Indiana Pacers @ LA Clippers
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM ET
Intuit Dome, Inglewood, CA | Game ID: 22500898
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAC 42 21 39 28 130IND 25 26 26 30 107
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Leonard scores 29 as the Clippers beat the Pacers 130-107 for a third straight win
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- — Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points, Bennedict Mathurin scored 23 on 8-for-11-shooting, and the Los Angeles Clippers won their third in a row, 130-107 over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.
Brook Lopez had 17 points for the Clippers while Darius Garland had 12 in his first home game since being acquired in a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers last month.
Pascal Siakam had 29 points in his return after sitting out three games with a left wrist sprain to lead Indiana, but the Pacers lost their seventh in a row and fell to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings with a 15-47 record.
Jay Huff had 18 and was 4 of 8 on 3-pointers, and Jarace Walker finished with 17.
The Clippers led 42-25 after one quarter and 63-51 at halftime, with Leonard racking up 20 points. The Clippers pulled away with a 16-2 run in the third quarter to extend a seven-point lead to 21 points.
The Clippers shot 12.2 percentage points better from the field (55.1%) than the Pacers (42.9%).
Norchad Omier had only one basket but according to the Clippers, became the first Nicaraguan to score in the NBA.
Up next Pacers: At the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.
Clippers: Visit San Antonio on Friday night.
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Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LACBL B. Lopez
BM B. Mathurin
CC C. Christie
DG D. Garland
DJ D. Jones Jr.
IJ I. Jackson
JM J. Miller
KD K. Dunn
KL K. Leonard
KS K. Sanders
NB N. Batum
NO N. Omier
TW T. Washington Jr.
YN Y. Niederhäuser
INDAN A. Nembhard
AN A. Nesmith
BS B. Sheppard
JH J. Huff
JW J. Walker
KB K. Brown
MP M. Potter
OT O. Toppin
PS P. Siakam
QJ Q. Jackson
TM T. McConnell
LAC/IND 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