The Utah Jazz lost 117-103 at home to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Kawhi Leonard had 41 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 14-23 shooting.John Collins led the Jazz with 20 points.
First quarterKawhi Leonard got the Clippers off to a good start, jumping out to a 10-0 lead just five minutes into the game and then taking a 15-6 lead.
The Clippers took a double-digit lead for the first time in the game at 11-21 with 4:40 to play. Leonard scored 14 points on 5-6 shooting in the first quarter and Talen Horton-Tucker led the Jazz with 7 points.
After that, the Jazz trailed the Clippers 32-26. 2nd trimesterTaylor Hendricks remained in the Jazz rotation, and despite the return of Kelly Olynyk to the lineup, Omer Yurtseven did not see the floor.
The Jazz offense struggled to get a shot going in the first half, going from a three-point deficit to just 5-17 in the first 18 minutes of play.
However, their defense kept the game in play as the Clippers couldn’t get out of transition against the Jazz.John Collins missed his first three 3-point attempts to start the game, pushing him to 2-13 over his last 3.5 games.
The Clippers closed the second quarter on a 13-4 run to outscore the Jazz 59-46 at halftime.third trimester.
The Jazz, who trailed by 13 points, responded with three 3-pointers to cut the Clippers’ lead to 7 points.
Keyonte George was much better at drawing fouls and getting to the free throw line.
He averaged 2.7 free throw attempts over his first six starts, rising to 5.7 over his last seven starts.
George’s free throw percentage has dipped to 75 percent of late, but getting to the free throw line is a big help for the struggling shooter.
The Jazz had their best offensive quarter of the game with 29 points, but they were tied with the Clippers and couldn’t get anything going in the fourth quarter.
After three games, the Jazz trailed the Clippers 88-75.the fourth quarter.
The Jazz trailed by 17 points early in the fourth quarter, but went on a 10-3 run to cut the Clippers’ lead to 10 points with less than nine minutes left in the game.
Talen Horton-Tucker, Collin Sexton and John Collins put a lot of pressure on the Jazz to cut the deficit to six and get the crowd back into the game, but the Clippers answered with fouls to rebuild Norman’s open court three. Powell.
The result is two digits. The Clippers extended their run to 11 as their lead grew to 18 with 4:48 left in the game.
The Jazz fell 117-103.Do you use threads?
