Clippers (122) vs Rockets (116) · Mar 6, 2024

FINAL

Mar 6, 2024

Game Recap

The Clippers overcome a 20-point deficit as they come back and defeat the Rockets, 122-116. Kawhi Leonard led the way for the Clippers with 28 points, six rebounds and seven assists, while Paul George (21 points, seven rebounds) and James Harden (21 points, five rebounds, seven assists) added a combined 42 points in the victory. Alperen Sengun tallied 23 points, 19 rebounds and a career-high 14 assists for the Rockets in the losing effort, his second triple-double of the season and fourth of his career. The Clippers improve to 40-21 on the season, while the Rockets fall to 27-35.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
LAC	19	25	36	42	122
HOU	27	30	29	30	116

CLIPPERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
2Kawhi LeonardSF	39	11-18	1-4	5-5	6	7	2	0	0	1	28	+9
13Paul GeorgePF	38	7-15	4-9	3-3	7	2	1	1	2	0	21	+9
40Ivica ZubacC	14	1-4	0-0	1-2	5	1	0	2	1	1	3	-13
14Terance MannSG	27	5-5	3-3	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	15	+7
1James HardenPG	39	6-13	1-5	8-8	5	7	1	1	2	2	21	+8
10Daniel Theis	9	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	4	6	-1
24Norman Powell	28	4-9	3-5	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	+5
5Bones Hyland	10	3-6	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	2	6	-3
7Amir Coffey	13	0-1	0-1	2-2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	-5
44Mason Plumlee	19	4-5	0-0	0-2	11	0	0	3	1	5	8	+14
4Brandon Boston Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Xavier Moon	— did not play —												— did not play —
17P.J. Tucker	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	44-8055%	12-2941.4%	22-2684.6%	41	19	5	8	9	17	122	-

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
9Dillon BrooksSF	37	5-10	1-6	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	1	11	-11
10Jabari Smith Jr.PF	28	6-11	4-6	3-4	2	1	0	2	0	5	19	-20
28Alperen SengunC	42	10-19	0-0	3-8	19	14	2	0	3	4	23	+2
4Jalen GreenSG	31	6-14	2-6	1-1	3	2	1	0	3	4	15	+2
5Fred VanVleetPG	39	5-14	4-9	1-2	4	8	2	0	0	2	15	-1
1Amen Thompson	17	3-6	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	3	6	+4
7Cam Whitmore	23	7-15	3-7	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	17	-1
0Aaron Holiday	7	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	6	+7
2Jock Landale	5	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	-8
8Jae'Sean Tate	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	-4
25Reggie Bullock Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
51Boban Marjanovic	— did not play —												— did not play —
00Jermaine Samuels Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
19Nate Williams	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	45-9447.9%	16-3743.2%	10-1758.8%	38	33	6	2	8	21	116	-

