Norman Powell scored 22 points and James Harden had 21 points and 12 assists in the Los Angeles Clippers’ victory over LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, 116-102, on Sunday night. This was the Lakers’ initial contest at the new Intuit Dome.
Kawhi Leonard added 19 points, and Ivica Zubac, also big, had 21 points and 19 rebounds. This was the season’s first meeting between the two Los Angeles teams.
LeBron James had 25 points and 11 assists for the Lakers, and Rui Hachimura scored 19 points. Anthony Davis, who missed a game with plantar fasciitis, added 16 points and 10 rebounds. L.A.’s two-game winning streak was snapped.
Leonard played 24 minutes, matching his season high, but did not play in the fourth quarter because of the minutes restriction. He scored eight consecutive points in the third quarter to become the 54th player in N.B.A. history to surpass 14,000 career points on the way to the Clippers’ largest lead of 26 points.
Takeaways
Lakers: The Lakers had one lead — on the game’s first basket. They ended the third quarter on a 13-2 run, including 11 in a row, to trail 92-77. The run had their fans roaring in the arena and chanting loudly, “Let’s go, Lakers!” that silenced the Clippers’ home crowd.
Clippers: The Clippers won their third on the trot while embarking on a brutal sequence of six games in nine days.
Key Moment
The Clippers outscored the Lakers 32-23 in the second quarter, taking a 64-49 lead into intermission while hitting 58% of their shots from the field. The teams each scored 28 points in the third quarter, and the Lakers managed a slight 25-24 edge on the Clippers in the final period, but none of it was enough to dig out of the hole.
Key Stat
The teams combined to shoot more than 50 percent. The Lakers hit nine 3-pointers, the Clippers 11.
Up Next
The Lakers will play the Wizards at home on Tuesday and the Clippers will host the Bulls on Monday.