Nearly four months after Davis, James and the Lakers chased Leonard in free agency only to come up empty-handed, they spent the second quarter chasing him with similar results. Leonard scored 16 points in the quarter as the Clippers ran up 40 to grab an eight-point advantage at the break. James, who also had nine rebounds and eight assists, later chased down Clippers guard Landry Shamet on a fastbreak to erase his attempted layup before it touched the rim. “We regrouped, stayed poised,” Clippers guard Patrick Beverley said. The sequence gave the Clippers’ bench — which led the NBA in scoring last season — 60 points.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 23, 2019 05:29 UTC