{"id":591969,"date":"2026-02-09T06:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/591969\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T06:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:34:25","slug":"leonard-scores-41-points-to-help-the-clippers-rout-the-slumping-timberwolves-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/591969\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard scores 41 points to help the Clippers rout the slumping Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Kawhi Leonard<\/a> had 41 points and eight rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> beat the slumping Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> 115-96 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

John Collins<\/a> had 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting, and Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a> also scored 15 points. The Clippers took command with a 17-3 run closing out the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Anthony Edwards<\/a> led Minnesota with 23 points, and Julius Randle<\/a> had 17. The Timberwolves have lost three of their last four, all to sub-.500 opponents. Minnesota made just 8 of 33 3-point attempts and committed 20 turnovers while being held under 100 points for just the second time this season.<\/p>\n

Ayo Dosunmu<\/a>, making his Timberwolves debut after being acquired in a trade with Chicago, had 11 points and two steals.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves were coming off one of their most frustrating losses of the season, when they blew an 18-point third-quarter lead in a home loss to the lowly New Orleans Pelicans.<\/p>\n

The first half was more of the same for Minnesota. Leonard scored 24 points and helped key an 18-2 run late in the second quarter that give the Clippers a 54-42 lead. <\/p>\n

Minnesota made just 3 of 18 3-point attempts and committed 13 turnovers in the first half. Edwards was 0 for 6 on 3s and turned it over a team-high four times in the first half.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles played without its two key trade deadline acquisitions. Darius Garland<\/a>, who arrived from Cleveland in the James Harden trade, remained sidelined with a sprained big toe on his right foot. The Clippers had already said wingman Bennedict Mathurin<\/a>, picked up in a swap with the Pacers, wouldn’t debut with his new team until Tuesday in Houston.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Clippers: At Houston on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Timberwolves: Host Atlanta on Monday night<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA<\/a>: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Kawhi Leonard had 41 points and eight rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[375,4102,7,363,791,79016,6971,376,529,192,152,1407,6,12,10948],"class_list":["post-591969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nba-draft","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-ayo-dosunmu","tag-basketball","tag-bennedict-mathurin","tag-darius-garland","tag-event_recap","tag-john-collins","tag-julius-randle","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-la-clippers","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-yanic-konan-niederhauser"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116039284542040164","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591969","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=591969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}