The game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors will take place at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday, March 8 at 10:00 PM ET.
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The Los Angeles Clippers will welcome the Toronto Raptors to Crypto.com Arena for an NBA game on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Clippers won 135-129 in their last game over the Grizzlies. It had been a rough week for the Los Angeles Clippers. A five-game losing streak. The team plane got struck by lightning. They gave up 51 points in the third quarter against Memphis.
Then their fortunes turned. Paul George scored 42 points and led a fourth-quarter comeback to help the Clippers beat the Grizzlies 135-129 on Sunday night.“Tonight was a huge win for us,” coach Tyronn Lue said. “It felt like the stakes were high. Losing five in a row with a team that has a lot of talent.” Kawhi Leonard added 34 points and 10 rebounds to give the Clippers their first win since the All-Star break. “It felt good,” said Russell Westbrook, who got his first win as a Clipper. “Now we can get off our back and move forward.”
George and Leonard scored every point in a 17-0 spurt in which the Clippers erased a 10-point deficit and took a 124-121 lead. George had the first eight points and Leonard finished it off with the last nine, hitting a 3-pointer and dunking. “Kawhi did a good job turning it up the last eight minutes,” Lue said. “It was a total team effort.”
The Toronto Raptors on the other hand lost 118-113 against the Nuggets in their last game. VanVleet hit a pair of free throws as Toronto regained a one-point lead, but Denver scored the final six points, all on free throws, to secure the win. Murray converted a free throw in that final stretch after Scottie Barnes was called for a technical following a foul by Jakob Poeltl and ejected by referee Scott Foster.
“I was just saying something to myself and I guess he took offense to it, so just kicked me out of the game,” Barnes said. “We play like that, we’re probably going to be able to beat anybody,” he said. “We probably outplayed them and executed really well and all those things. And we just didn’t quite get it done at the very, very end.”
Los Angeles Clippers: Kawhi Leonard, Marcus Morris Sr., Ivica Zubac, Paul George, Russell Westbrook
Toronto Raptors: Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, Jakob Poeltl, Fred VanVleet, Scottie Barnes
Los Angeles Clippers: Norman Powell
Toronto Raptors: Dalano Banton, Otto Porter Jr.
The game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors will take place at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday, March 8 at 10:00 PM ET.
The match between the Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors will be telecast live on Bally Sports SoCal, Fox Sports Prime Ticket, ESPN.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports SoCal, Fox Sports Prime Ticket, ESPN. | March 8 (10:00 PM ET) |
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