21 · 6 days' restOUT Leonard missed 8 since 4/02, out tonight
BACK Harden back 4/12 after 2, 10 min since (29% of 35)
BACK Theis back 4/10 after 2, 22 min since (129% of 17)
NEW Coffey 21 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Plumlee 14 to 20 min over the last 5
NEW Hyland 14 to 30 min over the last 3
NEW Boston 10 to 24 min over the last 4
LAC availability going into 4/23 · 1 day's restOUT Leonard missed 9 since 4/02, returns tonight: 35 min (102% of 34)
OUT Hyland missed 2 since 4/14, out tonight
BACK Harden back 4/12 after 2, 25 min since (71% of 35)
BACK Theis back 4/10 after 2, 22 min since (129% of 17)
NEW Coffey 21 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Boston 10 to 24 min over the last 4
LAC availability going into 4/26 · 2 days' restOUT Theis missed 2 since 4/21, out tonight
OUT Tucker missed 2 since 4/21, out tonight
OUT Hyland missed 3 since 4/14, returns tonight: 3 min (23% of 14)
OUT Boston missed 2 since 4/21, returns tonight: 3 min (28% of 10)
BACK Harden back 4/12 after 2, 30 min since (87% of 35)
BACK Leonard back 4/23 after 9, 35 min since (102% of 34)
NEW Coffey 21 to 28 min over the last 5
NEW Plumlee 14 to 19 min over the last 5
LAC availability going into 4/28 · 1 day's restOUT Theis missed 3 since 4/21, out tonight
OUT Tucker missed 3 since 4/21, out tonight
BACK Harden back 4/12 after 2, 34 min since (97% of 35)
BACK Leonard back 4/23 after 9, 30 min since (87% of 34)
BACK Hyland back 4/26 after 3, 3 min since (23% of 14)
BACK Boston back 4/26 after 2, 3 min since (28% of 10)
HOU availability going into 4/07 · 1 day's restBACK Whitmore back 3/31 after 9, 22 min since (119% of 19)
NEW Thompson 22 to 29 min over the last 4
NEW Landale 14 to 21 min over the last 5
HOU availability going into 4/09 · 1 day's restBACK Whitmore back 3/31 after 9, 22 min since (116% of 19)
NEW Landale 14 to 19 min over the last 5
HOU availability going into 4/11 · 1 day's restNEW Landale 14 to 20 min over the last 5
HOU availability going into 4/12 · back-to-backNEW Thompson 22 to 28 min over the last 4
NEW Landale 14 to 22 min over the last 5
HOU availability going into 4/14 · 1 day's restNEW Thompson 22 to 29 min over the last 4
NEW Landale 14 to 25 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
The Clippers come in 3-2 over their last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 109, shooting 49 percent and 36 from three, 16 free throws a game; George at 22 and Hyland at 17 a game. They have won the glass by 8 a night. Without Leonard (7 straight). One day's rest. Houston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 121, shooting 46 percent and 38 from three, 24 free throws a game; VanVleet at 29 and Ja. Green at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. One day's rest.
So: The Clippers win, and the game turns on the glass, where the Clippers have been plus-8 a night and Houston minus-7 and the defense, the Clippers allowing 109 a night to Houston's 121. Call it the Clippers 117, Houston 113, Houston keeping it close.
