Portland Trail Blazers @ LA Clippers
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 10:30 PM ET
Intuit Dome, Inglewood, CA | Game ID: 22400060
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAC 36 27 28 36 127POR 31 27 20 27 105
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Powell scores 30 and Harden has 23 as the Clippers beat the Trail Blazers 127-105
LOS ANGELES -- — Norman Powell scored 30 points, James Harden had 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 127-105 on Tuesday night.
Amir Coffey scored 19 points, hitting five 3-pointers, and Derrick Jones Jr . added 15 for the Clippers. Los Angeles shot 55.3% from the field and was 19 of 37 (51.4%) from 3-point range en route to a season high in points.
DeAndre Ayton scored 16 points and Shaedon Sharpe and Deni Avdija each had 15 for Portland.
The Clippers and Trail Blazers each finished 2-2 in NBA Cup West Group A play. Neither team advanced to the knockout round.
Clippers guard Terance Mann left in the third quarter with a fractured left middle finger.
Takeaways Trail Blazers: Defense continues to be a problem for the Trail Blazers. They’ve allowed at least 120 points in four of their last five games and have held an opponent under 100 just once in 22 games this season.
Clippers: Powell continues to be an offensive force amid the best season of his career. He scored 14 of the Clippers’ first 24 points, including three 3-pointers, to set the tone immediately. He is averaging a career-best 23.9 points, up from 13.9 points last season.
Key moment The Trail Blazers overcame an early double-digit deficit to cut the Clippers' lead to 72-70 with 6:05 remaining in the third quarter, but the Clippers unleashed a 34-10 run to turn it into a rout. Powell, Harden and Mo Bamba hit 3-pointers to spur an 11-0 surge, and the Clippers rolled from there.
Key stat Harden has 26,399 points, passing Paul Pierce for sole possession of 17th place on the NBA’s career scoring list.
Up next The Trail Blazers host Utah on Friday and the Clippers host Minnesota on Wednesday.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LACAC A. Coffey
BH B. Hyland
DJ D. Jones Jr.
IZ I. Zubac
JH J. Harden
JM J. Miller
KD K. Dunn
KJ K. Jones
MB M. Bamba
NB N. Batum
NP N. Powell
TM T. Mann
PORAS A. Simons
DA D. Avdija
DA D. Ayton
DB D. Banton
DR D. Reath
JG J. Grant
JW J. Walker
KM K. Murray
RR R. Rupert
SS S. Sharpe
TC T. Camara
LAC/POR 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
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