{"id":512339,"date":"2026-01-02T19:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T19:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/512339\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T19:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T19:18:18","slug":"clippers-kawhi-leonards-bloody-nose-couldnt-stop-him-from-another-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/512339\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers\u2019 Kawhi Leonard\u2019s bloody nose couldn\u2019t stop him from another masterpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clippers\u2019 Kawhi Leonard\u2019s bloody nose couldn\u2019t stop him from another masterpiece<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> steamrolled the Utah Jazz 118-101 on Thursday, earning their sixth straight win. Amazingly, the Clippers\u2019 Kawhi Leonard<\/a> dominated again, with a 45-point masterpiece despite a bloody nose<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leonard finished with 45 points on 16 of 29 shooting, including 6 of 16 from the three-point line. Additionally, he had seven rebounds. This was another great game in a hot streak that also included a 55-point domination by Leonard<\/a>. The Clippers jumped out to a 31-17 lead after the first quarter. When the fourth quarter began, the Clippers led 82-81. But Leonard helped power the Clippers to victory, as they ran away with it in the final stanza.<\/p>\n

Leonard did this all despite having a bloody nose. Overall, he played well enough to help the Clippers run away with it in the fourth quarter. Leonard has had a great week,<\/a> and it continued with another great performance. In addition to his performance, James Harden also helped, adding 20 points on 5 of 14 shooting. Nicolas Batum came off the bench with 14 points.<\/p>\n

The Clippers had been in an awful funk for the majority of the first two months. However, a recent surge has put them back into the conversation. It\u2019s no surprise that this has coincided with Leonard\u2019s resurgence. Throughout the six-game winning streak, it has included wins against top-tier teams like the Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons, and Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n

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Leonard playing through pain and producing at his best rate in a while has potentially given the Clippers a spark as they attempt to climb out of the hole they dug. Next, he will get another chance to stay hot against a top team, as the Clippers host the Boston Celtics next.<\/p>\n

Related: Clippers\u2019 Kawhi Leonard has hilarious New Year\u2019s resolution for James Harden<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Jazz\u2019s Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George on injury report vs. Clippers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clippers\u2019 Kawhi Leonard\u2019s bloody nose couldn\u2019t stop him from another masterpiece appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,71535,75,559,188,194,560,529,4034,192,4032,251,135,150,4033,4031,6,1522,71536,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-512339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bloody-nose","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-clippers","12":"tag-detroit-pistons","13":"tag-houston-rockets","14":"tag-james-harden","15":"tag-kawhi-leonard","16":"tag-la","17":"tag-la-clippers","18":"tag-laclippers","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","21":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","22":"tag-losangeles","23":"tag-losangelesclippers","24":"tag-nba","25":"tag-nicolas-batum","26":"tag-rebs","27":"tag-utah-jazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115827120957277641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}