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterlachou

(11:57) Jump Ball Sengun vs. Zubac: Tip to Smith Jr.
+2 (11:42) Green 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
02
(11:22) Harden Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:22) Sengun STEAL (1 STL)
(11:13) MISS Green 18' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(11:10) Leonard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:56) MISS Zubac 5' Turnaround Hook Shot
(10:55) Sengun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:49) MISS Smith Jr. 1' Running Layup
(10:48) VanVleet REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(10:46) MISS Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:43) Zubac REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:32) MISS Zubac 10' Turnaround Hook Shot
(10:29) Sengun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:18) Sengun 14' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Brooks 1 AST)
04
+2 (9:56) Mann 10' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS)
24
(9:40) MISS Sengun 20' Jump Shot
(9:38) Leonard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:35) Smith Jr. P.FOUL (P1.T1) (T.Washington)
+3 (9:27) Harden 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
54
(9:01) Harden S.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Corbin)
(9:01) MISS Smith Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2
(9:01) ROCKETS Rebound
+1 (9:01) Smith Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
55
+2 (8:52) Harden 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS)
75
(8:40) MISS Smith Jr. 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:38) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(8:29) MISS Brooks 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:26) Zubac REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:18) MISS George 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(8:16) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+3 (8:08) VanVleet 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Sengun 1 AST)
78
(7:46) MISS Zubac 2' Dunk
(7:46) Smith Jr. BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:45) ROCKETS Rebound
(7:32) MISS Sengun 12' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(7:30) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:26) Green P.FOUL (P1.T2) (T.Washington)
(7:20) MISS Harden 4' Driving Layup
(7:18) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
+2 (7:12) Green 2' Running Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS) (Brooks 2 AST)
710
+2 (6:53) Leonard 21' Jump Shot (2 PTS)
910
+3 (6:36) Smith Jr. 3PT Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Brooks 3 AST)
913
(6:35) Clippers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(6:11) MISS Leonard 3PT Jump Shot
(6:09) VanVleet REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (5:55) Smith Jr. 3' Layup (6 PTS) (VanVleet 1 AST)
915
+2 (5:31) Theis 14' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
1115
(5:10) MISS Sengun 19' Jump Shot
(5:08) George REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:05) Harden 3' Running Layup (7 PTS)
1315
(5:05) Smith Jr. S.FOUL (P2.T3) (N.Buchert)
+1 (5:05) Harden Free Throw 1 of 1 (8 PTS)
1415
+2 (4:49) Thompson 2' Layup (2 PTS) (Sengun 2 AST)
1417
(4:26) MISS George 20' Pullup Jump Shot
(4:24) ROCKETS Rebound
(4:15) Theis Violation:Kicked Ball (T.Washington)
(4:05) MISS Brooks 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(4:03) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:52) MISS Harden 2' Driving Layup
(3:50) Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (3:28) Green 27' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Sengun 3 AST)
1420
(3:12) MISS Leonard 3' Driving Reverse Layup
(3:10) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
(3:06) Green Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(2:50) MISS Powell 13' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(2:48) VanVleet REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (2:32) Sengun 2' Driving Reverse Layup (4 PTS)
1422
(2:16) Theis OFF.Foul (P1) (S.Corbin)
(2:16) Theis Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
(2:16) ROCKETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(2:02) MISS Green 3' Driving Layup
(2:00) Sengun REBOUND (Off:2 Def:5)
+2 (1:57) Sengun Tip Layup Shot (6 PTS)
1424
(1:44) MISS Powell 4' Driving Layup
(1:43) Sengun REBOUND (Off:2 Def:6)
(1:38) MISS Green 1' Running Layup
(1:33) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:33) MISS Thompson Tip Layup Shot
(1:31) Powell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:28) MISS Hyland 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(1:28) ROCKETS Rebound
(1:28) Theis L.B.FOUL (P2.T2) (T.Washington)
+3 (1:04) Whitmore 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Holiday 1 AST)
1427
+3 (0:47) Powell 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Leonard 1 AST)
1727
(0:41) MISS Thompson 3' Driving Layup
(0:41) Theis BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:38) Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:34) Landale P.FOUL (P1.T4) (T.Washington)
+2 (0:21) Hyland 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
1927
(0:01) MISS Whitmore 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(0:01) ROCKETS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

LAC

HOU

122Points116

44-80(55.0%)Field Goal(%)45-94(47.9%)

12-29(41.4%)3-Point(%)16-37(43.2%)

22-26(84.6%)Free Throw(%)10-17(58.8%)

41(8)Rebounds(Offensive)38(13)

19Assists33

5Steals6

8Blocks2

9Turnovers8

17Fouls21

48Pts In The Paint48

11Fast Break Pts10

11Pts Off Turnovers6

34Bench Pts33

8Largest Lead20

Game Details

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 · 7:30 PM

Toyota Center · Houston, TX

attendance: 17,033 (93.1%)

tv: ESPN