{"id":543437,"date":"2026-01-17T20:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T20:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/543437\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T20:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T20:44:37","slug":"james-harden-scores-31-as-red-hot-clippers-beat-raptors-in-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/543437\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harden scores 31 as red-hot Clippers beat Raptors in overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TORONTO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0James Harden<\/a> had 31 points and 10 assists, Jordan Miller scored 19 points and the Clippers<\/a> extended their winning streak to five games by beating the Toronto Raptors 121-117<\/a> in overtime on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Ivica Zubac<\/a> had 16 points and 14 rebounds, Cam Christie<\/a> scored 16 points and Kris Dunn<\/a> had 15 as the Clippers won for the 12th time in 14 games since starting the season 6-21.<\/p>\n

Toronto\u2019s Scottie Barnes scored 24 points and Brandon Ingram had 19.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 7-14 on the road. They\u2019ve won four of their past five away from home.<\/p>\n

Kawhi Leonard<\/a> missed his team\u2019s lone regular-season visit to Toronto because of a sprained right ankle. Leonard won the 2019 NBA championship with the Raptors.<\/p>\n

The Raptors lost for the second time in 21 games when leading after three quarters.<\/p>\n

Toronto led 109-101 with 3:35 remaining in regulation, but missed six straight shots as Harden forced overtime with a personal 8-0 run. Harden made four straight free throws to begin overtime.<\/p>\n

Harden shot 10 for 27 and finished two for 15 from three-point range. He went nine for 10 at the free-throw line.<\/p>\n

Barnes scored with 55 seconds left in the extra session to make it a one-point game before Harden answered with a pull-up jumper.<\/p>\n

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Toronto\u2019s Jamal Shead had 15 points and a career-high 13 assists. Ochai Agbaji and Gradey Dick each scored 15 points and Sandro Mamukelashvili had 13.<\/p>\n

Zubac returned after sitting out Wednesday\u2019s home win over Washington because of a sprained left ankle.<\/p>\n

Toronto\u2019s Immanuel Quickley (back spasms) missed his second straight game, while RJ Barrett (left ankle) missed his fourth straight.<\/p>\n

Up next for the Clippers: at Washington on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0James Harden had 31 points and 10 assists, Jordan Miller scored 19 points and the Clippers extended their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[5061,7,4041,559,142,1515,532,560,529,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6,8198,65,66736,74638,30841,1261,680,682],"class_list":["post-543437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-clippers","tag-assist","tag-basketball","tag-cam-christie","tag-clippers","tag-game","tag-home","tag-ivica-zubac","tag-james-harden","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-la","tag-la-clippers","tag-laclippers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesclippers","tag-nba","tag-overtime","tag-point","tag-raptor","tag-red-hot-clippers","tag-right-ankle","tag-scottie-barnes","tag-toronto","tag-washington"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115912394899224953","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543437","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=543437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}