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LA Clippers at San Antonio Spurs

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19-14, 8-8 Away
Final
86 - 122

17-16, 12-7 Home

Spurs rout Clippers 122-86 behind 27 points from Wembanyama

Wemby drops 27 in Spurs blowout win over Clippers

Wembanyama is the first player in league history with 300 points, 100 rebounds, 50 blocks, 50 assists and 40 3-pointers in a single month.

Keldon Johnson added 17 points, and Stephon Castle had 15 for the Spurs.

Los Angeles had won three straight but were 11 for 41 on 3-pointers. James Harden led the Clippers with 17 points, and Norman Powell added 15.

Wembanyama had 17 points in the opening quarter, matching the Clippers total as a team. He only had four points in the second quarter, but two came on a dunk on a pass off the backboard from Chris Paul.

San Antonio captured a 25-point lead in the second quarter that swelled to 34 points in the fourth, enabling Wembanyama to exit from the contest with 8:39 remaining.

Takeaways Clippers: Los Angeles center Ivica Zubac was held to five points on 2-for-7 shooting.

Spurs: San Antonio forward Jeremy Sochan did not play in the second half after injuring his lower back in the second quarter. He exited with 1:20 remaining in the first half with four points and five rebounds in 15 minutes.

Key moment Wembanyama reached back and stuffed Zubac under the rim with 9:47 remaining in the opening quarter. Wembanyama would get the ensuing inbounds pass from Paul and drilled his only 3 of the game.

Key stat Wembanyama has at least one block and one 3-pointer in 24 straight games, the longest streak in league history. He also has a block in 67 straight games.

Up next The Clippers are at Oklahoma City on Thursday, and the Spurs are at Denver on Friday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Matchup Prediction

Spurs: 60.7%
Clippers: 39.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 86 - 122
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 86 - 122
4th 21.1 Amir Coffey makes dunk (Jordan Miller assists) 86 - 122
4th 21.1 Jordan Miller defensive rebound 84 - 122
4th 24.1 Kobe Brown blocks Charles Bassey 's 1-foot alley oop dunk shot 84 - 122

Statistics

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30-87 FG 48-98
34.5 Field Goal % 49.0
11-41 3PT 9-40
26.8 Three Point % 22.5
15-18 FT 17-19
83.3 Free Throw % 89.5
41 Rebounds 58
10 Offensive Rebounds 15
31 Defensive Rebounds 43
17 Assists 37
7 Steals 10
3 Blocks 7
13 Turnovers 9
1 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 9
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
21 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 9
12 Fast Break Points 32
38 Points in Paint 62
15 Fouls 15
0 Largest Lead 41

Game Information

Frost Bank Center

Location: San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 18,690 · Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Clippers 23 17 .575 - W3
LA Lakers 22 17 .564 0.5 W2
Sacramento 21 20 .512 2.5 W1
Phoenix 20 20 .500 3 W1
Golden State 20 20 .500 3 W1

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston - 13 L1 0.675 27
Memphis 1 15 W2 0.64285713 27
Dallas 5 19 W1 0.54761904 23
San Antonio 8 21 L2 0.475 19
New Orleans 17.5 32 W3 0.25581396 11
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