4/07 vs CLE 120-118 — LAC notes
LAC won 120-118. LAC shot 49% (41 of 84) to CLE's 48%, 14 of 35 from three. The glass went 48-36 for them. George led with 39 (10 of 24, 3 of 9 from three, 16 of 16 at the line); Harden added 22, Mann 14. The hinge was Q4, 34-20: LAC came in trailing by 12 and left it ahead by 2. LAC trailed 59-80 at the half and won the second half 61-38. Powell was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
4/09 @ PHX 105-92 — LAC notes
LAC won 105-92. LAC shot 47% (41 of 87) to PHX's 34%, 12 of 26 from three, and got to the line 11 times to PHX's 28. LAC turned it over 18 times to PHX's 8, and PHX turned those into 16 steals. The glass went 63-38 for them. George led with 23 (7 of 15, 3 of 5 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Mann added 17, Zubac 17. The hinge was Q1, 37-10: from level to 27 ahead, and the lead reached 37. Powell was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
4/10 vs PHX 108-124 — LAC notes
LAC lost 108-124. LAC shot 46% (44 of 95) to PHX's 48%, 12 of 36 from three. Hyland led with 37 (15 of 29, 6 of 12 from three); Boston added 23, Plumlee 12. Q2 was theirs, 29-27, turning a 1-point deficit into a 1-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 97-79 against them. Brown's -30 in 28 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/12 vs UTA 109-110 — LAC notes
LAC lost 109-110. LAC took 8 more shots (96 to 88), fed by 20 offensive rebounds, but shot 45% to UTA's 47%, 10 of 39 from three, and got to the line 19 times to UTA's 25. Hyland led with 20 (7 of 17, 3 of 11 from three); Coffey added 16, Theis 14. Q1 was theirs, 38-27, but the other 3 periods went 83-71 against them. They led by as many as 13. Hyland's -18 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/14 vs HOU 105-116 — LAC notes
LAC lost 105-116. LAC shot 39% (41 of 104) to HOU's 49%, 8 of 37 from three. LAC turned it over 12 times to HOU's 18. Mann led with 24 (10 of 14, 1 of 3 from three); Coffey added 18, Theis 16. Q2 was theirs, 30-24, turning a 3-point deficit into a 3-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 92-75 against them. Plumlee's -20 in 24 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/21 vs DAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
The Clippers come in 2-3 over their last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 112, shooting 45 percent and 32 from three, 16 free throws a game; George at 24 and Hyland at 21 a game. That is 3 straight losses. They have won the glass by 5 a night. Without Leonard (8 straight). 6 days' rest. Dallas comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 115, shooting 47 percent and 31 from three, 21 free throws a game; Dončić at 35 and Irving at 30 a game. Without Dončić (2 straight), Irving (2 straight), Lively II (8 straight). 6 days' rest.
So: The Clippers win, and the game turns on the line, where Dallas takes 21 free throws a game to the Clippers' 16. Call it the Clippers 115, Dallas 113, Dallas keeping it close.
4/23 vs DAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
The Clippers come in 2-3 over their last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 108, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 14 free throws a game; Hyland at 21 and George at 18 a game. Without Leonard (9 straight). One day's rest. Dallas comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 109, shooting 44 percent and 30 from three, 19 free throws a game; Dončić at 34 and Irving at 25 a game. That is 3 straight losses. One day's rest.
So: The Clippers win, and the game turns on the arc, the Clippers at 34 percent from three to Dallas's 30 and the line, where Dallas takes 19 free throws a game to the Clippers' 14. Call it the Clippers 113, Dallas 109, Dallas keeping it close.
4/26 @ DAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Dallas comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 96 a night and allowing 107, shooting 41 percent and 31 from three, 20 free throws a game; Dončić at 31 and Irving at 26 a game. 2 days' rest. The Clippers come in 1-4 over their last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 109, shooting 43 percent and 31 from three, 17 free throws a game; George at 18 and Harden at 18 a game. Without Theis (2 straight), Tucker (2 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Dallas wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Dallas 110, the Clippers 109, the Clippers keeping it close.
4/28 @ DAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Dallas comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 94 a night and allowing 107, shooting 40 percent and 29 from three, 22 free throws a game; Dončić at 29 and Irving at 25 a game. One day's rest. The Clippers come in 1-4 over their last five, scoring 101 a night and allowing 104, shooting 42 percent and 32 from three, 19 free throws a game; Harden at 19 and Zubac at 16 a game. Without Theis (3 straight), Tucker (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Dallas wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Dallas 109, the Clippers 108, the Clippers keeping it close.
4/07 @ DAL 136-147 — HOU notes
HOU lost 136-147 in 1 overtime. HOU took 8 more shots (93 to 85), but shot 49% to DAL's 54%, 17 of 41 from three, and got to the line 35 times to DAL's 45. HOU turned it over 10 times to DAL's 17. The glass went 32-47 against them. Brooks led with 29 (9 of 14, 5 of 6 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); VanVleet added 24, Ja. Green 21. Q1 was theirs, 42-27, but the other 4 periods went 120-94 against them. They led by as many as 22.
4/09 vs ORL 118-106 — HOU notes
HOU won 118-106. HOU shot 52% (45 of 86) to ORL's 45%, 15 of 35 from three. VanVleet led with 37 (13 of 22, 6 of 11 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Smith Jr. added 23, Brooks 15. The hinge was Q1, 36-25: from level to 11 ahead, and the lead reached 19. VanVleet was the night's best plus/minus at +21.
