Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points and the Los Angeles Clippers scored the highest total score of the season against the NBA’s main defense, beating the New York Knicks 129-115 on Sunday for their 10th win in 11 games.
Julius Randle had 27 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks. Rookie Immanuel Quickley added 25 points and RJ Barrett added 23, but scoring was not the problem for the Knicks in this one.
The Knicks made eight of their first 10 shots and led for much of the first half before the Clippers took a 66-65 lead at half time. Los Angeles returned from the locker room with seven consecutive points and did not slow down for the remainder of the third quarter.
Leonard and Jackson each scored 10 points during the period as the Clippers made five three-pointers and 35 points, bringing a 101-91 lead to the fourth.
Quickley scored eight straight points to cut a 10-point lead to 105-103, but the Clippers responded with nine in a row to open a 114-103 lead over Leonard’s mid-quarter. A subsequent 8-0 in the quarter yielded a 15-point game.