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Los Angeles Lakers beat LA Clippers 103-87 without Luka Dončić as Quentin Grimes scores 23 and Collin Sexton adds 21
Without Luka Dončić, the Lakers scored 16 straight in the second quarter, forced 24 turnovers and got 23 from Quentin Grimes and 21 from Collin Sexton.
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Quentin Grimes scored 23 points, Collin Sexton added a season-high 21 off the bench, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the LA Clippers 103-87 at Intuit Dome on Wednesday, October 28, without Luka Dončić. The Lakers are 4-1 and beat the Clippers for the second time in a week. The Clippers are 1-3 after a third straight loss.
Dončić sat out with back tightness on the second night of the Lakers’ first back-to-back, and starting forward Ziaire Williams missed the game with a sore left foot. Six Lakers scored in double figures. The Clippers, without Rui Hachimura (quad), committed 24 turnovers, and the Lakers had 15 steals.
How it turned
The Clippers used a 14-3 run to lead 19-14 in the first quarter, and Derrick Jones Jr.’s tip-in put them up 31-29 midway through the second. Then the Lakers scored 16 straight points. Austin Reaves hit a step-back three, Sandro Mamukelashvili finished a three-point play, Walker Kessler made two free throws, Sexton scored five, and Matisse Thybulle’s three made it 45-31 with 4:13 left in the half. The Lakers outscored the Clippers 31-16 in the quarter and led 56-38 at halftime.
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The Clippers opened the third quarter on a 13-2 run, with Darius Garland scoring five and assisting on threes by Jones and Kris Dunn, to get within 58-51. The Lakers answered with 10 straight points, including a Thybulle three and a three-point play by Grimes. Sexton then scored 11 points in a two-minute span late in the quarter, with two threes and a three-point play, for an 81-61 lead. Keaton Wagler banked in a 46-foot three just before the third-quarter horn, but the Lakers still led 85-66.
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Grimes scored 7 points in the first four and a half minutes of the fourth quarter, and Kessler’s running dunk off his pass made it 94-71, the Lakers’ biggest lead. The Clippers got no closer than 13 the rest of the way.
The numbers
Grimes shot 7-of-15, made 9 of 11 free throws and had 5 assists and 4 steals. Sexton went 6-of-11 with four threes in 21 minutes. Reaves scored 16 but committed 8 turnovers, Thybulle scored 15 on 5-of-6 shooting with four threes, Mamukelashvili had 13 points and 8 rebounds, and Kessler had 11 and 9. Jake LaRavia scored 2 points but had 10 rebounds and 3 steals. The Lakers outscored the Clippers 24-6 in fast-break points and 48-28 in the paint.
The Clippers’ side
Wagler, a rookie, scored a career-high 21 off the bench on 4-of-15 shooting, making 10 of 12 free throws. Jones had 15 points and 4 steals, and Garland scored 14 with 5 assists and 5 turnovers. The Clippers shot 26-of-74 (35%) and scored 38 points in the first half.
What’s next
The Lakers visit the Golden State Warriors on Friday, October 30, at 10 p.m. ET (5 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Clippers visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Saturday Cairo time).
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