4/11 @ UTA 121-124 — HOU notes
HOU lost 121-124. HOU took 8 more shots (95 to 87), fed by 16 offensive rebounds, but shot 42% to UTA's 51%, 21 of 47 from three. The glass went 39-49 against them. VanVleet led with 42 (12 of 30, 9 of 13 from three, 9 of 10 at the line); Whitmore added 18, Thompson 15. Q1 was theirs, 38-28, but the other 3 periods went 96-83 against them. They led by as many as 12. Ja. Green's -23 in 19 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/12 @ POR 116-107 — HOU notes
HOU won 116-107. HOU shot 48% (44 of 92) to POR's 39%, 11 of 39 from three, and got to the line 20 times to POR's 29. Ja. Green led with 26 (10 of 20, 5 of 10 from three); Landale added 20, Holiday 18. The hinge was Q2, 31-16: HOU came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 14, and the lead reached 20. Thompson was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
4/14 @ LAC 116-105 — HOU notes
HOU won 116-105. HOU shot 49% (50 of 103) to LAC's 39%, 11 of 38 from three. HOU turned it over 18 times to LAC's 12, and LAC turned those into 13 steals. Whitmore led with 21 (9 of 17, 2 of 6 from three); Thompson added 18, Smith Jr. 15. The hinge was Q4, 31-22: a lead of 2 became 11. HOU trailed 48-51 at the half and won the second half 68-54. Whitmore was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LACAC A. Coffey
BB B. Boston
BJ Boston Jr.
DT D. Theis
KB K. Brown
MP M. Plumlee
TM T. Mann
XM X. Moon
HOUAH A. Holiday
AT A. Thompson
BM B. Marjanović
CW C. Whitmore
JG J. Green
JL J. Landale
JS J. Samuels Jr.
JS J. Smith Jr.
JG Ja. Green
MA Marjanovic
NH N. Hinton
NW N. Williams
RB R. Bullock Jr.
LAC/HOU the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Q1Q2Q3Q43:40 PM4:03 PM4:46 PM5:12 PM5:38 PMLACHOU-11MoonMoon GAME 46:21 14 PTS 105-112 (-7) F2 4-13 3P 2-9 FT 0-0 REB 6 AST 6 STL 2 BLK 1 TO 0 PF 2Moon 8:46 0 PTS 17-20 (-3) F2 0-4 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 2 AST 0 STL 1 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 08:4617-20-3Moon 37:35 14 PTS 88-92 (-4) F2 4-9 3P 2-9 FT 0-0 REB 4 AST 6 STL 1 BLK 1 TO 0 PF 237:3588-92-42xr2x2x2xrs3xa33x2x3f2xr22a3x2xa3xfra3xr2xasr2a22xb3x3xBrownBrown GAME 38:26 9 PTS 84-94 (-10) F2 3-7 3P 1-3 FT 0-0 REB 6 AST 4 STL 2 BLK 2 TO 0 PF 3Brown 24:18 4 PTS 55-54 (+1) F2 2-5 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 3 AST 3 STL 2 BLK 1 TO 0 PF 324:1855-54+1Brown 14:08 5 PTS 29-40 (-11) F2 1-2 3P 1-3 FT 0-0 REB 3 AST 1 STL 0 BLK 1 TO 0 PF 014:0829-40-112xrr2xs2afsbaffr2x2a2rrr2x3xb33xaCoffeyCoffey GAME 36:02 18 PTS 78-89 (-11) F2 7-10 3P 0-7 FT 4-4 REB 3 AST 2 STL 1 BLK 1 TO 1 PF 0Coffey 10:25 7 PTS 17-24 (-7) F2 3-3 3P 0-2 FT 1-1 REB 0 AST 1 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 1 PF 010:2517-24-7Coffey 14:33 4 PTS 34-34 (+0) F2 1-2 3P 0-3 FT 2-2 REB 3 AST 1 STL 1 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 014:3334-34+0Coffey 11:04 7 PTS 27-31 (-4) F2 3-5 3P 0-2 FT 1-1 REB 0 AST 0 STL 0 BLK 1 TO 0 PF 011:0427-31-43x2212at3xrr2x3x11r23x3xsa3x122x2b2x23xBostonBoston GAME 30:53 15 PTS 70-74 (-4) F2 3-10 3P 2-6 FT 3-4 REB 6 AST 3 STL 4 BLK 0 TO 6 PF 3Boston 13:44 5 PTS 29-30 (-1) F2 1-4 3P 0-1 FT 3-4 REB 1 AST 1 STL 2 BLK 0 TO 5 PF 213:4429-30-1Boston 17:09 10 PTS 41-44 (-3) F2 2-6 3P 2-5 FT 0-0 REB 5 AST 2 STL 2 BLK 0 TO 1 PF 117:0941-44-32x2xfa1sttr2xt113xts2ftara2xr2x2f3x3r3x3x3sts2r2xr2xTheisTheis