Overview
- The Clippers erased a 17-point deficit to win 114-101 at Chase Center, with Kawhi Leonard posting 23 points and eight rebounds.
- Darius Garland scored 12 off the bench in nearly 23 minutes in his first game since the trade from Cleveland for James Harden after rehabbing a right big toe sprain.
- Stephen Curry missed an 11th straight game with patellofemoral pain syndrome and is expected to sit several more while he undergoes reevaluation.
- Kristaps Porziņģis sat out a fifth consecutive game with an illness that Steve Kerr labeled “a little mysterious,” with no timetable set after the coach walked back prior comments about a POTS diagnosis.
- Golden State sits eighth in the West at 31-29 as Los Angeles pushes from the play-in tier, sharpening the stakes for both teams’ remaining schedule.