By Jenny McCallie AP Sports Writer
The final game of clippers before San Francisco-All-Star break is reminiscent of the depth of their roster.
Norman Powell scored four 3-pointers over the final 7:03 and scored 21 points and stretched Stephen Curry, and defeated the Golden State Warriors, 130–125 on Wednesday night and dropped below 14 by clippers in the fourth quarter.
James Harden had 26 points, eight rebounds and seven assist, and Paul George scored 24 points before exiting one night, when the clippers were missing the leading scorer Kavi Leonard due to a left -leg injury. His position for this weekend all-star game in Indianapolis was uncertain, although coach Tyron Lews did not worry much about the injury.
“I don’t think it’s serious,” Lu said about 32 -year -old Leonard, which average 24.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.7 per game. “He played through the previous game. He was experiencing some agony in the hip, so when we got out of the game, we did not put him back in the fourth quarter, to be smart about it.”
Curry scored 41 points and became the first player in NBA history to make seven or more 3-pointers in four direct sports, shooting 9 for 19 and 15 for 15 to 15. He noted his sixth 40 -point performance of the season and scored 30 or more out of three of his last four matches.
George scored five straight points between the fourth 10–0 runs, as the clippers returned, then pulled the remaining remaining clippers within 106–104 with a 3-paper of Powell. Powell made another 3-pointer, which put the clippers ahead with 5:36 and hit again with 3:22 to go to the lead.
Things got hot in the fourth when the Clippers Center Mason Plumli put a tough dishonesty on Brandin Podzamsky, as the cheaters achieved a defensive rebound with 9:36. Jonathan Kuminga of Golden State shook the plumli as the others retrieved the driving green, who already served a pair of suspension this season.
Lu was then excluded for another technical dishonesty, Kuminga received a technical and plumli a flagant foul.
The key under the basket of Green Warriors barely went down, left with 8:56 in the third quarter and went to the locker room. He was investigated for a fusion and approved to return.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was denied his 500th regular season win as he and some of his assistant coaches re -included the team on the bench after the funeral for Desan Milozvik’s visit to Serbia and recalled the victory in Utah on Monday.
Podzamsky made its opening four shots with a pair of 3-pointers and helped Warriors take 59-52 Halftime leads and finished with seven rebounds and eight assistance with the best 25 points of career, before he participated in the Rising Stars on the all-star weekend.
Warriors snatched their five games winning streaks with just a second defeat in their last nine matches.
On the Home Court of Warriors, the clippers demolished six and 20 of their last 24 and 20.
Golden State received some good news that experienced guard Chris Paul can ramp his on-court work after the all-star break and participate in parts of the practice as he needs a broken left-hand surgery on 8 January. He is scheduled to re -evaluate in another 10 days.
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