GAME 28:50 16 PTS 67-61 (+6) F2 4-6 3P 2-6 FT 2-2 REB 11 AST 2 STL 2 BLK 2 TO 1 PF 2Theis 7:37 4 PTS 14-13 (+1) F2 2-3 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 1 AST 0 STL 2 BLK 1 TO 0 PF 07:3714-13+1Theis 4:04 4 PTS 12-4 (+8) F2 2-2 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 4 AST 0 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 012-4+8Theis 17:09 8 PTS 41-44 (-3) F2 0-1 3P 2-6 FT 2-2 REB 6 AST 2 STL 0 BLK 1 TO 1 PF 217:0941-44-3s2b2s2xr2r2rrr3rbr113x3xrar3xr2xaffrt3x3MannMann GAME 27:40 24 PTS 60-64 (-4) F2 9-11 3P 1-3 FT 3-3 REB 6 AST 2 STL 1 BLK 0 TO 1 PF 1Mann 6:12 2 PTS 10-14 (-4) F2 1-2 3P 0-1 FT 0-0 REB 2 AST 1 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 010-14-4Mann 7:32 4 PTS 13-18 (-5) F2 2-2 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 2 AST 0 STL 1 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 17:3213-18-5Mann 13:56 18 PTS 37-32 (+5) F2 6-7 3P 1-2 FT 3-3 REB 2 AST 1 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 1 PF 013:5637-32+53xrra22xr2frs2ra3x222x12r22t3211PlumleePlumlee GAME 23:54 9 PTS 46-66 (-20) F2 3-10 3P 0-3 FT 3-4 REB 13 AST 4 STL 1 BLK 2 TO 3 PF 3Plumlee 7:54 6 PTS 15-20 (-5) F2 3-6 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 6 AST 2 STL 0 BLK 1 TO 1 PF 0-5Plumlee 4:25 3 PTS 10-11 (-1) F2 0-1 3P 0-0 FT 3-4 REB 1 AST 0 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 010-11-1Plumlee 6:51 0 PTS 13-24 (-11) F2 0-2 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 2 AST 1 STL 1 BLK 0 TO 2 PF 113-24-11Plumlee 4:44 0 PTS 8-11 (-3) F2 0-1 3P 0-3 FT 0-0 REB 4 AST 1 STL 0 BLK 1 TO 0 PF 2-32rar2xtbra2xrr2r22x12x11rtrrf2xa2xstra3x2xbrrf3xfr3xTuckerTucker GAME 7:54 0 PTS 15-20 (-5) F2 0-0 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 0 AST 0 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 0Tucker 7:54 0 PTS 15-20 (-5) F2 0-0 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 0 AST 0 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 07:5415-20-5ThompsonThompson GAME 39:56 18 PTS 97-85 (+12) F2 8-9 3P 0-0 FT 2-3 REB 11 AST 10 STL 3 BLK 3 TO 3 PF 5Thompson 9:35 4 PTS 22-17 (+5) F2 2-2 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 2 AST 2 STL 1 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 19:3522-17+5Thompson 5:46 3 PTS 16-14 (+2) F2 1-1 3P 0-0 FT 1-2 REB 0 AST 1 STL 1 BLK 1 TO 2 PF 116-14+2Thompson 13:33 9 PTS 32-35 (-3) F2 4-5 3P 0-0 FT 1-1 REB 5 AST 2 STL 1 BLK 1 TO 1 PF 213:3332-35-3Thompson 11:02 2 PTS 27-19 (+8) F2 1-1 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 4 AST 5 STL 0 BLK 1 TO 0 PF 111:0227-19+82rr2saaffts12tab2r12raf2rb2tsrar2xfrafbraaara2rWhitmoreWhitmore GAME 35:59 21 PTS 94-80 (+14) F2 7-11 3P 2-6 FT 1-3 REB 6 AST 5 STL 0 BLK 1 TO 1 PF 1Whitmore 9:35 2 PTS 22-17 (+5) F2 1-2 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 2 AST 0 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 09:3522-17+5Whitmore 6:56 4 PTS 20-16 (+4) F2 0-0 3P 1-3 FT 1-2 REB 0 AST 1 STL 0 BLK 1 TO 1 PF 16:5620-16+4Whitmore 9:42 9 PTS 26-21 (+5) F2 3-5 3P 1-2 FT 0-0 REB 3 AST 1 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 09:4226-21+5Whitmore 3:48 4 PTS 11-13 (-2) F2 2-2 3P 0-0 FT 0-0 REB 0 AST 1 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 011-13-2Whitmore 5:58 2 PTS 15-13 (+2) F2 1-2 3P 0-1 FT 0-1 REB 1 AST 2 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 