Terance Mann, Exhausted Clippers Take Out Warriors – Orange County Register

LOS ANGELES – Life doesn’t stop for Clippers lemons, but that’s okay – Tyronn Lue has this killer lemonade recipe.

And they tasted a sweet sip of Monday’s upset victory.

With a willful, almost rebellious effort Monday, the Clippers beat the Golden State Warriors 119-104 – overtaking the NBA’s second-best team in typical fashion.

They returned to All-Stars Kawhi Leonard (ACL) and injured Paul George (elbow) – and also recently acquired guard Norman Powell, who was ruled out indefinitely on Sunday with a fracture in the table. left leg.

Without those key players – and with recent acquisitions Rodney Hood and Semi Ojeleye haven’t been updated on their new team’s playstyle – the 29-30 Clippers said: Accept it, fate, took their second straight win by running the Warriors (42-16) out of Crypto.com Arena in the second half, when they won the visitors 58-45.

Powell – wearing the same left-foot walking boot and all-black outfit as the Clippers coaches – sat on the bench, on his feet for most of the game, enjoying what Lue likes to call it a “team effort.”

They stopped Steph Curry and his teammates after halftime, holding him to seven points in seven shots and they hit 38.6% (17 for 44) shots.

A very aggressive Terance Mann following his 21-point effort in Saturday’s win in Dallas with a career-high 25 points (for the regular season) – including 14 points matching his shirt number in important third. The third-year keeper also had seven rebounds and six assists.

Reggie Jackson had 19 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, while Nicolas Batum had 14 points from a 5 to 9 shot (4 to 7 from a 3-point range) to go through with 8 points and 2 steals. .

Ivica Zubac added 18 points and eight rebounds, while Marcus Morris Sr. had all 5 starts with double numbers with 11 points.

Amir Coffey and Robert Covington (11 points) delivered 3 pointers in time to maintain momentum in the fourth inning and a pair of Isaiah Hartenstein hounds served all but slamming doors, including finishing a shot jostled from Jackson to take a 111-89 lead with 4:25 left – sending Warriors fans across the building towards the exits.

The Clippers took a 61-59 lead at halftime, though Curry was, at the time, 9 for 11 from the field and 6 for 7 from behind the arc and the Warriors looked ready to split as they led 52. -44.

The home side of the game quickly erased that advantage with a 3-player trio – Batum, Hartenstein, Batum – to trigger a timeout by the Warriors, who, as a team, shot 22 for 42 ( 52.4%) from the pitch and 11 for 20 words deep in the first half.

A four-point play from Curry dragged the Warriors in the 84-75 round before the Clippers counterattacked 10-3 to end the half, with all points coming from Mann.