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Utah Jazz at LA Clippers

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5-20, 3-10 Away
Final
107 - 144

15-12, 10-6 Home

James Harden scores 24 of his 41 points in 1st quarter as Clippers beat Jazz 144-107

Walker Kessler gets the and-1 to fall

Norman Powell had 29 points, Ivica Zubac added 19 points with 12 rebounds and Amir Coffey scored 16 points as the Clippers ended a three-game losing streak and a two-game home skid.

Harden had 34 points at halftime when the Clippers had an 81-47 lead. It was the most points in a first half as a team for the Clippers since scoring 82 in a December, 2019 game against Washington.

Jordan Clarkson scored 20 points, Lauri Markkanen added 17 and Collin Sexton had 15 for the Jazz, who lost their third consecutive game and fell for the eighth game in their last nine. Utah dropped to 3-10 on the road.

Takeaways Jazz: Entering the game near the bottom of the NBA with an average 119.3 points allowed, the Jazz saw the Clippers shoot 63.4% in the first half to trail 81-47, while also allowing 59.8% shooting in the game.

Clippers: Head coach Tyronn Lue has said there is more energy in practices as Kawhi Leonard (knee) moves closer to his season debut and it showed early as the team shot 72.7% from 3-point range in the first quarter.

Key moment Harden worked the shot clock down at the end of the first quarter and made a 29-foot 3-pointer to give him his 24 points in the period while outscoring the Jazz, who had 20.

Key stat Harden delivered the second-most points in any quarter in Clippers franchise history, behind Lou Williams’ 27 points in the third quarter of a January 2018 game against Golden State.

Up Next Jazz visit Detroit on Thursday, and Clippers visit Dallas.

Regular Season Series

LAC lead series 2-0

Matchup Prediction

Clippers: 70.2%
Jazz: 29.8%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 107 - 144
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 107 - 144
4th 10.2 shot clock turnover 107 - 144
4th 33.1 Kevin Porter Jr. defensive rebound 107 - 144
4th 36.1 Johnny Juzang misses 22-foot three point jumper 107 - 144

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/utah.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originUTAH https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/lac.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLAC
36-80 FG 49-82
45.0 Field Goal % 59.8
13-39 3PT 21-39
33.3 Three Point % 53.8
22-30 FT 25-32
73.3 Free Throw % 78.1
35 Rebounds 41
10 Offensive Rebounds 7
25 Defensive Rebounds 34
22 Assists 28
8 Steals 13
3 Blocks 6
22 Turnovers 14
1 Team Turnovers 2
23 Total Turnovers 16
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
34 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 16
6 Fast Break Points 20
42 Points in Paint 44
20 Fouls 20
0 Largest Lead 42

Game Information

Venue: Intuit Dome

Location: Inglewood, CA
Attendance: 14,651 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 23 5 .821 - W8
Denver 16 11 .593 6.5 W2
Minnesota 14 14 .500 9 L3
Portland 9 20 .310 14.5 L2
Utah 7 21 .250 16 L1

2024-25 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Clippers 17 13 .567 - W1
LA Lakers 16 13 .552 0.5 L1
Golden State 15 13 .536 1 L1
Phoenix 14 14 .500 2 L3
Sacramento 13 17 .433 4 L4
Full Standings

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