015-13+22xr2ratb1f33x3x2x2r3x2x23r2ra2a2a2x3x2raSmith Jr.Smith Jr. GAME 32:53 15 PTS 77-69 (+8) F2 4-9 3P 2-10 FT 1-2 REB 8 AST 3 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 1Smith Jr. 6:12 5 PTS 14-10 (+4) F2 1-2 3P 1-3 FT 0-0 REB 2 AST 0 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 014-10+4Smith Jr. 2:25 0 PTS 2-4 (-2) F2 0-0 3P 0-1 FT 0-0 REB 2 AST 1 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 0-2Smith Jr. 16:41 5 PTS 41-41 (+0) F2 2-5 3P 0-3 FT 1-2 REB 3 AST 2 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 116:4141-41+0Smith Jr. 7:35 5 PTS 20-14 (+6) F2 1-2 3P 1-3 FT 0-0 REB 1 AST 0 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 07:3520-14+6r3x2x33xr2rar3xr2ra3xf2x2x2xar213x3x2r33x3x2xJa. GreenJa. Green GAME 22:40 13 PTS 54-46 (+8) F2 2-4 3P 3-10 FT 0-0 REB 6 AST 3 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 1 PF 0Ja. Green 9:35 6 PTS 22-17 (+5) F2 0-2 3P 2-6 FT 0-0 REB 2 AST 2 STL 0 BLK 0 TO 0 PF 09:3522-17+5Ja. 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Rockets beat playoff-bound Clippers 116-105 to salvage a .500 season. Kawhi Leonard still out for LA
LOS ANGELES -- — Rookie Cam Whitmore scored 21 points and the Houston Rockets beat the playoff-bound Los Angeles Clippers 116-105 on Sunday to finish at .500 season and avoid a fourth straight losing season.
Rookie Amen Thompson had a triple-double of 18 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists for the already eliminated Rockets, who finished 41-41 in coach Ime Udoka's first season. Houston was 22-60 last year and 20-62 in 2022.
The Pacific Division champion and fourth-seeded Clippers are headed to the playoffs, where they'll meet Luka Donic and the fifth-seeded Dallas Mavericks in the first round next weekend.
Terance Mann scored 24 points and Amir Coffey added 18 for the Clippers in their last regular-season game at Crypto.com Arena. It's where they've juggled dates with the Lakers and NHL’s Kings since 1999. The team is moving to its new Intuit Dome in Inglewood next season.
The Clippers couldn't avoid their first three-game losing streak since James Harden 's first game with the team, when they lost six in a row from Nov. 1-14.
Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard missed his eighth straight game because of right knee inflammation. The team went 4-4 over that stretch.
Coach Tyronn Lue gave his usual opaque answers about Leonard’s status for the upcoming playoffs before the game. “We’ll see. He feels OK,” said Lue, who, when asked if Leonard has been working out, said, “He’s been doing a little something.”
Also sitting out for the Clippers were Paul George , Harden, Ivica Zubac , Russell Westbrook , Norman Powell and Bones Hyland , who scored a combined 64 points in his previous three games.
Xavier Moon had 14 points, six rebounds and six assists in his first career start for the Clippers. Moon, a 6-footer, beat 7-foot-4 Boban Marjanovic in a jump ball in the fourth. They matched up again and Marjanovic stuck out his long arm to poke the ball away from Moon.
“He's a big boy,” said Clippers assistant Dan Craig who coached the game, “but X got that jump ball against him.”
Marjanovic scored 13 points in 12 minutes of the fourth. The former Clipper delighted the fans when he smilingly missed two free throws to ensure they would receive free chicken sandwiches.