Los Angeles Lakers @ LA Clippers
Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET
Intuit Dome, Inglewood, CA | Game ID: 22400596
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAC 32 32 28 24 116LAL 26 23 28 25 102
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Powell and the Clippers beat James and the Lakers 116-102 in Lakers' first visit to Intuit Dome
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- — Norman Powell scored 22 points, James Harden added 21 points and 12 assists and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 116-102 on Sunday night in the Lakers' first visit to the new Intuit Dome.
Kawhi Leonard had 19 points and Ivica Zubac had 21 points and 19 rebounds for the Clippers in the first meeting of the season between the former hallway rivals at Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles.
James had 25 points and 11 assists and Rui Hachimura added 19 points. Anthony Davis had 16 points and 10 rebounds in his return after missing a game with plantar fasciitis . The Lakers two-game winning streak ended.
Leonard tied his season high playing 24 minutes but none in the fourth as he continued under a minutes restriction in his fifth game of the season. He scored eight in a row to surpass 14,000 career points in the third, when the Clippers built their biggest lead of 26 points.
Takeaways Lakers: Their only lead came on the game's first basket. They outscored the Clippers 13-2, including 11 in a row, to end the third trailing 92-77. During the spurt, their fans' sudden chants of “Let's go, Lakers!” filled the building and drowned out the home fans.
Clippers: They won their third in a row while starting a stretch of six games in nine days.
Key moment The Clippers outscored the Lakers 32-23 in the second to lead 64-49 at halftime after shooting 58% from the floor. The teams each scored 28 points in the third and the Lakers outscored the Clippers 25-24 in the fourth.
Key stat Both teams shot at least 50% from the floor. The Lakers made nine 3-pointers and the Clippers hit 11.
Up next The Lakers host the Wizards on Tuesday. The Clippers host the Bulls on Monday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LALAD A. Davis
AR A. Reaves
CK C. Koloko
DF D. Finney-Smith
DK D. Knecht
GV G. Vincent
JH J. Hayes
LJ L. James
MC M. Christie
RH R. Hachimura
LACAC A. Coffey
CC C. Christie
DJ D. Jones Jr.
IZ I. Zubac
JH J. Harden
KD K. Dunn
KL K. Leonard
KP K. Porter Jr.
MB M. Bamba
NB N. Batum
NP N. Powell
LAL/LAC 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