NBA Game Recap - Charlotte at LA Clippers
Tue Jan 8, 2019 10:30 PM EST

WAS
115
PHI
132
F
IND
123
CLE
115
F
ATL
101
TOR
104
F
DEN
103
MIA
99
F
MIN
119
OKC
117
F
SAC
111
PHO
115
F
CHA
109
LAC
128
F
NY
95
GS
122
F

Jan 8, 2019, 10:30 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Charlotte

24

33

20

32

109

LA Clippers

33

29

24

42

128

Clippers beat Hornets 128-109 for 9th straight time at home
Wed Jan 9, 2019 1:57 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Clippers are showing signs of regaining their November form when they won 11 of 14 games.

Lou Williams had 27 points and 10 assists, and the Clippers beat the Charlotte Hornets 128-109 for the ninth straight time at Staples Center on Tuesday night.

Montrezl Harrell added 23 points and 11 rebounds, Tobias Harris had 23 and Danilo Gallinari 20 in the Clippers' third win in a row overall.

Harrell even busted out a turnaround fadeaway, a shot he's not known for.

"I wait until the defense takes something away and I counter," he said.

The Hornets got within two early in the third before the Clippers took control for good. They closed the period on a 17-9 run, led by Harrell's eight straight points, to take an 86-77 lead into the fourth.

"Once we picked our pressure up, we got more focused on that end and that was big," Harris said.

Los Angeles stretched its lead to 20 points in a 42-point fourth on Williams' basket after Gallinari's 3-pointer. Avery Bradley and Williams hit back-to-back 3-pointers that extended the lead to 121-98.

"We got really good efforts from everybody," Harris said. "We're pretty close to getting back."

Malik Monk scored 19 of his 24 points in the fourth for the Hornets, who fell to 5-13 on the road with their fourth loss in six games.

"They made very few mistakes. They rarely turned the ball over," Monk said. "We were rushing and out of our own rhythm. They forced us out of our rhythm and they outworked us."

Kemba Walker, who leads the league in fourth-quarter points at 8.6, didn't score in the period. He finished with 13.

"We trapped all night. He warrants that," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "It was just try to coral him."

Charlotte's only lead was four points in the game's opening minutes.

TIP-INS

Hornets: Their last win at Staples Center against the Clippers was on Feb. 28, 2009. ... F-C Cody Zeller (right hand surgery) is still 4-to-6 weeks away from returning. ... G Jeremy Lamb returned to start after missing three straight games with a right hamstring strain. He had 16 points.

Clippers: They had a season-high 11 blocks, with rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander getting four. ... Manny Pacquiao helped toss T-shirts during a timeout and came over to Floyd Mayweather's courtside seat to shake hands with his former foe on Filipino Heritage Night.

STRANGE LOOK

Tony Parker had 12 points, four assists and three turnovers in nearly 15 minutes for the Hornets. Rivers couldn't adjust to seeing Parker in a uniform other than that of the San Antonio Spurs, where he played for 18 seasons.

"It's just strange," Rivers said. "Looking at Tony Parker in another uniform is outright wrong."

UP NEXT

Hornets: At Portland on Friday in the fourth of a six-game trip.

Clippers: At Denver on Thursday.

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Leaders

Charlotte PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
M. Monk 24 -9 0 1 0 0
J. Lamb 16 -7 0 6 0 0
LA Clippers PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
L. Williams 27 30 10 3 0 1
M. Harrell 23 22 5 11 2 0

Team Comparison

CHA LAC
Points For 109 128
Field Goals 36/90-40% 48/93-52%
Three Pointers 12/33-36% 14/30-47%
Free Throws 25/29-86% 18/21-86%
Offensive Rebounds 10 7
Defensive Rebounds 33 38
Rebounds 51 55
Blocks 5 11
Steals 5 6
Turnovers 11 10
Points Scored Off Turnovers 10 8
Points in the Paint 40 50
Fast Break Points 9 21
Personal Fouls 20 24
Technical Fouls 0 1
Flagrant Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2018-19 Reg Season - LAC Leads Series 1-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Tue Jan 8 CHA 109 @ LAC 128 M. Monk 24 L. Williams 27

Game Information

Stadium: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 15,275
Game Time: 2:8